Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-01
CAMPAIGN COMMENT.
Estimates Now Being Made on the
Registration in New York.
SENATOR QUAY'S VIEWS ON BETS.
Republicans Receive Bright Reports From
the Hoosier State.
CLEVELAND TALKS WITH CONFIDENCE


have marked the canvass for a month past.
Now that the registration In New York has
been completed deal of figuring is being
done upon the probable vote of the i'm
portant Empire State. The total be-
low the Harlem is certainly less
than the expectations of the Democratic
leaders, and the Republicans unquestionablv
have the right to regard the evident
disappointment of their adversaries as a
most encouraging development The Demo
Gratis, of course, have an explanation ready.
They assert that Tammany has enrolled the
full vote of their side and that the falling
offmust have occurred in some other column.
| Then, too, they point out that. Cleveland
won in 1884 when the increase in the vote
was comparatively small, ana lost in 1888
when the increase was phenomenalIv large.
These statements, though, are all In the
nature OF excuses, as all the Demo
cratic managers had publicly placed
the registration figures IN New York
city at from 10, 900 to 10000 higher than the
returns Justify. The indications of the
registration in the interior OF the State are
not such as to add to Democratic hopeful
ness, either. The strongly Democratic city
of Albany shows no increase whatever,
while Buffalo, always close, but usually
Republican, has an addition of nearly TO-
000 The total vote of New York State in
1884 was 1,171,312 and in 1888 reached
1920, 1O9, an increase of 14S, 797. That of
this year is estimated in round numbers at
1,40O 900, an increase of less than so, 900.
Senator Quay is quoted as saying that
no Republican need have any fear of the re-
suit of the election because of the Demo-
Gratis offering bets of 81, 900 to $50 and 5000
ECU,I,
were betting the same way ten days before
the election of 1885, said the Senator, "but
in the last week the betting had resumed an
equal-sided form, and the only disparity to
either side was that the Republicans offered
much more money than they could get
taken"
Chairman Gowdy, of the Indiana Re-
publican Committee, has issued a con-
gratulstory address to the voters of that
State. In it he declares that up to ten days
ago the fight for supremacy in Indiana was
an even one, though the Democrats had
started out with the prestige of their land
slide in 1890. Even more apparent than
in 1888 is the Republican advance in the
closing weeks of the campaign. Today
Indiana is Republican BY good majority.
Mr.. Gowdy says, ''does not show plurality
for that party. The State will cast its vote
for Harrison and Reid. The factors in the
contest that have led us to the coming
victory are the tariff issues, on which we have
stood squarely by the Mckinley law, the
reciprocity features, honest money and the
local taxation issue The Republican State
ticket will be elected as well as the electoral
ticket" Congressman M. L. Booth, Dem
ocrat, of Missouri, saws: 'The Republicans
have acted shrewdly in this matter From
the first they have been declaring that New
York was the pivotal State. They have
never believed this. They have no doubt
been making the strongest kind of efforts TO
carry this State, but in addition have been
making equally strong efforts to carry the
other doubtful States, and Indiana partiou- |
larly. If they do not carry Indiana 1 will
be surprised, and attribute it all to the
blunders of the Democratic managers in not
doing more work there"
The New York Herald says that "Those
who think the railroads of the country
should be under government control might
try the experiment in 1896 by electing Mr..
Mcleod President. He will probably have
most OF them under his thumb by that
time"
4 Mr. Cleveland has been interviewed
briefly, and naturally expresses the belief
that he will be successful next Tuesday. In
response to queries he went over the ground
Z of the canvass being made by his friends
/ under the generalsbip of Harrity and Whit
ney, and referred to the vast correspondence
which he has received from the local lead
ers in every section of the country. The
ex-PresideDt remarked confidently: 'If
such a consensus of opinion from trusted
men in the very midst of the contest means
anything it is the success of the national
Democratic ticket without doubt. We
will not be surprised if we carry Massa-
chusetts. 1t seems as if our opponents do
not understand the situation there There
will be no detection in New JERSEY or in 4
Indiana The Northwest also sends us en-
couraging accounts, and as for New York
all our lines are compact We will carry
New York. The Republican accounts from
Connecticut differ very widely rom ours -
The ex-President spoke in the most exalted
terms of his obligations to ex-Secretary
Whitney for the skiilful manner in which
he managed party affairs from the prelim-
mary movements of the convention down
to the present time. 1.-THE uncertainty,
however, will soon be over. We are not
worrying about the result" he said.
Colonel Daniel S. Lamont, who made
such a reputation as Mr.. Cleveland's Secre-
tary, has been prevented by illness from
taking any part in this campaign He has
returned from Europe, however in time to
register and vote, and SAYS that, without
any personal knowledge of the situation.
he hopes and believes that Cleveland will |
be elected.
Senator German, who is now assisting |
the Democrats at national headquarters,
makes some confident claims though not of |
q rainbow character. He SAYS: 81 do not |
see where our opponents expect to get the /
majority they are claiming. New York
has been carefully canvassed and we feel |
very certain of carrying the State. The
Democratic vote in New York will be very
large and cannot be met by any probable
majorities from the interior. We will carry
Indiana to q certainty. We will cary all
the States which belong to us, and, accord
Ing to our advices, several more. You can
make up your mind that the Democratic
party will win. All the information we
have point that way. We are not conduct
ing our campaign on an extravagant basis.
We rely upon the devotion of every Demo
crat to his party. We are quite certain in
this campaign our opponents are expending
nine dollars to our one A campaign de-
pendent upon the expenditure of large
sums of money in the end reacts" In re-
ferring to illinois, Senator German di5 Mt |