The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-09
THE DRIFT is TOWARD BRYAN
In the West the Democrats Are United
Many Republicans Are Going to Vote With Them. Con-
ditOns n Favorable O Democratic Success

Those who follow the changes in
political sentiment as mirrored in the
newspapers cannot avoid the conclu-
sion that the drift is towards Mr..
Bryan All who travel through the
west are impressed with the strength
of the Bryan sentiment in that sec
ton. In the far west and in the mid
die west it is evident from CONVEX
sations with people one meets in rail-
road trains, in the hotels and other
public places that the democrats are
united and enthusiastic, nd that
many republicans are going to vote
for Mr.. Bryan.
Before the campaign began the re-
publicans hOoted the idea that Mr..
Bryan had a ghost of a chance in
New York. Now it is admitted even
by shreWd republicans that he has
an even chance with Mr.. Taft of car
rying that state Conditions have
changed in New York since Governor
Hughes announced his purpose to
stand for denomination. The bosses
are against him, but the people in
the rural districts want him. There
is a big fight on in the republican
party, therefore, over Gov. Hughes
and II is productive of good deal of
bitter feeling. 1t is regarded as GER
tam that if the bosses can prevent
the nomination of Gov Hughes they
VIII do it, and that if he is nominat-
ed they will undertake to bring about
his defeat. Mr.. Roosevelt under
stands the sentiment that is behind
GOV. Hughes, and he is afraid that
II 1t is antagOniZed Mr. Taft will lose
the state. Therefore he has given it
as his opinion that Gov. Hughes
should be renOminated 1t is prob
able therefore that Gov. Hughes will
be the party's nominee, and it is re-
garded as certain that if he is the
party bosses will undertake to defeat
MIN. II the impression gets abroad
that the bosses are going to knife
MN the country republicans will re-
tallate by voting against Mr.. Taft.
mat is one thing that lessons Mr.. !
Iatts chances for carrying the state. !
Another thing is that it is practi- |
cally certain that the organized labor
vote vii go to Mr.. Bryan That vote. |
IN practically all of the states, will
go to him. Mr.. GOmpers and other
leaders of American Federation of
Labor are greatly influencing it. The
republicans thought they could di- |
VIDE the Ia bnr i -.
DOCK Mr.. Gompers' plans, but they
nave failed in their efforts. One I'M
ION organization after another is
wheeling into line for Mr.. BRYAN. |
And it is pointed out that the two
hundred thousand or more of IN
employed men in New York will like
ly be for MIR. Bryan. The argument |
that change will bring better times
IS having weight with them.
The arguments that will largely |
influence the voters in New York will |
influence them in New Jersey and |
Connecticut, Therefore, it begins to |
look as if the entire battle wouldn't |
be fought out in the west, as was
at first expected. The democrats will I
make a strong fight to carry New |
Iork, New Jersey and Connecticut
A thing that is alarming the re-
pubiicans is their inability to collect
a satisfactory campaign fund The |
financial district of New York city |
isn't responding as in former years. |
The purse strings of. the rich men |
are drawn pretty tight 1t is alleged, /
upon what appears to be good au-
thority that the republican campaign
managers have been compelled to call !
a halt in some of their plans for the
lack Of funds. The rich men seem
disposed to let the president manage
the campaign as best he can since he
didn't consider their interests in his
policies. AS they look at it Mr. Taft
has been chosen to carry out the
presidents policies. These rich men
Of the financial district of New York
don't like some of those DO1icies So