Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1908 — MACK SEES VICTORY [ARTICLE]

MACK SEES VICTORY

Democratic National Chairman Declares That Bryan Will Carry East ana West. REPORTS SHOW RISING TIDE Ohio, Indiana and New York In the Democratic Column.

Norman E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic national committee, is confident of the election of Mr. Bryan as president In a statement summing up the situation he said: “Three weeks ago it was apparent that the tide had turned toward Democracy, and that every outward evidence pointed to a Democratic victory in November. The situation Is far better now than then, and I am confident tn the belief that Mr. Bryan will be elected president. In fact, the campaign, from the Democratic viewpoint, has steadily Improved with each succeeding week. As Mr. Bryan has presented the Issues in various sections of the country, the people have become more and more convinced that his election is for the permanent prosperity and best Interests of the nation. “Of the many reports I have received from the various states there has not been one discouraging to our cause. On the other hand, all of our information has Indicated that there will be a remarkable 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 majority of the electoral vote, but one of the greatest popular votes ever given a candidate. Says Fight I* Won. “The fight is won, but we must keep everlastingly at It for the remaining two weeks of the campaign. Our reports have been of such an encouraging nature that I 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 declining 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 together in harmonious and united phalanx. I do not believe there is a Democrat In the entire country who is outside of the breastworks In this campaign, and that is the greatest reason to my mind why Mr. Bryan will be inaugurated president on March 4 next I will not attempt to give figures, but I will say now that New York, Ohio, and Indiana are Democratic this year, and my prediction does not take Into consideration a number of other states that will swing from the Republican to the Democratic column on election day.”

Republican* Pass the Lie. Republican campaign managers have been endeavoring to create the impression 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 support 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. , Liat of Trust Allie*. The Republican national committee i* sending out a letter asking for “cash contributions," in which the declaration is made that “the election of Judge Taft and James S. Sherman is essential to the welfare of the country." 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. Brooker, 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 representative is in charge of Republican national campaign headquarters in Chicago.

Frank O. Lowden, multi millionaire son-in-law of the late George M. Pullman, and now head of the great Pullman Palace Car trust, to which the traveling 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 representative of J. 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. Harriman 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 corporations 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 heads of corporations which are fighting 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 l*ar a Democratic victory.