Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-10-09
Bryan to Win
IS Per Cent. of Labor and Railroad
Vote for Nebraskan.

Vote for NebraSkan.
The following special from Lincoln,
N. B., was printed in yesterdays New
York Herald
In spite of the cautious claim couch
ed in such mild terms put forth yester-
day by William J. Bryan as to the
prospects of his election, intimate
friends of the Democratic candidate
know that he at this time feels abso-
lutely certain that he will be the next
President of the United States. lie
bases his confidence mainly upon what
he believes to be these conditions.
l. That fully eighty-five per cent. OF
the labor vote will be cast for him.
2. That in all the pivotal States the
Democrats are united and harmonious
for the first time in sixteen years, while
the Republicans are split into warning
factions that as yet have not been re-
conciled.
3. That large corporations, the most
of which he calls trusts, have been
stopped by recent statutory enactments
from contributing to campaign funds.
L. That, although the fund that will
be raised for the promotion of the Taft
candidancy will be many times that OF
the Democratic fund, still the Repub-
licans will not have nearly so much
money this year as they had when they
defeated him the irst time, in 1896, and
that the amount will not exceed the
few millions with which Mark Hanna
| was content to finance the second Nc
Kinley campaign against Mr.. Bryan.
| 5. The superior popularity OF the
Democratic platform over the Republi-
can platform, as evidenced by MI.
Taft's having appropriated, in the Ian
guage of Mr.. Bryan, certain planks OF
the Denver enunciation which had been
overwhelmingly defeated in the Chica-
go convention.
g. That all the signs indicate unmis-
takably that the drift everywhere this
year is toward the Democratic party.
THINKS STATE TICKETS STRONG.
The foregoing are only few of the
reasons that induce Mr.. Bryan to feel
confident of election, but they are the
Substantial ones. Another of import
ance in his purview is that in all of the
States he considers pivo.al the State
tickets of his party are without excep
ton stronger than the Republican tick
cts. He regards this particularly tru'
as to Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, New
York, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Souti
Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Kansas
The States his friends assert that he il
) claiming and which gave Presiden
Roosevelt their electoral votes four year
ago by such enormous pluralities il
most instances are those already name
o plus Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri
Maryland, West Virginia, California
o Oregon and Montana. Based upo
these claims it is shown that Mr.. Bry
an feels he will be swept into the pres
: dency next month by tidal way
/ greater than that which swamped HI
party in 1904 under Judge Alton /
u Parker's leadership. Richard L. Me
caIfe, editor of Mr.. Bryan's newspape
# the Commoner, has devoted sewers
. hours every day since the opening {
l. the campaign to careful perusal
hundreds of letters that come to tt
Commoner office from farmers and l
t. boring men in all parts of the countr,
Basing his judgment upon the tor
and contents of these letters, Mr.. Me
" calfe asserts soberly and earnestly tt
conviction that Mr.. Bryan will TRUMP
d by the greatest landslide in the histol
of the country. He has upon the wa
in his office the Herald's colored ma
showing the probable condition
States month ago. Day by day I
at has revised that map until he has r
a. duced the certain Republican States
er Maine, New Hampshire, Vernon
a Connecticut, Massachusetts,, New Je
a sey, Delaware, Utah and Idaho. II
e. States he has marked doubtful, "wi1
n strong leaning toward Bryan" a
u Rhode Island, Iowa, Washingto
lg Wyoming and Michigan. He gives
n, the rest to Mr.. Bryan. These facts a
es related merely to show the unshakab
l. confidence of Mr.. Bryan's close frien'
t. in his victory.
IN Here is another side of the pictur
a. Mr.. Bryan believes he is going TO car
III Iowa. This, despite the fact that
ID his recent tour of that State he is know
is to have been assured by skilled poli1
of clans of his own party there, and who
ty loyalty to his cause he does not dou
of that in their judgment he stood
Of show whatever to get the electoral vo
is of the Hawkeye State.
tn RELIANCE ON LABOR.
is Mr.. Bryan's reliance upon the lab
n vote is absolute. AS before stated,
as is said to be perfect satisfied that
is per cent. OF it will be cast Tor MIN.
in the estimated million voters who wo
of for the railroads his friends declare tn
be he will get 5000 This of itself, tn
A say, would be quite sufficient, with
of great proportion of it massed in t
he States that are classified by the Dem
st Gratis as doubtful, to swing the electi'
mt in his favor. They assert that tn
on have ascertained beyond the shadow
mt a doubt that the railroad managers 9
Ike in no manner attempting to infiuer
,u- the votes of their men this year. Tn
he also declared that the coercive tact
ra- of the railroad managers in 1896 b
A more to do with the defeat of Mr.. Bl
Id, an than did the disbursement of
on millions which Mr.. Bryan boldly
rk cortc uYaC N, AIDE nv Mark Hanna