Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-10-27
PEOPLE FOR BRYAN.
And the People will win, as They Have
Always won Every Great Political
Battle In our History.

Battle IN our History.
The Democratic National Congress
sional Committee has issued the fol-
lowing statement of the political
situations:
"a tidal wave of Democracy is
sweeping over the country and indi-
cations now point to the greatest
popular majority for Bryan next
month ever given to any Democratic
Presidential candidate. The great
popular uprising In favor of Bryan is
not confined to any particular section
of the country. 1t is universal. The
sign is in the sky and it spells VIC
tory.
1T is universally conceded, even
nv the Republican leaders, that MIR.
Bryan has lost nothing of the strength
he had in 1896, when less than 25,Oo0
votes. properly distributed, would
have elected him. 1t therefore fol
lows that this year he will receive at
least rs many votes as in 1896, plus
the natural increase in the number OF
Young Democratic voters who have
come of age since the last national
campaign. But this year Mr.. Bryan
has many elements of strength which
he lacked in 1896 and which are suiii-
cient to insure him tremendous
majority, both in the popular vote
and the Electoral College.
I'm 1896 the German vote went al
most entirely for Mckinley This
wear Mr.. Byran will receive, by the
most conservative estimate, 90 per
cent. of this vote. A gain of 10 per
cent. i'm the German vote alone ia
sufficient to carry several OF the so
called doubtful States and elect the
Democratic national ticket.
-Four years ago the labor vote was
largely given to Mckinley on the
alleged prosperity issue. This year
the vote of organized labor, number
ing hundreds of thousands, Will be
cast for Bryan. This vote alone Is
sufficient to carry several doubtful
States for Bryan and Stevenson.
THE GOLD DEMOCRATS.
"In 1896 the Gold Democrats left
the regular organization on the tinan
cial issue, and they claim 10 have
east 100000 votes, most OF which
we're given direct to Mckinley This
year the Gold Democrats, recognize
mo that their contention has for the
tine being been settled by statute,
have returned to the old party and
fully so per cent. of them will vote
for BRYAN This vote insures safe
Democratic majority in several close
States
In 1896 a large majority OF tue
Irish vote was cast for MCKINLEY.
This wear this vote will be given to
BRYAN, and this alone means success
in several important States which
four wears ago gave their electoral
vote to Mckinley.
The Holland vote, which has al
WAYS heretofore been Republican,
will this year go over to Bryan with
practical unanimity because OF the
unfriendly attitude of the Admins
tration toward the struggling Boer
republics. In three or four lmpor-
tant States this vote holds the bal
ance of power. 80,
1.-The anti-imperialistic vote will be
cast UNANIMOUSLY lOI ID Soh Iva
month. This is new and unknown
quantity in national politics, but the
| leaders of the movement claim that
in one pivotal State alone they have
LOG. 900 voters enrolled and that these
are drawn almost exclusively from
the ranks of the republicans. In g
score of other States this vote is also
said to be very large. 1t will un,
doubleday be most important anc
perhaps conclusive factor in the ap-
preaching election.
The reform vote will be given al
most unanimously to Bryan this year
Heretoforeit has bssn scattered about
through numerous-small party organl
cations, where it has not made itsel
felt; but in the aggregate it is grea1
power. This includes the Single Tax
ers, the Direct Legislationists, the
Golden Rule Jones' people 100000 IL
Ohio, and many others, aggregatine
considerably more than 1,OOO,OOC
votes