The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-25
VIII Go 10 the "Enemy's Country"
and Attempt to Delude the People
with His False Issues.
FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT MADE
THAT AN EFFORT To WIN NEW
YORK WILL BE ATTEMPTED.
Bryan to Spend n Week I'm Roose.
veIt's Domnin-Cabiact Positions
Not Yet Parceled Out.


CHICAGO, Sept 24.-The Democrats
think there are many striking points of
similarity in surface appearances hetNGen
this campaign and that Of 1892, and they
hope history will repeat itself and that
the result this year will be the same as In
1892, when a Republican administration
was turned ou' lid Democratic adminis-
tration put in. Republican managers say
that while appearances now and eight
years ago are alike in some respects. there
is in reality a great difference Then the
country, while apparently in full enjoy
rnent of tremendous prosperity. was on
the verge of one OF the sharpest panics In
its history, which developed when Cleve-
land assumed the presidency. This year.
however, business conditions are in every
respect different from what they were
eight years ago. There is a plethora of
money In every section Of the country.
Farmers are prosperous and have money In
the bank. They are feeling good and shsuhy
it in everything they say and do.
There has been a complete reversal OF
conditions and feeling within the period OF
eight years. The change has really taken
place within the past four years, but this
comparison has been made between 1892 and
1900, and II holds as good for the longer
period as for the shorter. Eight years ago
the tens Of thousands Of small dealers were
in distress. They, too. were feeling the
pinch of the hard times and seeing tines
getting harder. Manufacturers were strug-
Cling under an enormous accumulation OF
goods representing the overproduction Of
years. For their own preservation they
were economizing in every direction and
one of the methods adopted was to cut
down help wherever possible. Reduced pay
rolls became an imperative necessity. Now
the small merchant IS a generous sharer
in the broad swelling prosperity. and while
manufacturers were obliged to go through
a moderate sweat during the summer
months. and in some branches OF business
suffered a mild depression. the inevitable
consequence Of going ahead too fast. busi-
ness is booming I'm nearly every field OF pro-
duction. The employed classes, as a rule.
have plenty of work at good wagcs.--zt
will therefore be seen that conditions now
and in 1892 are wonderfully different
Having satisfied themselves by a process
OF reasoning based on facts as above pre-
sented. that real conditions now and eight
years ago are wholly unlike, ii is easy for
the Republican managers to figure out that
Mckinley is not in the same danger of
defeat that Harrison was. although the
masses are apparently almost as undemcn-
strative now as then. They have reached
the conclusion that the voters are not
apathetic, but that having made UP their
rninds, they do not care 10 work themselves
into a state Of excitement. They have a
great deal OF evidence TO confirm the be-
lief that the voters will generally turn out
on election day, and that the result Will
be an Endorsement of the present adminis-.
tration.
Among the Bryan managers a totally op-
posite view is taken OF the quiet among
voters and the conclusion is reached that
II means the same now as u did when
President Harrison was defeated. They
contend with great vigor that the masses
of the voters are dissatisfied with the Nc
Kinley administration and are not sverse
to a change. on account of the temper OF
the people, political canvassers find Il hard
to secure an intelligent expression of opin-
ion for transmission TO their respective
headquarters, a circumstance which gives
the managers unusual latitude for specula-
ton and theorizing. which consequently
enter into headquarters business" much
velopments are weighed carefully with the
general view OF adding 10 or taking from
previously formed conclusions in which
ls92-l9O0 comparisons are the baseline and
the foundation.
Every day adds confirmation TO the state
ments have repeatedly made in these let
tiers, that the Democrats are making ready
to practically abandon all OF the middle
western States. excepting Indiana. and that
they have given up hope OF carrying Min
nesota, South Dakota and Kansas. Chair
man Jones saw fit 20 give explicit denial
of these reports. but their truth Is being
verified in many ways Richard Croker won
Chairman Jones over 10 the belief that ne
could carry New York with .Bryan'S. per-
sonal help, and the Arkansas senator In
turn has convinced Mr.. Bryan that this
can be done. Hence the cancellation OF
many OF Bryan's Western dates and the
reconstruction OF his itinerary with q view
10 an invasion OF the Empire State. He
will return 20 Indiana before the election
and make several speeches there. but from