Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-10-27
Democratic National Chairman
Declares That Bryan Viii
Garry East and West.
REPORTS SHOW RISING TIDE
Ohio. Indiana and New York IN tho
Democratic Column.

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president In statement summing
up the situation he said:
Three weeks ago it was apparent
that the tide had turned toward De
mocracy, and that every outward evil
dence pointed to Democratic victory
in November The situation is far bet
ter now than then, and am confident
in the belief that Mr.. Bryan will be
elected president. In fact, the cam
paign, from the Democratic viewpoint,
has steadily improved with each sue
ceeding week. AS MIR. Bryan has pre-
| sented the issues in various sections
OF the country, the people have become
more and more convinced that his
election is for the permanent pros
| perity and best interests of the nation.
"Of the many reports / have received
from the various states there has not
been one discoaraging to our cause. On
| the other hand, all of our information
| has indicated that there will be re-
markable decrease in the Republican
vote, and this statement applies alike
to the banner Republican state Of
Pennsylvania as well as to states like
New York, Ohio, and Indiana. Mr..
Bryan will not only receive the major
| ity of the electoral vote, but one of the
| greatest popular votes ever given
candidate.
Says Fight is Won.
"The fight is won, but we must keep
everlastingly at it for the remaining
two weeks of the campaign. Our re
ports have been of such an encourag-
ing nature that | have at times had
fears least some of those on duty
would, in their enthusiasm, let up in
the fight, and my parting word to those
at headquarters is that they continue
their efforts just as aggressively as if
the contest had to be won in the de-
clining days of the campaign.
"The Democratic party has a greater
membership than the Republican party
The only question with us in recent
years has been to get our folks to-
gether in harmonious and united pha-
lanx. | do not believe there is a Dem
ocrat in the entire country who is out
side of the breastworks in this cam
paign, and that is the. greatest reason
to my mind why Mr.. Bryan will be
inaugurated president on March next.
| will not attempt to give figures, but
will say now that New York, Ohio, and
Indiana are Democratic this year, and
my prediction does not take into con-
sideration a number of other states
that will swing from the Republican
to the Democratic column on election
day"
Republicans Pass the Lie.
Republican campaign managers have
been endeavoring to create the i'm
preston that James Duncan, first vice
president of the American Federation
of Labor, is not in sympathy with the
labor movement advocated by Mr..
Gompers, urging union labor to sup
port its friends and defeat its enemies
in the present campaign. Mr.. Duncan
was advised of this fact and asked to
state his attitude in the matter. His
reply is explicit and gives the lie to
the Republican managers who have
been seeking to place him in a false
light.
Lis. of Trust Allies.
The Republican national committee
is sending out letter asking for cash
contributions" in which the declara-
ton is made that 1.-The election of
Judge Taft and James s. Sherman is
essential to the welfare of the coun-
try"
The letter is of interest by reason
of the character of the men whose
names appear on the letterhead, and
who make this appeal. Here are the
men who sign the letter informing the
people of the country that Bryan's
election will be dangerous:
Charles F. BROKER, head of the brass
trust and vice president of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford railroad,
against which a government suit is
now pending in the Federal courts.
Charles Nagel, of Missouri, one of
the general attorneys of the Standard
Oil company. This Standard Oil rep
resentative is in charge of Republican
national campaign headquarters in
Chicago
Frank o. Lowden, multi-millionaire
son-in-law of the late George NJ Pull
man. and now head of the great Pull
man Palace Car trust, to which the
travelling public pays tribute.
T. Coleman Du Pont, the head of the
powder trust, which is fighting a suit
against dissolution.
Boise Penrose, the political boss"
of the corrupt political machine in
Pennsylvania.
George r. Sheldon, the personal rep
resentatiye of ]. Pierpont Morgan, in
the capacity of director in all his trust
companies, and who collected trust
money for the election of Governor
Hughes of New York
William Nelson Cromwell, the legal
representative of Edward H. Hartman
| and probably the greatest trust lawyer
in the United States
Fred W. Upham, the "fat fryer for
the Republican party in the west, and
the man who wrote letters to corpora
tons whose property he assessed by
virtue of his position as a member of
the board of review in Chicago.
Farmers and Business Men Know.
This is a fine outfit to advise the
farmers and business men in the west
how to vote. Two of the signers are
leads of corporations which are fight
| ing for their existence in the courts.
OF course these men think Bryan's
election dangerous; that is natural
when one becomes acquainted with
their connections. But there is not a
legitimate business man in the nation,
small or large, who has any reason to