The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-09-28
HOW IT LOOKS IN
NEW YORK CITY.
Conservative Newspaper Cor
respondent Declares That
THE TREND is TOWARD BRYAN
william K. Curtis, Writing For Chicago
Paper Declares the Democrats
Have Reasons to Feel
ENCOURAGED.


Have Reasons to Feel
Encouraged.
William z. Curtis, one of the mos
conservative and best informed o.
newspaper writer's, says in New York
f, special to the Chicago Record, concern.
ing the New York political situation.
| Both political parties are waking up
J but the Democrats thus far are showing
more activity than the Republicans
Mr.. Hanna Is expected to arrive tomor.
row morning at 10 o'clock and perhaps
he may be able to put little more
ginger into the Republican end of tht
campaign as he is understood to have
done In Chicago and other parts of the
west.
The Democrats are gaining confidence
In Bryan's election. I do not mean the
| gentlemen at headquarters, but refer
| to the outside man who doesn't know
much about 1t, but has opinions based
| upon what he hears from his friends
in different parts of the country. The
Republicans are losing confidence, too.
They are no longer taking It for grant
ed that Mckinley is invincible and scoff-
ilS ot thoSc WIN lntlIIldtt tHdI lie JS
not.
The betting Is running toward Bryan
also, and that's the best barometer of
the public sentiment. Two months ago
the Mckinley rooters were Offering odds
of four and five to one. When Bryan
abandoned the silver issue the betting
was three to one, then five to two, two
and a half to one, but the odds have
kept getting smaller with every large
bet until now the Mckinley men will
give no better than two to one.
Mr.. Croker has invested 100000 in
bets that average two and half to one,
so that If Bryan is elected he will win a
quarter of million Of dollars, and that is
an inducement for him to carry the state
of New York, as he is trying to do. He
is also encouraging his friends to bet
also. Whether by such means he ex-
poets to stimulate their efforts to i'm
prove their fortunes. I do not know,
but 1t will have that effect. Every Tam
many man who has money up on Bry-
an will work that much harder for his
election, Of course, and Mr.. Croker Is
doing all he can to stir up the Democrats
In the interior Of the state as we1I as In
the city. He expects to give Bryan
100000 majority in the city. and is work.
ing with equal zeal to cut into the Re-
publican vote and reduce the Republi-
can majority in the counties.
IN EVERY VII
LACE.
Democratic missionaries are at work
in every factory village as wen as In
the interior cities. No attempt Is be-
40 to ~, Go h,,k ,sc
men are getting close to the wage earn
ers and the labor organizations and are
devoting their entire time to them. Nor
are they making much noise about 1t.
They are going on the old wise theory
that IT is not expedient to hunt ducks
with brass band, and unless the Re-
publicans wake UP and do something
to counteract their efforts the enormous
which Mckinley received In
1896 will be wiped out.
Mr.. Croker is conducting a kinder
garten for orators in order to get ma
terial for this work. Twice week at
hall they have speaking con-
tests to which ambitious amateur ora
tors are invited to show what they can
do In the way of talking. Mr. Croker
Usually attends these trials and suggests
topics for the speakers, for he is taking
interest in getting young men
stirred up. Those who can pass muster
as speflbinders are put through course
of instruction under the direction Of the
oratorical committee and are
told how to treat the various questions
and are then turned loose into the state.
Senator Hill has promised to take an
active part In the campaign and the
Is trying to induce him to
make some speeches in the west during
last weeks of October. He is working
in harmony with Mr.. Croker in support
Of the state ticket, for Mr.. Stanchfield,
the Democratic nominee for governor,
was formerly his law partner and Isl
still his intimate friend. Mr.. Croaker's
satire in making Hill the chairman and
member Of the money rails
Ing committee Is appreciated by those
only who have heard or read the
speeches in which he has attacked Mr..
Croker and Tammany hall for black
corporations and individuals,
and criminals, and as
sessing campaign taxes upon everybody
who can be pinched by the police.
When asked his motive for placing Hill
at the head of this committee, Mr.. Gro
ker said that the ex-senator was more
familiar than any of the rest Of them
with the railways and other corpora
tions from which contributions were de-
sired.
SOME TAMMANY BANNERS.
Tammany Is pitching into the i'm
perialism issue With such vigor as to
bewilder some Of the braves who have
not vet caught on, and don't UNDER
stand what II is all about. Banners
have been erected in several locations
with the portraits of Bryan. Stevenson,
the candidates for governor and lieuten-
ant governor, and the motto: "The peo-
pie shall be free" On the big banner
in front Of the state headquarters on
Madison square is the inscription:
TRUSTS and Imperialism menace lib
erty."
A banner floats high In the air above
the Fifth avenue hotel. bearing a SINH
lar legend. 1t is held in the air by
twaIva large kites and floats from