Washington sentinel., 1900-09-01

a Gay wear ago, and who are nc
working in the hot sun with a pi,
and shovel on the new Toledo Ce
teDnial tor $3.50 a day. Here
b Northern Ohio there are more me
out oil work than at any time sinC
1898, The trusts have discharge
thousands and thousands OF traine
men in order to limit productio
and keep prices up"
Let no one deceive himself abou
the workingmen this year. Th
"iull dinner pail" argument ha
little effect upon men who see thei
fellows obliged to abandon thei
trades and beg for work on the pub
lie roads or starVe.
Organized and unorganizec
labor in Ohio is united against
Hanna and Mckinley, but change
is not to be found only among IN
dustrial workers. The Gold Dem
ocrats have returned to the Demo
cratic party throughout the State,
and with a few exceptions are
working earnestly for the election
of Mr.. Bryan. Thousands of
former Republicans have Joined
the reform forces.
a great many OF the Jones Re
publicans will vote Tor Bryan.
This information comes from men
who have been heretofore r pub
licans.
The blind Hanna apers
may jeer at this statement, but the
iacts arc plain and easy of ascer-
taInmenr Remember that in I892
Mr.. Cleveland came within 1919
votes of carrying Ohio. -Four
years later, with an unparalleled
panic, with thousands of Gold
Democrats supporting the Repub-
lican ticket, with millions Of dol.
lars in Hanna's hands, with the
Cleveland Administration work
ing tooth and nail against Bryan,
with a disorganized Democratic
party and a bankrupt Democratic
treasury, Mr.. Mckinley
carried his own State by only 49,
497 votes.
To accomplish this result a vote
was cast the like OF which IS with |
out record.
Mr.. Mckinley received more |
than a hundred thousand more
votes than were ever cast for a
Presidential candidate. Ohio cast
more than million votes in 1896.
It is conceded by the leaders Of
both parties that the whole vote
his year will be less than $50 900.
The old sentiment that once in
'pired the Ohio Republicans has
vanished. Nothing remains but
he cold, sordid argument OF
Hanna and the palpably false talk
lbout the "lull dinner pail" the
'Itter irony of which will be seen
when it is SAID that skilled mech
mics from the bicycle factories OF
his State closed by the Bicycle
Trust were forced to work on the
oais, and that many trained
mechanics from other establish
nents were earning their bread by
,ick and shovel.
In the decrease OF the total vote
Mckinley will probably lose two
'otes for every one vote lost TO
3ryan. The Democratic party is
United and full OF enthusiasm this
'ear. 1t has been many years since
he Ohio Democracy was so bar-
nonious as it is now. There is no
no grumbling; all are Tor
BRYAN
Hanna will lose from the 48.4o7
plurality Of 1890 nearly all Of the
Iold Democrats. He will lose
large part OF the Jones Repubh.
ans. He will lose many thou
ancs oi workingmen who were
by the panic of four
ears ago and the terrible predic-
ions made by their employers.
lie will lose thousands OF German
otes. He will lose all the votes
t the ant,-imperialist organization
nd its sympathizers.
How, then, is it possible for
lama to carry Ohio7 He lost his
wn county lastyear in spite ofhis
rantic personal efforts and the Law
sh use of money. He lost Lucas
,ounty last year by an overwhelm.
ng vote. Where are the McKin-
ey votes to come fromp The State
vas practically Democratic in