The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07
More About Mark Hannas Desperate
Fight in Chic.

Itis certainly remarkable that III a
State where the the Republican ma
jorlty ranges from 30 900 to 100 600,
nd where the voters, blessed with
/ prosperity, have been asked 10 sus
tain their fellow citizen. President
NJ Klnley, the Republican managers
should be working like beavers to
elect their gubernatorlal candidate.
Yet today, with the election only n
tew days distant, these leaders are
labOriUg with tremendous energy.
Two years ago their headquarters
were practically deserted at this time,
but this year they will be compelled
20 work industriou. ly up 10 the last
minute. They believe that they have
turned the scale, and today Chair
man Dick said that Nssh's plurality
would probs bly, bo about 20 600
The other side is claiming be said,
that Mayor Jones will secure more
votes from the Republican party than
the Democratic, but the result of our
polls shows that this ls not So"
On the other hand, the Democratic
poll gives Jones only 5000 votes 10
Democratic counties and g. 900 in the
rest Of the State. The fact is that
the Republicans seem more disturbed
over the Jones movement than the
d mocrsts. Senator Hanna is at.
tackipg Jones more vigorously than
he is asssiling Mclean, and tonight
the Cvlun bus Citizen, an independ-
ent paper, which has oeen friendly to
Jones, appears with = double loaded
editorial urging the Jones followers
to vote for Nash. II contrasts the
personal character OF Nash with that
of Mclean, quotes what Allen ..
Myers said of Mclean in his book,
aud concludes with ferveGt appeal
for the Republican candidate.
APATHETIc REPUBLICANS AROUSED.
Senator Hanna will return 10 Cleve
land on Saturday and will remain in
that city until election day, working
TO secure q majority there for Nash.
! company with other Republican
leaders be will especially eudeavor to
turn the Jones men from ID error OF
their ways Not only in Cleveland,
but all through the Western Reserve
the same program will be carried out,
In Trumbull county the Republicans
nave awakened to an appreciation OF
the situation which confronts them,
and are organizing. A meeting was
beld IN the Office Of ex-Congressmsn
Tsy lor, IN Niles. last night, 10 con-
slder the best methods OF meeting the
jones movement, and plans were
agreed upon which they hope will be
successful. la other counties Of the
State the fear of defeat has spurIed
the Republicans to renewed Efforts
Tnis rally has, without doubt, dis
turbed the Democrats, who have been
rel ing upon Republican apathy IN
the rural districts and consequent
slump in the vote.
Tue Democrats are as confident as
the Republicans. At Democratic
headquarters it is asserted that Mc
Lean will be elected, and his ms jOr-
lty is placed at not less than 5000. IL
is said that the majority of $4,000
given Bushnell over Chapman in 1897
is a fair basis for calculation, for the
reason that the Republicans polled a
slightly larger percentage OF their
vote in that year than did the Demo
Gratis. Three propositions are then
laid down, as follows: First. that
the Jones vote will come equally from
both parties that Mclean is not
better organizer than Chapman, and
that Nash is equally as strong as
Bushnell when 1t comes to receiving
the united vote of bis party. OF
course the Democrats say these prop
ositions are untrue, for they believe
that the Jones strength will come
most largely from the Republicans
that Mclean has organized the party
far more effectively than Chapman,
and that Nash will oe cut by Bush
nell's friends but they say that they
make conservative statements in or
der to remove all ground for dispute.
They then claim that 10 900 Bushnell
Kurlz Republicans will vote for Nc
Lean. which makes change of 90
900 votes, and cuts the original 2S,-
600 majority down to 5000.
ALLEGED GERMAN DETECTION.
They claim. also. that at least ) COO
Germans in the State will { How
Schurz aud vote against the Republl-
can party, which makes another
change of 10, 900, and gives Mclean
the advantage of 2 900. 10 addition,
the Democrats claim that 1000 com
mercisl travellers will vote against
Nash on account Of the trusts; that
1000 old soldiers will register their
oisspproval of the policy which
threatens, through an expensive war,
TO afford an excuse against increased
pensions, and that 900 negroes will
desert Republicanism as rebuke to
the President for his failure TO take
q decided stand against lynchipg
These 3 600 votes make q change
of G, 900, or a total of 5000 maj jDrity
for Mclean.
This Democratic claim is given at
length because it is the first detailed
statement Of the reasons which inhu
ence Democratic predictions of vic
tory. OF course, if Jones draws most
largely from the Democrats, one of
the premises on which the conclusions
are based is false. The Democrats
do not specifically count either the
opposition to Mclean in his own pAr.
ty, but say that this is included in
the vote given to Jones. The other
estimates are naturally denied by the
Republicans, who say that the old
soldiers and the negroes will vote
solidly for the Republican ticket.
At the eleventh hour the Republi-