Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
M'KINLEY'S Big
GAINS IN WEST.
Republican Party Making Tremendous
Strides Beyend the Mississippi.
SILVER MEN FORSAKIEG BRYAN.
Miners Of The White Metal Declare Flat
Footed For The Administration
Washington Will Be In
Line.

Line.
New York, Aug 1S.-Highly encourag'
ing reports on the political situation in the
West were brought to Chairman Hanna
today by leading Western business men.
President John Mckinley, Of tie Great
Lakes Copper Company, describing Min
nesota, said -
81 think Mckinley will carry Minnesota
by not less than $4,000. 1t is pretty we'll
understood by the population of our State
that the election Of Mr.. Bryan would be
calamity The copper business is of great
Importance to the upper lake States. 1t
will be badly crippled if Bryan is elected;
more so than when Cleveland was elected.
Most consumers of copper do business on
borrowed money. If capitalists lose conf
dence, and do not advance money, our
business is ruined. 1t is nearly the same
in all lines, especially in the iron industry
1.-The Democrats in Minnesota are still
talking a good deal about silver, fanked
by arguments against imperialism and an
alliance with England. They have always,
to some extent, tried to foment race
hatred. They are now appealing to the
Scandinavians as enemies of England, and
appealing to Germans because Emperor
William is an enemy of England"
AS an independent, who doesn't belong
to any party, H. R. Wade, of Toledo, o.,
said to Mr.. Hanna -
81 shall vote for Mckinley. l want
none of Bryan and his prophetic free silver
absurdity. On my way from California to
New York | heard business men ask this
self-answering question why should we
change the administration and our own
condition p
81 here those who were the most rabid
OF Bryan men four years ago just as ear
nestly shouting for Mckinley now. Good
times is the simplest as well as the best ar
gument for workingmen. l hear ten times
as much Mckinley talk these days as
heard in 1896. dare say Mckinley will
carry Ohio by not less than $4,000.
The attitude of the Gold Democrats in
Illinois who voted for Palmer and Buckner
in 1896 was described by G. NJ. Swank, OF
Toulon. He said -
''The Gold Democrats who voted for
Palmer and Buckner in our State four
years ago are unanimous for Mckinley,
and he will carry Illinois by a great ma
jority, They talk to us a great deal about
imperialism secret alliance with Eng
land,' ETC., but we are not fooled. The
people of central Illinois do not lose sight
of IL to for minute. Silver is the real
issue now as it was four years ago. If the
business men of New England, New York,
Indiana, West Virginia and Kentucky do
their duty as we'll as the business men Of
Illinois, there will be no fear ofthe result. Z"
Wilson Alperson, prominent Western
mining man, said that Mckinley will carry
the State of Washington by tleast 10000.
In 1896 Bryan carried the State by l2,5OO
In total vote of "a 900. The Bryan man.
ayers are now confidently claiming Wash
ington. What MIR. Alperson says follows:-
II am now in the silver mining busi-
ness, have been in it for years. am
convinced that silver will take care of it.
self if demagogLes will quit talking about
it. This is not only my opinion, but it is
the opinion of the great majority of mine
owners and operators on the Pacific slope.
The free silver sentiment has been on q
deathbed in Washington for four years
On the other hand, We are prosperous al
we never were before. Some of the big
pest flour mills of the world have beer
built in Washington, and are daily grind
ing for export to Asia.
EVERYBODY AN ExPANsIONIST."
Everybody out our way is an expan
sionist. The opening up of the Orient il
going to furnish us with new life. Th
'open door in China policy is sneered a
by some Democrats in the last, but W
know what it means for the Pacific Coast
and we are for it. We have big tow
out our way called Seattle. You'll hea1
more of it when the thousands of Ameri
can ships are going to the Orient loade'
with export There is not the slightes
doubt in my mind that Mckinley will car
nv Washington by not less than 10000
Oregon and California will give bigger Re
publican majorities than ever. In Idah
the Democrats and Populists are divide
and the State looks Republican. 1 hav
interests in Montana and feel the State
as surely Republican as Michigan"
Among the callers at national hea(
Quarters to-day were Secretary E. 4
Hitchcock, of the Interior Department
Superintendent John McCullagh, Ueuter
ant Governor Woodruff, Collector Georg
r. Bidwell and Victor Dolliver, of Iowa.