The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-08-11
BRYAN WILL BE ELECTED.
So Says Attorney John 7. Casey, O.
Anaconda, Montana.

On returning from his bridal tour, on
Aug. I, Attorney John T. Casey was
interviewed on the political situation ty
the Anaconda Standard, which reports
him in part as follows:
1T is my opinion" said Mr.. Casey,
gained from what l heard on my trip,
that Bryan will be elected by ire
mendous majority In Chicago there
has been a most marvellous change ii,
the sentiment OF the people. l talked
with number OF people there who wcr,
gold Democrats in 1896, but who now
realize how they have been misled, and
they are at this time as staunch support
ers of Bryan as they were his enemies
at that time. Many Republicans OF Chi
cago, too, have soured on Mckinley and
will support Bryan this year
imperialism is certainly the para
mount issue in that section. The Ger;
manAmericans, who constitute large
portion OF the population, are dead set
against anything which implies impcri-
alism and a large standing army. The,
do not say very much, but from what l
gathered I believe they will walk to the
polls in body and turn Mckinley down
with vengeance. The people gener-
ally understand that Imperialism means
the gain of few capitalists who cons
troll the shipping and commerce and
that the masses will have to shoulder
the burden of carrying out the admins
tration's present policy. They under
stand that the imperialistic policy OF
Mckinley can be defended on only two
grounds-one, as Mckinley says, OF
benevolent assimilation by shooting the
Filipinos down, and the other, that it
pays. In other words, the people ar,
coming to a realization of the fact that
the Mckinley policy is defended on the
same ground as is the policy Of high
wayman or pirate-that it pays.
while silver has been made a sccon-
Diary issue, l cannot conceive how Bryan
can lose any of his silver strength. In
fact, he will not only receive the votes
of the silver people who supported him
in 1896, but he will gain the
votes of multitude OF pco-
pie who were gold Democrats in
90 and who have since changed their
views. talked with one German
American merchant in Milwaukee,
man worth perhaps half million. He
said that in 1896, while he held to
Democratic doctrines, he voted for Nc
Kinley because he believed that Bryan
was an anarchist and a windbag. Now
he pays tribute to Bryan by saying that
he believes the Nebraskan is one of the
greatest statesmen the world has known
for century and that he is equal i'll
craftsmanship to Bismarck and Glad
stone
The attitude taken by the Democrats
toward the trust question is another
pillar OF strength to the party. In the
East, by reason OF the trusts, the price
OF everything has gone up and the con-
sumner pays good deal more for an
article today than he did a couple OF
years ago, yet wages have not gone up,
but, on the contrary, they are lower
than they were two years ago.
81 believe that Bryan will carry every
state he carried in 1896, with-the addi-
ton OF Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New
York, kentucky land Maryland, and he
has an excellent chance lin Minnesota
land Wisconsin. Illinois, / am sure, will
tges. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Bryan and In
l.l llama viii rs safe; e Ohio Bryan has
;abetter chance than re ever had. I'M