Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-11-05
T0lIORROW'SFIGHT
SPECULATION on the Result Of
the Ballot Battle.
rrvY0RKTHECENTER OF INTEREST

latest claims Of wh.t the Majoritics VIII
us Wide Difference In the Figures as
Washington wiscncrcs Make Pre-
dirfi,u, on the Next Congress-Chicayo
Leaders, admit Th.; the Fight There Is
Clos. Onc--In other states,
CHICAGO Nov. 5.-From all parts of tho
ra'it..al field the facts that show that a
--.. armpdign has about been closcI are
IN evidence; orators who have been out
trvoyhs doing service for their party on
ihs stump are fastening home to vote;
officials who wish to have that privilege
or. doing likewise, and tho candidates
have followed suit. or arrived at import
ant rartv headquarters to be ready to put
in tomorrow night finding out their fate.
A., Nuuiyy, Of Maine, said at New York
last night the Empire State is still the
pivotal state" and the interest in the con-
t.,- there is increased by the fight that
VIZ forced on David Bennett Hill.
How They Figure mt Washington,
The campaign being closed or practic-
aIly ,1 at this writing, the leaders are
rlu curing on the result Washington
). the headquarters of the two congress.
.'U1i committees and there the figuring
iail uu the Fifty-fourth congress. Faulk-
ntr ~ the Democratic committee. saws
tha Democrats will have an ample ma
rrty I'M the house and cannot see how
tlJ R.uuhlicans can have any hope of OBJ
tliuu- % majority. On the other hand
Chairman BabcocI, of the Republican con-
vr--iyrgl committee, believes the Repub.
LEANS will have 1870 members in the next
hnG-, H' least, and he thinks they NAV do
hotter thln that. Faulkner bases his be-
lief ON the Improvement in business and
Bl'rHrk says there is not enough i'm
movement to give the Democrats any com.
frt.
Claim OF the PopuIists.
Meanwhile Taubcncck. of the Populist
campaign committee, clings to the pre-
dis-lln that his party will hold the bal
aa. cd, power in both houses. As to the
s.glfo Taubcncck's belief is indorsed by
Chairman Nanlcy. of the Republican ma
'Iuu1l committee, in an interview mt New
York. Hc says thnt the Populists will
Dos, the balance of power in the senate
f1rrvU years. He says Tillman's election
% 'hr senate from South Carolina is ns-
surl. which will give the Populists six
yu'H- in hat house, while he claims that
after March / next the Republicans will
have i1rty-two and the Democrats forty
iu 'ulf body.
Prospects In the Empire state.
tn" tangic Of politics mt New York city
J. 81. -rrat bone of contention among the
Wi-C- acres there. The A. i A. business
h', hrrn exploited very fully by the
Democratic orators also, and this fact has
brought cut n letter from Father Young,
o. -.. Pauli,ts church ut New York, in
which hc advises Roman Catholics to vote
Oh. Democratic ticket. In reply to this
Archbishop Ireland has published letter
tthiu- The opposite ground and giving OPP
p'-.t. advice. The figures on the vote at
Npwl ork nrr follows: The Democrats claim
".'" lur Hill there, while those opposed
O. liilI will give him no more than 10000,
and republicans claim the election of
Norton bv 5oU0, and say he will come to
TIA Harlem with 10000 majority.
city Ticket at New York.
4u' latest estimates are printed by The
World which says that the Democrats
riHim HILLS election by 81, So. and the Re
puhualns claim Morton's by 55,O25. The
umurratic opponents of Tammany are
A-lrIn- on majority against its candi-
date oi aD,DD0. while the supporters of
lIuWlny insist that an old time majority
t1r d. ticket will he surely cast As to
tln-o-smcn nobody is making estimates,
uuj both parties are claiming the victory.