Daily inter mountain., 1900-11-10
LINES ON WHICH the NATIONAL
CAMPAIGN OF 1900 WAS FOUGHT

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ground was Indiana. which always is
classed as doubtful state in any cleo
ton.
LINES OF DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN
The plan OF democratic campaign at
the beginning also hooked largely to the
Western and Middle Western states At
that time Bryan and his managers had
no idea of taking the fight into New
York and the far East They placed their
reliance or being able to carry all the
,trans-Missouri states which they had in
1896 and with them such Middle states as
Illinois. Indiana, Michigan and Wiscon-
sin. kentucky, under the operation of
the Goebel law. they depended on abso-
lutely. 1t was with this idea in mind
that their rla atform had been framed as
it was. The free silver plank was insert
ed to hold the far Western states while
imperialism" was declared to be the
paramount issue to catch the votes of
the Western Middle states named.
Before the campaign had progressed
far. however, ut became evident that
these plans must he changed The re-
pulblicans made such inroads in the
Trans Missouri states that 1t was
thought Bryan could not hold all he had
carried in 1896. Expansion proved popu-
lar in the West, while many former free
silver men abandoned that theory. II
also became apparent that the voters or
such states as Illinois. Michigan ana
Wisconsin were not paying so much at
tention OF imperialism While the
democrats did not give up their hope OF
no. IsAn
that even If they were successful in all
which they had any fair chance of car
rying, still they would not have enough
votes in the electoral college unless the
East could he broken into. Once more
New York became the important state.
STONE GOES TO NEW YORK.
At this time Vice Chairman Stone of
the democratic national committee was
sent to New York City to estaollsh
branch headquarters there, and he soon
returned to Chicago, where he went into
conference with Mr.. Bryan and his ad-
yisers. Governor Stone reported that
Richard Croker and Tammany had offer
ed to do all they could to carry New
| York for Bryan, and thought there was
| was a lighting chance In that state,
| which. up to then, had been generally
conceded to Mckinley. Croker would
also furnish the money, and then Stone
| went on to point out that unless New
York went for Bryan the democrats
might as we'll give up all hopes OF the
| election His advice was listened to and
the democratic plan of campaign chang
! ed to meet the new conditions.
At the same time Mr.. Bryan altered
his own personal course. Up to that date
instead of making the active personal
canvass he had in 1896. Mr.. Bryan had
delivered but a few speeches, and these
In large cities on important occasions II
4 had been announced that he would con-
tinue this programme during the re-
mainder Of the campaign. Instead. how
ever, he changed this plan radically and
started out on campaigning trip which
took in Maryland, West Virginia, In
diana, part of Michigan, and New
York, winding up with Illinois and Ne
braska. Especially did he pay attention
to New York state, and there made az
many spee>Ses in a short time as he hat
during the same number of days in any
part of the 1896 campaign. It seemed
necessary to get the thirty-six electora
votes of New York in order to win, ant
he went after them.