The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-30
BLIGHT OF The Trusts.
Factories Are Closing Down and Viii
lagos Deserted.
FARMERS FELL The PINCH OF MONOPOLY
In All Parts Of The Country the People Are
Treasuing Up Whirlwind of Condam-
natign For the McKnIry-Hanna
administration.

Bryan is going to be elected unless all
signs fail" said Mr.. Josephus Daniels,
member of the Democratic National Com
mttee, who returned yesterday from
Bath. Maine.
Il did not talk politics in Bath. Maine
is as strongly Republican as Mississippi is
Democratic and most of the people up
there think that the sentiment elsewhere
is not unlike the predominant sentiment
in Maine. But the Maine Democrats, like
the Vermont Democrats immortalized by
Henry Grady, are a sturdy type of pa
trots who hold fast to the faith in an
uncOngenial cline for Democratic victory.
The Maine Democrat-and there are more
CT them than is generally known-is well
versed in the fundamental principles of
Democracy, and he votes for principles in
the face Of certain defeat There's no
better test of q true disciple than that he
will stand firm in defeat. l often think
that the world has never done Justice to
the Democrats in States like Maine, Yer
mont and Pennsylvania who, through
long and unbroken series Of defeats, have
turned a deaf ear to the appeals of those
who continually din in their ears the
query: why throw your vC.es away?"
and have stood mistaken in the faith de-
Ivered by Jefferson and enforced by Jack
son. They are the sort of men who will
keep alive the true faith. and one of
these days New England, long like Epha-
rim, viii break away from it's idols and
come back to the support of the party
Of jefferson as it supported the founder
of Democracy one hundred years ago.
CONNECTICUT DEMOCRATIC.
There s no hoce of the Democratic
partys carrying any New England State
this year except Connecticut, and there
is spread belief that Bryan will
obtain IS electoral vote This faith is
based upon three facts: 1. Nearly every
gold Democrat heard from has returned
to the party, including Ex-Governor Wal
ler, who stumped the country in 1896 for
Mckinley; 2. The Democrats have nomi-
mated a particularly strong State ticket,
while the Republican ticket is weak and
the party is weakened by factional fights;
s. The workingmen realize that in Bry-
an is their only hope. l talked with a
skilled mechanic employed in large man
ufacturing establishment IN Connecticut
who said that when the vote of the work
ingmen was cast people would be sur
prised to see that it would go nearly solid
for Bryan Il have never seen such a
change" he added. "and it is greater than
appears or the surface. 1t is great
enough to swing Connecticut vote from
Mckinley to Bryan. 1t isn't large, but it
will help put the best friend organized la
Dor has in America in the White House."
FIGHT IN MASSACHUSETTS.
'The Democrats have no hope of car
rying the electoral vote in Massachusetts,
but there is fight for members of Con-
gress. The Democrats claim that they
will re-elect their present members and
make a gain of one and possibly two. The
Republicans say they will elect all but one.
Both parties in the contested districts are
conducting a strenuous campaign.
The NEW YORK SITUATION.
Every Democrat | saw is confident that
Bryan will carry New York and New Jer-
sey, and travellers generally are Of the
opinion that both States are very close
and very doubtful The same feeling that
threatens to make Connecticut Democratic
would also put New York and New Jersey
in the Democratic column. The prevail
Democratic party are at an end, and that
the big portion of the labor vote will vote
for Bryan.
Il met gentleman of fine ability and
observation whose business has carried
him into every Northern State east of the
Mississippi during ,he present year. He
has enjoyed exceptional facilities for
learning the true sentiment of the people
IN the States through which he travelled.
Nobody knew his politics and he never
obtruded them. He is one of the rare sort
Of men who can go into a community and
in two or three days learn more about
the sentiment cf its people than its old
est inhabitants know. l talked with him
at some length about the situation and
was so much impressed by the weight of
his opinions that at my request he wrote
down his predictions and his reasons for
believing that there is ground swell for
Bryan. He wrote them down as follows:
The Issue of the Campaign.
Can Mr.. BRYAN be elected?"