The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-29

the country that these Oriental pearls
belong TO Uncle Sam and he is not going
to throw them away" The Richmond
Times quotes a statement from Gen. F1tz-
hugh Lee that United States troops can
not be withdrawn from the Philippines un-
der fire." and adds: 80 long as our nag
floats over those islands it is necessary for
thc administrator TO resist Aguinaldos
pretensions and TO send armed forces
against him and his insurgent band to sub
due them and make them recognize our
authority" All the papers here quoted
from are Democratic. One of them says
that nothing but the negro question holds
the Democratic party together in the South.
and that there are hundreds of thousands
of men throughout the South who will vote
against Mr.. Mckinley with the hope and
the expectation that he will be elected
nevertheless by the North and Northwest"
This view is corroborated by expressions
from Southern business men not in politics.
A Boston banker has published the views
of a number of his correspondents i'll the
South bearing on this question. For OBJ
vious reasons the names of the writer's are
not given, but they are vouched for as
representative business men. One at Little
Rock, Ark, writes:
L am sorry to state that there is no ques-
ton but that Arkansas will go for Bryan
by a. beastly majority. My opinion Is that
a change of administration at this juncture
would be unfortunate for the interests CT
our country even though Mr.. Bryan were
a real Democrat and possessed of sound
principles of government and had the in
faEnGr ~ fhn Axta e1r 90 Aor IL
though a Democrat of the old school my
self, l cannot see how any self-respecting
Democrat can support such a blatant Pop
ulist and demagogue as Bryan except such
as expec TO personally benefit by his sue
cess. In my opinion Mr.. Bryan has be-
come a more dangerous man for the gen.
promise of being in 1896. While nothing
can be hoped for from this State, l trust
the rest of the country will pury him be,
never be heard of again.
Another. writing from Tampa, Fla, says
hat while he is a Democrat he is in favor
of a protective tariff and the gold stand
ard. He adds: II am very much of the
opinion that Mckinley will be elected
again and really believe under the circum-
stances that it would be far better for
the welfare of the country to secure his
reelection"
A prominent business man of Atlanta,
Ca, says that State will declare over
whelmingly for Bryan, but by this ii must
| not be understood that our business COM
munities favor free coinage of silver, nor
do they think that a change of administers
tion would be wise at a time when the
country generally Is on a high road 10 pros
| perity."
Another one at Macon, Ga, says the
State will give a large majority for Bryan,
and adds:
tics the South must remain solid. My sym
pathies are entirely with Mckinley. I can
not conscientiously vote for Bryan, al
though / have been a lifelong Democrat,
but on the other hand 1t is very hard for
me to vote for a man who insists upon put
ting negroes into offices in my State. i dc
wish the Republican party would let the
negroes alone or that the Democratic party
would let the '.isms" alone. AS it is / dc
not know how to vote.
A ~well-known citizen of Raleigh, N. c.,
says the State will cast it's electoral vote
for Bryan, but expresses the opinion 'that
were all those who vote for Bryan and
really desire the election of Mckinley to
vote for Mckinley the State would go Re-
publican by a large majority"
Such expressions as these show that
among intelligent men in the South there is
very little sympathy with Bryapism and
that his defeat will not be regretted by
them.