Arizona silver belt., 1900-09-27
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

mlttee, says the NasllnStOn Post. In spite of the 1920 republican ma jority of four years ago Chairman Jones has become convinced from the reports brought him that there is a fighting chance in the state. The re- publican managers are stating pri- vately that they do not expect more than 30,000 majority in Wisconsin, which fact alone is encouraging to the democrats. In 1892 the national com mittee refused any aid to Wisconsin, A fund was raised outside of the state to help put some speakers in the field. Mir. Henry Villars was one of the fore, most in inaugurating that fund The democrats have not relied entirely upon the reports of Wisconsin state leaders, but have utilized other sources of information. A hard fight for the control of the state has begun and several influen tial speakers will be sent there. including Carl Shurz, Bourke Cochran and Representative John J. Lentz of Ohio.
 Although Kansas is prospering, the democrats and populists have found something in that prosperity to turn against their republican opponents, in all the big grain producing states there are assoclations or combines of buyers, formed for the purpose of keeping prices down, It is estimated that the Kansas combine will deprive the Kan sas farmers ot 5000, ,000 of profits this year, and John Breidenthal the fusion nominee for governor, has been col lecting data and taking testimony to prove the existence of this combine and to expose it's methods. This course. 1t is calculated by the fusion managers, will net their party thousands of votes. The existence of the combine will be used as strong antitrust argument, and further Mir. Breidenthal expects to show that the republican attorney i general of the state had complete knowledge of the combine and yet re- fused to proceed against it under the sherman antitrust law, which it clearly violates. The method of these grain combines and their high handed proceedings to keep down competition are well recognized in all the great grain centers of the west. The situa- tion is all the more interesting for the Kansas fusionists because one of their state senators introduced a bill in the last legislature seeking to strike down these combines. The bill did not be- come a law because the republicans wouldn't allow it to be considered. The situation will be presented to the farmers in a political pamphlet, now being prepared by the fusion man agers.
 Gov. Lind, the fusionist governor of Minnesota, who, until now, has re- fused to class himself as either a dem- ocrat or populst, is throwing all of hls tremendous influence this year for Bryan, says press correspondent. Gov. Lind is many thousand votes stronger than his ticket, having been elected in 1896 by oyer 20, 0OO majority, whereas the republican state ticket, with the exception of its head, was elected by about 25,000. Two years ago he called himself political or phan." Now he is strenuously advo. eating that it is as much the duty of his supporters to vote for Bryan and the rest of the fusion ticket as it is to vote for him.
 ''The nomination of Samuel AL schuler for governor by the democrats will do more to carry Illinois for Bryan than any other one thing" said MT. E. V. Little of Chicago, at the Metropolitan. "Alschuler is making great campaign, and many conserva- tive democrats do not hesitate to pre- dict that he will be elected. Of course, he may be elected and the state at the same time go for Mckinley, but if the contest in the state for the national ticket is at all close, it is likely the democratic gubernatOrial nominee will carry with him enough votes to throw the balance in favor for Bryan. Alschuler is one of the most popular candidates before the people of Illinois In many years; he IS plain and honest man, and has way of winning the confidence and good will Of the common voter. The state is sick of the machine rule that came in with Tanner, and the voters believe the time is ripe to again place the power in the hands of the people. ."- Washington Pest.
 Ex-Senator Manderson of Nebraska. who attended the convention of the National Bar Association recently. and has since sailed for Europe, is quoted by w. E. Curtis in a letter to the Chicago Record as fearing for the chances of the republicans in New York this year. In conversation with friend, Gen. Manderson said: Ma iorities change very suddenly in New York. If you will examine the politi- cal almanacs you will see that the can didate of one party has been elected