The herald., 1896-11-03
ALL THE LEADERS
FEEL CONFIDENT |
OF the Result of Today's
Election
BOTH SIDES SEEN AS10X|SRED 1
That the Other Fellow Should
Claim Anything
HANNA LEAVES FOR HOME
While Chairman Jones Will Stick u -
His pnst
HANNA LEAVES FOR HOME
While Chairman Jones Will Stick y
His Post
But Each Insists Upon the Certainty Of nls
Success
Hardly State in the Union That, n irc
Not Claimed by the Managers Of
Both Great Parties.
Estimates Given ~
;sociated Press Special Wire

CHICAGO Nov 2-Qn the night he.
fore the battle serene and unbounded G
confidence reigns in the headquarters
camp of the Democratic party and in I
that of their Republican rivals as well :
On neither side is there q shadow Of
doubt of the final result of the struggle, !
and, in fact. so sure are the two parties !,
Of victory that there is on both sides Z
feeling Of establishment that the oher !.
fellow has the audacity to claim any 4
thing at all. At both headquarters there
was general exodus for home and vot-
ing booths. Chairman Hanna left for
Cleveland tonight, and after casting his
vote he will go to Canton for visit to
Major Mckinley, returning to Cleveland !.
at 2:30, and will receive the election re- :
turns in his office. Henry c. Payne Of +
the Republican headquarters left for L
Milwaukee this evening and will return t
tomorrow after casting his vote.
At the Democratic headquarters
Chairman Jones, who said tonight that !
he had no more statements to make, will ,
remain at his post. He is confident Of Z
the result in Arkansas without his vote, I
and will receive the returns in this city.
With him when the result becomes
known will be Committeeman Campau
of Michigan, Gahan of Illinois, Johnson
of Indiana, Walsh of Iowa, Senator Tel 4
Ter of Colorado and Senator Tillman Of I
South Carolina
Chairman George F. Washburn will !
remain at the headquarters of the Pop q
ulist party in Chicago.
The following final forecasts were 7
made by Chairmen Hanna and Jones to- I
night:
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL HEAD
QUARTERS, CHICAGO, Nov. al am
confident that the strength of Mckinley
an dHobart in the electoral college as !.
a result of tomorrow's election will not ;,
be less than 311 votes. Our polls, taken 70
by trained men, indicate that we will
carry, not only California and Oregon,
but every one of the central western
states, including Missouri and Kansas.
There is reason for us to believe, too.
that Texas will cast her electoral ticket .
for the Republican candidates and that
Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Ten
nessee and West Virginia will be found
in the sound money column. North Car. ci
olina is practically conceded. Alto
gether the victory promises to be one Of u
the greatest that has ever been won BY
candidate for president.
(signed) NJ. H. HANNA.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL HEAD. Il
QUARTERS, Nov. 2.-In tomorrow's
presidential election the west and south 9
will present a solid front against those
classes of the east yet dominated by the
money influences of New York city and
London. The forces back of this move-
ment are not yet fully understood BY
the conservative people of New Eng. :.
49,
states. This issue is by no means Sec
tional and their real interets are the
same as those as the great producing
states of the west and south.
This is a campaign in which politicians
of the various parties have been practi. z
cally powerless to advance or retord =
the onward march of the people in their
demand for financial independence It :
has been the peoples fight and it will i
be their victory.
(Signed) JAMES x. JONES.
Following are forecasts Of the parties
in the different states: -..
ILLINOIS -9@'~rr-xr
CHICAGO, Nov 2.-On the eve Of the
election the lines of the two great par.
ties are in practically about the same :
position as when the situation was out
lined forty-eight hours earlier. The ad- !.
mission of Chairman Jones that this -
state should be classed among those IN >,
the doubtful column has not been over
encouraging to the managers of the state J
election on the Democratic side but they :
have not weakened in the least, and say \,
tonight that they are sure of carrying
the state by majority of from q, 900 to
$4,000 They claim fourteen out of twen- cl
ty-one congressman. a majority OF the
lower house in the state Legislature ana !,
say that with the aid of the Pcpulists 10 =
be elected they will elect silver man q
be the successor of Senator John M.
Palmer. =
The claims of the Republicans are !.
more extensive, and. with two or three =, -
exceptions. they claim every one of the n
congressman, all of the state ticket ana Z,
the electoral vote for Mckinley by any &
where from $1,000 to 100000. They say
that they are absolutely sure Of the re- =
suit of the state and national tickets, a.
the poll of the state which they have z
been conducting has been so thorough