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Show DENVER LETTER. RESULTS OF THE CANVASS UP JO THE PRESENT TIME. i APPOINTMENTS OF SPEAKERS IN THE CLOSING DAYS' OF OCTOBER OCTO-BER PROGRESS OF THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN JIRBRYAN DEGENERATING DE-GENERATING INTO A MODERN WAT TYLER UNDER, THE DESPERATION DES-PERATION OF COMING DEFEAT. i t women who wear better clothes, and that it is the fault of the Republican party that the rich are rich and the poor are poor. This sojrt of stuff is causing a great many Republicans who formerly had a high respect for Mr. Bryan personally to come reluctantly to the conclusion that he is now nothing no-thing more than a demagogue. The shadow of coming defeat seems to have rendered him desperate. All pretense pre-tense of sincerity or consistency lias I-eea cast aside. He is no longer the inspired prophet of a great cause'ho is simply a modern Wat Tyler. j. W. A. P. (Special Correspondence.) Denver, Colo., Oct. 20 The first poll of the slate has been taken, and very completely and thoroughly in most counties. It is possible now for the state committee to form some estimate of the possible results. The committee commit-tee is not of course giving out exact figures, but it may be safely said that the poll shows a majority for the Republicans. Re-publicans. Doubtless tue Democratic poll "shows a-majtirity for thSusionr ists: preliminary canvasses are always j colored more or less by the preferences of the canvassers, even though they may try to be as exact as possible. It is safe to assume at least that the Republican Re-publican canvassers are as accurate as the fusionists'. and on this assumption assump-tion the state is very close. The tide, however, is still running toward the Republicans, ami in the two weeks remaining re-maining before election day it is probable prob-able that the doubtful voters will come more and more to the Republican side. Probably the most interesting county coun-ty to the whole state, as well as to itself, it-self, because it is the largest county and its vote may be decisive, is Arapahoe. Arap-ahoe. The results' of the registration show a Republican majority in this county of about 5.000. To overcome this tiie fusionists are relying upon the police force, upon their trained force of repeaters, and upon fraud in the count The Republican managers are fully aware of this, and have taken measures which they believe will be entirely effective to meet any Democratic Demo-cratic force or fraud. They are sure that there will be a fair vote and honest hon-est count on election day. They feel confident, therefore, that the county will be carried by the Republican candidates'. can-didates'. A straw which may serve to show how the political wind is blowing blow-ing is furnished by the fact that one of the well-known gamblers of Denver has offered S1.500 even that the Republicans Re-publicans will carry the county. Whatever What-ever sympathy the gamblers may have are supposed to be with Governor Thomas and his party; but when it comes to betting gamblers' are coldblooded: cold-blooded: they regard it as a business proposition and do not allow their sympathy sym-pathy to influence their pockets any more than they can help. The speaking campaign has gone on miring the past week with great vigor, vig-or, and will continue practically until election day. Senator Woleott has been speaking in the southern part of the state, and has met with a very cordial reception and very large audiences. audi-ences. The dates for coining speeches, so far as they are scheduled atjthis. -writing, are as follows:" Hon. Frank C. Goudy, candidate for governor Aspen. October 25th; Lead-ville. Lead-ville. October 20th: Alma. October 27th: Elbert. October 20th; Trinidad, October Octo-ber 30 th. Hon. R. W. Bonvnge, Candidate for Congress in the First District Erie. October 25th; At wood. October 21th; II iff, October 27th: ITolvoke, October 29th; Brush. October 30th. Hon. II. M. nogs. Candidate for Congress Con-gress in the Second District Aspen, October 25th: Florence, October 20th; Creede and Monte Vista. October 27th: Idaho Springs. October 20th; Central City, October 30th. Hon. P. S. Rider, Candidate for Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Governor Leadville. October 2(!th; Alma. October 27th; Elbert, October Oc-tober 29th: Trinidad. October 30th. Hon. R. T. Yeaman. Candidate for Attorney General Cheyenne Wells, October 25th; Florence. October 2fith; Canon City, October 27th; Trinidad, October 30th. Hon. F. X. Schoonmaker Pueblo, October 25th. Mrs. A. J. Peavey Manitou, October 25th; Lamar, October 2Gth; Rocky Ford, October 27th. Mr. C. W. Stephenson Kremmling. October 25th; Yampa, October 20th: Steamboat Springs, October 27th: Hav-den, Hav-den, October 20th: Craig. October 30th. Mr. Lyman R. Henrj Cheyenne Wells. October 25th; Lake City, 'October 'Octo-ber 27th: Idaho Springs. October 29th; Central City, October 30th. Hon. Robert Kerr Aspen. October 25th: Edith. October 20th: Creede and Monte Vista. October 27th. Hon. J. T. McXeely Como, October 25th; Fairplay, October 20th; Alma. October 27th. Hon. A. M. Stevenson Pitkin. Gun- nison county, October 27th. This is the only speech Mr. Stevenson Steven-son will deliver; it will be in response to an invitation from his old friends and neighbors in Gunnison county. The campaign at large is progressing as favorably as could be expected. The Republican national committee has issued an estimate which is, deemed deem-ed to be conservative, giving MeKinley and Roosevelt 25G-rectrTa 1 votes' sure, with thirty-four doubtful but more likely to be carried by the Republicans than the Democrats. My own estimate has not varied for the last four weeks that MeKinley and Rosevelt will probably have not less than 300 electoral elec-toral votes. Mr. Bryan has been invading the enemy's en-emy's country again and Tammany Hall got up a lively demonstration for him in New Y'ork city, which doubtless doubt-less convinced him that the state would surely give him its vote. In his speeches Mr. Bryan has been going from bad to worse. He talks very little lit-tle now on imperialism, not at all on silver, and not very much on trusts: his sole reliance in these latter days of the campaign seems to be upon exciting excit-ing class hatred. He makes a speech at a summer resort and deplores the that so many working people are not able to take long summer vacations, and intimates if be were elected president presi-dent things would be different; he sees a woman in the audience dressed in shabby clothes, and takes occasion to remind her that (here are a great many |