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suspicion, Of s,o this lnota activity in

democratic circles rINT
Mr.. Bryan and Mr. Bryan's managers
have certainly been pls,.ng Clever poll
ties during the closing days Of the cam
paign, but It seems impossible that they
should be able in a few days to break the
force Of hard. systematic work accom-
plshed by the republican, headers through
out the length and breadth Of the land
during the past four months Nevertheless,
1t is an absolute fact that the democrats Of
New Jersey have beenI so encouraged by
Mr.. Bryans spectacular and pyrotechnic
trip through the state that only today n
delegation of New Jersey Bryantes secretly
visited ex"Gov. Stone. who Is In charge of
the democratic headquarters here in the
give back to the New Jersey democrats the
amount that the New Jersey democrats
have raised for the democratic national
committee-about s20,00orin all-they could
carry the state Of New Jersey for Bryan.
This money was voluntarily contributed by
Mr.. Bryans admirers and friends in the
state of New Jersey, to be expended in
doubtful states, New Jersey being acknowl-
edged as hopelessly for Mckinley. During
the last few days, in fact since Mr.. Bryan
entered the state at Camden and closed his
campaign at Newark, the democratic lead
ers in that state claim to have evidence
that the laboring men, the railroad en-
ployes and whole districts in the southern
part of the state are out for Bryan.
Even Chairman Gourley, who ten days
ago secretly told his friends that the repub
ncan plurality in the state of New Jersey
could not possibly drop below 10000 for
Mckinley, Is now secretly advising his
friends to take the long odds which are
being offered by the republicans odds of 10
and more to l. that Mckinley will carry the
state of New Jersey, and Chairman Gour-
ley, who, by the way. is a gold democrat,
is said to be investing considerable money
on the tempting odds offered himself. To
his friends he says that from advices that
he has received within the last forty-eight
hours he is confident that New Jersey will
be carried for Bryan by from 10000 to
10000 plurality.
Hard to Estimate Effect of Bryan.
1t is difficult, If not impossible, at this
time to estimate the effects of Bryan's re-
markable work as campaigner in New
York city on last Saturday night. Today
has been record-breaker so far as speeches
are concerned. The democratic nominee
made at least thirty speeches during the
day After dash into Schoharie county,
which was the only county In New York
state which in 1896 gave him a majority,
Bryan hurried back to the metropolis. ar
irving here at o'clock. Then there was
mad rush down through the East Side, where
he addressed thousands of Hebrews; thence
across the river to Brooklyn, where assem-
bled thousands and tens of thousands shout
ed themselves hoarse in his honor. Mr..
Bryan has right to be suspicious of his
Brooklyn reception because the Brooklyn
democrats in their organizations this very
year have declared for the gold standard,
and 1t is a question whether he made any
votes on that side of the river. But there
is no doubt that his flying trip to the He
brewS of the East Side has had the effect
of breaking down the last republican bar
ricrs in New York city south of 23d street.
The Hebrews of the East Side have here
tofore stood like a stone wall against the
of Organism and Tammany
Hail. SO far as lower New York is concerned.
But never before has a presidential candi-
date visited this section of the city, and
never before has a presidential nominee
gone down into the heart of the. Stanton
street-EsseX street country to talk to the
hundreds of thousands of people who re-
side there. The effect of this, it is said,
has been to demoralze the republican He
brew organization in New York cty's lower
section, for it must be admitted that the
people there as well as the people in other
sections of the country like to have presi-
dental candidates pay them even a brief
visit. But against the now completely
Organized lower New York city stands the
great borough of Brooklyn. with its 1900
600; all Of the great Central Park districts
of New York city, all of the Bronx terri
tory and the upstate sections, except, of
course, the larger cities, like Buffalo, Roch-
ester, Syracuse, Albany and Troy.