The Presidential Election.
o (Per Press Association) Washington, October 28. Mr Bryan's expression of confidence tbat he will be elected to the Presidency of the United States are based on the work done in his interests by secret societies which number three million members who are pledged to a free silver policy. A special train full of Generals and another of Governors is visiting every town, and the distinguished occupants are addressing meetings in the interests of McKinley. The excitement throughout the United States is intense, and the bitter feeling increases as the campaign proceeds, New York, Oct. 29. A quarter of a million people greeted Bryan in Chicago with tumultuous enthusiasm. Strowan, the Trade Union leader, declares that 97 per cent of organised labor parties will support Bryan. The Silverites ironically displayed the British flag at Minneapoles. The mob tore the flag to pieces.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 104, 30 October 1896, Page 2
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145The Presidential Election. Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 104, 30 October 1896, Page 2
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