Show DESERTIONS FROM New York Journal Colonel Nicholas Smita of I the late Horace Greeley and a life long Republican called upon Edward Mur Murphy Murphy I Iphy phy jr and Richard Croker at the thet I t Hoffman House and announced his in intention inI intention to work and vote for the elec I ton lion of Bryan BrJan Later he visited the I Democratic state headquarters and of offered offered I is services on the stump to Sec Secretary Secretary Secretary John A Mason Iason The state com committee I will avail itself of the colonels tender I Colonel Smith as a So youth fought what I he then called the oligarchy of at slav slavery slavery I ery He will probably devote himself j I on the stump to the ley oligarchy which to friends he de denounced denounced I as forty thousand times Umes more dangerous than that which existed in i the dars da 8 of the abolition movement I He was the youngest captain in the regular army appointed by President Abraham Lincoln and served through the civil chU war During the Harrison ad administration administration administration ministration he was consul to Three Rivers Canada President McKinley is said to have tendered him the Gre Grecian Grecian cian clan mission but it was as declined ExIa or Rice of Canton 0 O also called upon Murphy Murph and Cro ker kerf and asked the privilege of going on the stump In this state They asked him to prepare to accompany John B Stanchfield on the second week of his tour beginning Oct 8 I am am very verv confident that Ohio will cast her electoral ele toral vote for Bryan said Mayor Rice I 1 base my prophecy up upon upon upon on the revolt throughout the state against Hanna and the fact that near ly h all if not all aU the V 1 who sup supported supported supported ported Mayor Jones n r rt T edo Isdo l do for gov governor governor governor last fall will vo Y for far Bryan Later in the day it was nas announced that Amos J Cummings would leave last night for Lincoln Neb with a personal reQuest from Murphy and Croker to Bryan that he devote at least leasta a week to his stumping in this state beginning Oct 16 Mr Cummings will go upon unon the hustings in Nebraska and assure Mr Bryans neighbors that the most extraordinary efforts are making to lace ulace New York in the Democratic column Mr Croker referred to Senator Han Hannas Hannas Hannas nas reported statement that Bryan Bran had promised him Croker anything In case of election as the craziest among all the crazy crazy talk Hanna Banna has been doing lately |