Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-09-02

ditions prevailing and the feelings
of the people rs indicated by gem
oral expressions. The National
campaign has not Yet reached the
heated staga. and IL i rather ,sriy
tn make positive predictions: but
the outlook is daily growing more
favorable ~ Democratic success.
notably encouraging feature is
the sentiment in favor nf BRYAN
among voters who have always
onposed him. As an indication of
BRYAN sentiment among this class
and i'm States that neither side can
win without fighting for. we APP
pend a few expressions of opinion
from newspapers and voters.
Murphy. Tammany leader. says
Bryan will carry New York. The
editor of the indianapolis News, an
independent paper, writing Of the
situation and outlook in Indiana,
says:
The most it is safe to say about
Indiana is that it is fighting ground
for both parties, that the leaders
of both, privately, are by no means
confident; that both propose to
fight for all there is in them. and
IL. .lo noDAoro4o IN t,c,, l., -. =, -
better united and are more hopeful
and enthusiastic than before in
wears.
The gold Democrats are practi-
cally all back in line. The long
predominancc of Republicans in
State and local office has resulted
in many scandals. which will doubt
less have an effort ON the voting.
but altogether it is either party's
victory as things look today.
A correspondent OF the New
World writes:
During the past five weeks !
have travelled through the State,
and | have found the sentiment for
Bryan is growing stronger every
day. j have met several Republi-
cans who have no use for Taft or
Roosevelt and have declared for
Bryan.
Unless all signs fail Bryan will
carry New York State. The farm
ers are saying nothing, but are
thinking a good deal. The work
ingmen are for Bryan almost to a
man.
Another correspondent of the
World. an Ohio man, says:
My choice for President is
Bryan, and ] believe he will be
elected. Many of my Republican
friends agree with me. / have
never known before of so many
people expressing themselves as
solldly for Mr.. Bryan, and these
people are largely readers of Re
publican newspapers. Here in
Northeastern Ohio. the home of
McKinleyism, the people have
been bound hand and foot by party
ties, and have every reason to
belive that a great change is COM
ing. Travelling men tell US it
seems to prevail everywhere.
The Des Moines Register, a Re-
publican paper, and the leading
paper, in Iowa, very frankly says:
Bryan will benefit in Iowa from
Republican division. The reac-
tlonary sentiment among Republi-
cans causes many to believe Taft
will not be permitted to go ahead.
The leading negroes are for Bryan.
Union labor will be for Bryan.
Bryan is personally popular at this
time. 1t is idle to claim Iowa Re-
publican by more than n comfort
able margin. Ii there is an open
split over the Allison succession
Iowa may be classed among the
States the Democrats will fight for.
Another correspondent of the
New York World writes from New
Hampshire:
While the ponderous protege of
the proclamatiopist is golting at
Hot Springs and the World is
lettering on the spring-boa pre-
pairing to jump on the band wagon,
let me make you prediction which
hope you will paste over your
desk for future reference. Bryan
will carry FIVE New England States
and get a bigger vote in Vermont
than any Democratic candidate
since God knows when. In all my
thlrty-tive years In politics ] have
never seen such an uprising in New
England except perhaps that of
1926. If the vote could be taken
IN August Taft would not carry a
single village or city where there
IS any manufacturing carried on.
Gut wages, no wages and the en-
hanced cost of living are reaching
the people. This may seem like
hot air to you, but wait and see.
The New York Mail is strongly
Republican. This is its view of the