Show Even Chance Bryan Carries Illinois The point has been reached In the Illinois campaign where itIs it Is calculated that Bryans personal efforts will trill give him the state Such astute politicians as Mayor Ma or Harrison have not asked him to give gie two of or his precious days daS to Chicago on oa any other basis The gains sains reported outside of or Cook Cool county coun show sho that Chicago will swing the state aad and there has been enough uncertainty about its vote to make It fight say Up to five fie days ago The German vote has been plating the very ver devil with Republican expectations ex expectations tat ns in outside counties Two To weeks week ago the Illinois one of or the strongest German papers in st S SL Louis came out for f r Bryan Bi ari because as the editor said his subscription list was dwindling to nothing on account of the imperialistic tendencies of Many prominent Germans all ail over oyer the state have haye marched In parades and made speeches for Bryan men who have never voted a Democratic ticket The ThC secretary of or the Democratic club says that as a 3 result of his reports he is safe sale in claim claiming claimIng claiming ing 80 SO per cent of this element principally against c Bryan before The same disaffection that exists in Onto and Indiana over the pension business and on account of or trusts pervades the whole state as is shown in the various arlous polls polis The Republican polls show sh n losses while the Democrats actual actually ly Iy claim a majority outside of Cook county most reliable estimates seem to indicate that the Republicans will get about outside of Cook county count The reports of or intimidation and Indicate that Hanna is well ad advised advised of or this and is hedging heding against a possible large targe adverse majority in I Chicago Now here are ar the indications in that city cit Two weeks ago the Republican poll admitted the existence of doubtful voters Democratic poll lists were IG names marked doubtful Democratic argument is that the voters in most cases having baying let left word with their wives when they went to work to answer all queries regarding the the politics politic of their husbands with the statement that they know knon ho v they would vote will vote the Democratic ticket almost to a man This proceeds upon the theory theo that no nola laboring la man who ho has the intention of oC voting v Un the Republican ticket need conceal It for fear of coercion The fellows who wont tell their politics says a Republican city cit leader have been voting the Republican ticket How However However However ever there Is not the same amount of bulldozing now as obtained in 1896 The In The recruits rc will Ill come c me from fro fromi Democratic party part is united this year Chicago fh go the i German Polish Holland and anO an Irish nationalities Numerous instances could be i trusts closing mills has bas made given also where the action of in n Democratic voters In Cook county outside the city cli the situation can be from this fact Berwyn n has ha a Democratic c club of over Oer OO whereas McKinley received all but SO O 0 votes in 1896 While the general proposition in Iq the Ute city olty has been for weeks a puzzle still such indications as were w ie obtainable like the difference between the re iv respective respective receptions to Bryan and Roose Ro lt d to sa labor Jabor vote ote for Bryan Bran One thing thine that has hali tended to hurt the Republicans Is 6 the information that the large packing houses are proposing to fill their plants with negroes displacing the white laborers Ja Naturally the latter are up in arms and u will ill vote solidly for Bryan Bran BranIt It Is pretty generally conceded that Alschuler will run ahead of his ticket He draws heavily from the voters and will undoubtedly carry some of his strength to the head heath of or the ticket Such was the situation up to last Saturday On that day da was was the grand gr nd demonstration of the campaign J L 1 Picker PickerIng PickerIng Pickering Ing a trustworthy correspondent of the St Louis Republic says that In the tIle forenoon McKinley parade there were about men in line ostensibly This estimate is based upon statements made male by byth the Chicago go News As s a matter of fact thousands doubled in the march left the head of the procession only to take their place at the foot toot again Also Als A there were many clubs from out outside outside outside side the city cit All reports go to show that many Bryan men were forced to march as testified by their buttons and by r responding to Bryan cheers Four years ears ago a similar parade contained men Hundreds of establishments in line then were absent now In the evening the Democratic clubs had their Inning and the contrast between the enthusiasm at night and a d that in the t e morning was painful to Han Hanna Hanas na as For a mile on State street the and hurrahed for tor Bryan BrJan and nd the Democratic speakers who spoke from forty review reviewing ing stands amid a perfect glare of red light and the fierce bombardment of fireworks Pickering reports r ports that after the day was over the happiest happi st people in Chicago are re the Democrats They are congratulating each other on every ever hand Cook county is now positively claimed for Bryan by OOOO majority and for Alschuler Alsch AIsch ler by The enthusiasm among Democrats r ts is unparalleled led in the fhe history ot or the city cit And Bryan is yet to come comel That wonderful man whose presence Is an inspiration whose words kindle hope in the hearts hc of then men i SILVER REPUBLICAN REPUBLIC |