The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-09-25
THINGS WARMING UP,
Political Leaders Lining Up n
Several States.
Getting Ready for the FAN O..
paigns-Prospects for Repub-
lican Success Are Look
ing Very Bright.

Especial Washington Correspondents.
The political campaigns in the var;-
GUS states are warming up-groxv;n..
very warm in fact. Parties arr;vineo
here from New York, Nebraska. Ker
lucky, Iowa and Ohio report extrem.
activity and interest in the fight wh;os
is to be made in those states. Pc
markable as it is that the silver cans.
should still have any life left in ii. it;sa
fact. 1t is to be made the basis of N.
battle in every state where there ar.
important elections this fall. One wear
ago one ounce of silver would buy IN.
bushel of wheat in New York; now Il
takes two ounces, and silver is still fan.
ing and wheat still rising. 1t woula
scarcely seem possible that anybodv
could successfully argue in favor of cur.
rency made from metal whose vain.
has fallen over 25 per cent in IS months
Yet that is fact as to silver. On
March Z of last year it was worth 70
cents an ounce in New York, now il /,
worth SO cents.
How is it that any party can now as.
sumo to win battle with silver as m.
chief issue in states where they could
not win on that issue year ago. is hard
to understand. On last presidential
election day silver was worth 65.7. To.
day it is worth 81 cents, a fall Of over
20 per cent. If the democrats could mot
carry Ohio, Kentucky, Iowa. Maryland
or New York on the silver issue in No
yember, 1896, with their proposed dollar
worth 81 cents. how can they expect IA
win this fall with dollar worth onlt
40 cents? Yet they are going into the
fight for il everywhere. though there
are signs of weakening in spots.
situation in Ohio.
The democrats, it seems, from reports
received, are trying to run away from
their platform made but short two
months since. This action. however.
Is not to be wondered at in view Of the
fact that silver has fallen Is per cent
In value even in that short space Of
time. July 10 an ounce OF silver was
)rth in the New York markets COS
cents, and IL is now worth but 50 cents
and still going down. Small wonder
then. that the democrats are ashamed
of their platform and are trying TO get
away from il when, within two months
after its adoption, the metal which II
advocates as money declines IS per
cent. 1t goes without saying. however,
that the republicans of the state will
not let their opponents get away from
the issue which they have made. II
also goes without saying that the re-
publicans will sweep the state now that
they have the enemy on the run, provid'
Ing they are not over-confident,
situation In New York.
New York city is the coign of vantage
in state contest. The fight in New York
this fall relates TO the mayoralty, butt
is for first mayor of the largest city
in the United States and second largest
city in the world, and will decide
whether or not Tammany hal! shall
control Greater New York II Tam.
many gets control il will greatly en-
danger republican prospects in the
state. indefinitely. Those opposed to
Tammany and free silver must there
fore combine on one good man. By re-
fusing to do so they give Greater New
York and probably the state over to the
Tammany-silvcr democracy, indehn'
itely.
Situation In Maryland.
There is good reason to hope that the
party in Maryland will fall into line
Il Efrh IN
lican ranks is over, and with the ald Oh
the gold democrats and the anti-GoT'
man men win in the fight for theSegis'
lature. Owing to Germans free silver
leanings and the generally conceoea
opinion that he would vote for free SIT
yer in the senate, the sound money
democrats throughout the state arc
ready to again cooperate with the re-
| publicans as are also of course all 'ne
anti-Gorman men, to secure his deiea,,
Generally speaking the DRIFT az
seems TO be in the direction OF rePuU.
licanism. The people see that Bryan
and the silverites made delibera'eer
fort to deceive them last year ana man.
of those who voted for him VIII nav
nothing further to do with silver. pg'
the democratic leaders are not asleep
They are conducting an active anu
vigilant campaign and are out on
"still hunt" for votes whose result may
surprise the republicans unless lne.
are wide awake and working to aroVse
every man and push him enthusiastiei,,,,
1y into the fight. The tide is now a.
running in the right direction but u',s
very evidence of prospective victor!
liable to lead to over-confidence on 'ne
part of some of the republicans ana y.
allow dissensions to arise which wiz
prevent a solid front against the enemy
CHARLES d, KING
UThose Nebraska conventions mus
have been hard up for an issue WIZ