Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-23

mittee or any committee chosen by 1t to
| distribute among the marchers. This offer
| was entirely unexpected. With the flowers
| ordered already by the dry goods trade
| this will mean that 1t will be possible for
1872 900 of the 10000 more paraders to
wear the carnation. The only significance
in the selection of the carnation is that 1t
is President McKinley's favorite flower.
There has been conference at which this
and other matters relating to the demon
stration were discussed. 1t was learned at
this conference that there was no chance
OF President Mckinley being present to
review the parade, as had been expected.
Only once in the history of republican bust
ness mems parades here has the candidate
for President reviewed the line. and that
was IN 1872, when General Grant was here.
With but this exception the candidate for
Vice President has always been the guest
of honor, as will be the case this year.
The Line of March.
The line of march is to be from the Bat
terry to Waverly place, thence on 9Th ave-
nue.. to AID street The several subsidiary
organizations will dispense east and west
along the streets north of ADD street Two
reviewing stands are to be erected on either
side of the Dewey arch in Madison Square.
The southern stand, which Is to be built on
the east side Of 9Th avenue. will be the
larger and In II the principal guests and
the reviewing officers will have positions.
The northern stand, on the west side Of 9th
avenue. Is to be reserved for guests of less
Importance Both stands will be decorated
profuscly with flags and bunting OF the ma
tonal coorB. Assurances have been re-
ceivcd from business men that the stores
and residences along the line Of march will
bc suitably decorated for the occasion. The
probabilities are that Broadway and 9Th
avenue will recall the scenes Of the Dewey
day celebration last year.
The Brooklyn board of elections Is facing
.he hard problem of trying to take care of
extra SUNNY of voters in election
districts in this borough. Many districts
show registration of over 600, and one
has the enormous total of over 1000. 1t is
generally conceded that in ten voting hours
over GOO men cannot vote-that is, one a
minute. There are only two more election
districts in Brooklyn this year than last
year. yet the registration is greater by
many thousands. Ten election districts
show registration over 900.
Farmers Are Cold to Organism.
than another in Bryan's tour this year it is
the fact that while the voters in the cities
are sympathetic the farmers and the resi-
dents of the small towns are distressingly
and discouragingly cool and chilly.
Not only do appearances indicate that
Bryan will carry Greater New York by at
least 10000 plurality-a territory which four
years ago gave 60W)0 for McKiney-but if
appearances count for anything. Mr.. Bryan
has a good chance of carrying the large
cities in New York state. And it should be
remembered that four years ago he lost
every city east of the Allegheny mountains
and north of Mason and Dixons line. Troy,
N. Y, the home of Senator Murphy, was
the only city of any size in the state that
was carried for Bryan.
Albany and Buffalo are two of the up
state cities of the first class that the repub-
licans are claiming, but the result in these
two cities will probably be close and the
plurality for either Bryan or Mckinley is
my tod to hf
an administration town, and is usually car
ried by the party in control of the state ex-
ecutive machinery at Albany. This year
the republicans have that control. Buffalo
and Erie county are difficult propositions
to estimate and analyze. but Committee
man Norman e. Mack is relying upon the
visit of Bryan to that section to fire the
hearts of the democrats of western New
York. There is large floating population
in Buffalo, which has been attracted there
by the approaching Pan-American exposi-
ton. and it is impossible for the most ex-
perienced politicians to even venture to
guess as to what the results will be- There
are many men who have been disappointed
because they could not find employment at
high wages. and they are naturally likely
to blame the party in power On the other
hand, the business men plead for a contn-
uance of the existing conditions and the
present prosperity.
MckinIey's Strength With Farmers.
Where. then, it will be asked, if Bryan
gets the Cities is McKinley's plurality of
10000 in the state to come from? From
the farmers. From the farmer, who has
had four years of good crops. good prices
and good times. From the farmer, who has
been too busy to care whether school keeps
or not. From the farmer, who has not had
time to even go to hear Bryan talk as he
did four years ago, when he voted against
the Chicago platform and the men standing
upon 1t. From the farmer, who is unsym-
pathetic even when he attends Bryan meet
ings. The poll showing a republican gain
of ! 500 votes, an addition of the l., 900 plu-
rality in st. Lawrence county alone is not
so far out Of the road for the reason that
st. Lawrence county is peculiarly an agri-
cultural county. and the farmer there is for
Mckinley. Even the free silver farmers
have deserted Bryan this year. You don't
see men like l.. ]. McParlin. who was at
the head of the Farmers Alliance and of
the populists of the state four years ago,
running around and helping Bryan out in
this election. They say that he has sold out
silver and surrendered to Croker.
1t is stated upstate that the weakest
thing that Bryan has done in many a day
is his alliance with Croker. His statement
at the Cooper Union meeting in New York
city the other night. Great is Tammany
Hall and Croker is its prophet" has cost
him thousands of votes up the state. 1t is
true that Bryan intended. this as merely
bit of pleasant huTCr, the Cooper Union
speech was the address that contained the
most humor-ln fact, 1t was an address
given over to fun and fancy almost Alto
gether But the upstate democrats who
follow Hill are afraid of Croker. There Is
one constant battle for supremacy in the
democratic party between the New York
city democrats and the New York state
democrats. And this playful reference TO
Croker Us the leader of the democracy Of
the east. for such is the Interpretation. will
mean thousands of votes for Mckinley on
election day.