The sun., 1900-08-20
They Present a Solid Front Against Bryan,
From Maine to Texas.
HIS ELECTION WOULD BRING DISASTER.
Great Danger Lurking in the Prevailing OVerConfdence--
Strong Concurrent Appeals to Avert The Apathy
Which Would Ruin the Nations Prosperity.
Mckinley the Unanimous Choice of the
Mercantile Community.

should they? 1t was fear Of business
disaster that made them vote against
Bryan four years ago, and that fear is
greater to-day than then. In INV tray-
els over the country have not met n
single gold Democrat who says he will
vote for Bryan. On the contrary |
have found many Democrats who
voted the Bryan ticket four years ago
who intend to vote for Mckinley this
year
Mr.. Frederick Sargent, OF Sargent &
l-ilndy, the big manufacturers of me.
chanical and electrical engines in Chi
cago, says he seldom talks politics.
Dut deems the present conditions criti-
cal Il have no sentimental atfilia-
tion with any political party" he said.
Il vote as my business Judgment di-
rects. The business men / have met
in the past month are almost unani-
nous for Mckinley But this very
confidence is an element of weakness.
Thousands of men in the Middle West
are so taken up with business and
prosperity thar they are not taking the
interest in this election which the
gravity of the issues warrant. | be-
lleve that the election of Bryan would
result ia a panic condition which
would r1ean immense losses to basi-
ness Business men shon!d partici.
pate actively IN the campaign to in
sure Republican success. There is no
question about Illinois. We will give
Mckinley a splendid majority
MORE DEMOCRATIC TESTIMONY.
Z. Z. Shannon, of Rochester, n, Y.
for years in the fruit syrup business.
travels through the Western States.
He says: THE business men of this
country do not dare to change the
Government AT this time The Demo
cratic managers are deluding them
selves or deliberately lying when they
assert that gold Democrats who are
business men will vote for Bryan"
Mr.. Shannon added: Il find an over
whelming. perhaps dangerous conf
dence among business men in the cleo
tlon of Mckinley all through Ohio.
Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan"
Mr.. o. s. Carleton lives in Dallas.
Texas. He was born and reared in
Alabama. and his family has been
Democratic since Thomas Jefferson.s
time. On Wednesday he expressed
his sentiments thus: Il don't like free
silver nohow. don't like high tariff
either. What can / do? I've got the
courage to break all my family tradi.
tons and vote the Republican ticket
II | think Mckinley is right. OF course
Mckinley will be elected A change
Of administration at this time would
be disastrous"
MI. Park Moore, of Waco Tex. en-.
gagged in the cotton growing industry
SAID: II am Democrat, but not n
Bryan Democrat, and Texas has thou.
sands such. If cotton is ten cents
4 pound and wheat ninety cents a
hushel, Bryan cannot go down South
ana preach poverty to the peonle
fouf years ago cotton was five cents
a pound. Bryan said that if sill.
yer went down, cotton and wheat
would go down. Well, they haven't
ana that's one of tie reasons | am
not Bryan Democrat"
THE MIDDLE WEST FOR NI'KIN.
LEY.
Mr John n. Fuller, of the wall
paper firm of Warren, Fuller &, Go
ST. Louis. Mo-, said: Il think WI
have the best prospect ever seen fo,
electlng a Republican ticket in Mis-
souri, this fall, ! travel the entire
western country, from the Mississjnn
hlver TO Mexico and California, and
hnd the sentiment among busines,
men ls-"Let well enough alone"
MI. Z. Il, Brown, of Cincinnati. q.
mas been engaged in the manufactur,
OF not water heating apparatus fol
years. At the Grand Hotel he talked
ABOUT the prospects for his business
seldom talk politics and | can't sa,
am party man. l don't theorizt
much on prosperity. | only know TIM,
my business is better than at any finn
IN ten years McKinley's administro
ton and prosperity may be a co.inci
dence. as hear some people saw. bu
have only the clrcumstantial evi
dence to guide me- and that is strong
~ in favor Of the Republican part,
at present. ] believe a change woul,
be disastrous to my business. If IN,
change comes. men with capital viii
not invest in houses, and therefor.
the better class of houses win M
be built. and therefore will have n,
houses to heat. The times are ZOO,
enough for me. l find so MANY Dem
ocrats who are opposed to Bryan an,
the doctrines Of the Kansas Civ nlot
form that great confidence in the elec
ton Of Mckinley seems justified. New
ertheless. | believe that business me1
everywhere should be wide awake
to their own interests in the matte,