New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-20
THE PASSING THRONG.

"hAain ID. Wlihalns, OF Augusta. Me-, chairman
OF tne Republican City Committee OF the Maine
capital, when seen at the Everett
rohItIOo House yesterday, said Of Maine
A4N Nd<1NE anairs: There Is no interest In
local politics now in Maine C)ur
great light Is in the September election. and when
that is over 1T doesn't make much difference nv
what majority the State goes In November The
real campaign with is prior to September 10
VI course 1t may come about that our November
elecuon may become of National Importance as
Wen as our September one. This occurred in the
Garfield Hancock campaign of 1880 when ths
democrats succeeded in electing Plaisted Governor
The Republicans then turned in and upset the Dem
SI5 carving the State in November for Gar
IS so overwhelmingly Republican that no one fakes
Nucn interest in what size majority win be in
Business is in good condition with us In Maine as
dull however in 'f the Southern fPgr ps tbs sther
mere IS no great demand for any particular product
OF that section lust Northern Maine shows an
2tner state OF affairs. Everything there is boom
ms rs OMing 70 me increased demand for timber.
In value in recent years. Pulp mills have cropped
tbis inst and the investment Of capital In
all Northern Maine very prosperous
Forrest Goodwin. a prominent lawyer and Repub-
hcdn OF Skowhegan, Me-, is taking part in the
New-York canvass. When seen
HEAR tel Mr. c.ood1,,, .o,5. ct -.
AhE TRUTH never seen such meetings as have
uniformly greeted the speakers in
Ne"-fork in this campaign. They have not only
been very largely attended but the audiences have
been invariably enthusiastic and appreciative The
people follow the arguments with keen interest and
lhtelligence, and applaud to the echo any we'll
taken point This shows that the voters are TAX
ing personal interest in the campaign. and are
themselves thinking out the right and the wrong
OF the various issues before them. instead of ac-
cepting at second hand the opinions of their party
S@d SSTs cane rs 9 o as they done
VIII go 1t will be Overwhelmingly Republican
All the signs point that way. Last night I spoke
in Jamaica, in hall that would hold perhaps
ton They all stayed throughout the meeting and
manifested the keenest interest in the speeches.
Inc same thing occurred the night before at Port
Washington. and. in fact, has occurred at every
ers who are canvassing the State report the same
lhing at their meetings have never seen cam
ene Of the % Vi a Be to 6 6H fz
avalanche that will strike BRYAN in Novsr,bber nd
II Will bury him and his theories for all time
General George Nancy of Nashville Tenn, was
formerly Democrat. but in 1854 he cast in his lot
with the Republican party When
A SOUTH at No. l Madison-ave yes
ERNER terday General Manney said:
ON THE I'VE have politics in the
OUTLOOK. South, there is no question
which way the Southern States will
go. Often, in Tennessee 7 have been asked how
this election was to go. My invarable reply has
been that Mckinley would carry all the States
where they hold real election Perhaps this is
a little too strong, because I hardly expect that
we will carry Missouri. but. a whole, 1t pretty
nearly sums up my opinion OF the Republican
chances. Barring Missouri. I do not know Of a
Southern State that holds fair election, that is
when the entire population is allowed to go to
the polls and vote.
1T looks to me now like a Mckinley landslide and
the Democratic campaign shows signs of disin-
tegrating. Croker went into this thing with
hurrah, and 1 for believe that he had some
real hope that Bryan could be elected The re-
spouse to- his appeals, and under his leadership
must be extremely disappointing to him, and the
number Of voters that he will be able to get out
will be far below his expectations. 1 do not re-
gard Croker nearly as strong politically as he
was in 1892, when, in the second Harrison cam
patgn. he succeeded in throwing NETWORKS cleo
toral vote to Cleveland.
1T looks to me as though New-York would go
by almost any majority for Mckinley It IS going
so strongly for Mckinley that the number of those
who will vote for him will keep increasing from
now to Election Day. l don't know that IL Is
much that Mckinley grows stronger from day ia
day as it is that Bryan is growing weaker His
arguments are poor, and betray the desperate con-
clifton of his chances Strong as the Republicans
are In New-York from what 1 hear their
strength is not greater in the Empire State than
1t Is in other sections OF the Union In the North
west. on the Pacific seaboard and in the West the
Republicans gain steadily and without let hin
drance. The vote that the Republican ticket will
secure In the Electoral College should be very
large"