Show HOPELESSNESS OF BRYAN Lot us be generous to Mr Bryan Let us give ghe him him ever chance chanco in th the wor world Let us assume that everything everything every every- thing even eyen the most sanguine sane sano Democrat could claim will ll be the possession possession possession pos pos- session of the man from Nebraska when the he polls close in November But Buthe Buthe Buthe he cant can't be elected even then Bo Be patient and read this from the New York Sun To students of Presidential elections I since 1880 it seems clear enough that thata a Democratic candidate can can scarcely hope lope to reach tho the White House unless he 10 carries both Eastern and Western states Even Evon with his remarkable gains in the West in 1892 when he received electoral votes otes la In n. n Wisconsin Michigan l Ohio and California Cal lEornia as well as from Indiana which tie ho had hail carried in 1884 Mr Cleveland's Cleveland's Cleve Cleve- lands land's total of electoral otes I would have been re reduced by the loss of New York New Jersey Connecticut cut Delaware Maryland l and West oat Virginia to and the electoral votes of or these states transferred to General Harrison Hardson would have elected him In neither of his campaigns campaign did Mr Ir Bran Bryan Bryan Bry Bry- an carr carry a single one ORe of or f these thes six Eastern states in fact he lost all of or them b by large majorities that could bo lie interpreted only as determined repudiation re re- re- re of Mr Dr Bryan an anti and the thO principles prin he stood for It Il is most significant significant sig sig- sig of the want of faith of or Mr Bryans Bryan's friends in him as tho hc Presidential Presidential Pres i- i can candidate that the they are never heard to say that he wo would ld have a fighting chance chanco to carry one or more of or these Eastern states if 11 ho he should obtain the tho nomination again With the exception of or Maryland which Mr Bryan lost in both of his campaigns they have ha continued to elect Republican Republican lican n governors and legislatures since 1896 To justify their opinion that his hia candidacy would not be bo entirely futile Mr Ir Bryans Bryan's Dr ans friends must claim for him a large largo number of ot Western states which have ha been lIeen as regularly Republican Republican lican since 1896 as the Eastern states 1 which ha have always S 'S de declared lared against him him Allowing Mr Br Bryan an the solid I South Including Kentucky he would have electoral votes ad add 1 Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- Hs- Hs souTi Oklahoma Colorado Idaho Mabo Montana Nevada NC Utah and Y Wyo Wyoming o sung ming the tho number would be bo ISO give glye him Indiana Nebraska and South Dak Da Da- k ta ta it would rise to throw In Kansas an and 1 California which would Increase his tally to 2270 votes 0 and I he would still sun be short fifteen of the number required 1 to elect which willbo will willbe I bo be 42 transfer Michigan's 14 votes to to tho the column and ho hc would still sUI beIn be bo bein boIn In the minority in the electoral col col- lego lege Thus it may mar be seen how utterly utterly utter utter- ly vain would Mr Bryans Bryan's candidacy be unless he could convert the East which no intelligent observer believes for a moment he be could do If the J b J L 1 East rejected Mr 11 lr Bryan there would be no hope for Cor or hUn him unless he brought about a political revolution in the great Middle West of or there theo is isI isio no io sign at nt all an I It I is iz to be noted that Mr i E Bryan 7 n io m zade de e a a. very e j much ose orse showing sho ing In 1900 than in 1896 in Western estern states for foI the sake which are allowed pd him of exposition In tho the above tian In Indiana tho the Republican plurality plurality plu plu- increased from to Kansas changed 1 from a Bryan Brynn plurality plurality plurality plu plu- plu- plu of 1 29 to a McKInley pluralIty plural Ity Uy of and Nebraska from ri a Bryan plurality of 1376 to one for Cor McKInley of or while South Dakota Dako Dalo- ta gave ave McKinley In 1900 1901 a plurality of In place of a n Bryan advantage advantage tage of in 1596 In California the Republican plurality increased from 2797 to and in Missouri the Democratic plurality fell Cell from 58 2 to Michigan n gave McKinley l in 1896 and In 1900 Wyoming which had recorded a Bryan Bryan Dryan Bry Dry an plurality of in 1896 gave McKInley McKinley Mc Mc- KInley In 1900 and Utah which went vent for tor Mr Bryan Br an by b plurality In turned Republican by 2133 in 1900 In short Mr Br Bryan was a much weaker can candidate in the West Vest Westin Vestin in 1900 than he ho was wn in 1896 and in both campaigns he polled polle 1 almost the entire Populist vote After that what is the use me of quarrelling Bryan Dryan will be nominated by bythe bythe bythe the Democrats of course Twice he lie has had ha 1 that honor Give it to him again And then proceed to the thc election election elec elec- tion of or a Republican President of the tho United Unite 1 States States States-as as usual |