The Washington weekly post., 1900-10-02
Republicans Hopeful of Win
ming in Nebraska.
ENCOURAGED By RESULT OF POLL
Many Changes Are Reported, and the VIM
ner VIII Have Less Than 5000 Votes 10
spare Fissreas Campaisn viii re Kept
Up TO the Fini.h-senaIer Pettisrew
Nerkins Hard for Re-eIectisn Gov.
Liad Lssins strength In Minnesota.

they are Of Indiana. They are nearly
half through with the house-to-house poll
Of the State. The work has been thor
oughly done, the greatest care being TAX
en- 10 secure trustworthy results. Re-
ports are made daily 10 the headquarters
IN Chicago and there summarized. The
returns thus far received partially cover
every locality In the State, and may
therefore be accepted as good data 10
form judgment of general conditions
Nebraska gave Bryan about 900 ma
jority, and last year IL gave Holcomb, the
fusionist candidate for governor. 1890
ma iority. The total vote Of the State ap-
proximates 225. 600. a change of 1880 votes
from Bryan 10 Mckinley will insure Re-
publican success. Returns already in
give the Mckinley managers a reasonable
hope Of carrying the State. They tell of
great numbers of changes. not confined
TO any particular section of the State, but
diffused over the entire area. One of the
most conservative men connected with
the direction Of the campaign said TO me
to-day that in his judgment Republicans
had an even chance in Nebraska. He
said that II the rest of the poll was as
favorable as that already taken and no
reversal of sentiment took place. McKin-
ley would secure the electoral vote of
Bryan's own State by a narrow margin.
Bryan was making very small gains in
two or three OF the larger cities, but not
anywhere near enough TO make up for his
losses in the rural districts.
Hot Campaign TO the End.
Mighty effort Is being concentrated by
the national committee upon the State of
| Nebraska. That is one State in which
| there has been no complaint of apathy.
| The people are being worked up into a
| tremendous state Of excitement. The
| whole population is one great marching
club. Meetings are largely attended ev-
erywhere. and both parties are throwing
their best orators into the field. Roose-
welt and Dolliver will visit nearly every
important county in the State this week,
and whatever may be said of chllliness
| toward Roosevelt in the Middle West, il
| must be admitted that Beyond the Mis-
souri, Roosevelt Is a star of the first mag
nitude. He is a perfect cyclone out on
| the plains, a fact which was demonstrate
ed on his Westward trip through Mime
sofa and the Dako'as. When he gets
through with Nebraska it will be on fire
| from end TO end.
Nothing has been left undone In Nebras-
ka which skill, experience, and ingenuity
could suggest Money has been poured
into the State In abundance, and there is
| plenty more where that came from with
which to carry on the campaign to a the
atrical finish, nevc- letting the cnthus-
| iasm dull or .nteres. LAG. B-Jan was
made aware a month $50 c. the Hanna
purpose TO defeat him In his own State il
the thing could be done. a fact which ac-
| counts for his own activity there.
| 1t will not do for Republicans TO be
| sanguine about Nebraska, but | am sat
| isfied the winning candidate, whoever he
may be, will have majority of less than
300. Indeed. / am tempted to say tha,
| 2,5OO would be maximum estimate. The
battle will be fought right up to election
| day, and there will be one of the hottest
| finishes ever seen in a State notorious fol
| its bitter political warfare. p'7
senator Pettigrew's Fight.
Senator Pettigrew is conducting a sin
gle-handed fight in South Dakota for re-
election to the Senate. He is running MS
| campaign independent of the Democratic
State committee and is making a magnifi
cent demonstration He has his mead
quarters in Sioux Falls. only few doors
| distant from the Democratic headduar.
ters, but in different building. There
are 20 visitors at the Pettigrew head
| quarters to l at the Democratic offices
He has a barrel on tap and is spending
money like water. The Senator Is not
rated as rich man by any means, and
| great curiosity is felt as TO where bis
| funds come from.
The prevailing belief is that Marcus
! DAILY supplies the bulk of the cash, In
pursuance of an understanding reached In
| Washington last winter, when Pett!grey
| contracted to lead the anti-Clark fight In
| the Senate. DAILY is heavily interested In
Black Hills mining property. and has a
| legitimate excuse for helping Pettigrew
1t would not be surprising If the Senator
was not getting help from friendly inter.
ests in the Indian Territory and Okla.
homa, where he established influential re-
lations during the period he was chairman
OF the Committee on Indian Affairs
Chairman Hanna is very anxious TO Sc,
Pettigrew defeated and is giving ever,
possible assistance to the Republican
committee. There is small doubt tina
the State will give a safe majority fo
| Mckinley, and the chances are that PET
tigrew. too. will go down with the BryaI
| wreck. but this is not so certain. II he 4
beaten his victors will know they had
| fight.
| Goy- Lind's Strength Waning.
Gov. Lind OF Minnesota, Is losin.
ground. The Swedes and Norwegians, ,wh,
are his main reliance. are split I'D I,
some extent this year. They expected
him to give them all the Offices al hi
command and turn down everybody else
Instead OF doing this, however. he dis
tributed his patronage with as near even
handed justice as he could. giving par
| 10 the Germans, part 10 the Irish, am
part TO native American Democrats. Thi
angered the Scandinavian element, an,
| the governor will not get their solid vot
this year. as he did before. Besides, tn
| Republican candidate for governor +
popular. brainy. and aggressive. He i
| making great inroads into the Lin
strength. Representative Heatwole. VIII
| is In town to-day gave as his opinion
that the State would give Mckinley 5000
to 60.0G0 majority. He predicted sweep
ing Republican victory in Minnesota.
Missouri Congregational Contest.
A change in the complexion Of the Mis-
souri, delegation to Congress is threatened
OF. rather, a change in the makeup In tn
delegation. The delegation now stand
twelve Democrats and three Republicans
The Twelfth district. represented for sew
eral terms by Pearce. VIII probably SEN
Democrat in his place. while Benton
the Democratic member from the Fiji
teenth district. known as the Joplin dis
trIct, is likely 10 be replaced b. a Re
publican. Pearce was defeated for r.
nomination last summer, and, seeing thei
opportunity, the Democrats put up
strong candidate there. with every pros
peet Of winning al the polls. The Demo
| cratic candidate is the son Of I1dwan
Butler, who was for many years al poten
in 81. Louis politics as Croker Is In Nes
York. He Is very rich and anxious 1
give his son a good start. He Is reportel
10 have said he would spend tl0o.0Jo 4
elect his son to Congress. and II half tn
reports are true he is making good hi
pledge. II is said that hundreds OF Demo
cratic voters have been induced 10 NOV
into The Pearce district by having thei
house rent paid for six months or a yea.
This is only one OF the measures adopte
by Butler pere to advance the politica