Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-10-09


Ridder, Nathan Strauss. M. E. In
gals, Richard 0lney and other men,
bers Of Cleveland's cabinet and score
Of others. are earnestly advocating tn
election Of Mr.. Bryan, and the con-
ditions favor his success IN the EN-
pnre State.
In New Jersey the Republican ma
jority was last year reduced to g.
900 and as the sameinfluence that
controls New York is strong in Jer-
sey that lead may be turned into
Democratic majority on election day.
New Jersey is good fighting ground
and Democratic gains are reported
surprisingly large from the Republi-
can sections Of the state.
In Delaware the Republican MAORI.
ty is very small, and Democrats are
fighting hard to overcome the in
fluence Of Dupont and the powder
trust and the Addicks corruption,
with good reason to believe that they
may be successful this year. Judge
Gray, former gold Democrat is a
loyal supporter of Mr.. Bryan. The
Democrats have named very strong
ticket with the son Of Judge Gray
as candidate for attorney general.
Pennsylvania, Of course, is hopeless
ly Republican, though the majority
for the Republican ticket will be the
smallest in history. If the big pad
ded majorities In Philadelphia and
Pittsburg were not so very big, Penn.
sylvania might return 30 the Demo
cratic fold.
The Republican factional fight in
West Virginia which is. intensely
bitter, together with the fact that
union labor men, especially the min
ers, are for Bryan, will place that
state In the Democratic column. The
miners swear by Johnny" Mitchell,
and Mitchell has declared his pref
erence for Bryan. That is chiefly
all the mine workers want to know.
Mitchell is for Bryan, so are they.
The late President Mckinley car
ried his home state of Ohio in 1900
by $4,000. Everyone must admit that
the lamented Mckinley was immense
ly stronger in Ohio than is Mr.. Taft.
Mckinley had the labor vote, he
had a united party and he had Mark
Hanna. Today Taft lacks the labor
vote, he will miss the string perso-
nal following of Foraker, he will lose
many of the colored voters, and ad-
ded to this his campaign has been
badly burgled by new and inexperienc
ed leaders. Bryan will carry Ohio.
Indiana is as safely Democratic
this year as is Tennessee. There are
so many reasons which point to
democratic success in the Hoosier
state that all impartial observers I'M
hesitatingly place it in the Bryan
column. These reasons include the
popularity of Mr.. Kern, the candidate
for Vice-President, local conditions,
the labor situation, the demand for
tariff revision, the popularity Of the
guarantee bank deposit plank of the
Democratic platform, the lukewarm
support of the Fairbanks followers,
and the return Of all Democrats to
the fold.
Bryan has equal chance with Taft
to carry Illinois, and Stevenson's
chances Of being elected Governor
are even better than Deneen's. Here
again, are found fractional differenc.
es within the Republican party, and
the great labor vote OF Chicago is
a solid phalanz against Taft and in.
functions.
Until recently Michigan was be.
heved to be hopelessly Republican
Recent events, however, have served
to place the supposedly strong Re
publican state Of Michigan in the
doubtful column. The Republicans an
at each others threats over the gov.
ernorship, and this should rebound
to the advantage of the Democrats
The FederatlOn OF LABOR, 75,OOO vot'
ers strong In the state is out in a
denunciation Of Taft and a declara.
ton in favor of the support Of the
Democratic ticket. Besides Mr.. Bry.
ans wonderful reception In Detroit
and Ann Arbor where he addressed
many thousands, has led Democrats
to believe that there Is some hope
even Of Michigan, and they will maxi
a fight there.
II the Republicans Of Wisconsin
prefer principle to party there will
be no doubt about that state giving
its electoral vote to Bryan. Wiscon
sin Republicans elected Mr.. LaFoll
cite governor by large majorities ano
then sent him to the Senate where
he has sfAadfaet1v advncafnd tho mr.