Evening star., 1898-10-27
ROOSEVELT STOCK RISING
Republican Leaders in New York Pleased
at the Outlook.
Democratic Candidates for Congress
Evade the Silver QuestiOn-Re-
pubIicans for Sound Money.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.


NEW YORK, October 26 1898
Conservative politicians agree that the
campaign of Col. Roosevelt is today upon
winning basis. The republicans claim
this freely and lot dly, and it is believed the
democrats are beginning to realize it.
around the democratic headquarters in
this city the small fry are not so full of
the positive assertions of success that were
to be heard last week among the corridor
groups All the talk among them now
is punctured with ifs and with denun-
Citations of both Croker and Hill. The Hill
democrats say that Croker has cost Van
Wyck thousands of votes and imperled his
success by attacking Justice Daily and
bcasting of 1O0,oo0 majority, thus awaken
ing lukewarm republicans to their danger
in time to register, while the Croker ad-
herents retort that Hill deliberately stabbed
the ticket in his Brooklyn speech when he
advised democrats to knock down any eiec-
ton officers no interfered.
The Hoffman House headquarters is full
of these ante-election efforts to fix respon-
sibility for coming defeat, and it is one of
the significant evidences that the democrat
ic leaders. foreseeng party wreck, are
trying to save themselves from blame for
it. The country democrats lay their trou-
bles to Crokerism and the Tammany men
say 1t is Hill. Meanwhile Col Roosevelt
the state meeting with enthusiasm which,
even such veteran Chauncey DepeW
says. is unprecedented. Chairman OGell,
watching closely every detail of the CAIN
paign, sees the steadily rising tide for the
gubernato "ial candidate, and is now turning
his attention more closely than ever to
the congressional districts.
Democrats Evnde Silver Question.
Several days ago an effort was made to
democratic congressional
dates on record on the silver question.
They were asked what they would do in
case they were elected to Congress and
while there were required to vote for or
against free silver. They tried wildly to
dodge the question. The republican NOM
inees who We're asked the same question
today made no effort to evade the question.
Without an exception they answered that
they would vote against bill for the free
coinage of silver.
The republican leaders expect to have
the result of Il preliminary poll of the reg
istered voters III New York county Ey Sat
urday night. and they are already confident
that the figures will indi ate Il heavy vote
for Col. Roosevelt and the entire state
ticket. District leaders and election dis
trict captains have been at work for two
days getting information as to the prob
able vote in their .espcctive districts. The
lirst reports from this preliminary poll
show that many woes have been changed
nom N'ti NSCh " hpHstN tl' "i'h!i d
week. The republican campaign managers
say that these first reports are almost too
good to he true. They refuse to give out
any figures of estimates until they have
more Information. but in general way it
is understood that the early reports ind
cate not only big vote for the state ticket,
but Il gain of one or more state senators
and eight or ten members of the assembly.
Some of the republican district leaders say
that the vote for Roosevelt in New York
county is going to be q big surprise even
lis most enthusiastic friends.
Erie County Leaders in Line.
The effect of the meetings at Buffalo fur
nisA much encouragement. Erie county
has been regarded as sAaky because GER
tain local leaders in that county have for
the past three or four years been fighting