Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-11
IN THE MIDDLE WEST
Senator Cullom Says the States Are
ALI Republican.
COUNTS ON ILLINOIS BY 100000
No Doubt About Wisconsin,
Michigan and Minnesota.
PEOPLE MOSTLY COMMENTED

Senator Cullom of Illinois is In Washing
ton today. He has been watching the cam
paign, far it has gone, closely, and
is very confident in his expressions and
manner He says that he regards Presi-
dent Mckinleys reelection as absolutely
certain.
I'VE are going to whip them out of their
boots. he said to a Star reporter this
morning. I'VE should carry Illinois by 5000
to 100000. put the figures as low as 5000
| on account Of not being certain about just
what we will do in Chicago. We know
what shall do in the rest of the state.
and, 1 think the chances are that the re-
publican majority in the whole state will
be 100000"
How about Indiana was asked.
Middle West Republican.
Il do not know so much about Indiana
from personal observation. l now
about to go in there to take the stump.
Our folks who have looked into the situa
ton there say, however, that the state is
all right and that Mckinley will get the
electoral vote.
There is no doubt at all about Wiscon-
sin. Michigan and Minnesota. 1t is all one
way in Minnesota. and shall also carry
both North and South Dakota. / was talk
ing this morning with a friend from Colo
RADIO. who tells me that that state. too will
go republican. l had not calculated on
anything like that. but my friend tells me
that Colorado is safe for Mckinley. and
that in some of the counties there isn't
free silver man left.
What issues are attracting most atten-
ton in the middle west?'
Not Interested in the Imperialism Cry.
prosperity. good times. business activi-
ty. The people are getting along well, and
want to continue to do So The tariff.
sound money and the policy of the admin
istration which advances the business in
terests of the country and develops indus
try are what the people interested in.
There isn't very much excitement in the
campaign yet. but the people are satisfied
with the present good conditions. and show
no disposition. after having been pulled out
of the dust and dirt by this administra-
ton, to crawl back into ii again. The peo-
pie are not excited over this cry of i'm
perialism. They take no interest in 1t. They
don't know what it means 1t is a vague
fancy of distorted imagination. There ism
anything in 1t. 1t is a shadow. There is
no more substance In it for an issue than
a dream. Such issue might have been
raised forty years ago as now. The people
listen to what the democratic orators have
to say the subject If they don't talk too
long They listen with a sort of a curiosi-
ty. but if the orators dwell too much upon
It, they get tired and want to hear some
thing else"
Little Interest in Trust Question.
rs any special interest shown in the trust
question:
No: very little interest. The people are
doing well labor is employed, they sat
isfed with that. and don't anything spe
cal in present conditions to get excited
about over the trusts. Most of the laboring
people say that they have got trust of
their own. and they not especially dis
turbed. What the people are thinking about
is their welfare and the continued en-
joyment of good times. which have resulted
from the wise policy of the republican
party"