New-York tribune., 1900-08-20

nus fs- gn6 refused 70 venture a. opinion as
. TIE result
Reprbncans claim The STATE from natural
rz-ses b-- many % rhe managers freely admit
.hev EXPECT 70 see 1EcEia-sys 1895 plurality of
1z1E-- reduced -he German vote Is the one
that Is playing al The havoc and 70 Il both
.s--ss are catering il every conceivable man
-er. The other ua-5o-a-.-L=s are being left TO
shi,t for themselves receiving no special at
-en-sou other t-ar e given ne average voter.
But -he German. Brass bands with tle u1u-
s,cfz-s clothed II r1s regulation Uniform CT the
Kaiser. regiments q former soldiers Of the
German army. r0rch-lg1r professions and gaUdy
rztr-eat OF the National cclors Of the adopted
country are a. being planned for 'Cnser Fritz
and lis ~poys'' TIE 1i1 cry OF There's moth
ing TOO good eor the Irish Is changed this year
II Illinois &c There's nothing too good for the
Germans"
Il Cock County Chicago, which contains
practically o1e-thi-d q he voting population Of
the State, TIE pUzze is one which would s-agger
The raost cunning Chinese Here the large
number of TeUcoutc residents of Chicago are
maintaining discreet silence. Representative
neu o. the race aver they are unable TO predict
how their coUu-ryuen VIII vote. The policy of
The Administration IN the Far East IS being
closely watched Thus far there are 10 surface
g1gns OF general dissatisfaction among the Ger
nEns Etrh the Presidents attitude but their
eyes are rtveted upon every move of the Chief
Executive
THE TWO PRIME FACTORS
The TWO prime factors II the Cook County
E1-uz-1ou ether than the German element II
politics Is the first voter and the disastrous strike
q the building trades. which has brought poverty
snd desolation TO thousands Of homes and in
tu-sa r-ade 70 the extent Of millions OF dollars
7 Is estimated by Dr. T. \. Jameson. former
Republican National Committeeman for the
State and present chairman Of the Executive
Committee OF the county. that fully thirty
thousand Democratic la5oring men and artisans
have been obliged TO leave the city for ether
places Il order 70 escape the strike boycott and
secure employment
With this loss 20 TIE Democracy must be con-
Ederec the claims of the Republicans that they
VII secure at least 90 per cent of the frs;
voterz canvass IS now about completed
taken under the direction OF the Republican
committee, ard the indications are that upward
of thirty thousand men win cast their first vote
for q Presidential nominee IN Cook County this
fan o. these the followers Of Mckinley claim
tie percentage heretofore mentioned, and there
e no reason 70 believe their claims extravagant
When their style of campaign for this year is
carefully considered
Thus & mGy readily be seen that these two
factors po-rend Republican success. while the
Democrats have nothing 70 ofIer II defence ex-
cepCing &C deny the truth q the assertions and
predict overwhelming success for their ticket
based upon The supposed popularity with the
people Ct their Kansas City platform The county
gave Mckinley TOO00 plurality four years ago
and while even The most sanEuine Republican
politicians Go aot believe that this plurality vii
De eQuaIled yet they feel certain success Is bound
70 co2s their way.