Show washington letter from froin our regular lie jular correspondent no such absurd claims are ara bein being 0 made in iii bryans behalf as tile the republicans public ans are putting out for mckinley but every man connected with either the democratic iopu lists or silver committees at the brya i headquarters express the utmost confidence io in the election of sir bryan they claim that there liere are averal states in the latest apsley bluff that aio certain to elect bryau bryan electors by majori majorities tiek of not nol less les than and a half a dozen more that will be carried by bryan they also di both Ap A siss and babcock t n claims a as to the number of cf bijil men who will avill be elec elected teil to the next house arid and say the silver men will control the house an estimate made by seer tary tary eddei ton ion of the populist national committee which is 43 regarded ts LS being a conservative ol 01 aves ves mr bryan certain elec toral votes this esli dialo puts down as aa doubtful but probably fur fir bryan the 85 electoral voted fruin from delaware illinois iowa maryland michigan and ohio and give mckinley McKinl sy electoral votes few men in public life bad as many aud a warm personal friends as the late ex cx speaker crisp had and fewer men had as clean a a public record rione none could be cleaned clea nei his was wag absolutely spotless his death was a great shock to his r ua hanioti hini notor oti friends and admire rc re altho although it was generally known that his health was not in goad condition it is as a mat mar and a lovable companion that his friends will miss him but the democratic party lust lost iii id him one of its ablest leaders lie he was a leader in every 1 genie ante a 0 the word being ever ready to main maintain taita the principles of the party lie he loved so 0 o well either in the council chamber on the stump or in the hurly burly burly of a running Cong congressional al debate debaie the highest ambition mr criep ever entertained was to bs be elected a senator and it would have been attained had bad lie ile lived a few months longer it wilt will be remembered that he declined a gubernatorial Up appointment to the senate the rhe figures received at the headquarters of if tho the national association of Dein democratic cratic clubs in reply to a circular letter asking that tle pi previous evious political affiliation of rn members embers of bryan and silver clubs be given are the bet answers answer at to the claims of the that comparatively few drw republicans are supporting bryan ten club clu in iowa a total membership of including 2100 democrats republicans populists lists 41 prohibitionists arid and independent and six clubs in ohio report a total membership member of including democrats lia republicans 74 populists lists 10 prohibition lists bats and independents if the 1 ratio of republicans is the same in the hundreds of bryan clubs in those two state sta e iowa and ohio will cist cast their electoral votes for bryan the khe appearance of see secretary detary carlisle carlile on the stump nominally for palmer and buckner but actually for mckinley has recalled the fact that secretary carlisle carlile aed all 11 the influence lie he possessed to get democratic members of the nebraska legislature to vote vole for senator allen alien who was the Pom populist homilist ilist candi candia date for the semite and who was elected by democratic votes A copy of a telegram tele grala signed by secretary acre carlisle arid and senators gorman and brice anti and addre addressed sed to a democratic member of 0 the Neli nebraska legislature is aein lising circulated by the democratic congressional committe it readi we hope you wi will livote vote foroud for judge alien and thus keep alie out of the hands of the republicans thus it appears that secretary carlisle and senator brice were not afraid to help hell elect a silver man to the senate in february 1893 1803 3 although they now profess great fears of what will follow the alced election in of a silver filver man to the presidency Preside ricy mr J A welch of ransa kansa now in lV washington ashington pays fays the wheat growers understand very verv well that the present advance is due to manipulation by bv speculators and they are not going to be deluded into the idea that the gold standard is to be given any adv credit for the in creased value of their product the farmers have made up their minds that the double stand standard ar d is necessary necess aay to thy the preservation of stable prices and they hey are going to v vote ote that way this is no new idea with tapin no craze of the present campaign the agrical tural class in kansas will give bryan almost solid support and lie he will carry the state by at I 1 least east majority although Alt bouab president cleveland may not be actively mingling in th the e campaign hii big il i losing na no opportunity anity to hit 1 silver I belo withe belt the latest is a state department report purporting to tn be a summary of of consular I 1 reports attacking silver and laud in ing gold CAPITOL |