Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-11-05
CLAIM A VICTORY.
Republican Committee Issue {
Statement.
SAY 1T WILL III A LANDSLIDE
Declare Their Claim Based Upon Figures
They Heve, Also Testimony Of unwiii-
ing witnesses-1Rssert Mckinley VIII
Have 20s Electoral Yotes.

New York, Nov. 5.-The Republi.
can national committee gave out the
following final official statement;
ION the exc Of election the Repub
liean national committees forecast OF
the result, based on absolutely anthem
tic and uaiHnpeachable figures and
facts, differs from It's previous fore.
casts only in increasing Tire magni-
tude of he triumph which 9uesday
will bring 10 the cause OF national
honor ana prosperity. All the sources
Of the committees information, in
Guiding many that are very unwilling
witnesses, concur ia indicating the coli.
clusion that Tuesdays election will
prove d Yeritable landslide for Nc
Kinley and seal the doom Ct Bryan
and Organism forever.
.,rhe prime cause for this irresisti-
BILE and overwhelming popular revolt
against the Bryan Populist ticket is
perfectly obvious. It consists in the
desire OF the people to maintain the
prosperity which they have enjoyed
and now enjoy under the policies Of
the Mckinley administration and in
their well grounded fear of calamity
in ease Bryan were TO be elected.
"The labofing man, his wife and
children remember the poverty, misery
and despair which shrouded their lives
in the black years previous to Me
Kinleys Inauguration, and they re-
member with gratitude the relief
which has come to them since then,
with abundant employment and large
ly increased wages
''They listen now to Bryans invita-
tions to throw away their advantage,
but they respectfully decline them.
'4Tbe business men of the United
States remember what happened to
them in those same dark years and
they know what the practical result
of the election of 1896 has been, in
reference to the rehabilitation and
prosperity of ali lines of commercial
enterprise, during the past four years.
They correctly regard the proposition
to endorse Bryan and his free silver
and free trade theories as nothing
short Of insanity.
'sThe farmers are not likely to for
get the evil days when they were re
duced to bankruptcy and almost to
beggary and now. with mortgages
lifted. their farm products bringing
SlGdilA iuGIedHtu HfIttS dllu l1etE
homes filed with comfort and joy
they do moi propose to change their
conditions at the behest of the false
prophet Of 1896 and the aHarchieaI
agitation of 1900
"Ail who have remunerative work to
do; I'LL who have wages paid them
and who have a business TO protect
and develop, all who have money de-
nnGifp1 m c14 n haF lie ~
In homes of their own. have been con
fronted with a threat to reduce the
value of their prosperity by one-half
and have been asked to ratffy this
suicidal proposition by their votes.
"As they constitute the great mass
of the American people and as they
are sane. sensible and honorable men.
the overwhelming majority for Nc
Kinley and against Bryan which Tues
day will record is thus accounted for.
"The people know that the coun-
try has prospered under Mckinley:
that wages have risen to higher
rate than ever before: that employ
ment Is abundant for all. that the
savings of labor have increased half
a billion dollars: that commercial
prosperity has been universal and COM
mercial honor safeguarded against the
advocates of reputation, and so they
naturally have decided to re-elect him
and continue the present conditions
of prosperity and safety.
"The committees final forecast
claims at least the following states
for Mckinley: California. o; Con
neeticut, 6; Delaware, 3; Illinois. 24:
Indiana, u; Iowa 10: Kansas. 10:
Kentucky, 10; Maine, 6: Maryland. 8:
Massachusetts. Is: Michigan. IA;
Minnesota, 8. New Hampshire, 4 New
Jersey. 10; New York 3G: North Da-
kota. 8; Ohio, %; Oregon. 4; Pennsyl-
vania, 80; Rhode Island, 4; South Da-
kota. 4; Vermont 4 Washington 4;
West Virginia. G; Wisconsin, 12: wy
oming. g. Total. 294
Cornelius " Bliss,
Joseph II. Manley,
Nathan b. Scott
Frederick S. Gibbs,
Franklin Murphy"
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