Evening star., 1900-09-18
A VIEW OF THE WEST
Observations Of Mr.. Mckee, a Vet
eran Prognosticator.
OF M'KINLEY'S SUCCESS
He Regards Indiana and Illinois as
in Danger
SENTIMENT OF THE GERMANS

Thomas H. McKee, clerk of the House Of
of the campaign document bureau of the
republican national committee, returned
today from Chicago, the document distri-
button of the national committee having
been completed except for a few odds and
ends. He says that 90,0O0.OOO documents
nave been distributed by the national COM
mittee, printed in nine different languages
German, Norwegian, Swede. Bohemian,
Italian, Polish, French and Finnish In
1886, l6S,eo0OOO documents, in thirteen diff
ferent languages, were circulated by the
republican national committee
Mr.. Mckee, who is regarded in Washing
ton as one of the best political prognosti-
Gators in official life, says that he does not
believe 1t possible for the democrats to de-
feat President Mckinley. This Judgment,
he says, is based on careful and i'm
partial study of the situation as he is
capable of making.
German Sentiment.
He says that he has gone among the
Germans great deal and finds that what
ever loss the republicans may suffer among
that class of voters on account Of the cry
of Imperialism and militarism is much more
than compensated for by the German DEM
wv
kinley. He says that he finds that a very
large number of German democrats who
are going to vote the democratic local
ticket declare openly that when 1t comes
to the national ticket they will vote for
Mckinley. and, moreover, that whatever
German detection to amount to anything
there is on the republican side does not ex-
tend to the national ticket. He says that
he found this to be the case in Illinois and
Indiana.
In his own county in Indiana he says
that a large number of German democrats
told him personally that while they will
vote the democratic local ticket through
cut they will vote for Mckinley. The rea-
son given is in all cases the same: That
they are making more money than they
ever made before during a corresponding
period, and that they intend to vote to
maintain present business conditions and
to sustain the sound money policy.
Mr.. Mckee says that he has reliable in
formation with reference to the situation in
New York that a large bulk of the Tam
many vote, while 1t will be cast for the
democratic local ticket. will go to McKin-
Wisconsin.
Two States I'm Danger.
The two naturally republican states which
are in greatest danger. he says, are In
diana and Illinois. In Indiana, which is
his own state, he says that the trust Ques-
tion is hurting the republicans. In his own
county the republicans will make gains,
which, IL they could be sustained through
out the state, would give Mckinley q large
majority. But that in other sections Of
the state, especially in the gas belt, condi-
tons are different, and he fears that 1t
will be almost miracle for the republicans
to carry the state.
The trouble about Illinois, he says, is the
extraordinary labor conditions in Chicago.
The condition there, he says, is the worst
the republicans have ever had to deal with.
Industry. he says, is almost Frustrated by
the difficulty in dealing with labor. 1t
would be difficult, he says, for people not
familiar with the situation there to COM
prehend how terrible it is; and the repub-
licans will have to get an extraordinary
majority in the state outside to counteract
the effect of what threatens to be the vote
in Chicago.
Excellent Prospects Elsewhere.
Outside of these two states, and Mary
land and Kentucky, he says, the republi-
cans are in excellent shape, and he regards
McKinley's reelection as assured