The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-08

Mckinley carried Indiana in iss6 by less than 1S.000 votes.
 Our people are natural politicians out out, here Ter expert men from the the East East are astonished at the fact that our country people and our comparatively poor people, in the cities are so well the issues, and the. result of the cam patgn here Is largely, If not entirely: a question as to getting out the vote."
 . Part Played by Fusien. .,,.
 Why was it," I asked. that while Mckinley had only 1s,ooo plurality in 1T, 1Ss6 his margin rose to 26.o00 fin 1s0o?'
 That all comes about from the ef- fect fet of fusion" said MT: oBrien. ln electoral ticket. In 1900 there was no fusion, and the difference between Bryan and Mckinley then was in- which left Bryan for the Populist
 There Is no fusion this year. but it is 2 fact that practically all of the so. for Parker. Captain W. H. English. Heath Marsh and Albert Leiber are the only three prominent gold Democrats ays en whS st as.sn to fish voted with us in 1896, and only went over in 1900, and then largely for reasons personal to himself.
 The gold Democratic movement had it's inception in Indiana. their conven.. tion was held here in Indianapolis, and there was an immense amount Of en- thusfasm among the sound money men then. We have absolutely closed up that breach. and. so far as we can see. we are back where we were in 1892; with Indiana once more doubtful State. and with the result on election day thing to be reached by patient effort and perfect organization.
 "1t is with this idea in view that we have succeeded fin inducing Mir. Bryan to make forty speeches in the work of men like Hill. John sharp Will 1iams Cochran. Carlisle and other wei, known Democratic leaders. It Is much jorities or results. but we see a chance to get the electoral ticket. the Gov ernor. and the I.egislature-any one or all of the three"
 Analysis of the Vote.
 In reply to general question. Chair man OBrien made an analysis of the trend of public sentiment. which prob- ably will hold good in other States quite as well as In Indiana.
 The farmer vote is not a changeable one" he said. The people in the country districts sometimes fail to sometnea t9 the Re,s Snt and they are eral rule l find that they vote as they have been accustomed to vote, and if you will study the returns from the agricultural districts you will find this II win at all. in the cities and the large towns. It Is the conservative busi- ness element nowadays which decides elections. The independent vote is found in the cities because there men have less ties politically than in the country. and there opinions are not so well known.
 Tn the country districts. to a large extent, change Of political faith means certain amount of ostracism. This Is not so true in the cities, and you generally find, at least in close elections. that the deciding votes are cast by the conservative business ele- ment in comparatively crowded com. munfties.
 T think those people down East" he concluded. "are getting their eyes opened about Tom Taggart. They are just beginning to find out how clever he is at sizing up the political situa- tion. I never knew any man in poli- tics who was as unselfish as Tom. He is out to win this fight if it can be- done and isn't thinking about himself