The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-09
PREDICTION OF A DEMOCRATIC
LANDSLIDE,

PREDICTION OF A DEMOCRATIC
LANDSLIDE.
A wager of $45,0 900 on Bryan against
$40, 1000 on Mckinley was made in the
st. Charles hotel, New Orleans, this
week. The Bryan end was taken by
Joseph Green, Of New York, corpora
ton lawyer and former judge. Colonel
Archibald s. Henning, republican pol
itician Of San Francisco and partici.
pant in the recent senatorial contest
in the California legislature, covered
the Mckinley end.
The money was put up in cash and
checks. Henry l.. Sprague of St. Paul,
Minn., who has large copper and iron
interests in the Duluth and Lake
Superior regions, was the stakehold.
er.
Joseph Green and Henry L. sprague
arrived in the city this week on the
way to Mexico, where they are princi-
pals in suit affecting title Of valuable
mining property.
Colonel Henning of California is on
the way to the Paris exposition. Col.
onel Henning was introduced to Mr..
Green by Mr.. sprague, who Is an alum.
nus of the same class as Colonel Hen
ming in the Stanford university.
The meeting took place in the cafe of
the st. Charles. Soon the conversation
turned on politics and the result was
the bet recorded,
Much sentiment attached to the
strong sentiment of the two Bryan men
OF the company. Of these MIR. Green
alone could be induced by the reporters
to state his views.
Mr.. Green, wheE asked to state his
reasons tor betting on Bryan, said:
There is not the slightest doubt in
my mind of democratice landslide this
year. base my opinion on the senti.
ment Of the country as have gathered
it during the past fortnight in half q
dozen states have stopped in and on
Information gathered on my CORES.
pondence. Eve sbedy concedes the
ases south of y wv =
Ito sBryan, and Y
edly more ent Z
west and the 9
some Of the southern States.
81 have letter from New York dated
Wednesday, from republican high up
in the councils of tine party, saying that
Chairman Odell comedies New York to
be doubtful and that the most acute
political observers of New York in the
republican ranks place seven other
states that gave their electoral vote to
Mckinley four years ago in the doubt.
full column, These states are Illinois
Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota
Maryland and Kentucky. These states
foot up total of l42 electoral votes
A third of them taken from McKinley't
column last election and placed il
Bryan's would have elected Bryan.
"New York is not going to be thu
pivotal state this year. Bryan vii
carry it, but Bryan will not need it
Bryan will carry Kentucky this year.
michigan casts fourteen electora
votes and Minnesota nine. Mckinley
got them last time. Add them nov
to the Bryan column. The silver bug
aboo secured the German and Scan
dinavian votes in those states for Nc
Kinley last election. Their entir,
strength will be thrown to Bryan thi
year. Imperialism has been made tn
issue, and the foreigners have horro
of it. Their sons have been taken from
them in the old country to serve in tn
army. Many came to this country t,
evade it. They all hate England. Nc
Kinley has helped England crush th'
Beers. The Beers have their sympathy
They know the United States senate il
hopelessly republican for SIX years ant
that silver legislation is impossible dur
ing the next presidential term. SuG
cient unto the day is the evil thereo
is their motto. The democrats in Min
nesota are not afraid to see the silve
issue. 1t is tower of strength to them
1t will gain for them more votes thai
the handful of gold democrats will TAX
from them. s
J "The issue Of imperialism" continued