Show PROGRESS OF THE CAMPAIGN The lines in the presidential battle 1 are arc being more closely drawn and soon Instead of or desultory firing we shall i have a general engagement which will last until the sun goes down on elec election election election tion day da Indeed It may ma be said that the real struggle begins today todar with Mr Ir Bryans nr ans speech ch to the laboring men of oC Chicago Since the work of the great I conventions was finished the Demo Democrats Democrats 1 of or the country countr have become unit united united ed and aggressive ag while in nearly nearl 1 every over pivotal state the leading loading Republicans Republicans are at loggerheads The aid of ot Chairman Hitchcock has been implored J and am President Roosevelt has been com corn compelled compelled to butt In though perhaps compelled Is not the tho proper pro er word the hutting butting in propensities of ot the president president dent being so extraordinarily well de developed Mr Ir Bryan announced at the outset that he be stood squarely upon the Den Denver Dener Denver F ver er platform and has delivered sev soy several several eral unanswerable speeches In various parts of or the country countr His Ills clear and andI I convincing presentation of or facts has been met by b the Republicans with I evasion and prevarication winding up L r with the assertion as that the tho Nebraskan i III 14 unsafe That plan of or campaign on tho the part of the Republicans has been lleen abandoned From all parts of or the thc great Ireat agricultural states has the demand that Judge Ju ge Taft TaCt appear be before bei i fore tore the tribunal of the people and arid aridI I meet the Issues Therefore it is now E announced that the Republican candi candidate candidate candidate date will make male a tour of or the country in October and endeavor to stem the tide which Is now running so strongly against the party of pelt pelf and pretense preten e eIn In the meantime the factional fights In n tho various states continue An has been issued from the sum summer Iner mer palace In Oyster O Bay that Governor Hughes be In New ew York The rhe party leaders have refused to 0 obey obe and tho the struggle between the can Pharisees and the sure enough sin sinners sinners sinners ners of the same party part goes g es mer merrily merrily rily on Saltpetre wont save the Taft Tact ticket in New ew York In November Of the other eastern eastorn states which in times past have cast enst their lot with the Democracy It may ma be said that the prospects are arc improving each day da In New cw Jersey Connecticut Rhode Island and Delaware The discrepancy be between between between tween Republican promise and Republican L can enn performance has become so very apparent that the Independent voters are swarming over to the Bryan Br an side F of or the controversy There may ma be an unpleasant surprise In store In these states for tor the overconfident Republicans Republicans carts cans cans If Ir there really are any an such The past week has witnessed d the opening of tho the Republican campaign in Ohio with Governor Hughes and Sen Senator Sena Senator ator a tor Beveridge as the big guns Sen Senators Senators Se Seators Foraker and Dick were not pres pros present present ent having been deliberately snubbed by those having the tire matter In charge h Outside e of or the senatorial fight in the Buckeye state the tle contest over oer the theL L state offices Is extremely bitter the pres ent indications pointing to the election r of Judson Harmon for tor governor Ohio Is still doubtful as between Taft TaCt and Bryan Nothing has occurred lately to dis disturb disturb disturb the belief bellet of or the Indiana Demo Democrats Democrats Democrats that the Hoosier state Is reliably Democratic In this year of our Lord r Tho The fact that It has been marked doubtful by hy the Republicans shows plainly enough that they have given up upI I tope Lope LopeL L Illinois Is divided Into InJo hostile camps of Republicans R The recent r cent primaries L only intensified ed the bitter feeling exist r I w n i r Ing big between the Yates Tates and Deneen fol tol followers followers lowers Jowers and the the national committee com has been unable to reconcile the differences The senatorial fight continues notwithstanding notwithstanding notwithstanding standing the result of the primaries The Tle election of ot Adlai Stevenson seems certain enough with the probable de defeat defeat feat teat of Hopkins for senator by Foss or ora ora ora a Democrat The reception of or Mr Sir Bryan Byan in Chicago today by the hosts of J laboring men men may be taken as a fair Indication of or how the state stands on the presidential question The Republican state convention of ot Kansas repudiated the Chicago plat platform platform form torm and boldly advocated the guar guaranty guaranty guaranty anty of or bank deposits a sort of forlorn hope to save sao the state from Bryan am and Kern This Is the year ear the Jayhawkers jump thc tho fence tence The nomination of Governor Johnson in Minnesota affords an added clement of ot strength to the Democratic national ticket In the northwest Not only has Mr Bryan a good chance to carry Min Minnesota but North and South Dakota as aswell aswell aswell well the tho electoral vote of or the Dakotas I being reasonably sure for tor the Democracy Democracy Democracy racy The Iowa legislature is in m session and the struggle for the toga of dead Alli Am Allison Amson Allison son Is on The factional fight in Iowa Is as strong as in the other states but there Is a fair prospect that the tariff reformers can enn be fed ted on promises once more This Is one of ot the states in which the demand for tor the appearance of ot Judge Tart Taft t has lias been loud and insist insistent Insistent insistent ent Should Iowa go Democratic we should listen for tor the th tooting of Ga Gabriels Gabriels briels horn rather than the blowing of or whistles announcing the resumption of work in the factories the morning after election Stranger things have happened Primaries in Wisconsin and Michigan during the tho past week were hard fought and the chairman of the Republican committee has been called upon to pour oil oU upon the troubled waters In the latter state In Wisconsin Congress Congressman man John J Jenkins chairman of the house Judiciary committee was w s among the slain when the battle was over Jenkins was one of or the men marked for defeat by b the committee of or the Meth Methodist Methodist odist general conference Wisconsin should go Democratic this fall If It the voters have the courage of their con convictions convictions convictions Of Missouri and Nebraska it may be said that unless we have a n wreck of matter and crush of ot worlds before No November November vember 3 both states will go for Bryan and Kern The electoral vote of all the states above aboc mentioned was given to Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt velt volt In 1904 and he secured one vote In th Maryland If the Republicans can ex extract extract extract tract any comfort out of the political situation as it exists tola It should not be denied denied them For the Demo Democrats Democrats Democrats the future Is certainly bright with promise |