The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-08

say that the best Mckinley can do is t.
come here with $4,000. They claim tina
the Tanner Cullom factional fight is still
progressing in the Republican ranks al
over the State Notwithstanding that tn,
Republicans say a truce has been de
clared between the factions until after
the election, and that this feud vii
largely work to the disadvantage Of the
Republicans. The Democratic leaders alsC
insist that apathy exists to an alarming
extent among the Republican farmers
and that they are not only taking little
interest In the campaign. but many ct
them will not vote. 1t is cited that the
Republican meetings in the rural districts
have been fat failures.
Claims of Republicans.
When you ask a Republican manager
what Chicago is going to do, he tells you
go into details, and winds up by saying:
But even il we lose Chicago by 10000 or
&c, ,eO0, we will still carry the State, for
Mckinley will come here with at least
$4,000 over Bryan"
This is virtually an admission that Nc
Kinley will lose Chicago and / really do
not think that Hanna or any Of the man
ayers expect TO carry it A prominent To-
cal Republican leader tod me today that
il Mckinley carried Illinois he had to get
his vote outside of Cook County and l
do not think there is any doubt of that.
But | cannot understand how the Re-
publicans expect 10 Offset the loss of Cook
County and carry the State for Mckinley
without they sustain their 1896 majorities
in the interior of the State, which does
not seem at all reasonable that they can
do. The weakness of the Republican claim
is that they cannot specify a single county
that will give them as large a majority as
they got in 1886.
In this respect find them here as in
Indiana. The night l left there l met a
prominent Republican that ! have known
for years. He is strong and influential
man and knows what is going On in his
party. ! asked him about the State and
he said Mckinley would carry it. l then
asked him what Marion County or Indian
apolis would do. He said IL would give
Mckinley about 2.5e0. / reminded him that
that would be Republican loss of $500
from four years ago. He said he knew
that. Then l wanted him TO tell me where
he expected his party to make up that
loss, or to name a single county in the
State that would give Mckinley in 1900 a
larger plurality than it did in 1896, and
he could rot do 1t.
Vague in Their Statements.
I repeat that this is the weak spot in
all of these Republican claims. Eere and
in Indiana they cannot specify a single
county that will do as well for McKin-
ley as it did before. They do not refuse
to tell me because am a Democrat and
correspondent for a Democratic n VS.
paper. for the reason that / have heard
the same questions propounded to them
by Republican correspondents of Repub-
lican journals. II is simply for the rea-
son that they do not krow, and their
own poll at this time does not report a
Republican gain.
On the other hand. the Democrats do
not only claim gains over 1895. but they
admit no losses anywhere. and tell you
the precincts and counties where their
gains will come from.
The war taxes are figuring not little
in politics here. and altogether in favor
of the Democrats. These taxes are a
burden to all classes of the people, but
they of course hurt some classes more
than others. That this excessive taxa
tion will continue, If not increase. as
long as the Republican party retains
power goes without saying. It takes big
money to carry On an imperiaIistic poli-
cy or government such as we now have.
A large standing army, high paid com
missions, Government contracts, fat
places and silecures for the pets of the
is costing the GoIera-
ment at Washington now more money
than it cost to carry on the civil war
from 1861 to 1863.
All OF this vast amount of money IS
wrung from the people, the poorer class
IF people being the main sufferers, as they
always are in a Government conducted
IN tie principle OF high protective tar
Il and which necessarily imposes an un-
ust and unequal tax upon articles of
consumption. The war tax here, though.
IS elsewhere hits and hurts the Board of
trade people and the brewers, and they
re in reEolt, and 1 am told that it viii
make many votes for Bryan that went
or Mckinley four years ago.
l have now giTen you the bright side
# the conditions here for the Democrats,
,ut there is dark side, and it is dan
;erous. II is this:
The Purchasabfe Vote.
There are in Chicago, at low esti-
nate. 5o.o0O purchasabie votes. This is
bout the number Of votes that the Dem
crats are now counting on for Bryan to
ave over Mckinley in this county. But
the Republicans, with their money and
xpert management and manipulation OF
otes. can control these 1000 votes, they
would turn the 50 600 from Bryan to Nc
dnley. There is the great danger, and
prognosticating problem that can never
'e solved until the election returns are
n In dealing with this vote absolutely
ii Of the advantage is with the Republi-
ans, for the reason that they have dol
ars TO the Democrats cents.
nc
he Republicans will be disappointed this |
ime If they attempt to buy election boards
or they propose to put none but good and
rue Democrats on guard, who cannot be
bought or bullied. This remains to be !
een
Hanna came back from the East not
'leased with the situation in New York. |
,ut encouraged with his work there among /
he capitalists. He reports that they were !
impressed with the danger in front OF /
hem, and had made liberal contributions /
hough while not as large as heretofore |
TIL quite satisfactory. There has never |
leen any reason to think that the Repub- |
leans would not have all the money they
eeded, as Col. W. r. Morrison once said:
i never saw the time in the House of
representatives when the Republicans
eeded three 1r four votes on one of their
et schemes that they did not get them I
nd never saw the time in a political (
that they did not have all tie
aoney they could use" This is true.
On the other hand, the national Demo-
ratio campaign treasury is depleted and
is hard 10 tell where they are going 10
aise suficient money to pay their abso
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