Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-02
WHAT Is SAID ON BOTH SIDES.
No Very Great Amount of Confidence as to
the General Result.

| the General Result.
There is any amount Of political talk ant
speculation today, but practically no informa
ton or basis Of calculation in any reports re
ceived. There are men in both parties who ar,
depressed and think that 1.-The other fellow" ha
the best of it, and there are many members o
both parties who claiming everything.
The Harrison stock seems to be up little in
the general drift of gossip, yet the democrats
speak with confidence of New York, while the
republicans, a rule, are hopeful rather than
confident and are talking about electing Harri-
son without New York.
The democrats undoubtedly look upon their
prospects of carrying New York as better than
those of being successful on the general result.
There is very little fear on the part of the DEM
ocrats that they will lose any southern state
even West Virginia, but they are anxious about
Connecticut.
THE WESTERN STATES.
The republicans have regained their conf
dence in the western states except Nevada and
Colorado, and do not now feel apprehensive
about New Hampshire except as to one con-
gressional district-that in which Baker is
running. Information received from ex- Gov.
Cheney gives assurance that New Hampshire
will be carried by the republicans and that
Blair will be elected to the House. The gov
ernor thinks Harrison will carry New York and
that he will have 223 votes-enough to elect
without the empire state.
The indications appear to be that the repub-
licans are more afraid of losing Indiana than
they are of losing New York and that they do
not feel perfectly safe in either, though hope
full in both.
The letter from Judge Gresham confirming
the statement that he will vote for Cleveland
and giving the reasons why it is believed will
cost Mr.. Harrison some votes in both Indiana
and Illinois-more in the latter than in the
former
The democrats hardly know whether or not
to expect anything from Illinois. Their reason,
based upon experience. tells them that they
cannot afford to encourage any hope Of carry
ing that state. yet they have lingering feeling
that the big registration in Chicago brought
out through their efforts may possibly give
them the state.
NOT MUCH BETTING.
The confidence on each side in the result is
not strong enough to lead to very much bet
ting. The Oldest and best informed politicians
confess that they find it difficult to
form any opinion of the situation which
they would care to~express. The discussion
generally drops down to conservative lines
with the doubt to be settled by the votes of
New York and Indiana.
Senator Morgan said today that it was all
nonsense TO talk of the vote of Alabama going
to either Harrison or Weaver. and that all the
southern states would surely be carried BY
Cleveland. Senator Cameron said that
he did not feel like expressing an
opinion to the possible result of the election.
and that he was just waiting to see what would
prominent democratic source in New York
states that the empire state is perfectly safe for
Cleveland now. but that there is not SO much
known about other states.