New-York tribune., 1900-09-29
TO BEAT BRYAN AT HOME
MR.. MEIKLEJOHN BACK FROM Ne
BRASKA. SAYS THE STATE WILL
GO REPUBLICAN.

| Washington Sept. 2s (SpeciaD-Mr. NTeikejohn
who resumed his desk Acting Secretary OF War
! to-day. left Washington about ten days ago and
opened the campaign in Nebraska. making vgor-
GUS speech at Grand Island in that State. After
delivering few other addresses and having
further dates to fill at present, he resumed his
duties in the War Department the continued alb
sence of Secretary Root making his return here de-
sirabe. Mr. Meiklejohn will be a candidate for the
United States Senate in Nebraska IL the Republl
cans should carry the Legislature, and IT is said
there is good prospect OF such result 1t would
not he surprising to him succeed Senator
Thurston whose term expires next March and who
is not candidate for reelection.
Mr.. Meklejohn speaks hopefully Of the condi-
tions in Nebraska, and in fact throughout the
tire West, where the sentiment he says, Is rapidly
changing toward the Republicans. Beyond the
Missouri is now doubtful country, single State
being the exception. The Republicans say that It
is possible TO carry all the States west of the
Missouri but this seems to many Eastern Repub-
licans too good to expect in the face OF the great
vote that was given Mr. Bryan in many OF the
encouraging reports received from every State
even Colorado. which has been regarded tho
most solid Bryan State in the West
Speaking particularly Of Nebraska Mr. Meikis-
john says the prospects of carrying the State for
Mckinley and Roosevelt and electing the Republican
Congressman and Legislature grow better each day
There seems to be some foundation for the report
mat the Bryantes are trying to save themselves
Legislature in order to give Bryan a Senatorship
when he is defeated. These reports are being
quite persistently circulated. and the Popusts
who secured nearly everything the State
ticket, becoming somewhat alarmed as such
a trade would nullify the bargains by which they
got all the State Offices in return for their support
of Bryan. MIR Meiklejohn continued as follows:
If the Republican party in Nebraska continues 10
gain recruits as it has in the last two weeks, the
Sured and the electoral vote returned for Mckinley
Being agricultural State. the producers are
their farms under the last Democratic Admnistra-
tion with those they have received during the Me
morning that when a farmer asked Mr.. Bryan
yesterday, How about the price OF hogs?" he
party points TO wheat; il is up, then corn. and
If hogs up, 1t points TO hogs The conditions
existing in Nebraska to-day such that il is i'm
possible TO do otherwise than to point TO the prod
ucts of the farm on which prices have risen,
there is not single farm product in my State
to-day the price OF which has fallen He could have
asked him how about the prices cattle. sheep
wheat and oats. Two bushels of wheat are
worth more now than two and half bushels were
in 1896. One bushel of brings much two
bushels did then. They get much for two bush
els of they did for and half
against per cent then. Farmers are releasing
mortgages now they signing mortgages then
off in Nebraska only 81 paid off then The
price of cattle has risen more than 81 a hundred
worth to-day from $40 500 more than it was worth
then. The farmers now receiving for hun
two hundredweight then. II took two sheep then
to bring much as one sheep now. The citizens
of my State will vote for protection, prosperity,
progress and patriotism.
about October S. and II is expected that by that
time Secretary Root will have far recovered rs
to be able to resume his duties in the War Depart
ment.