The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-04


green yclycty sod and stands better
than any other kind i'm our climate.
Oaio. Mr.. II. l.. West says
We Will win OUT said Senator
Hanna to me today, " but any kind
Oft msj)ritv that Is even half re-
spectacle will be great victory
uud cr the circumstances.
Applying the principles com mon
sruse to the politics. situation 10
Oaio, Senator Hanua's prediction
ought to come true. The working
men in ONO are enjoying season
of prosperity such as they have not
experienced tor years. Senator
Hanna Is resourceful aud has unlim
tied funds at bis command, the
patriotism of the voters is being
appealed TO ln most eloquent fashion,
aod they are being urged to stand
loyally by the President, to whom
their devotion has been repeatedly
shown. Add to all this the fact that
the tremendous power OF the admin
istratlou Is belrg Xrted ~ thou
sand ways, and that not n breath OF
scandal attaches to the Republican
candidate for governor, and It would
seem as If Olio ought this year to go
overwhelmingly Republican. The
present outlook is that it will do
nothing of the kiud. Even Senator
Hanna does not count on ANYTHING
more than small majority. be
Washington correspondent OF the
Cleveland Leader quotes the Presi-
dent as saying Oaio will give 30, 600
m-jprity for Nash. There Is only
one way by which this can be done.
There would have 10 be Wholesale
detection from Mclean, n condition
which is not apparent anywhere III
the State He will lose votes. OF
course, but the open opposition to
him ia the Democratic ranks amounts
to nothing compared with the revolt
against Hanna and II H4nns's methods.
II there is widespread detection
from Mclean it is, at least, carefully
concealed, and | have endesvored to
fnd it in every couuty in which !
have visited.
THREE OUT OF FOUR AR EREPUBLI
CANS
The Republicans are also mistaken,
in my opinion, when they assert, that
Jones will draw most heavily from
the Democrats. Careful investiga-
ton does not confirm this assertion.
/ is certainly not the case IN Cleve-
land and IN Toledo, and | have the
assurance of very prominent Re
publican that it is not true in Gin
ciunati. There are five counties in
the State Seneca, Allen, Paulding,
Van Vert, and Putnam where the
Democrats will suffer most from the
inroads of the Jones movement, but
everywhere else the Republicans will
be the losers. This beliefs confirmed
by former Labor Com missioner Fas'
sett, Republican who is working for
Jones, and who has visited every
county in the State except swo. He
says that if Jones is not elected,
Mclean will be, because Jones will
get 70 per cent. of his strength from
the Republicans. " have been
Republican, and | know what | am
talking about" be says. " More
Republicans than Democrats will
vote for JONES'" he added, " because
we have more grounds for com.
plant"
Mr.. Fassett said that in his home
ward in Toledo, where there are
2 700 voters, there is not one vote for
Nash.
Not having visited Toledo, | cannot
state the conditions there from per.
sonsl knowledge, but do know that
in Cleveland the Republicans have,
in the language of one OF them. au
awful battle" on their hands. Six
out of every ten men whom | ques-
toned yesterday predicted that Jones
would carry Cuyshogs county. Mark
Hanna, on the other hand, says that
he can win the county for Nash, and
knowing the gigantic efforts he is
putting forth the chances ought to be
in his favor. He has stopped attack
ing McLsan, and is measuring swords
with Jones. He has organized a
" Business Mems League" the sole
purpose Of which is to dissuade men
from voting for Jones. He has en-
ployed the political railroad workers
who aided him in 1896, and they have
gone into the shops to check the Jones
movement. The business men are
meeting every day at noon to devise
ways and means fol saving the coun-
ty to Nash, and in the factories work
is being stopped in order that Repub.
llcan speakers may address the work.
ipgmen. 1t would seem as if, under
this great pressure, the men would
be brought back into line.
NOT EASILY INFLUENCED.
The answers almost invariably
given me in Cleveland when l asked
if this could he done were that ma.
jority Of the Jones followers could
not be bought or threatened. The
superintendent of one OF the electric
roads running out of Cleveland to d
me last night that he had fifty con-
ductors and motormen and that only