Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-12
The Governor May Run Far Ahead
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\ Of Bryan
ANDCARRYlHRS STATE WITH M'KINLEY
Many Deliberate Orators to Be
Called Into Service.
CLAIMS OF BOTH SIDES
Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Correspondents of The Evening Star.
= CHICAGO, October 0. 1906.
With the election one month distant the
result in Illinois Is still wrapped In doubt.
Both parties are claiming the state. Meth
er Is. however, absolutely confident al
though the best opinion seems to be that
the republicans have, rather the better
grounds for confidence. Such Is the opin-
ion OF betting men. Those wagers which
are made are all at odds on Mckinley car
rying the state. The democrats always in
sist upon Odds and those generally given
are two to one. Large amounts have been
wagered at these figures. and there is more
Mckinley money in the field than the Bry-
| antics care to cover. One bet which was
| made recently was that McKinley's ma
jority In Illinois would be larger than that
| of Bryan in Texas, the republicans believ-
| ing that Bryan would not get any majority
| in Texas.
Each party seems to consider that ILL
nois Is the real battle ground Of the cam
palgn, and 1t Is the universal opinion that
as 1t goes so Will the block of surrounding
states Indiana. Iowa, Wisconsin and per-
| maps others In this section, the same in
terests affect all in the group. On this ac-
count both parties will make their great
| den onstration. which was held today, the
campaign will be lively until it's close.
| chairman Hanna will remain here until
election day, and 1t is believed that ne has
| several plans under consideration which
| nave rot yet been developed.
On the other hand the democrats are no
less active. Governor Atgeld. whose can
| didacy for reelection Is now before th,
| people has a keen interest in the outcome
| and has assumed charge of the canvass
person ally. The democrats will send all
or their greatest orators here during the
| last days Of the campaign. They have
| rented the largest halls in the city for
| every vacant date, and as many as hun
J dred speeches night will be delivered
| during the last few days
Bryan himself will be here Senator's Tel
| Ter and Dubois. Coin Harvey and all 9TH
ers, whose services can he secured will
| also take the stump. Nothing will be left
undone.
The democratic campaign Sc ems to be
| handicapped by some differences between
the rival leaders. The relations between
Chairman Jones and Chairman Hinrichsen
nave never been Of the best, and the ma
| tional and state committees following the
| example of their leaders have not frater-
nized to any great extent. This is be-
| cause the national leaders do not believe
they might De In Bryan's behalf.
one of the queer things about the cam
paign which Is the cause Of this Jealousy Is
that Altgeld is certain to run largely ahead
or Bryan The governor is much better
mated outside of the state than he is with
IN II. Here he has strong personal fol-
NJ
praises things which they would blame in
others The labor vote. which 1t is believed
Will be cast for Mckinley, Is strongly for
Altgeld The farmers like him. He is pop
ular with the Germans, and there are many
| republicans who distrust Tanner his repub-
lican opponent. These will vote for Altgeld
and In all probability the governor will run
anywhere from 5000 to 100000 ahead of
Bryan. This would mean the election of
| Aitgeld II the contest in the state were at
| all close.
This is the cause Of the national leaders
| Jealousy of the governor. While they ad-
NIT freely that Altgeld is doing all that he
can to elect Bry an, so far as can be seen
they dislike the idea OF his receiving the
support Of men who will vote for Mckinley
They resent 1t, believing that in some way
or other he should be able to persuade them
| TO come out for the national candidate But
apparently Altgeld has exhausted every eff
| tort, and his strongest admirers refuse tc
| follow his advice in the matter of free
| coinage of silver.
This intense admiration for Altgeld Is in
| comprehensive to the business men of Chi
| cago, most of whom are for Tanner. But In
spite of their opinions their employees think
differently. and it would not surprise any
, one to see Mckinley and Altgeld carry the
state. One can meet men everywhere es
pecially in the workshops who favor these
two candidates. however irreconcilabIe such
support may be in theory. This is reflected
In the betting, which shows even money, OF
| at most very slight odds, against AltgeId
I
| Bryan.
Estimates as to the presidential result var,
widely. National. Committeeman Jameson
a republican, asserts that Mckinley's plil
ralty will be 100000; Fred T. Adams E
| Chicago man, who Is chief of the demo
cratic literary bureau, says that Bryan viii
get the same plurality. Between these there
there is apparently no middle ground but i
would seem that If the election were helt
tomorrow Mckinley would carry the state
1t was thought that some indication O.
the sentiment of the voters would be haC
by the postal card vote which Is being con
Quoted by the Chicago Record Reaues
/ was made Of every registered voter in tn,
city to send his preference to the Record
The poll. however, apparently shows tina
more than IS per cent of the voters are fo
| Mckinley. This percentage Is SO over
whelming that even the republicans hav,
been surprised. The democrats assert tina
, | their friends have refused to vote becaus,
the ballot was not secret. We're the poll a.
,, | all close 1t would be accepted as represen
tive, but under the circumstances even tn,
: | republicans believe there must be some
thing the matter.
Registration Of voters will take plac
| Tuesday. Every indication is that 1t will
be enormous. The newspapers have bee,
| urging their readers to register and it l.
| likely that the advice will be general,
} taken Leaders of both parties are agreed
| that the vote cast this year will be tn,
largest in the history of the state.
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