The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-11-05

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terview gives Chairman Huston's estimate of
this State:
"What, according to your information,
will be Harrison's plurality?"
at will not fall below 10000 expect it
to be nearer $4,000 If the election is fair The
Democrats will doubtless use money very
freely. They are already distributing it. and
it has caused many rows, which will result
in their losing many votes simply on ac-
count of the dissatisfaction of those who fail
to get the amount Of Doodle they expect. Al
lowing them all the votes they can possibly
purchase, do not believe it is possible for
them to carry the State"
What do the Republicans expect to do in
the Congressional districts?"
We expect to carry the First district
again and elect Frank b. Posey the success
sor of General Hovey. The Second district,
which has always been Democratic, is al
most certain to be carried by Mr.. Braxton,
the Republican candidate. In the Third
Jason Brown is very unpopular. and there is
good prospect for our carrying that dis
trict. am given most reliable assurances
that Judge Wilson will defeat Holman in
the Fourth, and l shall be greatly disappoint-
ed If he does not. shall also be greatly dis
appointed If Duncan does not defeat Cooper
in the Fifth. In the Seventh the result
hinges upon Marion county. If the Repub-
lican plurality is 1000 Bynum is defeated |
think it will be over 1000. Johnston in the
Eighth and White in the Twelfth have a
close fight but think they will be re-elect-
ed. Brown in the Sixth. Cheadle in the
Ninth, and Owen in the Tenth. are sure to
be reelected. Steele in the Eleventh, has
never been defeated, and 1 don't think he
Will be this time. In the Thirteenth have
reliable information that our candidate is
likely to be elected"
How about the State Senator"
we VIII have majority, and with the
hOldover members l think we will have more
than fighting chance two years hence to
elect Republican successor to Dan Voor-
hees in the United States Senate"
Ihere IS hourly accommodating repeated ev-
idence OF the most dastardly frauds and
forgeries to which the Democracy are re-
sorting In the last hours to defeat the Re-
publicans. The double ballot under General
higgins seems to be the most dangerous.
Predictions by Independent Editors.
BosToN, Nov. 4.-The Herald has been
ascertaining the views of the editors of in
dependent papers in the doubtful States, a
summary of the result of its investigation
being given below. The Herald says:
The editors of Independent newspapers
in the four doubtful States, Connecticut,
New York, New Jersey and Indiana, have
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ions on the presidential election next Tues
day. They are not all "mugwumps," of
course. Some of them may be ardent parti-
sans of one candidate or the other. The
responses indicate that some of them are ar
dent partisans, and that their opinions are
tinged deeply by their preludices or their
hopes. But in asking their views, the Her
AID sent to no newspaper that was known to
be party organ. All of them are cassed,
by what ought to be good authority, as Sin
dependent" papers. Many of the editors
In fact majority-are running the mighty
engine in backwoods districts or in towns of
small size. Their opinions may not compare
in Importance with those of great metropol-
itan editors, but, taken for what they are
worth. they are interesting just now. The
country editor is power in bis neighbor-
hood, and may be trusted to know how
things are drifting around him, both socially
and politically. They are the men who
come in daily contact with the masses of
rural voters, and it is from them that the
party managers, the men who lay pipes and
pull wires, get their estimates and their
opinions. You will not find a rabid party
man this year whose vote goes one way
while his opinion of the result goes counter,
but many of the editors who have responded
to our inquiry are frank enough to say that
the election is going not as they will vote.
Each man was asked for his opinion of the
probable result in his own State only.
Ihe replies were as follows"