Smyrna times., 1900-09-19
CONVERTS BY THE CARLOAD

n List OF more Than Ihree hundred
Who Voted For Bryan or Palmer
In 1896.
Up to date the list of distinguished
converts to Mckinley contains names
by the hundred. but they are coming
in so fast that soon they will have to
be counted by the thousand. The fol-
lowing list, as will be seen, is confined
to certain states in the north which
have already sent more or less COM
plete reports to headquarters. Several
states remain to be covered later.
Among the prominent names on the
list are these: Senator Stewart of Ne
vada, ex-senator Palmer of Illinois,
ex-senator PETER of Kansas, Congress
man Sibley of Pennsylvania, eXCOn-
gressman Abram S. Hewitt of New
York, HambletOn & Co.. bankers, of
Baltimore; Edward IL. Cans of Balti-
more, Charles DENLY of Indiana. for
mer minister to China and Philippine
commissioner; eX-COngressman W. ID.
Bynum, George W. Mcdonald, secre-
tary of the gold Democratic committee
of Indiana; General Daniel L. Sickles
of New York, Euclid Martin of Ne
braska, formerly Democratic postmas-
ter Of Omaha; Captain w. +. English
of Indiana, son of w. II. English, who
was General HancOck's running mate;
Melville L. Ingalls,, president of the
Big Four railroad; General Isaac S.
Catlin of Brooklyn, II. II. Grace of
Wisconsin. Democratic candidate for
mayor of Wisconsin City two years
ago; Frank Jones, leading Democrat
of New Hampshire and a large contrib
utOr to Democratic campaign funds;
Albert Traber of Indianapolis, one of
the most prominent German-American
Democrats of that city; Edward Obend
of East st. Louis, Ills. presidential
electOr on the Democratic ticket four
years ago; DR.. John L. Pottoc, former
Democratic member of the Illinois leg
islature; Professor S. S. Hamill of
Jacksonville, Ills, former instructor
and a personal friend of Bryan; Editor
Donald of the VOlks Blatt Rock Island,
Ills; the Rev. Z. NJ. NystrOm of Iowa,
who stumped among the Swedes in
South Dakota and Nebraska four years
ago; Colonel j. G. Wear of Poplar
Bluff, Mo-, popular for years in Mis-
souri, Democratic politics; Colonel Rich
ard Dalton, Cleveland'S collector of in
ternal revenue at st. Louis and prom
inent candidate for the gubernatorial
nomination which w. J. Stone got in
1892; J. West Goodwin. editor of the
Sedalia (AIO.) BaZOo: General ID. y. Nc
lntyre, former attorney general of Mis-
souri, and an eX-Confederate soldier;
Byron II. Cook, lieutenant colonel Of
the First Montana volunteers; w. II.
SWEET, eX-speaker of the Montana
house of representatives; 5. II. Tanner
of Utah, former publisher of The Great
Campaign, Bryanite organ: John @.
Cannon, formerly editor of the Deseret
News; Malcolm Gills of Montana,
chairman of the Silver Bow Republican
county committee. On the Massachu-
setts list are Charles Francis Adams.
Alpheus S. Hardy, John L. Wheel
wright, former manager of Governor
RusselPs campaign; Henry w. Lamb,
president Of the New England Free
Trade league, and Charles \. Conant,
once a Democratic candidate for con-
gress.
j. NJ. DunsmOre, POpulist speaker of
the Kansas house of representatives in
1898, voices the sentiments Of a large
number Of former Populists who have
come out for Mckinley when he says:
Il am loyal American and propose to
support candidates who will vote to
hold every inch of ground acquired by
war" The Colorado contingent COM
! prises G1 names. Nine-tenths Of the
men have been In politics and have
held offices of trust They are mostly
free silver men who still believe in sill
yer, but who can't stand Bryan's un-
patriotic attitude on questions of for
eign policy. and so they are going to
vote the Republican ticket