New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-31
BUSINESS AND POLITICS " ILLINOIS
TALK WITH INTERNAL REVENUE CoMMls
sIONER FORMAN.

TALK WITH INTERNAL REVENUE COMMlS
sIoNER FoRMAN
Washington, Oct. 30 (SpeciaD.-Commssione For
man Of the Internal Revenue Bureau has returned
from visit to his home in Southern Illinois where
he spent several weeks He is regarded by every
body who knows him exceedingly shTeNd and
intelligent political observer ana his intimate per-
sonal relations with prominent business men and
politicians Of all parties give him excellent oppor
;un.tes TO learn the drift Of curren. thought and
opinion on political subjects IN conversation with
Mr. Forman to-day Tribune correspondent asked:
Are times growing better in Illinois and the a3-
jacent States"
Undoubtedly they are; not Only in those States.
but throughout the country. Internal revenue r
ceipts show 1t. We already several millions
ahead of this date last year. and believe the total
for the current fiscal year vii! run up close to
S5O~0,00 In Illinois nearly everybody feels the
touch and stimulus Of returning prosperity Every
thing the farmer has 10 sell Is in demand and
brings good prices-better than for several years
past-and he is correspondingy cheerful and con-
tented. There is better demand for everything
including day labor. Manufacturers are busy. and
so are the city and village merchants. and every
body seems to be happy. Ii is great and blessed
change from this time year ago"
what has been the effect of this on political sen
timentY' asked the correspondent.
THE Indications tina; ii has been very great.
in Illinois we have no general election this year.
but the Indicate OF q great change are apparent
] am firmly convinced that there fifty thou
sand silver Republicans in Illinois who voted for
Bryan last year, and am just as thoroughly con-
WINGED that few nom of them would 40 so this
year IL they had the opportunity. Most OF them.
;nink. are ashamed OF what they did. Why, in my
county (St. Clair last year there were no fewer
than sixteen silver Republicans the stump a,
time. advocating the election Of Bryan.
don't suppose one Of them would care TO do this
year. Good times are powerful antdote for
Organism.
1T seems 10 me-" continued NJ Forman that
those who predict silver victory in Ohio this
fall will be badly disappointed ] suppose many
thousand silver Republicans voted for Bryan in
Ohio last year just thousands did in illinois
and / suppose not many OF them will vote the sill
yer Democratic ticket this year They tried an ex
pertinent last year which was doubly failure
Bryan was defeated and his theories have been up
set and his prophecies of calamity proven false
and they Will not be likely to try another OF the
same sort this year. Moreover. Bryans speeche:
in Ohio this week will be likely to turn the Sound
Money Democrat almos; solidly to the support Of
the Republican State ard Legislative tickets. Hi:
going into the STATE and making tho kind o.
speeches he does emphasizes the free silver Issue
Will give the Republican candidates thousands Of
votes which they woo!d not otherwise have re
what effect VIII Mayor Harrisons active sup
port of Tammany be likely TO have on his own pc
iitcal prospectso' asked the correspondent.
well do not think II will hurt them You see
Harrison isn't so much OF silverite al heart a;
many persons think. OF course. In public speeche:
10 New-Ycrk and making speeches for the regular
Democratic candidate for Mayor is mainly. think
10 make a point against ex-governor Atgeld WIZ
had proclaimed his sympathy for Henry George
Harrison is bound to keep Altgeld down II he car
by any means do so; In all his chief appointments
since he became Mayor he has chosen only on
from the Mtgeld faction Ne Is nov in tuli contro
OF the party machinery. ana ~ VIII NOT SID IRON
y Q II.