Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1896 — THE OUTLOOK IS ALL RIGHT. [ARTICLE]

THE OUTLOOK IS ALL RIGHT.

Democrats Are Very Confident That Candidate Bryan Will Be Elected. BIG VICTORY COMING. The Democratic Campaign Comes Galloping into the October Home-Stretch In the Best of Condition and with Every Assurance of a Triumph—States Claimed and Estimates of the Majorities.

Chicago, Oct. 5, 1896.—[Special.]—The political outlook at the close of September is of the most satisfactory character to the Democratic national managers, who are confident that the cause of Bryan and free silver has been receiving a marked Impetus during the past ten days. From every quarter—especially from the central western states—comes reports that farmers everywhere are flocking to the Bryan standard, while in the cities there Is every Indication that an overwhelming majority of the labor vote will be cast for the free silver president. In many of the central western states the Democratic managers have completed their first poll, and the returns Indicate that Bryan will carry every one of them by Immense majorities. A poll of Kansas just completed by the allied free silver forces shows that the Bryan electors will have 50,000 majority in that state. A similar poll of Kentucky shows that Bryan's majority will not be less than 20,000, not counting the Republicans who will vote for free silver. This vote it is estimated will swell the Bryan majority to 30,000. The poll shows that there are less than 15,000 gold Democrats In the state, and this will more than offset the Populist vote. Fusion between the Democrats, Populists, Prohibitionists, and Silver Republicans has been consummated In Michigan, a result, which, in the minds of the most conservative politicians, gives that state to Bryan by a large majority. Reports from Ohio received during the week are of the most flattering character. From nearly every county in the state estimates have been made, and they indicate that Mr. Bryan will carry that state by not less than 26,000 majority. The Republicans have eompleted a poll of Nebraska, and while they failed to make it public, the returns are known by the Democratic managers, and show that Bryan will carry the state by 25,#00. The Democratic poll shows that it will give Mr. Bryan more than 36,000 majority. Estimates from lowa, by counties, give that state to Bryan by more than 30,000. In a majority of the agricultural counties from 20 to 80 per cent, of the Republican vote will be cast for Bryan, while the Democratic defection la A poll of Missouri gives that state to Bryan by 60,000 majority, and it may run as high as 75,000. The Republican poll of Illinois, which it is unnecessary to state was not published, gives to Bryan, outside of Chicago, a majority of 26,000. The Democratic canvass of the state gives Bryan nearly 40,000 majority outside of Chicago; while Chicago is expected to give him at least 26,000 majority. This, despite the fact that the corporations and large manufacturing institutions are making every eWort to control the votes of their employes by coercion, intimidation, and false representation. The laboring men at Chicago, however, are aroused over these outrageous attempts, and the result is that within the last wek a decided change has taken place among the workngmen which bids fair to result In a complete landslide. of that vote to free sliver. This is the case not only in Chicago, but in every large labor center of the country. Taking the reports from the central western states and adding them to the states conceded by the Republicans the Democratic managers claim the following states as absolutely certain for Bryan: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Minnesota, Michigan, lowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio —giving Mr. Bryan a total of 317 electoral votes.

X believe She struggle now gulag on In this eonntry and other countries for a single gold standard, would, if successful, produce widespread disaster in the end throughout the world. The destruction of silver as money and establishing gold as the sole unit of value must have a ruinous effect on all forms of property except those investments which yield a fixed return in money.—James G. Blaine. (Congressional Record, pages 820 to 822, 1878.)