Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-10-04
PROGRESS Of THE
CAMPAIGN IN STATES
Bryan's Vain Attempt to
Straddle in Favor of
Three Parties.
SILVER FOR The SILvERITES
TRUSTS FOR The POPULISTS
Any Old Thing to Get VCtes---Hanna
Doing Splendid Work in Gath
ering Republican Hosts
for Victory.
Especial Correspondence

chicago, sept. ZV.-l ne exact nature
of the campaign conducted by Mr.. Bry.
an and the various parties that are fol-
lowing him with more or less regu-
larity Is rapidly disclosing itself. 1t is
evident on the face of things-and
none the less certain from an inside
knowledge of the situation at Democra-
tic headquarters-that the Bryan
speech of acceptance at Indianapolis,
devoted to what he called imperialism,
was intended to throw dust in the eyes
of the people for a week or two. Then
came the acceptance of the Silver Re-
publican nomination at which more or
less solemn event, free silver was ma
turally discussed. That was calcu-
lated not to come too suddenly upon
those who were presumably willing to
accept Bryan because he thought the
Republic was going to pieces, and
Just early enough and forcibly enough
upon the Silver Republicans to make
them think in turn that l6 to is para
mount now, just as 1t was four years
ago. Third came the Populist nomi-
nation, which Mr.. Bryan accepted again
in the name of the dear people. discuss
ing on this occasion the trusts, in addi-
ton, of course to the woes of the far.
mer.
This plan of making three issues
paramount one after the other was
doubtless deliberately conceived: and
many Of Mr.. Bryan's devotees still con-
slider that II may be successful. The
weight of evidence, however, is to the
contrary. A few Gold Democrats, ma
turally free traders years ago and now
natural born Mugwumps who don't
quite want to support Mckinley and
Roosevelt and yet haven't anywhere
else to go (but OUT, may have been
influenced to favor Bryan by the IN
dianapolis speech, possibly thousand
of these all told, at least not more than
thousand in the fighting ground of
the East.
On the silver proposition, which was
stated to the Silver Republicans to
be the paramount issue. BRYAN Is clear
to the bad. There have been scores of
prominent reflections among the Sill
yer Republicans Of the western country
away from Bryan so many Of them
IN fact that the closest observers in
Colorado. Idaho, and even Utah decla e
that those states, formerly pronounced
for silver, VIII go Republican. This Is
not too much to expect land the Re-
publicans will work for those States
tooth and nail.
The game of playing one paramount
issue against the other, according to
the locality where Mr.. Bryan happens
to be accepting Presidential nomina-
ton simply will not work. The Re-
publicans on the spot and the Repnb-
leans everywhere else have known all
about II from the first; and they are
fully prepared Voters only need TO
ask questions to be satisfed-sa unfei
in reference TO any political proposi-
ton whatever that II is possible to dis
cuss. r,
The plaln talk which Chairman Han
ma gave soma NJ tho business man -,
the East recently has fonnd n reoJv
and sbarn ecbo bere IN tho West II is
little realized how commemorative the
term "business man" is Personally :
cannot resist the belief that in nol,t,ca,
csmnaipns evervbodv youpg ar o,5
important or annarentlv pnimnortant
any man. or any woman. for that mat
ter who has any stake wba; ever IN the
outcome OF the political contest may,
for the pupopose in question, be call
ed business man. Why not?
Suppose the president of a milli,n
dollar corporation does a,million dol
lars worth OF business year: he
would be injured. perhaps ruined. by
the adoption of crazy-uuilt irresponsi-
BILE policies that can land the govern
ment nowhere except in ruin. II is
inst as true of every one of that mans
employees, down to the office how nj
three dollars a week: II he Is TO lose