Evening star., 1900-09-28

making his return here desirable. Mn
Meikle1ohn will be candidate for the
United States Senate in Nebraska II the
republicans should carry the legislature,
and as 1t is claimed there is very good
prospect Of such a result it would not be
surprising to him succeed Senator
Thurston, whose term expires next March
and who is not candidate for reelection.
Sentiment VeerinG to Republicans.
Mr. Meiklejohn speaks very hopefully Of
the conditions in Nebraska and, In fact,
throughout the entire west, where the sem
timent. he says is rapidly changing toward
the republicans. Beyond the Missouri is
now doubtful country, no single state be"
ing the exception. T.
The republicans say that II IL possible TO
carry all the states west of the Missouri,
but this seems to many eastern republicans
too good to expect in the face OF the great
vote that given Bryan IN many OF the
silver states. Yet Mr.. Meiklejohn says the
most encouraging reports are received rom
every state even Colorado which has been
regarded as the most solid Bryan state In
the west.
Speaking particularly of Nebraska. Mr..
Meiklejohn says that the prospects of car
rying the state for Mckinley and Roosevelt
and the republican congressman and legis-
lature grow better each day. There seems
to be some foundation for the report that
the Bryanites are trying 10 save themselves
by trading the state and electoral ticket for
the legislature. In order 10 give Bryan
senatorship when ne Is defeated. These re-
ports are being quite persistenuy circu-
lated, and the populists, who secured nearly
every ything on the state ticket, are becom-
Ing somewhat alarmed, as such traae
would nullify the bargains by which they
got all the state offices in return for their
support of Bryan.
Republican Gains.
IF the republican party in Nebraska,
saws Mr. Meiklejohn. continues to gain re-
cruits as it has in the past two weeks, the
election of the entire republican ticket will
be assured and the electoral vote returned
for Mckinley. Being agricultural state,
the producers comparing the prices they
received for the products OF their farms
under the last democratic administration
with those they have received during the
Mckinley administration.
II note in the press this morning when
a farmer asked Mr.. Bryan yesterday How
about the price of hogs? he said: If the
price of wheat is up, the republican party
points to wheat; If corn is up. then corn,
and II hogs are up, 1t points to hogs
The conditions existing in Nebraska today
are such that 1t is impossible to do other
wise than to point to the products of the
farm which prices have risen, as there
is not a single farm product in my state
today the price of which has fallen. He
could have asked him how about the prices
on cattle, sheep, wheat, corn and oats. Two
bushels of wheat worth more now than
two and half bushels Were i'll 1896. One
bushel of corn brings as much as two BUSH
els then. They get as much for two bush
els of oats now as they did for two and a
half bushels then. Money is loaning at
per cent now against per cent then.
Paying OF Mortgages.
Farmers releasing mortgages now,
they were signing mortgages then In the
last year for every four dollars of mort
cages paid off in Nebraska but one dollar
was paid off then. The price of cattle has
risen more than one dollar hundred, so
that steer the ranches of the west is
worth today from $40 to $40 more than 1t
was worth then. The farmers are receiv-
ing for a hundredweght OF hogs now as
much as they received for two hundred.
weight then. 1t took two sheep then to
bring much as one sheep now. The citi-
Zens of my state will vote for protection,
prosperity, progress and patriotism
Mr.. Meiklejohn will again enter the CAM
paign about the Sth of October and Ii Is
expected that by that time Secretary Root
will have far recovered TO be able to
resume his duties in the War Depart
ment.