Arizona republican., 1900-09-03
NEW YORK ALL RIGHT
Expert Testimony On Repub-
 IiCan Prospects
Stories of Republican Apathy Have No Foundation-Party Well Or ganized-Leaders Are Not Talking But Saving Wood.

New York, Sept. Civilian Barnes Jr., chairman of the republican state executive committee, left town yester- day to go to his home in Albany.
 MT. Barnes has been at his desk in the state headquarters at the Fifth Avenue hotel continuously since July 1. working on the preparation for the re- publican campaign in this state. He hasn't had an opportunity to take many days off. and his excursion will be the first vacation he has had since he went to work. During the past two months Mr. Barnes has canvassed fully one-half of the counties in the state and has communicated with thou sands of gold democrats to find out how they intended to vote this year. Most of them intend to vote for Mckinley, he said yesterday. MT Bryans s work at republican state headquarters has been of a character to make him thoroughly conversant with the situa- ton in all parts of the state. and befo. e he went to Albany yesterday he was asked what his opinion of the outlook was Mr. Barnes said:
 "The first stage of the campaign has come to a close and. although state ments have been made that the republi- cans are apathetic, and that little work has been done to arouse the interest of the voters, I am in a position to know that, in spite of the noise which our friends. the enemy, have indulged in, the republican campaign in this state is today thoroughly organized and equipped for the struggle of the next few weeks. It has not been the practice of the republican organization in this state to tell what it is doing, nor Is it's record one which makes that necessary. The republican party of New York is prepared, through a system of organ iZatiOn which has taken years to per feet, to bring its vote to the polls. Care ful, unprejudiced reports. made by men instructed to look upon the dark side, have failed to indicate any repub- lican defectiOn from the national ticket worthy of the name. With the sentiment right, and the organization competent to get it into the ballot box, our friends can ask for nothing more. A number of dark clouds have been dis covered, but upon investigation they proved to be composed of wind, not rain.
 ''We are not giving out any figures or making any predictions regarding the result in this state at this premature time, but the effective organization of Tammany Hall. combined with the power which it possesses because of it's hold upon the city's administration will make a result in Greater New York similar to that of 1896 when MT. Strong was mayor absolutely impossible. In the interior of the state, where the de- mocracy represents more of a principle than it does pure bread winning through politics, there is a large class of democrats who are saying nothing but who are much opposed to MT. Bryan as they were in 1S96 To his rev. olutionary tenets. to them seemingly unchanged since 1896, he has added the policy of surrender and national dis honor which, to this class of democrats. is as offensive as apprehension was to the war democrat during the days of the rebellion.
 From the bi-headquarters of the op- position a great many things are an nounced. We will confine our an nouncements to the wires on election night"