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suooth-shaven and somewhat slender. sat
IN the lobby Of the Raleigh Hotel yes
/ terday. telling the reason Tor the faith
within him that Mr. Bryan wCuid b. n
text President o. the United states. re
| vas Mr.. J. c. pahlman. o. Omaha. Dem
oeratic national committeeman for jr8l
State. who has been accompanying The
| Democratic candidate on his tours Hs
has been on a trip down TO Proviienra.
where he has relatives. but expects q,
Join Mr.. Bryan again this morning Fer
| four years Mr. Dahlman was chairman
OF the Nebraska State committee. and
says. with some show Of pride. that dur
ing that time his estimates Of the ma
iority in the State never varied m1-s
than 100 votes from the sexual count
Il am aware OF the Republican polls
! Of various states" said Mr. Dahlmau.
/ "and apparently they warrant The cor
hdence that Republicans have of MI Nc
Kinley's triumph. When Mr. Bryan vas
/ nominated at Kansas City I did NOT be-
leve he could ever be elected. but EiLca
! have baen travelling with him I have
radically changed my view He has had
a most unusual reception from the peo-
pie everywhere. am not given 90 chss-
ing rainboWs, and In many places / have
| mingled with the crowds. who knew moth
irg OF my personality / honestly s0UgE,
to and out what their Political impress
sions might be. Hardly a place have I
made Inquiries OF this character without
| learning OF the decided drift toward the
| Democratic candidate. I have talked with
! local managers. and when they told ms
OF aecessi0ns Of men who voted for NJ
/ kinley in lSS6. I have asked for names
and specifications. These. with rare exc
| eeptions, have been furnished me. Tho
iab0ring men everywhere have shown the
greatest friendship for Mr.. Bryan. I
cannot reconcile these things with The
enormous majorities that the Republicans
claim to be certain OF from their care
ful polls.
Mr.. Bryan's audiences are much larger
and more enthusiastic than those which
greeted Gov. Roosevelt throughout the
West. At Joliet. Gov. Roosevelt had an
audience OF l.00O and a little afterwarl
Mr.. Bryan addressed an audience Of 5000
people in the same place But Gov. Roosa-
welt spoke early in the morning and Mr..
! Bryan in the evening. At PEORIA. Gov
| Roosevelt had an audience OF 5000 and
Mr.. Bryan an audience twice as large.
Each spoke there in the middle OF the
day"
Mr.. Dahlman says that the efforts n
| the Republicans 10 carry Nebraska viii
be fruitless. when l left the State there
was every prospect that Representatiye
| Dave Mercer would be defeated in the
| Second Congressional district, on the
same vote that We had last year the
Democrats and Populists would elect 100
| out OF 133 members OF the legislature. il
should be borne in mind that We have
| just as complete an organization In Ne
braska as the Republicans have" Mr..
| Dahlmaa thinks the vote in South D1-
kota will be very close.
! Hon. Wayne MaeVeagh, OF Bryn MaWr.
| Pa, Attorney General IN President Gar
fields Cabinet and Minister to Italy dur
| ing President Cleveland's last admins
| tration, came 10 Washington yesterday.
accompanied by Mrs. MacVeagh. They
are registered at the Arlington. Alr. Mac
Veagh has been building a house on Mas
sachusetts avenue. and, following his Gus
tom in recent years. will spend the win
ter here.
| Mr.. William L. Pierce, a patent att)r-
| ney Of Pittsbure, is at the Raleigh, hay
| ing come 10 Washington for the trial OF
| case before the Supreme Court. Il ha1
| occasion to travel some in Europe during
| the past summer" said he. .and every
| where / saw products that encouraged me
/ to look upon my home city as the future
work shop Of the world. This is not chi
| cago talk" he explained, apologeticaliY.
| 81 saw Plttsburg plate glass everywhere
| in Europe. The same was true OF our
| steel and iron
"PIttsburg Is gaining wonderfully IN her
| industries. which, Of course. Is gratifying
| ,fs AZ HtrfI =
and more smoky than ever. The mechani'
cal activity makes the city a great li.igS'
| ton center. which il will continue to "a
| for a long time TO come
| Mr. Pierce says that thinking people he
has met are looking al politics only enc
way, and that everything seems like Il
big vote 70 Mckinley.
Representative Joseph G. Cannon chair
| man OF the House Committee on Appr0-
| p-iations, Of DanyilIe, H., is az the COch-
ran. He has been campaigning cons .dgr-
ably I'm different parts Of Illinois. but
mostly In his own district. Mr.. Cann01
has made two or three trips to Washing
ton since the adjournment OF Congress.
Il hear some strange stories from the
| provinces OF Santiago de Cuba and Puerto
/
dos, who has been experimenting the Gu
| ban census, at the Ebbitt last evening.
| quite a following OF radical Cubaus
there are determined on the absolute IT,
| dependence OF the island which they
| think will not Be granted BY the United
| States. Accordingly, they have begun
| WaTiike preparations In way. taking an
| account of the number OF cattle ia those
provinces, Of the number Of horses AM
| the men who could be mustered for ser
vice The financial strength OF new set
| tier. In the provinces mas likewise been
estimated by these Jacoblns Of the ISL
and"
Senior Abados. who is conservative In
his ideas OF Cuban government. does not
| expect that Congress will be able 20 enact
any legislation affecting the independence
! OF the island this winter THE session az
| best is very brief" said he. "and there
| is hardly more than time enough 70 pass
| the necessary appropriation bills. Some Of
/ US have talked with Chairman Cooper, OF
| the House Committee on Insular Affairs.
and with other members OF Congress.
about kind OF prOtectOrate over Cuba,
such as England exercises over Egypt
While the control Of the revenues and OF
/ the government generally would be en-
/ tirely IN the hands OF The Cubans. the
Americans would act az advisers. and ~
| important move could be made without
I the virtual assent Of the authorities at
Washington. we are not altogether salts
| fed with the present administration 20
| Cuba. although when il IL replaced b.
something else. we want a regime that
will not be dominated b. radical people,
who have little or no properly Interests
at stake"
| About the only thing that interests
North Carolina ia the Presidential cleo
/ tion," observed Mr.. George A. ShufOrd. u
Asheyilie. al the Metropolitan last even
Ing, is the primaries for the selection o.
a Democratic United States Senator. IN
the western part " the State IL looks ID