Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-03
THEY STAND PAT.
Party Managers Stick to Thsis
Pre.Election Claims.
10 CHANGE IN THE PREDICTIONS,

serensly Confident, but Not Making A,y
futs in . Big Days Work in Nebrsaka,
Making twenty-five Speeches, Seven ol
Which Were I'm Omaha General Round.
Up Of the situation.
Chicago, Nov S.-Last night. on the
eve of the battle of ballots the country
has been preparing for during the past
year. the leaders in the various states
were canvassins the situation and TAX
ing a final look over the field to see
how the land lay. Reports are re-
ceived here from every state in the
Union and with the exception of some
local matters that may or may not in
huence few votes the reports are prac-
tically the same as those printed in
these dispatches yesterday. In most
OF the cases the claims are ex-
actly the same as they were
Saturday night, and in many cases the
partisans of the two great parties SIM
ply present. as new. developments that
In their view confirm their estimates.
As to the states claimed Saturday night
oy the managers of the parties-they
were similarly claimed last night and
will be claimed today until the re-
turns came in and somebody finds that
The best laid plans of mice and men
gang aft agley."
As to the Prairie State,
1t has not infrequently been intimated
by the Illinois politicians on both sides
that the Prairie State is the
pivotal one in this campaign;
whether this is so or not both parties have
worked very hard for it and the con-
cession that it might be classed as
doubtful with the chances favoring
Bryan made by Chairman Jones, Of the
Democratic national committee. is en-
phatically repudiated by the Democratic
state leaders. These latter last night
declared that they were sure Of carry.
ing Illinois by from $4,000 to a, 900
plurality, and they also ella med four
teen out OF twenty-one congressman, q
majority of the lower house in the
state legislature. and a silver man to
be the successor of Palmer in the Unit
cd States senate.
Republican Claims Stand Pat,
The claims of the Republicans are
more extensive, and with two or three
exceptions they claimed every one of
the congressman, all the state ticket.
and the electoral vote for Mckinley by
anywhere from IS 900 to 10000 Thew
say that they are absolutely sure of the
result on the state and national tickets.
as the poll of the state which they have
been conducting has been SO thorough
ana so exact that there is very little
chance of any estimate made upon II
being far from out of the way.
Bynum Confident Of the Result
william D. Bynum, chairman Of the
National Gold Standard" Democracy,
made the following statement: II
have every confidence in the result of
the election. 1 cannot believe that the
conservative forces which have COM
bined to save the country from dishon-
or can be defeated by the opposing ele.
ments. however desperate they may
be. Our campaign has been almost
wholly confined to doubtful states or
close states. our principal worA hav-
ing been done in Minnesota, Michigan.
Indiana. Kentucky. Tennessee, West
Virginia, Missouri. Kansas and Ne
braska. feel sure all those states will
declare for sound money!
Each side Claims the Earth,
To sum 1t all up serene and un.
bounded confidence reigned in the
headquarters camp Of the Democratic
party. and in that Of their Republican
rivals as well. On neither side was
there q shadow of a doubt of the
result Of the struggle-and in fact 80
sure were the two parties of victory
that there was on both sides a feel
ing Of establishment that the other
fellow had the audacity to claim any,
thing at all. No two pugilists sig
months before a problematical fight
were ever more prolific in assertion.
more sweeping in prediction, and more
overlooking with promises of covering
the opposition with everlasting smash
and utter. eternal ruin, than were the
men in the headquarters of both par-
ties. They could see nothing but a bow
of promise at all points of the COMPASS.
Feeling in the Country ut Large.
As to the country at large, in all the
great cities, in all the towns, and in
many of the hamlets political excite
ment was at a high pitch all day yes-
terday. Everywhere were crowds dis
cussing the issues; in many cities
final demonstrations were held and the
night was lurid with red fire and pyro-
technics. and vocal with the shouts of
partisans.
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