The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-02

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the state. l have been in politics in this
state for good many years and T f1eyer>
saw anything like it. 1t is not a revolution:
its an upheaval. Swallow is the next gov
ernor OF TINS state said Rudolph Blanken-
burg. president of the Business Mems
Leagues, to me tonight.
Il have just returned from the mining
districts In the center of the state and the
very woods are full Of Swallow shouters."
SAID Mike Tanning, who has just returned
from a campaigning tour of the state, in
which he made rs Swallow speeches.
Last year Allegheny county cast hut
100 votes for Swallow for state treasurer
The chairman of the county Republican COM
mlttee of that county already comedies TO-
ooO votes for Swallow this year and Homer
=. castle, OF Pittsbllrg, the chairman of
the county Prohibition committee. claims
that the total will reach % OOO
Inc f1ghtlng Parsons primitive platform
Thou Shalt Not Steal has set hundreds
OF thousands of Pennylvanians to thinking
away down in their boots as they never
before thought; and, unless every October
sign now fails; it means the biggest No
Eember surprise party the state has ever
seen SO declared the Evening Bulletin to
IT'S lWloW subscribers night before last
MI. jerks can not and will not be elect
ca, and votes cast for him are votes thrown
away. But with DIR. Swallow the Honest
Government candidate, the case is differ
emf. so declared uthei leading editorial in
The Evening Telegraph last Saturday.
Today member of the staff of The Pub
lie Ledger Qnd. Rep telegraphs from Get
tysburg that that Gity will go for Swallow,
and that the Democratic vote in Adams
county will slump from 600 to 1.0OO." ana
that 30 per cent Of this loss will go to Swal-
low. A conference of the Democratic lead
ers there has just@bee held, and it was
agreed to support Swallow
win two exceptions. every daily news
paper in this cityi' has been supporting
Swallows campaign The Inquirer. Quay's
personal organ. is, the only Philadelphia
daily that is SUPPORTING Stone, and The
Record is the only Democratic paper in the
city that is supporting jerks The Record
was the paper of tie late William NJ Sing
erley, who was always known as a Quay
Democrat and WHO, iT fact, worried him
self to death over the failure Of his Chest
nut Street bank. another Quay" institu-
ton.
'Dr. Swallow will be supported for gov
ernor by scores of thousands of reform
Democrats and scores of thousands Of re-
form Republicans solely because he is not
only honest and able but because he has
no corrupt environment to hinder him in
the execution of honest reform If elected
chief magistrate" So declared the leading
editorial in this mornings Times, Philadel-
phla s leading Democratic da ly.
The fact that Quay contros the Demo-
cratic as well the Republican ticket is
so well known that the Boston Herald the
great New England daily, said editorially
yesterday:
1T is conceded that jerks, the Democratic
candidate, has not only no chance of sup
port. but will be far behind DR.. Swallow in
the votes received. The question is asked,
in view of this. why does not Mr.. jerks
withdraw? It is easily answered. Quay
has influence enough in the Democratic
ranks to prevent it. jerks was nominated
through Quay's maneuvers among the Dem
ocratic politicians. and he will be kept in
the field by the same MEANS
A travelling man tells me that few days
ago he took a straw vote In the two lead
ing hotels in Scranton. AT the Hotel Ger
man. 81 out of 33 travelling men were for
Swallow. At Gables. Is out of 30 drummers
declared for Swallow.
straw vote was taken a few days ago
In the shops at Royersford, with the fol-
lowing result: Total vote cast. 271. For
Swallow, 1874; Stone, 1903; jerks "a.
The other day vote was taken the
street in Chester. Out of 172 voters, 122 de-
clared for Swallow.
"A vote has been taken in several depart
mentS Of one of the largest corporations
In the city, whose offices are located within
stones throw of the city hail. In one de-
partment, out of 80 voters. IS are for Swal-
low, for Stone for jerks. and doubt
full. In another department of AZ voters.
over 80 have declared for Swallow. In
another department II out of the 20 voters
declared for Swallow
An employee in one of the largest in
surance companies in the city states that
every man in the Office has declared for
Swallow.
Charles r. Jones. chairman of the Pro-
hibition state committee. is claiming 100000
votes for the Swallow ticket.
Martin I. ]. Griffin editor of Griffin's Jour-
nal, a we'll known Catholic paper, writes
to friend concerning Dr. Swallows cam
vass: ''In mingling with my friends.
know of but one, of all those I have asked
or heard declare their sentiments, who is
to vote against him."
Last week, at the annual meeting of the
Earnest Workers, a society Of Friends.
resolutions were passed. declaring in favor
OF Swallow. Other civic and religious bodies
all over the state have passed similar reso-
lutiOns. Il 81
So bitter has the feeling become that in
cafes, hotel Hobbies and public places the
possibilities of the assassination of DR..
Swallow John Wanamaker are being
discussed. 1.-THE Quay men are furious at
these disclosures. and VIII stop at nothing
is the current comment;
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