St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-24
The Gaseous Period Super
seeded by the Mathemati-
cal Business Style.
The Heavy Floating Vote Is
What Is Puzzling Both
Parties.
Three Distinct Organizations
for the Purpose Of Secur-
ing a Fair Election.

from Terre Haute from calling this
morning upon Gen. and Mrs. Harrison
The majority of the ladies are the wives
of railroad men, and they came spec
tally to pay their respects to Gen. and
Mrs. Harrison. They were met at the
depot by Judge Martindale, close per-
sonal friend Of Gen. Harrison's, who
escorted them out to the house. 1t was
noticeable that each lady wore one OF
more handsome campaign badges,
and displayed the national colors
either in the guise of dainty
kerchief carried in the hand or a little
Silk flag pinned on the shoulder. Their
reception by General and Mrs. Harrison
was intirely Informal, no speeches were
INDUCED on either side, Each fair
visitor was introduced and conversed
with Gen. Harrison, while Mrs. Harri-
son accompanied them through the
parlors and related for their edification,
| the history of several antique pictures
and curious. relics of the campaign of
1910 and presents to the general since
his nomination, with which the rooms
| abound. In the afternoon Gen. Harrison
| came down town, visited his law office
| and afterwards called at Republican
| headquarters at the New DenisOn and
| held brief conference with Chairman
Huston and several prominent Repub-
| licans of the First, Second and Tenth
congressional districts.
Things are very quiet these past few
days around political headquarters, both
Democratic and Republican, and in
striking contrast with the hustle and
excitement of a month ago. Newspaper
correspondents, who almost hourly visit
both headquarters, are politely but alb
rubtly informed ''nothing to-day" and
to the uninitiated it looks as though the
campaign was growing dull and uninter-
esting. To any one. however, who has
followed the campaign i'll Indiana from
its opening, it is apparent that the
THIRD AND LAST STAGE
has been reached at least at the head
quarters. The speech-making or gaze
| Ous' period is being superseded by the
! mathematical or business" stage. The
political issues of the campaign are no
longer discussed about headquarters,
they having been beaten thread-bear by
the 1900 orators engaged nightly on
each side throughout the state, to say
nothing of the distinguished speak
ers from the outside, like Thurman,
Hill, Mills, Blaine, Foraker and others
who have addressed countless thousands
in their canvass. This new and silent
stage of the campaign involves no de-
crease in the work or energy displayed
at both headquarters: on the contrary,
both state committees are employing a
larger clerical force to-day than at any
time since the campaign opened.
Tons of public documents have
been distributed by each COM
mittee, yet every train from
Washington continues to pour in bag
after bag of congressional literature,
which is being disposed of as fast as
possible. In addition to the large corps
engaged in this work, another and
larger force of clerks are compiling the
reports from the county committees
and forwarding private circulars giving
instructions regarding the election.
Never were two great political parties
engaged in more
SERIOU AND DEADLY WARFARE
than the Democratic and Republican
parties of Indiana to-day. They do not
jest with one another as in other years,
but each man speaks his convictions
with seriousness only paralleIed in
war days. Both state committees have
thus far taken two careful polls of the
entire voting population Of the state.
The results of these polls is kept pro-
found secret by both sides, and while
the writer believes he could state with
reasonable accuracy the aggregate fig
ureS as returned to each committee, it
would be violation of confidence to
say more than that one committee
seems highly elated over their second
poll, while the other processes itself
satisfied at the showing. There is rea-
son for believing that the committee is
now engaged in taking the third and
final poll of the state, the result of
which will scarcely be known before
the 4th of November. Never in
the history of Indiana were these
house-to-house polls taken with
such frequency and care. From
information CLEANED from re-
liable sources on both sides, it may be
stated as fact that each party estimates
the floating vote of Indiana at from 49,
600 to 10000. A large proportion OF this
vote is regarded by the managers ~
both parties as subject to influences at
the last moment, and it is this floating
vote that now occupies the chief atten-
ton of both committees. A large pre-
ponderance of this vote, possibly two
thirds of it, is commonly credited with
residing south of indianapolis. County
committeeman from the five congress
sional districts occupying this ter
ritory, are found in frequent
consultation at both headquarters.
The local newspapers are beginning to
talk about the arrival OF large sums of
money Tor political use. The Repub-
lican organ, for instance, charges, in its
issue to-day, that the Democratic state
committee recently received $4,000
from the national Democratic commit
tee to be used for campaign purposes
during the remaining two weeks. Chair
man Jewett, however, in an interview
this evening, emphatically denied the
receipt of any such sums of money
from the national committee, and COM
planned that such statement should
have been published
WITHOUT ADEQUATE GROUNDS.
This Republican publication, how
ever, is about in keeping with the pub
LEGATION made by the Democratic organ
a few days since, to the effect that
Chauncey M. Depew and Cornelius
Vanderbilt while here last Friday left
their aggregate checks with the Repub-
lican committee for 100000. This story,
which has been widely circulated, will
appear amusing when it Is stated
on good authority that the last
gentleman named is said to be an
ardent supporter of the Democratic ma
tional ticket. Both parties apparently
seem to be making great efforts just
now toward securing fair election and
an honest count. Three distinct organ
izations now exist for the achievement
of t is end. The oldest and perhaps the
most non-partisan is the citizens COM
mittee of 100, A. b. Conduit president,
and William Hobbs secretary. This
committee is practically local to In
dianapolis and Marion county, and was
organized two years ago by prom
inent Democrats and Republicans.
Some two weeks ago this committee So
licited financial aid from the Repub-
lican, the Democratic and Prohibition
state committees. Chairman Huston,