The sun., 1900-08-20
SUICIDAL TO CHANGE.

SUlClDAL 10 CHANGE.
Samuel G. Mcclure, editor and gen
eral manager of the Ohio State Jour
nal, is in close touch with political
conditions in Ohio. At the Fifth Ave
nue. Hotel. Tuesday, he said. THE
gold Democrats are going to vote for
Mckinley. At an informal dinner
given on July 4th, in Columbus, there
were ten gold Democrats present;
every man of them announced his in
tention to vote for Mckinley and
ridiculed Bryan's ambition
The Democratic National Committee
places Indiana in the column of doubt
ful States. Mr.. j. NJ. Wood, of Indian
apolis. engaged in the cold storage in
dustry, is one of the most prominent
business men of the State. At the
Imperial Hotel on Tuesday he said: !:
Il have just come from Indiana. |
nave given considerable attention to
the political conditions i'm the State.
purely from the standpoint of bust
ness man. 1t is the opinion of all
the business men | have seen that it
would be suicidal to change the ad-
ministration of the government this
year. They look at the matter from
the standpoint of trade conditions
This talk about the gold Democrats
going back to Bryan is all rot. There
are thousands of Democrats that
voted for Bryan in '96 who will vote
for Mckinley this year. | believe In
diana will give larger majority for
Mckinley than any candidate for the
presidency has received in twenty
five years"
NOT A SINGLE BRYAN BUSINESS
MAN.
The Corey Heller Company, of New
ark, n. j.. is one of the largest man
ufacturers of wall paper in the United
States. The head of the firm, Mr..
J. Stewart Corey, travels from Maine
to Mexico. He recently returned from
a trip through the West. He said.
Thursday: Il did not meet single
business man, Democrat OF Republi.
cam who did not desire the election
OF Mckinley. | suppose there are
Bryan business men, but my expert.
ence did not unearth them. The bust
ness men of the East and West do
not want change of administration
now. They do not dare to change,
found that Eastern people wanted
expansion for their manufactures and
| western men wanted expansion to
market their surplus crops. All bust
ness is bound to be affected disastrous
~ by unsettled conditions, provided
MI. Bryan is elected Take our own
business. A tightening of the money
market would result from the election
OF the Democratic ticket. and many
OF the merchants with whom we deal
would become timid and buy sparse,
~. While in turn their local trade, for
the same reason, would buy less freely.
anu therefore our factories would
nave to discontinue producing"
MI. Geo. l.. Peter, of Frankfort. XIV.
has been one of the prominent busi.
ness men of the central part of the
state of Kentucky for years. He said.
Il have no politics in sKentucky. but
we are now a Republican State. Ken
lucky wants none of Bryan's free sill
yer doctrine. ! think the sound money
issue will be given the most attention
in Kentucky. We have strong pros
pect of carrying the State by good
plurality for Mckinley; the conserya-
tive Democrat of Kentucky will never
go back to the so-called Democratic
party until the silver plank is struck
from the platform
Hon. John B. Cockrum, OF Indian.
apoils, Ind, who is General Counsel
for the Lake Erie & Western Ry.. and
one of Indiana's foremost citizens. ut
tiers warning to the business men
OF the country in these words: "The
only danger Mckinley has to face in
Indiana is over-confidence. His
friends among the business men are
100 much assured that he will be
elected. A Democratic victory would
paralyze business. If the Republicans
OF Indiana are alert, Mckinley will
get 10000 plurality"
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