Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-06
Prominent Men in Several States
Come Over to Mckinley.
ANSWER TO CIRCULAR LETTER
Detection in the Silver Producing
States Most Marked.
MIR. TELLER ALMOST ALONE

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
CHICAGO. September S-About ten days
ago Secretary Heath Of the national COM
mitt.e addressed a letter 10 the chairmen
of about fifteen republican state central
committees requesting them to forward to
him by return mail. II possible. the names
AMI post office addresses Of the most promi-
nent men within their state who voted for
Bryan in 1885, but now intend to vote for
Mckinley and Roosevelt. Secretary Heath
Is receiving now these lists. and they are
surprisingly large
From Colorado sixty-nine prominent
BryanItes Of 1896 are reported and. in
transmitting the names. the chairman of
the state committee says: The list could
be extended indefinitely and that 1.-The first
seven names are those of the delegates to
the republican national convention at ST.
Louis In 1896 and .of the eight delegates
and alternates to the convention, Senator
Teller IS the only one at this time not sup
porting the ticket
IL will be reCa He'd that the entire delega-
ton 10 the st. Louis convention went out
with Senator Teller and Joined the popo-
cratic ranks
The List From Missouri.
Chairman Atkins Of the Missouri republic
can committee reports list of about one
hundred. and says: Have given you but a
small fraction of the names at my COM
maud but have given them to you in differ
ent sections of the state as l have made no
effort 10 keep the names and post office adj
dresses they have been given to me
Chairman Atkins gives Secretary Heath
permission to publish the names OF certain
converts designated in the list, but reports
that the immigration from the Bryan to
the Mckinley camp Is so general and the
ostracism of these who leave their old
party mornings so severe as to make II in
advisable to publish more than portion
OF the names of those who are coming into
the republican lines.
Chairman Callister OF the Utah republican
state central committee in reporting long
list OF prominent men who have left the
Bryan and joined the Mckinley ranks says:
We have no silver republican party In
Utah at the present time-slmply democrats
and republicans. All the silver republicans
are back in the ranks again so far az |
know, except about half dozen.
The ones who will vote for Mckinley
and Roosevelt this year give only one rea-
san-that they made mistake in 1896
There IS little question In my mind but that
II the campaign is developed as at present
this state will go republican and both Nc
kinley and Roosevelt will run ahead of the
ticket. for the reason that there are great
many democrats who, on account of the
financial policy of Mr.. Bryan, and also his
English policy, Will not support him. but
viii vote the rest of the democratic ticket"
The Converts in Utah
Among those reported as coming over to
the republican party in Utah are a recent
governor. a recent national committeeman
and various congressman and proprietors Of
leading newspapers Of The state
Chairman Colcord Of the republican state
committee of Nevada reports a list Of
prominent converts to Mckinley republI-
canism and says: For the first time in
ten years the republicans of this state
have chance of carrying Nevada for Nc
hinley and electing our congressman
We will have the votes and influence OF
practically all of the cattle and sheep men,
democrats and all, which means a great
deal to U.S. There Is perfect harmony in
the republican ranks all over the state and
our work In the convention in nominating
man for Congress who voted for Bryan
four years ago, and also one of the presi-
Dental electors who did the same thing
both straight republicans. will bring US
many votes from the silver forces that we
could not count otherwise"