Arizona republican., 1900-09-19
HE SEES WORK AHEAD
we Have a Contest on
 Hand' Says Hanna
There Is a Grea5 Deal of Over Con fdence and That Is Not the Right Spirit With Which to Enter a Campaign"

Chicago. Sept 1S.-"I am making no boasts about the election" said Chair man Hanna. Tt is work that counts, and I am here to work and help the committee run the campaign. I appre- one of desperation on the part of those opposed to the republican party, and it is well to understand that the battle never is won until it is over. Yes, there
 is a great deal of what is called over | confidence. It is eXcusable.' however. | for it is natural to confide in the com | mon sense and good Judgment of the 1 people. Over confidence is not the right i spirit with which to enter a campaign, 1 and it is our intention to do everything
 to make sure a republican victory. We i have a contest on our hands, and it is
 a hard one, but nothing will be left un- 1 done that should be done td bring sue | cess.''
 1 MT. Hanna says that the prosperity of this year, being greater even than | in 1892, there is more danger in the 1 over confidence of republicans and | business men than it was in that year.
 when President Harrison was deseated not by the increased vote given to the l democratic candidate, but by the stay
 at-home republican voters, who
 thought there was no necessity for InTp rI..y.t | polls.
 | "Overcon1idence is responsible for 1 the apathy SD far manifest in this cam
 paign,' said MT. Hanna. Everybody
 is busy and prosperity is general. The 1 people are satisfied with the existing | conditions. They are satisfied to let 1 well enough alone and they are con1i- | dent that there will be no change. | They do not all realize. however, that | confidence does not win political bat | ties. There were nearly 5OO 900 republi- i can voters so confident in 1892 that President Harrison would be reelected | that they did not take the trouble to % | to the polls. Their negligence. due to | oVerconfiGence, cost the republican | party that election. We are facing inc same conditions in this campaign. The republicans are confident and the dem ocfats are making q desperate fight to
 win The national committee knows the plan of battle of the democrats. We know that they are planning to recapture Kentucky. West Virginia. l Maryland and Delaware. carry New
 York and Indiana and elect MT. Bryan.
 These states all should be republican
 this year, as they were in 1896. But | they are not sure republican states | They are to be won. and they arc
 therefore, doubtful in that sense.'
 Do you admit New York is a doubt l ful state?"
 admit that New York IS doubtful | Tn the sense that the republicans can
 not set it down as certain to give it's | electoral vote to Mckinley. We must
 fight for New York The democrats
 are going to make a desperate fight to
 carry that state. They have advant-
 ages they never before had in q na-
 uonaI campaign. They have control of
 Greater New York, and Tammany has
 control of over $9O, COG, ,OOO of public rev.
 enues. We know that MT. Croker has made deal with MT Bryan He will be loyal to Bryan, and he will make his
 assessments upon all in the interests that are within his power. He has
 ample funds to wage a great cam paign. He will do it, and he will ne- 1 glect no advantage he holds in his ef
 fort to give Tammany control of New
 York state as well as New York city.
 1t is foolish for me to talk about our
 winning New York without i fight. I
 believe We will win the state. but not
 without a big fight and every republi-
 can going to the polls."
 ''Is Indiana dOubtful?"
 Tn the same way, yes, We cannot
 set down Indiana as a sure republican state, because the democrats are mak- ing desperate effort to carry it. Indi- ana has never given large majorities. It has alternated between the parties
 The republicans can claim the electoral
 vote only after they have decided to make as hard a fight as the democrats. They cannot claim the state by ignor-
 ing the fight they are facing. The same i is true of the other states. If republf-
 cans sleep they will be beaten. I
 do not desire to be regarded as an all
 armist, but I am intrusted with the i conduct of this campaign for the re-
 publicans and I want them to realize
 that there os always grave danger in
 over confidence. We have a fight on our
 hands, and unless We are willing to fight as hard as the opposition, We are
 in danger of getting whipped"
 Concerning the present issues Sena-
 tor Hanna said: Boiled down, the is
 sue on the other side is Bryanism. The opposing is present conditions. The country wants to continue present con-