St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-09-26

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Every time previously that he has been a
candidate for Office Bryan has carried
the country districts of his home county,
and this trip is undertaken for the pur-
pose of repairing his broken fences.
He will remain home and rest for few
days, after which he will begin tour of
the Northwestern states. Several speech
es will be made in Nebraska, en- route to
South Dakota, where, on the morning Of
the 2Sth. he speaks at Sioux Falls. He
will be at Aberdeen in the evening. On
the goth he lnvades North Dakota and
will speak at Fargo, Quincy, Hillsboro,
Reynolds and Grand Forks. There he
will meet in the afternoon a committee
of fusionists from Minnesota, and will
end the day with speech at Crookston,
MINI. He will speak Oct, 1 at Duluth
and St. Paul. The following day he will
head toward Wisconsin and speak in
various cities, winding up at Lacrosse.
Here he expects to be taken in charge by
the Wisconsin committee and will devote
several days to campaigning in that
state.
From there be goes to Chicago, where
he has instr ucted the committee to make
out an Eastern itinerary for him. This
will include Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Delaware, New York and New England.
From this tri p he does not expect to re-
turn until about the 2Sth of October.
The last week of the campaign will be
spent, according to his custom, in max
ing a whirlwind tour of Nebraska,
closing the night before election in Oma-
ha. He will return home election day.
vote and receive the news at his home.
Arrangements are partially complete
for Roosevelt's tour of Nebraska. The
largest demonstration of the four days
will be made here at Bryan's home. 1t
will occur during carnival week and
thousands of uniformed men will be in
line. The Democrats will probably have
Senator Wellington to follow him here
on the day after.
ROOsevelt's Letter of Acceptance.
Theodore Roosevet's letter of accept
ance of the republican nomination for
vice president, which was given to the
press last week, has an engaging snap
and go to it. He thus scores the silver
ties: "When our opponents champion
free silver at 16 to l they are either in
sincere or sincere in their attitude. If
insincere in their cham ponship they, of
course forfeit all right to belief or sup
port on any ground. If sincere, then
! they are menace to the welfare of the
country. Whether they shout their SIM
istel purpose or merely whisper it makes
but little difference, save as it reflects
their own honesty. No issue can be
paramount to the issue they thus make,
for the paramountcy of such an issue is
to be determined, not by the dictum of
any man or body of men, but the fact
that it vitality effects the we'll being of
every home in the land. The financial
question is always Of such far-reaching
and tremendous Importance to the ma
tional welfare that it can never be raised
in good faith unless this tremendous
importance is not merely conceded, but
insisted on. Men who are not willing
to make such an issue paramount have
no possible justification for raising it at
all, for under such circumstances their
act cannot under any conceivable circum-
stances do aught but grave harm"
A Campaign Forecast.
One half of the time between the nom
mating conventions and election day has
passed. In spite Of the dullness that has
characterized the two months, there
have been happenings of sufficient i'm
portance to throw considerable light on
| the progress of the campaign, and to
make forecast Of its outcome seemingly
not impossible. Unless the country is
greatly mistaken, it knows pretty well
today how the states will line up in
November.
According to the best obtainabe infor
nation here, a map of the Mckinley
states, and limiting it to those in which
there is a reasonable certainty of such a
result, would include the six states of
New England, the Middle Atlantic states
including West Virginia and Delaware,
but not including Maryland; the states
of the Mississippi valley, north of the
Ohio and east of the Mississippi River,
with the exception Of Indiana; and of
the states west of the Mississippi, Iowa,
Minnesota, Kansas, the two Dakotas,
Wyoming, California, Oregon, and Wash
ington. Such a division of the country
would give Mckinley 258 electoral votes
or 13 fewer than he had before, but still
ga more than is necessary for success.
Changes in this list from the division tour
years ago are as follows: Mckinley loses
Maryland Kentucky and Indiana, on a
total of 35 votes lone Kentucky vote
was lost to him before), and gains Kan
sas, South Dakota, Wyoming, Washing
ton, and one vote in California, or a
total of %, leaving net loss of 10.
1t will be seen that this list is very
conservative. 1t does not include a
number OF states which the Republicans
for with reasonable, though variable,
prospects of success. 1t comedies Ken
lucky to the Democrats, gives them Ne
braska and Indiana, and respects the
claims which they are now making as to
Maryland. And yet even so conserva.
tive a list as this leaves Mckinley with a
majority of 35 in the electoral college
How can the Democrats possibly break
into the majority? Where can they get
the necessary 35 votes to reduce Nc
Kinley's 25S to 222 which is minority
of the whole AL? New York alone
would do it. Illinois and Michigan
would do it, or Illinois with Kansas anc
Delaware. Several other combinations
would also be successful, to say nothing
of the chance there always is of divided
electoral tickets, something which oc
Cured in two states in 1896. But thu
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