Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-11-01
a G CONSERVATIVE FORECAST.
Bryan Certain to Carry Indiana, Michiga
and Illinois. L,

bryan SeFlalu 10 SaFFS inOtan;ts
and Illinois. 1,
;.Ghicago, Oct 24.-Indiana, Illinois
and Michigan are in the Bryan column
as sure as Missouri, Arkansas and
kentucky, is the sum of reports re-
ceived and analY2ed at Headquarters.
1T is now certain that Bryan Will carry
Indiana by 10000 majority, Michigan
by $4,000 and illinois by a closer, yet
safe, margin.
Chairman Watson of the state dem
ocratic central committee has received
poll reports from ninety eight of the
101 counties outside of Cook, and an
nounces that Bryan will receive 10000
to $4,000 majority In Illinois outside of
Chicago. The best Informed rcpub
licans concede Chicago to Bryan. The
local democratic managers claim a ma.
jority of. $4,000. 1t Will be seen, there
fore, that the claim for Bryan MAJ
jority in Illinois is not founded upon
the wish alone.
Is. AS to Indiana, Parks Martin. chair
man of the. democratic state central
COMMITTEES, says it is safely democratic
and in the declaration he is corroio-
rated by every speaker sent into that
state by the national committee.
Another thing leading to certain
Bryan victory in Illinois and Indiana.
the trusts. On Saturday 1,50o men
We're thrown out of employment in Chi
cago by the shutting down of,the con
verttng and steel. Fail departments Of
the Illinois Steel.company. This, in the
face of the fact that the company had
just received an. order for as.Dortion of
the 10000 tons of Steel. rails ordered by
the Pennsylvania Railroad company
The politics in the action OF the COM
paily is so apparent that 1t will cost
Mr.. Mckinley many thousand votes in
Illinois and Indiana.
The steel and Wire mills in Joliet,
owned by the American Shetland Wire
company, aTh also in politics. Last
month the manager of the company
received the following letter from the
central committee:
Joliet. Ill.,. Sept. 26, 1900.
MIR. John Y. Brooks, Mgr. American
:.Steel. aud Wire Company, Joliet, H.:
Dear .Sir-The following names have
been given to me as employees of the
American Steel aaad ..NNi4e company,
and who are supposed. to- be repub-
licans and having more or less influ-
ence with .their.i fellow workmen: Ed
ward Biddle, William Hess, Riley Nor
gan, George Piper. Tony Racher, John
Fredericks, Clarence Davidson James
The wire mills are about the only
mills in town that have not thoroughly
organized... think it not Inconsistent
with your discipline and practice that
it would be a Very good plan TO at Least
have a marchins,clut representing the
wire industry of Joliet.
II wishayou wotild See these men and
ask ii they will cooperate with me in
organizing such a club. The time is
short before electipn,:,so / wish you
would be as expeditions as possible.
II would be glad to meet these gem
tlemen at anytime, iand will leave 1T
with you to arrange the date most. suit
able. Eespectfuhy!s y HIN. Snapp.
Manager Brooks say; the. men,, as or
dered by the, Republican boss. but i,
happened that onlS..stwo of them were
Mckinley men. The others are fol-
Bryan. Then the cs6ianp4fhy closed tn,
mills and informed: the, men; that il
Bryan is elected they will not be
opened. Such is trust politics of Tho
Mark Hanna variety. ,Itwill not avail
Ninety nine per, cent '6f the mill mel
in Joliet will vote for Bryan
Speaking of Mr.. Hanna, he has de
clined to meet Serfatcr Pettigrew OF
the stump in South Dakota. Senator
I Wolcott of Colorado has also declined
to encounter the South Dakota senate
in forensic debate. Senator Hanna ha:
not been a success as a spellbinder.
From ocean to ocean and from grea
lakes to. gulf, in every city, town ;lne
\ village of the country, defnocrati,
meetings will be held October 81. an,
will be addressed by the ablest speak
ers that the scope of this gigantic plal
will permit. This was the scehcrne an
nounced yesterday.
/ The idea originated With the demo
cratic national committee. which al
ready has set in motion the prepare
tons necessary for the consummatiol
of such a giant project. Such u con
certed move. such II flooding of tn
country with oratory on ole day neve
has been known in a campaign.
In the contamination of this plan tn
tens of thousands ofstclubs affiliate,
with or members of the National Asso
citation Of Democratic clubs will LEM
their assistance. .eAs.
To the limit of it's ability the speak
ers viii be furnished through tn
speakers bureau of the national com
mittee, over which Major Daniel Me
Conville presides. The source OF sup
4 ply, however, will be exhausted at al
early date because of the extraordinary
demand sure to be created, so tina
state and county spellbinders will b
levied upon for thousands of orators
The melting motive for letting loos
this avalanche of oratory is the desir
to reach at one time the hundreds o
thousands of voters who, according t
the reports being sent in to the ma
tional and state committees, are com
ing over to Bryan and Stevenson. Othe
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