Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-11-05
BRIEF WIRINGS::-
CLOSING In.
The National Campaign to Close with
TO-night's Great Meetings.
Hopeful Expressions.
Chairman Carter's Thorough Work--A
Straight and Honest Contest
Hints from Harrity-Peo-
pies Party Claims

| NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-The most apathe
tic campaign in American political an
nails, unless it be that in which Monroe
was chosen, practically ends with the
great meetings tonight. The issues have
been marked enough-in fact, better de-
fined than four years ago, and new party
has made its first appearance in presi'
dental contest, crowned with some few
successes in legislative, gubernatorial and
congressional elections. But the Colum.
bian festivities, the preparation for which
occupied weeks generally devoted to
most active partisan work, formed an
element which made the campaign brief
and by no means sufficiently enthusiastic
to suit the voters of pivotal states. To
night, however, the usual roundup will
take place. To-day and tonight in every
city and hamlet of the country the orators
of local, state and national regulations
will make their final appeals, and a nation
will await breathlessly the outcome of
another great battle of the ballots.
Chats with all of the men who have
managed the great campaign reveals the
fact that they are satisfied with the work
done and with the outlook. At Republi-
can headquarters, on 5th avenue, the gen
erals are preparing to leave. They have
worked ceaselessly, have brought into line
all those disaffected at the time of the
Minneapolis contest for the nomination,
and are now ready for well-earned rest
Chairman. Thomas Ii. Carter is the person
on whose shoulders the responsibility for
the result will rest, be it favorable or un-
favorable. He has had able assistance in
William Hahn, of Ohio, who looked after
the orators, and in ex-Chairman Clarkson,
who spent the past few weeks at head
quarters working as industriously as
though he had never fought the renomi-
nation of President Harrison. This is
how Mr.. Carter sums up the campaign
''The fight has been in the old pivotal
states, barring Ohio, which is now
conceded to be a Republican
state. We believe we have on
the list of registered voters every Re-
publican who can possibly vote in New
York state, and there is every reason for
our conviction that New York's increased
registration is Republican increase.
We have waged an honest and honorable
fight, contest in which the best thought
of the Republican party was brought to
bear upon all classes of voters. We be-
lieve we will carry New York, Connecticut
and New Jersey. Of Indiana there is no
doubt, and in the west the enemy has
practically given up hope, for no such
fight was waged there as was anticipated
on the part of the Democracy early in
the campaign.
A glance at Mr.. Hahn's room shows that
he has made his last assignment, and he
looks like a man who had had ton of
responsibility taken from his shoulders.
Mckinley was the central figure in our
bureau. He was in demand in every Sec
tion of the country, and responded to the
calls where his strong arguments would
do most good. There was great de-
mand for DR.. Depew, and, naturally, for
the vice presidential candidate, Whitelaw
Reid. But ex-Senators Platt and Miller
and the great host of Republican orators
were all in line, and l have no word of
complaint to make on the score of ready
responses to party calls"
Over at Democratic headquarters Chair
man Harrity and his lieutenant, Gen. B.
B. Smalley, are to-day all smiles. They
believe the battle is over, and they base
their hopes on the great registration in
New York City and Brooklyn. They
have gone over the registration by dis
tricts, and claim that the greatest increase
are in strong Democratic sections.
"The election is ours" said he, ''if the
indications are not altogether awry. The
great features of the campaign have been
the defections of Gresham, McVeigh and
Cooley for the Republicans. Gresham's
friends in Indiana will help us carry that
state. McVeigh's detection will have
tremendous bearing in the east, and that
of Cooley will help us in the northwest.
We believe we will carry some of the
western states as well as the eastern
pivotal states. We regret no step taken
by US in the campaign, and believe the
great campaign is now well rounded up.
Tammany has given us magnificent sup
port throughout"
Chairman Taubeneck of the Peoples
party has but one regret. The campaign
of his party has been of purely local
character, no funds being on hand to
to make the fight the older parties wage.