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IfLfjif A 11m r i i LOME 28. WASHINGTON LETTER. j-rora oar Regular Correapoadent. Washington, Oct. 12th, 1890. Mc Kinley and Hobart will to a dead cer tainty, carry Iowa, Illinois. Indiana and Ohio. This is no ante-election Vnf fa aHtlni: BArfnns cf s t. ment of facta, based upon full reports from every Congressional district In the states named which are now in the hands of chairman Babcock, of the Republican Congressional Committee. Jnst compare this statement with the claims put forward lor Bryan, the most modest of which include Indiana and Illinois, and you will get a fair idea of how hopeless the popocratic einipiagn really is. The latest of these claims was made by Chairman Butler, of the Populist National Com mittee, and presents a total of 232 electoral votes. Now deduct the elec toral votes of Indiana Butler very considerately concedes that Illinois, Michigan, Iowa and Ohio are in doubt and Bryan is a defeated man, even though he should carry all the other states claimed by Butler, among which are the two Dakotas, Washington, .Wyoming, '-Kentucky, Kansas, Ne braska, Oregon, California, Maryland jkud West Virginia, eleven states, of Which will to a dead certainty be car ried for McKinley. 132 will come much nearer to the number of elect oral votes Bryan will get, than 232. The Republican Congressional Cam paign is in just as good condition as that of McKinley and Hobart. There are enough republicans whose election to the House is now absolutely cer tain ascertained by actual personal contact with the voters to insure a repnbjican majority of more than 30 ir. the House, and there are about 50 more districts in which republicans have an even chance to win. Taking the whole situation, it is a conserva tive estimate to place the republican majority in the next House in. the near neighborhood of 50. That isn't as big as it is in the present House, but it is big enough to do business with - , Representative Hepburn, of Iowa, has been in Washington for the pur pose of conferring with the republican Congressional Committee. He says Iowa will give McKinley not less than :?o,000 majority, and will send a solid republican Congressional delegation Mr. Hepburn says Bryan's appearance in . Iowa has not helped his cause any, and has probably , injured it some by his making assertions without backing them up with proof. According to Mr. Hepburn, the Iowa people "are taking nothing lor granted in this campaign; they are nailing every thing." who has been actively campaigning in that state, says nothing can prevent its electoral vote from being cast for McKinley and Hobart. In his ovu language: "Maryland is as sure to go for McKinley this fall as Pennsyl vania is." Republicans as a rule have not been considering that the party have more than a lighting chance to carry Mis souri, but recent news from that state indicates that it will be carried lor Mc Kinley. For instance, a poll has been made in one of the Congressional dis tricts which was regarded as reliably democratic, as it has been represented in the House by a democrat for years. The poll shows-that 52 per cent, of the entire vote of the district have declared their iutentiou to vote the republican ticket in November. With "the same ratio of gain throughout the state, the republicans will have an immense ma jority. ' Mr. W. B. Thompson," Treasurer of the Republican Congressional Com mittee, has just returned from Michi gan. He suysjie hasn't the slightest doubt that McKinley will carry that state and that the Congressional dis- incis are uu nuv, iuc t"' uciuwimo alone having strength enough in sev eral of them to swings the balance of power to the side of honest money He says that practically the entire business interests of the state. are tak ing an active part in fighting the free coinage of silver. Betting men have increased the odds ou McKinley in order to coax the popocrats to put up a httle money, but thev have not succeeded. In one place, much frequented by politicians, $12,000 has been 'posted for several days with instructions to bet it 3 to 1 on McKiniey's election,! but up to this PROTECTION! HICKORY, NORTH morning none of it Toad been covered. Several prominent silver men have privately admitted that Maryland was certain to go for McKinley, notwith standing Senator Gorman's claim to the contrary. Maryland republicans have never admitted that there was a doubt of their- carrying the state this year. J ohn R. McLean, who owns the Cin cinnati Enquirer and a controlling in terest in the Washington Gaslight Company, has been doing the "angel' act for the popocratic National Com mittee, and the quality of the gas now being furnished the people of Wash ington indicates that he intends to make the gas consumers pay back the money he has contributed to the popocrats, 1 Republican Headquar cr Say that flcKlaUy Will RecelT 270 and Bryan 110 Votes. New York, Oct. 12. The following statement was given out at National Republican headquarters today after a conference of the entire, executive committee: "The election of -McKinley and Ho bart is an accepted and -assured fact. They will receive 270 electoral votes. Bryan will receive 110, and there are six States having 6? electoral votes which are doubtful, but the probabili ties all point to the fact that these 07 votes will go into the Republican col umn and be added to the 270 now as sured for McKinley and Hobart. Re ports from these States today say: "We have the election and will hold it." "The opposition have abandoned the East.- 8igned M. S. Quay.' 'For the Benefit of Those Who Haven't ' Any." A clergyman was, anxious to intro duce some hymn-books into the church and arranged with his clerk that the latter was to give notice immediately after the sermon. The clerk, however had a notice of bis own to - give out with reference to the baptism ofy in fants. Accordingly, at the close of 4. t . u., . u ..A the show windows also were "All those who have children whoir I, . i . . . bney wiu tu uvo uaputcu, jiicnoi send their names at once to the clerk." The clergyman, who was stone deaf. assumed that the clerk was giving out the hymn-bo -k notice, and imme diately arose and said: "And I should say, for the benefit of those who haven't any, that they may be obtained at the vestry any day from 3 to 4 o'clock; the ordinary little ones at one shilling each, and the special ones with red backs at one shilling and four pence." Christian Advocate. UHL SCORES THE PCPOCRATS. The Ambassador to Germany Declines to Assist the un-American Cause. Detroit, Oct. 9.Iu reply to a let ter from Chairman Daniel J. Campau, asking for aid in the Popocratic cam paign, Edwin F. Uhl, ex-Secretary ot State of the United States, and uow Ambassador to Germany, writes in refusiug the request: "I do not recognize as the rightful representatives of true Democracy a Convention vehoe principals and policy, as enunciated in its platform, are at war with the historic tenets of that gnat political organization a platform which strikes at the very esseutials of our constitutional form of government and, announces a policy that would uuderuilne one of the pil lars wrought into our peculiar system by the founders of the republic, with out whose preservation that system cannot survive; which assails the in dependence and integrity of the Supreme Court of the United States because displeased with one of its de cisions, and promises, if given the power, tovpack the court until the judgments shall accord with the will of . the la-enacting body; which threatens the debasement of cur cur rency and favors legislation im paring the obligation af contracts; vhich in effect condemn the President ecause he has faithfully executed the law. , "Such is the platform of the Chicago Convention. It U Democratic In name alone; its spirit, its essence, its ten dency.are un-Democratic,uu-American revolutionary, and loyal Democrats are charged with a grave and special obligation to see to it that no such noxious growth shall in the name 'of Democracy be engrafted upon the body politic INDUSTRY! ENTERPRISE 1 CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15,1896. Parade Day In Chicago AN UNPRECEDENTED SOUND-MONEY DEM ONSTRATION. A Marvhinjr. Column Contalnlag More Tha 75.000 rien Evokes Great Enthusiasm . During the Day fir. Depew Address cs 15,000 Persons la the Evenfaf The Silverltes Have a Torch . .light Procession at Night - With Leas tbaa 30,000. Chicago, Oct. 9. The twenty-fifth' anniversary of . the Chicago fire was celebrated today by a parade, in which more than 73,000 persons . took part. The original idea of the celebration was entirely lost sight of and the occa sion was turned to the account of sound money. Democrats and Repub licans alike took part in a parade, the greatest ever seen here, with the ex ception of that by which the World's Fair was dedicated. The city was a mass of patriotic and sound money . decorations, and the floats and costumes used in the march were of the most original and expen sive kind. The outpouring was the most telling rebuke that has yet been administered to Bryanism and was a great eontrastto the miserable fizzle of the silverltes at night. -The procession which was many miles in length, was several hours in passing a given point, and was everywhere received with loud cheering. " Sound money uniforms, decorations, canes, and badges were worn by hun dreds of thousands of marchers and spectators and the procession itself was noted for its lack of partisanship. Not one firm in the city was missed from the parade, and all the large of fice buildings sent batallions, irrespec tive of politics. Gens. Palmer &id Buckner reviewedtbe procession from the Palmer House, and -were continu ously cheered. . ' Banners and flags swung at frequent intervals across 'the -streets, and 'the front of almost every structure was a mass of red, white and blue.- Many of elaborate ly decorated in honor of the occasion From the thousands of paraders arose a mighty rbar of cheers, yells, music of innumerable bands, the tooting of horns little and big, the penetrating bellowing of immense megaphones, and the the thousand and one tither noises that mark the passiag of a great parade. At two or three points along the line of march immense open mouthed telephone receivers had been attached to wires leading directly to the homes of William McKinley and Garret A. Hobart and to various eastern cities. Into which were announced the names of each organization as the great col umn passed and then a mighty hout went up that was heard miles away. Many distinguished persons from outside the city witnef-sed the great parade, among them being Mark Han na, who reached the city yesterday, and who, in company with the mem bers of the Republican National Cain paign Committee, viewed the siecta do from the Union League club. Promptly at 10 o'clock a cuunou at the Lake Front Park gave the signal for the parade to move. Immediately Gen. Joseph Stockton, wbobad charge of the vat army of volunteers, repre senting almost ever branch of indus try in th city, gave the order to march, and Mayor George B. Swift, Chief of Polio Badenoch, Assistant Chief Ross, Inspectors Bonfield and Shea, at the head of a platoon of po lice, led the great host of industrial workers and political clubs bn their triumphal" tour of the business portion o: the ci:y. Filtccn thousand people crowded the Climun tonight and beard Dr. Ch-mntey M. Depew deliver an ad-die?-soit the issues of the day. Two or ihree thousand, unable to gain ad mittance, were turned away. The doctor was escorted from the auditor! n:n to the t Coliseum, a distance of eiht miles by the McKinley and Ho bart blcycie club and the employees of several railroads. Mr. Depew was late in arriving, and it was nine o'clock before his familiar face was seen on the platform. His appearance was greeted vrith cheering, which could not be controlled by the chairman for fully ten mines. . The famous talker was introduced bp Eldcn C. Dcwitt, of the Marquette Club, under whose auspices the nice t- icg wris held. In opening hi address PROSPERITY ! Dr. Depew said: !ThI ia the Unrest political gathering I have ever seen. I wonder if anybody got away? I wit nessed today two processions. One of them represented the bueinessmen and intelligent laborers, American citizenship, all marching for McKin ley and sound money. The other one which we passed on the way down, looked like Coxey's army after they had reached Washington." The famous New Yorker fs consid ered to have out done himself for elo quence and logic, and there was no. doubt that his audience was thor oughly in sympathy with him. In the auditorium Secretary Morton spoke on "Finance and the Farmer,1 and evoked continuous applause by his statements of facts as well as by his biting sarcasm. The exciting event of the day In which the sound money element pre dominated so overwhelmingly, left the city too exhausted to witness the comparative failure made at night by the silverites. Their parade did not start until nine o'clock and lasted on ly a little over an' hour. Compared with the great day demonstration, it was a fiasco. The belief was univer sal that the- showing made by the sound money men has put at rest all doubt that Bryan will be overwhel mingly defeated in Cook county next month. ' The balcony of the Auditorium An nex was therev.teffing stand for the free silver parade, and from it Vice President. Ad lai E. Stevensou, United States Senator, Henry M. Teller, and many noted Democrats viewed, tl e marching followers of Bryan and Sew all as they , passed. The 'parade left the Columbus Statute ou the lake front at 8 p. m. The line : ot march was aloug Michigan Avenue to Ran dolph Street. Major Edgar B. Tol man was the Chief Marshal and the parade was held under the auspices of the United Silver Clubs of Cook coun ty. , Av to display, the parade was scarcely as gorgeous as the gold Dem ocrats, but this was not unexpected, as the silver people gave It out early in the week that they would attempt nothiug iu the way wt spectacular ef fects.' ' ., The banners, as a rule, were of an impromptu order, and many of the mottoes were trite In their application and were wildly cheered at all point. One in particular, bearing the inscrip tion, "Our bosses are watch ing,caught the crowds. About 30,000 men were in line, - Vice Presidential candidate, Garret A. Hobart sat for a time at a window overlooking Madison Square in New York and listened to the music of the bauds and the cheering of the crowd as ; lie bu.-iues men's parade passed the Great Nortuern Hotel, in Chicago, a thousand miles away. ' .What's the matter with McKinley? ,-houted ome one in (phlcago, and Mr. liobctrt, hearing the question, turned to Joseph li. Manley, who stood near by in the Madison Square room, and said: "They ask in .Chicago wbat the mailer with McKinley? Suppose we nut; up Canto:i and ask the Major wo; ; iho matter wirn him. i ua done a little later and un jor McKinley,- bitting in his room at Cuuiou, replied that he was all right. Major McKinley had also been listen ing to the bands and the cheering in Chicago. Ail thi was possible be cai;e the National Committeemen in th. city and Chicago bad connected a ioug disUu.cv telephone here and at Cu.tou with a bi receiver in front of the hotel in Chicago, which had canght upthefrouuds and brought them U the ends of the wire. The telephone in the headquurtei at 1 Madison Avenue w&g fitted Jwitit an extra receiver, and thus it was pos sible for two to listen at ouee. Mr. Hobart, Mr. Manley, Mr. Scott, Cot Swords, and numerou visitors listened and as the parade continued for sever al hours, and the connecting tine was unbroken, much of the afternoon was devoted to the Chicago demonstration. Or;e of Candidate Bryan chief ob- jections to the gold standard Is that it i the Euglih standard. Such an ob jection from such a source Is surpris ing. We should have thought that Mr. Bryan would have favored it for that very reason, being as he Is, such an ardent admirer of British econo mics that be would fasten upon this , . a a ar . j country tbe unmn poucy 01 tree trade. KDiTUCmrS REGISTRATION. tr Republican Qalo Repert4 McJClnUy M7 Get Lolavnie by le.ooo Louisville, Oct. B. The registra tion books were closed at 9 o'clock to night In this city, with a total of 41, 377 for the three days, This exceeds last years registration by 4,000. The Republicans are all smiles, for they say they are certain to carry the city by 10,000 at the very least. Last year the Democrats led la the registration by 5,000 and lost the city at the November election by nearly 5,000. This year the Republicans lead the Democrats In the rerixtratlnn hv 1,703. Thsy bad not hoped to lead, as It was known j that the majority of National Democrats would rvMeir plain 'Democrats.w There Is an Inde- known from a tally kept In each ward that at least 5,500 of them are Nation al Democrats half of whom will sup-' port McKinley. Bssides, even the silver Democrats concede of the 10,159 voters registered as jeiuocrata luuy f,uuu win vote in the city may reach 12,000. Those familiar with the local situation can come very close to making correct es timates on the kound money Demo cratic defection, y , The registration out in the State shows heavy Republican gains in all towns heard from, except two or three where the Popocrats gained from a dozen to fifty votes. In many of the larger towns Mich as Lexington. inuitviwii, tswiur(, dUU DOWlWg Green, the Republicau gains run from !. '. X- . a. r 200 to 000. . . INDIANA RAINBOW CHASERS. P.pocrats Thiak It Will Take a floato to. Ceant Tlilr Votes Ale e. Ixpiaskimlis, Oct. 9. W. T. Dur bin. National Republicau Committee man from Indiana, was asked today: Do you believe any of the reports that have been circulated to the effect that the farmers of Indiana are about all for free silverrV I do not. It can safely be said that there are ten gold Democrats where a t . t M f r a f - mere 1a uiuj iree eiivex xvepuoucan. The Democrats Inay make some con verts from now on; They have just begun their campaign. Heretofore It has been all one way. The Democrats have hardly turned a wheel. From now on the fight in Indiana will be a battle royal. It will be a good old fashioned Hoosier campaign. The Republicans are preparing to work harder than , ever, and that means a good deal, for we have been going un der a very high pressure. The Republicans are making slight concessions to the Democrats in Indi ana since the invasion of Mr. Bryan. The Democrats are claiming every thing, and they declare If the tide con tinues to sweep Hoosierdom as It has staited In the past week it will take a month to count the Popocfat majeri ity. They claim tliat the silver senti ment is four times stronger In Indian- npoiis man any wnere aise in tne btate and they further lay claim to thous ands of farmers' votes. Thii, of course. is all bosh. TblAZS Look Dark la Tarke. Ixxioxt Oct. 12. T.e Standard has gJ dijjatch from Constantinople, say- Iig that there has been a steady down ward condition of affairs during the pa t three weeks, European prestige daily dwindles at the spectacle of diplomats without instruction and withAnt the hart or courage to initiate any fteps for them selves. The better informed Moslems are anxiously awaiting foreign Inter vention, especially by ureat tirittaln. Tri Prrt eontinnes its nolle v cf t. terminating the Armenians and devas tating the country occupied by the-iu. The arrests are as numerous as eve r. The special tribunal continues to con demn Innocent persons to long 'terms of Imprisonment at hard labor, and large sums of money are extorted from the richest Armenians. Every fmh report from the province t;eaks of greater disorganization and the in creasing penury of the Government. Vice President SL John, of the Sea board Air Line, denies emphatically the rumor that the Seaboard has b ; n sold to the Southern.
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