New-York tribune., 1900-07-18
HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF BRYAN
SOUTHERN BUSINESS MEN DO NOT WANT
CHANGE.

Washington. July Il (specaD.-Thomas J. Kirk
Of Sacramento. Cal. State Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction said yesterday:
l am in Washington on my vacation and Jour
Southern States While am engaEed in a'tG educa e
uonal pursuits ! nevertheless came in contact in
travelled SLOWLY. stopping at many Southern cities.
I,fti me- many men engaged in mercantile and man
@uatlon @ with them all and was much surprised
selves over the prospect of another campaign Of
the principles for which Mr.. Bryan stands sponsor
in the South is weary Of these s5aes tS This fsnSee e
effect upon the result 5q 1 10 nave & material
that it viii be made manifest in decreased major
those of the Southern States which have in recent
g@eaIs @ gone So extensively into manufacturing. The
seem aveTse to Expressions Of o9on G ha Gn & 90 not
Pertecty satisfied that present conditions shall
! dd not have to be told by the gentlemen who
entertained me that the South was experiencing
enternrses bh lh n meTGanue and manufacturing
tnled states, as the visual evidences Of it in new
Industries only too apparent There is ~ good
WThoe5ome vigor in trade conditions. and the
chanse in political conditions which will menace
this growing wealth | was personally much sur
Soathern merchants expressed themselves Their
Of Sons for m Me- ckhey a4Te ehSng9 b9t fb to the
gao 0i tne great river Of trade which is
prices OF their home products, and it is this ee-
change which may even inferentially tend to check
CONDITIONS IN CALIFORNIA.
In my State. California l look for the re-
urn OF united Congress delegation from all Of
"i seven districts In the Id District represent
Td by Mr.. De Fres in the last Congress- the only
Democrat in the delegation the Re6ubIjca@ns @ baH OS
mage up their minds to carry it, II is normally Re
PJIDIcdh, ana a strong candidate will be nut nm
Many mining men voted for Mr. De Vries for
personal reasons, and the Republicans expect m
nasF Ihese voters this year. Mr. De Vries viii
4ot be candidate having been appointed nv tha
president to another position. There was ais, n
IiI sc lopGlstlc element in the other Con-
gross districts, and those who left the ReDnbIicar
PdIty 70 JON IL have returned The California
peieeaIon 10 Congress this fall will undoubtediv
be solid Republican one.
IN IN ailIoTnia Mr. Mckinley is personally the most
IKE MN Ihey Will manifest this personal regard
eIiu Wlll sustain his Administration ma forit,,
Mnlch J estimate at twenty thousand This NAV
seem high put desire 10 em3hasize the fact thai
We Pacihc Coasters are for Mckinley and exnanI
sion hrst. last and All the time. The friction n,
the party over the election Of a Senator was TEN, ~
Porary, ard II presents united front 10 contra cto
ana Tree silver. For instance. / know of least
one hundred men among my acquaintances
VINO voted Tor Mr. Bryan who will reverse their
big aggregate at the polls. ~
All that has been said about the good times IN
the Coast is true. California A few Years apo was
oyerrnn with tramps and men of employment
Io-nay lapor is scarce. our wheat crop has been
very large, and the ranclsrs IN the interior viii
raisin and nrune crops. Our fruit-growers want no
change I'm the tariff laws which have enabled our
agricultural population TO thrive and build nm a
might business in fruit. -