New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-08-18
THE PASSING THRONG.

NJ H Casselis Of Chicago who IL TRAVELLING
agent for one Of the largest grocery establishments
IN the Windy City. IN speaking OF
TIE the trans-Mississippi political out
DRUMMER look at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
As AN yesterday. said: Personally I
OBSERVER conane my attention almost wholly
TO the two Dakotas. Kansas and
Nebraska, but come In intimate contact with
travelling men who 90 through the other Western
States. and. consequently am able 10 keep a pretty
good line on the trend OF thought and probable
action Of the inhabitants Of the great West
Drunmsrs. particularly those who are firmly es-
taollshed in certain section OF territory. have
great opportunities to form an intelligent tudg-
ment as TO what those communities are likely 10
do man like myself, for example, knows people
everywhere IN the country he covers. We talk
with people in every section Of the State We are
always in railroad trains, hotels and other places
where talk is going on and we generally succeed
IN forming a pretty fair Judgment OF which way
the cat will jump. Then we are constantly run
ming across members OF the 'perfesh' who cover
other territory than that which do When this
knowledge is by that means much ex7an De-
s4 T v Drained Widea%aks drummer can generally
90 me truth and with reservations as 10 bouquets
When Mckinley and Bryan locked horns in 1885
lhey Datued IN the National arena solely and
wholly on the silver issue For the previous three
or FOUR years the country had been financially 70
me oad the crops had rallied the balance OF trade
steadily drawn on our gold reserve until had 70
Factories shut down. crops failure, hundreds OF
thousands OF men unemployed was the condition
or the country when the campaign OF 1896 was
fought out. All that the workugman had saved
had gone TO support life in those bad years. mis-
home was mortgaged, and on the farms the mort
cages in many cases exceeded the assessed value
Conditions could not have been blacker nor the
future outlook more ominous and foreboding' con-
tinued the speaker The West had
EFFECT OF suffered more keenly in the hnan-
MKINLEY'S ciaI stress than had the East. and
ELECTION being closer 70 the wall she was
naturally the more ready 10 fight
AT this juncture the silver craze eliminated II
was to be the paracea for all the ills that the
country was suffering from. Make IS to l the
law OF the land was the cry, and all this
trouble will be over. Money will be again plenty:
your mortgages viii be paid and you viii again
have sufficient food for your wives and your little
ones. The starving West caught eagerly at the
ShlTQlly prepared bait. and boIted it whole Luck
ny; tne rest OF the country held true, and Nc
came to pass that exactly what the Democratic
silver were elected triuaphanrIy followed The VIC
I9ry o. mckinley and gold. The mills started
bore and increased in value and there were great
ana ready markets for their products Mortgages
Workingman and farmer alike Money was plenty
StS sAe GI@reh We're again sent 10 school Four
knee deep with mortgages, and 20 keep the in
5asrare+e So 'r ~ 1t-eFS sHa aTtEIng lHeIn 70 a
meeting 10 attend fairs or nicncs sr5 3 IN
in the stable, and the Missus wears stir black
SIX 70 church. II is great, a wonderful and a
life giving change. and il came under a Republican
Administration. and smote the silver dogma hip
and thigh. II will have It's effect the elections
King Canuts and that effect win not be HkeIv 10
help the temper or feed The vanity OF William len
In Nebraska State pride viii be a factor and
leans W c . tE as a 40 prS 6i 9af pub
election and IL would not greatly surprise me 10
after election"
Kansas" continued Mr. Casseis where the
same conditions exist in Nebraska but where
the question OF State pride Is large
WESTERN ~ eliminated. I think viii go for
OUTLOOK Mckinley. Both the Dakotas I re-
FAVORABLE gard as safely Republican. That
ends my personal Observations-Jhe
result Of talks with the people for the last four
years and constant observation Of the tendency
Of thought there during that period.
From other statesmen have gathered the fol-
lowing to the rest OF the West: Montana they
are inclined 70 regard as doubtful but with a
tendency toward Bryan Local conditions enter
here that do apply in other parts OF the coUn-
try. The Is true Of Idaho. IN Colorado a
similar OF affairs exists, ii does, in fact. IN
all the States where mining is the preponderating
industry IN Colorado, however. they think Nc
hh1Sy 1as peI-sI CLlancs S-sA ~ SC-e- 1Is4S
viii go for Bryan they think IL had a Bryanite
a Republican Congress Will ALLEVIATE the Mormon
vote from a Republican candidate. Nevada and
they We're considered doubtful All agreed that
the States OF the Pacific sea bOard-Washington.
Oregon and CaEf0rnia-wOuld 90 solidly and over
wheiniugly for Mckinley the expansion issue,
which is immensely popular there our attitude
in the Chinese affair has helped there, as 1t has the
country over; The Philippine policy, TOO, helps IN
the West For it was peculiarly Western army
that conquered the archipelago, and each State
therefore takes q personal pride in the retention
OF the Islands This hurts Bryan on account OF his
antf-expansion policy and public utteranceS prac-
tcaIly advocating the abandonment OF the Philip
pines
Altogether cannot figure out that Bryan has
much chance west OF the Mississippi, and II seems
10 me that II he hopes TO achieve election he must
look TO secure II in the East