The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-10-27
SWEEPING THE COUNTRY
SENTIMENT STRONGLY
FAVORABLE TO THE
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

The Democratic National Congressional
Committee has issued The following state
ment concerning the political 81 -na,ion
"a tidal wave of Democrats is sweep
ing over The country, and indications how
peint to the greatest popular majority for
Bryan next month ever given to any Dem
ocralic Presidential candidate The great
popular uprising in favor Of Bryan is not
confined 10 any particular section of the
country; it Is universal he SIN is in
the sky, and it spells victory
at is universally conceded, even by the
Il, publican leaders, that hlr. Bryan has
lost nothing of the strength he had in
1896, when less than %, 600 votes, prop
erly distributed, would have elected him.
It therefore follows that this year he will
receive at least as many votes as in 1896,
plus the natural Increase in the number of
young Democratic voters who have come
Of age since the last national campaign.
But this year Mr. Bryan has many ele
ments nf strength which he lacked in
1896, and which are sufficient to insure
him a tremendous majority, both in the
popular vote and in the electoral college.
''In 1896 the German vote went al
most enlircly for Mckinley This year
Mr. Bryan will receive, by the most CON
sentative estimate, 60 per cent. of this
vote A gain of 10 per cent. in the Ger
man vote alone is sufficient to carry sew
eral Of tie so-called doubtful States and
elect the Democratic national ticket.
'1Four years ago the labor vote was largely
given to Mckinley on the alleged pros
perity' issue This year the vote Of or
gained labor, numbering hundreds Of
thousands, will be east for Bryan. This
vote alone is sufficient to carry several
doubtful States for Bryan and Steven
son.
Gin 1896 the Gold Democrats left the
regular organization on the financial issue
and they claim to have cast 900, 900
votes, most of which were given direct to
Mckinley, This year the Gold Demo
Gratis, recognizing that their contention
has for the time being been settled by
statute, have returned to the old party,
and fully so per cent. of them will vote
for Bryan. This vote ensures a safe Dem
ocratic majority in several close States.
''In 1896 large majority of the Irish
vote was cast for Mckinley This year
this vote will be given to Bryan, and this
alone means success in several important
States which four years ago gave their
electoral votes to Mckinley.
''The Holland vote, which has always
heretofore been Republican, will this year
90 over to Bryan with practical unanimity,
because of the unfriendly attitude of the
Administration toward the struggling Boer
Republics. In three or four important
States this vote holds the balance of power.
''The anti Imperialistic vote will be cast
unanimously for Bryan next month. This
is new and unknown quantity in national
politics. but the leaders of the movement
claim that in one pivotal State alone they
have 100000 voters enrolled and that
these are drawn almost exclusively from the
ranks Of the Republicans. In a score of
other States this vote is also said to be very
large. 1t will undoubtedly be most im-
portant and perhaps conclusive factor in
the approaching election.
1.-THE reform vote will be given almost
unanimously to Bryan this year. Hereto
fore it has been scattered about through
numerous small party organizations, where
it has not made itself felt, but in the ag
gregate it lisa great power. This includes
the Single Takers, The Direct Legislation
lists, the Golden Rule Jones people,
CLOG, 600 in Ohio and many others, ag-
gregating considerably more than one mil
lion votes.
''The independent vote of the country
which in late years has been such an i'm
portant factor in determining elections, will
this fall be cast solidly for Bryan This
alone is sufficient to decide the election in
certain States and give the national victory
to the Democracy.
''In 1896 the vote and influence of the
commercial travellers of the country were
given to Mckinley, and it has often been
alleged that this was the deciding influence
of the last national campaign This year
the travelling men are almost unanimously
for Bryan, and they are working as hard
for him as they did for Mckinley in &C.
Perhaps no other signs of the times is more
significant than the attitude of the travelling
men in this campaign.
'sIn 1896 large proportion of the Pro
hibition vote of the country was cast for
Mckinley under mistaken impression
This year every Prohibition vote not given
to Bryan will undoubtedly be cast for Mr.
Woolley. Certainly Mckinley will receive
none of them In addition to which one
great religious society has deemed it neces-
sary to start an endless chain of prayer
against the reelection of the present in
cumbent Of the White House, and this will
certainly affect thousands of church voters
who gave him their support four years ago.
"And then there are the thousands of
conscientious and patriotic Republicans who
have been compelled to renounce their
party, or its candidate, because of the bold
and glaring corruptions which have marked
its administration of public affairs, and who
will this year vote and work for Mr.. Bryan.
This condition is something unprecedented
in American politics, and is in itself more
than sufficient to overcome the small adj
verse popular majority against Bryan four
years ago.
GAS against this tremendous and over
whelming change in popular sentiment in
favor of the Democratic national ticket,
the Republicans have nothing to fix their
hope on except Hanna's corruption fund.
And this will not suffice. Four years ago
every man who could be bought or coerced
was handled by Che Republican managers.
They can do no worse this year. But the
elements mentioned above, whe have
joined the Democratic ranks since 1896.
are not purchasable They have come
over TO the Democratic party and its can