The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-26
E ON ELECTION CLAIMS.
> Men, With One Exception, Are
Publishing Their Dreams.
0uEER CONCLUSIONS DERIVED.


w York october 23.-tspecial to Re
ri --Rainbow chasing is favorit,
me OF the republican brethren at thi.
ure. Some remarkable claims are the
the humor OF which woIld be an
n TO any one not afflicted with the
ipley fever in its most desperate stage
\ latest is that Governor Altgeld prob
will carry Illinois, but that the State
ST 10 Bryan. BY what process of rea
IL the latter conclusion Is reached 1t is
ult TO comprehend, but the idea has
a hold Of the correspondents of the
bug newspapers. and they are spread
themselves on ii in dispatches from
aso
ordinary observer might question
prediction that the people OF illinois
10 Federal interference in State af-
and a president who is in favor of
Interference. but the incongruity of
thing has seemingly not occurred to
prophets, and they assert unblushlngly
Altgeld and Mckinley will be the vic
In Illinois
brewer, the information is added that
Chairman Hanna has no fear that
Bryan and the democratic National
mittee will stampede Indiana, he is
ID that Altgeld, with his great ponu
~ will succeed in swinging the Hoosier
into the democratic column. 1t will
deserved here that Altgeld, although
lie, according to Mr.. Hanna. to carry
|ois for Bryan, may carry Indiana for
these rainbow phantoms are on a par
those cast by the same old crowd in
There has been one important
lge In the National republican commit |
since then. Four years ago. Powell /
|ton represented Arkansas, as he does
Garret A. Hobart was In charge for |
Jersey N. h. Scott was looking after |
Virginia and the Southern States /
mel kerens was in charge of the Mis-. |
division; Joe Marley for Maine. SEN
| quay. through the notorious gimlct-
der. Dave" Martin, for PENNSYLVANIA;
Rry C. Payne, now at the Chicago head
fters, for Wisconsin. and Tom Plat,
easy boss looked after New York.
Pc only change OF importance has been
pc chalrmaLshlp Of he committee Sen
4 carter hes been succeeded by the la
fgusher' Mark Hanna. Carter was
Fnsons personal chiice for chairman;
Pna is' Tor reasonR that are well known.
persorsl choice of Mckinley. The IIar-
managers in 1892 made close can ass
procured detailed poll" OF the
pun states, and the doubtful districts
aih tie doubtful States. and after COM
ns ho,es ana revising estimates, they
10 cenN1enualiy to the C0ucl lsion ten
before the election that 1T was All IN
u.e democracy. They prepared and E
ulated tables showing taat Cleveland 5
~ nave Tess than $50 electoral votes c
New York. then the battle grout d. II c
predicted that harrison would have \
'aiity OF lat least" !S 500 Z
'sepn II Marley of Maize. 1a.ee-ded na
expert III figures. few .ionrs before :,
campaign closed issu ID tnis 5ulIetln.
en- was widely published. ;
we VIII give Grover cleveland the q
modest licking any presidential candi- q
ever got in this state in thirty years G
larman Garter. not to be outdone In h
Ilence, issued the following.
WIN full republican vote all along the o
On Tuesday ncxi you may be as t.
OF a more pronounced victory than -
occurred since the soldier statesman
Tue ticket in 1865. With tie close of n
week and, practically, the close OF the G
palsn, the committee is confident Of e.
ping victory" "a
Nalor Quay spent the afternoon OF d
nay, November /, 1882. I'm confert nee f.
CHAIRMAN Carter, Uncle Levi" +. II
on Mr. Hobart and other campaign h
ayers OF the Harrison campaign. and g
Is what he had to say on the subject y
evening, 2
Is my belief that Mr.. HARRISON will +
me States OF New York. Indiana and
ecticut." u
following morning, in Philadelphia, Il
tor Quay said: c
mink there ear he no question of Mr.. !,
isor's election. :,
body knows how little foundation n
81 Tor these cheerful prophecies, New I
gave Cleveland soon plurality, In /
went against Harrison by 1000 and !
&c, tn' gave Cleveland 300 majority. /.
harrison MANAGERS had claimed all :,
doubtful STATS. &
gre was very rude awakening on the {
u the election, when forces upon il
u 'he> hal not figured and elements Of u
'u,Sl unrest upon which they had not q
.H completely changed the political
uon ahd showed the republican poll" /
absolutely worthless, the repubii a. =
aisners to be tyros at political propts /
sau the betting men who had fllow- L