Evening star., 1898-11-05

balcony Waiving his hat in time with all the
marital music that was played, but he could
not tslk. his voice was so far gone that he
could only whisper huskily into the ear of
fiatt who had him by the arm But he
was almost dancing with enthusiasm The
demonstration in the crowd was more emo
iohai than that attending the Tammany
parade the night before
Ihe Arabs of New York seem to be with
Roosevelt They can't resist the captiva-
uon OF his dash In following him they are
al rough riders, charging imaginary San
Juan Hills. He is tc them the real thing"
of which their dashing hero in a Rowery
theater Is the representative. He evidently
realizes this and is playing for the boya
His dash through the Bowery tonight will
surely be picturesque. He is bound TO have
noisy time of ii, and will probably swamp
inc crowd along with him. How much this
sort OF popularity Will count for 1t is hard
TO tell. He is liable to get some votes that
DO not usually go with the republicans.
Republican Committee Satisfied.
The republican state committee are sat-
isfied with their canvass Their repor;s
from nearly all quarters are reassurng
and they are in better plume today than at
any time before in three weeks. They feel
that they are pulling up at the finish
The betting seesaws. The democratic
GODS have been driven down. and the odds
VIII probably go up and down until Mon
day night. responding to manipulation first
on one side and then on the other This
public betting is not significant Tie odds
on Van Nyck We're the result of manioula-
tlon The various changes in betting have
been anticipated the night before odds
are given where even money could be had
The democratic state committee do not
know anything about the condition of their
vote in Greater New York. They rely on
Croker for that, and his word is enough.
This canvass up state is interesting and
in its result surprising. Their returns from
a canvass by voting district are in. and
have been audited and re-eXamined for
verification. They say that Rooseveit's
majority up state is going to be very small
unless their canvassers have been 'joiled."
These reports show considerable demo-
cratic gains all through the state. And :he
committee believe in them. The commit
tee may be misled. but there is no doubt
what their reports show. and members of
the committee say. not being able TO find
any defect in the canvass, they must be-
leve the reports. These reports indicate
majority to the Bronx for Roosevelt of but
5000. and it is insisted that G0,00o is the
very outside figure. My information as to
these reports comes in a way to leave no
doubt that the claim is sincere, though the
canvass may be faulty and the reports ut
terly misleading.
Claims of the Republicans.
The republican committee claim 100000
to the Bronx. and 4 claim of fully S0,0o0 IS
warranted by their reports. though it is ad-
mitted that there is some trouble in two or
three localities that might cost the party
a few thousand votes. In one county, for
instance, reports indicate the possibility OF
the loss of 1000. 1t may be readily under
stood how the party leaders are perplexed
by the confidence evidently felt by the
others.
Croker does not count on any democratic
votes in Greater New York going to Roose-
welt, and he expects a tremendously heavy
German vote for Van Wyck He is likely
to be disappointed to some extent in both
these. Roosevelt will get a fair German
vote and some democratic votes in New
York. Amid all the confusion and doubt in
the situation one thing that stands out
clearly is that the democrats will get vote
/ relatively much larger than they can hope
for in the state on presidential year
A very considerable portion of their pres
ent support will leave them when 1t comes
TO vote for national election. J. P. NJ.