St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-10-17

audience and touched generally on the
issues OF the campaign.
The people of LaSalle and the sur
rounding country met Mr.. Bryan at the
railroad station. He was escorted to a
stand in the center of the city by a
marching flambeau club and by innumer-
able citizens on foot.
Mr.. Bryan expressed the opinion at the
beginning of his speech that Illinois
would be found in the democratic col
umn after the next election.
The Rising Tide.
Ex-Secretary Carlisle's prediction that
Mckinley will be elected by a larger
electoral vote than he had in 1896, and
that New York state will be found to be
as safe for him as Iowa, is merely re-
Election ofwhat every man who is in a posi-
ton to know the facts is convinced is the
truth. There is not a shadow of a
doubt OF BrYan's defeat and there is al
so barely a shadow of doubt that it
will be overwhelming. The most graft
flying feature of the rising tide for Nc
Kinley is the fact that it can be traced
directly to a determination among the
people to make Bryan's second defeat so
crushing that he will not reappear as
candidate. Let's get rid OF him once
for all now" This is the unmistakable
sentiment behind the swelling wave OF
Mckinley enthusiasm that is now dis
cernible in all parts of the country. 1t
has banished the last traces of APATHY"
has swept Indiana surely into the Nc
Klnley column, and is wellnigh certain
| Zoe A1orvrlo,,1 o,,I ,I
even Nebraska into the same company
before election day.
The reason for all this is apparent
enough. Mr.. Cleveland states it tersely
and accurately in his brief letter when he
points to his views OF Organism in 1896
he says: II could not state the case
better at this time if I should try.
have not changed my opinion as then
expressed in the least" We reproduce
elsewhere in full his opinion as then ex-
pressed. The keynote of it lies in this
passage relating to the dissemination
among the people of safe and prudent
financial ideas: Nothing more impor-
tant can engage the attention of pat
riotic citizens, because nothing is so vital
to the welfare of our fellow countrymen
and to the strength, prosperity and hon
or of our nation" 1t is because the peo-
pie of the country, rich and poor alike,
realize that Bryan's candidacy is now,
as it was in 1896, menace TO the
Strength, prosperity and honor Of our
nation" that they are rising in their
: might to crush him. New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
= Ex-President CIeveIand's Position.
| All hopes of the democrats that Cleve
land would declare for Bryan were shat
: tered Tuesday by a letter written tc
2 John S. Green of Louisville, KY. HI
wrote to ex-President Cleveland asking
: him if he had changed his views from
e those expressed in a letter to Chicago
t business men, dated April 10, 1895.
t Mr.. Green explained that Mr.. Cleve
? lands friends here were very much il
/ doubt as to the position he now held
i and. inclosing copy OF the Chicago
4 letter. asked him to state his views now
S Mr.. Cleveland's answer was brief anC
n pointed.
e 1t was dated Buzzards Bay, Oct. 7
and was as follows:
Y "Tohn S. Green, ESQ.,:
Il Dear Sir-I have received your lette
n inclosing copy of my letter writer
= over four years ago to the business met
: of Chicago.
h Il had not seen it in long time, but i
e seems to me could not state the cas-
e better at this time, if should try.
If 81 have not changed my opinion, a
S then expressed, in the least.
S Yours truly, Grover Cleveland"
t The letter to the Chicago men was a
n follows:
e III reckless discomfort and wild experi
n mem should sweep our currency from it
|. safe support, the most defenseless Of al
j. who suffer in that time of distress ant
n national discredit will be the poor, a
n they reckon the loss in the scanty SUP
lie port, and the laborer or worklngman, a
It he sees the money he has received tror
e. his toll shrink and shrink in his ham
n when he tenders it for the necessaries c
lie the humble home.
Of II will not believe that if our peopl
are afforded an opportunity for INTEL
it gent second thought they will sancto
s. schemes that, however cloaked, mea
t, disaster and confusion, nor that the
II will consent, by undermining the founds
h ton OF safe currency, to endanger tn
al benehcent character and purposes {
er their government"
st West Virginia and Delaware Safe fO
X Mckinley.
'GT Confidential reports received in Wasl
l ington indicate that West Virginia an
III Delaware are Republican andthat Mar.
land is in doubt, with the drift toward Nj
Kinley. The news comes direct froi
Democratic headquarters that Den
ocratic managers no longer hope t
is carry either Delaware or West Virginl
IT. for Bryan, although they trust owing t
the state apportionment that the Yves
Virginia legislature may be Democratic
e. All Democratic efforts in Delaware Wi
ct also be directed toward the Legislature
A leading Democratic politician who he
H. been at the head of Democratic congre
1g sonal committee said this morning thu
as he could see very little chance for Brya
lit in any of the three states named, wit
TO the political conditions in all OF which
Gu is personally familiar.
&c. "a great deal depends on the slle1
l,g VOTE" he added, land that, it is indica
nc ed, is to be against us. The change hf
:, come in the last two weeks"
~ The Maryland result will depend
us Baltimore, and especially on the go
CT Democratic vote. The normal white X
s. publican vote Of Baltimore is about sc
0OO Dat -, 1 QQG tha vub ite vote for M