Show 1 CAMPAI6NS PROGRESS f Chairman Manley Puts Utah in the McKinley Column f HIS l ESTIMATE ON STATES f DJittle Bryan Money In Evidenca InS p New York Walter Wellmnn In-S nys that Stato is AbsolutelyiCertain for i McKinley Minnesotas Majority Will be Huge Betting In Butt President Hadloy of Yale Declares for McKinley as Does AlsoiPrcsi 1 dent Eliot of Harvard 1 IIi I I Ii d 1 y Hon Joseph II Manley chairman of the Republican national executive com I jTiiltee In an Interview in the New York 1 Tribune takes Utah squarely out of I the doubtful column and puts It for I r e suninal Is MQKlivley Hig summary In my opinion when the electoral I vole Is counted l McKinley and Roosc I r voll will certainly Und in tho Republl cancolumn electoral votes us follows aiainc 6 New Hampshire 4 Ii 1 Vermont i 4 Mnssachusetls 15 Rhode Island 4 Ii 1 I 4 Connecticut G New York 3Gi New Jersey Jer-sey 10 Delawnre 3 J Maryland S West I J Virginia 6 Pennsylvania Z2 Ohio 2J I Illinois 21 Michigan 11 Wisconsin 12 Mlnnesolu 0 Indiana 1G Iowa 1C North Dakota 3 Kansas 10 South Dakota1 I Utah 3 Wyoming 3 Oregon Ore-gon 4 Washington 1 and Califoinla 9 I or a cerliiin tola of 2S1 votes In the electoral college where only 2J1 I arc necessary to pled The following States will in my uplnicvn ecrlnlnly go Demo laLi < Alabama I Ala-bama 11 Arkansas S Florida I Georgia Geor-gia 13 Louisiana S Mississippi 9 i Nevada North Cato I Missouri 17 3 I llnu 11 South Carolina 3 Tennessee 32 Texas 15 und Virginia 12 These will give Bryan and Stevenson 132 votes in the Electoral college r regard Colorado 4 Ii 1 Idaho 3 Ken fiicky 13j Montana 3 and Nebraska 8 or 31 otesU3 doubtful although under un-der the Goebel law T have lllllo hope that we will carry Kentucky Could we j only secure a fair count In the BlueGrass Blue-Grass Stale Its vote would unquestionably t unquestion-ably be ours Transferring then Kentucky Ken-tucky to the Democratic column I think the 147 votes of the Electoral college will be divided somewhat as follows McKinley and Roosevelt 2S4 Bryan and Steventon Ho Doubtful IS Total 117 I U I McKinley and Roosevelt I therefore expect to see beat Bryan and Sievcnson 1 by fiom lot to 157 voles and to secure a I F tolal of from 2S4 to 302 oC the 417 votes I cast It 1 < Little Betting for Bryan Under the heading of LIttle Bryan Money in Evidence the New York correspondent of the PItlsburg Dispatch sends the following story lo his paper I With the coming of Bryan another spasmodic effort was made today bIlls b-Ills followers to force a few bets at fair odds but the absence of Democratic money was more than usually noticeable notice-able In fact Edward Washerman a Republican who saw an opportunity i for Investment offered to bcl 100000 on ifMoKInley atQ to 1 but them were no takers Several wellknown Democrats i approached by Washerman said hurriedly hur-riedly they were called to the Hoffman S A hausii to help dothehonors fqr their y candidate A remnikable story was goIng go-Ing the rounds In Wall street today to the effect thai a large part of the McKinley 7 Mc-Kinley money now found on the market was put up byilDeinocril Loss of confidence con-fidence has greuted anxiety about the stakes now up on Bryan and they are anxious to hedge J On the stock exchange ex-change this morning comment wall made freely that Croker had been caught short of the belling market and would be forced lo settle Bettors on the Republican side show no dealt to pIotect themselves or hedge however how-ever although many of them by accepting ac-cepting new bets could make absolute piofit now ITow York Certain Walter Well man New York correspondent corre-spondent of the Chicago TimesHerald says Absolutely safe for McKinley and Roosevelt are the thirtysix electoral elec-toral votes of the Empire Stale The Republican plurality cannot drop be J low OOOO It may run lo over 100000 f Of this result there Is no reasonable doubt No one herenot even the Democratic Dem-ocratic leader Mr Croker bollevos Bryan has 1t8 much as a lighting chance for the State Mr Crokers lleulenants almost toa man know they are beaten and privately say So some of them have had the courage to tell him what they thinki Nollilng but n miracle nothing hut a surprise springing up I like an earthquake confounding jite calculations of leaders on both sides Jcould glv the State to the Democrats Minnesota Secure A Minneapolis dispatch lo the Seattle PostJntcllJgcncer says of Minnesota As lo iinbthevlaigc plorsillty for Mc Kinlcv Jn Minnesota therels I not the Jeasl doubl Lpbpr dlssqitjsll I 1 d In 1S9C is nfore than satisfied in 1100 The farmer has done well and in feeling good and the Philippine ipollcyof the Administration Ad-ministration is generally sustained The Stalo Is more hostile than ever tony to-ny Interference with the preseht monetary mon-etary standard or to any tampering < vllh present conditions In any way Any one who thinks there Is the least question regarding the electoral vote of r Minnesota should be examined at once as to his sanity Betting In Butte The Grrciit Falls MonL Leader has a Butte dispatch which says Bryan money fw 1 very scarce but reports a wager of even money that Bryan would be elected President and another dn the same proposition for 500 and that In each case the Republican bettor was offered a handsome premium for his Hood thing I |