Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-02
Many of the Braves Wavering on Mr.;
Bryan.
HEART -TO-HEART TALK WITH ONE
Other Interviews Show WideIy Dr.
vergent Views Of Situation.
L RI E B ZIG ARA DE


NE" 1oRh, November 2.-'1ll tell ye
the truth. and it want be no lies-just be-
tween man and man." said an old-time
Tammany friend. whispering confidentialy
into my ear.
1T want be no lies" he repeated: but if
We give me away and say that 1 said So it
will be a parcel of falsifcations and ma
licious misrepresentation designed for the
declptlon of the paple and an injustice
upon the community. 1t Is not at all SO
sure l am of Mr.. Bryans doing so well in
New York city, state and county. I'm lack
ing something in faith in meself, and no
more have | in some of the other paple T
talk to. Some of thin will snake off and
desaVe thimselves with vote for McKin-
ley, all against their own sintiments and
conscience.
when it comes to the definse of the
Constitution Tammany's as true as stale
II there Is nothing to interfere and every
thlng Is proper and right as it should be
between frinds. Whin prosperity and the
CONSTITUTION are going hand and hand down
the corridors of the country with lixicon of
youth a-lighting their path it is all aisv
ana ana simple; but Whin they get separated
and wandering off their own indepjud-
ence, converging into opposite DIRECTIONS,
II $ more or less bewldering to the proner
understanding of things. and there may be
mistake made add unintintionaIly Tam
many Is for Bryan with its heart and souls
sincerity, but some of the b'ys are onfan,il
iti WIN thlhss they re not accustomed to.
II strikes me from the way some of thim
spake that they don't rightly know the diff
terence between their sintments and what
Inef f mink While their sintiments are all
win Bryan, they are just likely to go off
and vote for Mckinley on account of the
oeWllderment of the situation"
Democrats Are Anxious.
Inc anxiety with which the democrats
contemplate the prospect Of success for the
nis sound money parade on Saturday is
SHOWN by the persistency with which Cro-
ker talks about coercion, and by the procla-
nations advising employees who are at heart
Bryan men to march in the parade but
to vote Tor Bryan. All this is the old old
game of preparing the way to claim, if the
parade Is great success, that it has all
been discounted and that half the marchers
Will vote against the party they march
with AS matter of fact, there is prob
ably no place in the country where coer-
clon OF employees by employers is more diff
cult than here. An attempt to coerce d
man who wants to vote with Tammanv
would set that organization on to the heels
OF the business man who made the attempt
The business concerns which could afford
to defy the reprisal of Tammany do not
employ a multitude of men. Whether the
parade is large or small, it may be safely
accepted as, for the most part. representing
republican votes. After all, the impressive
feature OF the demonstration is expected to
be found in the character of men who par
ucipate in it.
ne OIISrS OF pets, even money, that
Mckinley will have majority of 10000
or more in this state is a staggerer to DEM
ocrats who pin their faith upon Crokers
promises for Bryan. That offer, however,
reflects the confidence that is felt on Wall
street in McKinley's strength.
Meanwhile Croker is said to be telling his
confidential friends that they safely
bet on a democratic majority of not less
than 10000 in Greater New York, and the
democrats a national and state headquar-
ters are receiving reports of almost rain
bow hue from up the state These reports
are, however, not official canvaSSeS, but
are statements by individuals.
Former Republicans Views.
former republican from up the state
whom l saw at the democratic headquarters
today said that when he announced some
time ago that he was going to vote for
Bryan it was supposed that he was the
only republican in his immediate COM
munity who would vote against Mckinley.
but that within the past three or four days
it had been discovered that a large num-
ber of men who had never before voted the
democratic ticket were now going to vote
for Bryan. He said excitedly that the
whole community seemed to be going
to Bryan and that a regular landslide had
started since Bryan's tour through the
state.
The democrats are getting good many
reports of this sort, and the upstate demo-
Gratis who are active in the campaign keep
insisting that McKineys majority down
10 the Bronx Will not De more lnan oo,Vbo.
The republicans, with their perfect organ
1zation, hear nothing Of all these reported
changes from Mckinley to Bryan. They
believe that they have tab on pretty nearly
every voter in the state. They know OF
some republicans who are going to vote
for Bryan and of democrats who going
to vote for Mckinley, but if there is any
possibility of a 'landslide'' they feel sure
that it will be for Mckinley.
conservative democrat, one of the men
of large business interests who is support
ing the democratic party earnestly, express
es the opinion that the republican majority
will be greatly reduced in this state but
that 1t cannot be overcome The general
calculation among conservative men is that
feature of this election will be the heavy
reduction Of republican majorites without
the loss to them of any state carried IN
'96, except perhaps Kentucky. The reduc-
ton in Ohio is expected by many to be the
most marked.
The Congressional Outlook.
With reference to the congressional out
look the democrats are calculating on hold
ing their own in the east, gaining eight
nine representatives in the south, twelve
in the middle west and about four in the
far west. J. P. NJ.