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

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S.uator II Bra will st-ugc i-I Is
eek to secure q MAJ u'y lu this
county tor tie X publican 'dld t.
for Governor. HIS task lss Diff tul
one. A. preeent the betting Is even
that Nash Will not carry the county.
Among those who sre phclrg these
bets are msny NIX sson Republicans,
which tends to conftm the general
belief that the McKissonit, $ who we're
turned down by Hanna intend TO get
even with him At the p,ll
" As the situation stands ~ present
Jones has al even race 10 the ulty,
bui Sensior Hanna believes bee can
htiug the dise ifected m membsrs # tte
party into line. ii has called to hrs
assistance the proprie'ors ,f the l-rg-
est stores aud the managers # the
u lis Tbe afternoon papers pult
interviews with business men who
frankly annouuce tn4t they propose
10 check the jones boom by teililg
their employees 10 vote for y 3D..
Supt X chwood, OF the Natlouai G y
bon Company, says he vii call a
meeting of mis- men aud tell them that
It is TO their advantage to support the
administration. President Dangler,
Of the Diugler Stove Company, has
Instructed his foremeu to get their
men ia line, while several still larger
employers OF labor speak with equal
emphasis as to their intentions.
addition 10 this pressure upon
the workingmen, NJ. Hanns will con
tnue bis daily and nightly speeches
N the hope Of changing the wide
spread JOues sentiment through per
sonal appeals. Tonight be rode
twenty miles over a rough electric
road 70 talk to a smsll audience In q
school house at Chagrin Falls. To
morrow be goes 10 a ward meeting IN
this city, and on Saturday be vii
close toe campaign with mass-meet
iDg ST the Forest City Armory. -
tween these meetings Mr.. Hanna Is
consulting not only with his own
leaders, but with dissatisfied Demo
Gratis. Today he hsd quarter Of an
hours talk with one of the local com
mtiee which was sidetracked by Nc
l. an some days ago.
REVOLT AGAINST THE SENATOR
Mr.. Hanna, who has emerged trl
umphant from every contest in which
he has been engaged, asserted tonight
that be would win out again. His
psrty associates profess unbounded
confidence in his ability to turn bis
assertion into reslity. he knows,
however, the conditions which con
front him. b. admits, despite his
confident predictions, that the Jones
vote, unless it is diverted to Nash be
fore election day. will number 10000
or more in this county, and the gen
eral opinion is that at least 70 per
cent. of which will come from the
Republican ranks
" II is mistake 10 suppose that
this Jones vote is confined to the la
boring element. II is. to large de
gree. an expression Of revolt against
Hanns. Men are going to vote for
Jones who have no sympathy with
his theories, and still less do they be-
lieve that Jones ought to be elected
They are, however, dissatisfied with
Hanna. la stationery store today
| overheard three weldressed gen
tlemen say to each other IN casual
conversation that they had always
voted the Republican ticket, but that
on next election day they proposed to
vote for Jones. 4 prominent manu-
f4cturer said today that nearly all his
men intended to vote for Jones, and
that they laughed when be asked
them to vote for Nash. i asked
them said this manufacturer, who is
a prominent Republican, why they
should throw their votes away"
They replied that they were tired OF
having the President dragged in
whenever an election was about to be
held, and that they hoped the time
would come when the choice of even
county and State officers would not
be made national issue Although
this feeling is prevalent, Mr.. Hanna
insists that national policies are in
vOlved.
DON'T DESERT HIM Now
q" What, in a word, is the issue 10
this campaign y | asked him today.
80 The administration. replied Mr..
Hanna, and tonight in his speech at
Chagrin Falls be elaborated this an
swer. This campaign be said, ia
the skirmish line for 1900. Any lack
OF support of the administration
would be notice to the world of a
want of confidence in the President
and bis principles.
al have no fears for the result if
every Republican does his duty, but
have had fears that, misunderstand-
ing the extent and Importance of the
issues involved, and believing this to
be merely State campaign IN sn off
year, the Republicans would become
indifferent and neglect to vote.
Therefore, | appeal to you, beg you,
to vote on election day for the Re-
publican ticket. The President him
self is looking back to bis native State
where his friends are in power, and
is expecting you to give him good
majority, which will oe a vote of con-
fidence in him | trust he will not
look in vain"
Mr.. Hanna went to Chagrin Falls
because he had learned it was a hot
bed of Jonesism. Therefore he urged
his audience not to vote for Jones,
and pictured in comparison with
Jones a man who had for twenty
years been thinking and working day
and night for the laboring men.
That man." said Hanna, "is Will
liam Mckinley. You should not
desert him now. You should not let