The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-10-31
How 1t Looks.

In 1876 the vote anu lnuueuCoC
the commercial travellers of tn
country was given to Mckinley
and it has often been alleged tina
: this was the deciding influence o
the last national campaign. Thi
year the travelling men are almos
unanimously for Bryan and they
are working as hard fer him as they
did for Mckinley in '96. Perhaps
no other sign of the times is more
significant than the attitude of the
travelling men in this campaign.
In 1896 large proportion of the
prohibition vote of the country was
cast for Mckinley, under mistak-
en- impression. This year every
prohibition vote not given to Bryan
will undoubtedly be cast for Mr..
Wooley. Certainly Mckinley will
receive none of them. In addi-
tion to which, one great religious
society has deemed il necessary to
start an endless chain OF prayer
against the reelection of the pres
ent incumbent of the White House,
and this will certainly affect thous-
ands of church voters who gave
him their support three years ago.
And then there are the thons-
ands of conscientious and patriotic
Republicans who have been COM
pelled to renounce their party, or
it's candidate, because of the bold
and glaring corruption which has
marked it's administration of pub
lio affairs, and who will this year
vote and work for Mr.. Bryan. This
is something unprece-
dented in American politics and is
in itself moro than sufficient to
overcome the small adverse popu-
lar majority against Bryan four
years ago.
Again, thousands of the old
soldiers of our country having be-
come disgusted with the mis-
management of the Pension Bur
eau by Mckinley and Commission
or Evans, will cast their ballots for
Bryan, and in large number of
States the old soldiers hold the
balance of power.
The colored voters throughout
our country have come to realize
that while they have heretofore
been the main stay and support of
the Republican party, yet their
devoted services have been neither
or rewarded, and thous-
ands of these voters have publicly
ed their intention of sup
porting the Democratic ticket. 1t
cannot be denied that these voters
control the balance of power in n
large number of what heretofore
have been Republican states.
AS against this tremendous and
overwhelming change in popular
sentiment in favor of the Demo
cratic national ticket, the Republi-
cans have nothing to fix their hope
on except Hanna's cOrrepttOm
fu,d. And this will not suffice.
Four years ago every man who
could be bought or or coerced was
by the Republican mana
gers. They can do no worse this
year. But the elements mentioned
above, who have joined the Demo
cratic ranks since 1896, are not pur.
They have come over
to the Democratic party and it's
from principle and
are in the fight to stay These
are the true clements of Ameri.
can greatness, because they
represent the best citizenship, the
highest thought and the truest
conscience of the American people.
The issue is sharply defined be-
tween the Republic and the EN-
pire and the people will win, as
they have always won every
great political battle in our his
tory. The Bryan tidal wave is
sweeping over the whole country,
gaining strength every hour
Country Above Finance.
He would not have been counted
n GOOD Amarican natriot who at