New-York tribune., 1898-10-29
Mr.. ODELL CONFIDENT.
HE SAYS THE ENTIRE REPUBLICAN
STATE TICKET WILL BE ELECTED.

A CONFERENCE WITH CTAIRMEN OF REPUBLICAN
COUNTY coMMIrTEEs-A TALK WITH THE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Work ut the headquarters Of the Republican
State Committee. in the Fifth Avenue Hotel
was brskcr than usual yesterday all day. Chair-
man Odell had long talks in the course OF the
DAY with forty-six OF the sixty chairmen OF fe-
publican county committees They came to the
headquarters to him in response to tee-
grams which he sent early In the week request
ing them to meet him and TO be prepared to give
the best information they could get as to the sit
uation in their counties. Most Of the chairinen
came from counties IN which, as a rule, there
are Republican majorites In the elections. MT
Odel said last evening"
II have found the chairmen Of the RepuDh-
can county committees to be clean-cut, straight
forward businesske men. and my talks WIN
them to-day were encouraging and entirely
satisfactory I talked with them one at uine'
giving the best information and suggestions
could. and receiving from them many sus
gestons Of value and information which shows
that the Republicans up the State are doing
effective work in the campaign We went INTO
| many details Of the work, such as the resistra-
ton. methods Of getting out the Republlcah
vote and the steps necessary to prevent fraud
and the corrupt Of money by the Demo-
Gratis in the election. / am willing TO say now
without any hesitation. for the first time since
the campaign opened, that we are going to carry
| the State and elect the Republican ticket by
a safe majority.
"I know that the Democratic managers are
| relying upon the use Of money to carry the
| election by frauds. by the illegal colonization
of voters in several counties and by brtbing
| some Republican voters to stay away from the
polls. bat | am now that they Will not
succeed The Republican organization in the
! State never was in such a splendid condition
| for effective work as now. and it Is making
the campaign hum all over the state. Some OF
the district organizations that seemed to lack
vim few weeks ago very much alive to-
| day and Republicans who seemed 10 be apa-
thetlc then are at work earnestly now.
There are more campaign meetings being
| held nightly by Republicans in every part Of the
! State than were being held in the Mckinley
campaign. The State Committee has nearly five
| hundred speakers its list. and yet II Is not
| able to supply the demand for speakers at the
meetings. The meetings unusually large
| and enthusiastic everywhere. | could give fig-
! ures OF probable Republican majorities nut
am not ready to let the Democratic managers
know them yet. An am willing to say now Is
that we going to elect the entire RepuDli-
can State ticket by good safe majority"
Mr. Oder has received many messages from
Republican managers who have been at work
stopping attempted Democratic frauds, and he
showed some of them to newspaper men last
night. The following samples:
Plattsburg. y. y, October 2S. is9s
b. b. Odell, IL Chairman Firth Avenue Hotel
Find padded rolls in Beekmantown. Ist District
+. +. HATHAWAY.
Secretary Republican County Committee.
Comstocks y. y October 2S 1895.
! B. b. Odeli. jr.. Chairman. Fifth Avenue Hotel
Dcmocrais co6nlzed nry-,wo Illegal voters in
Fort Edward. Judge Lille has granted order sirk
ing ing them off registry roll Am eXamhiKf Rhj1eha
Chairman Republican County Committee.
Mr. Oden said last evening that some of the
messages he had received could not be given
out as they related to Democratic frauds which
were being looked after He mentioned some
Illegal Democratic colonization in Rockand
County. which he said would be dealt with.
| Lieutenant Governor Woodruff arrived al the
headquarters last evening. He said the reports
| in some Of the Democratic newspapers that ne
| had been compelled to stop speaking in Roches-
| ter by hisses entirely without foundation
He had spoken for thirty minutes. and had been
appauded frequently. and he had hearn no
! hostile demonstration. The hall had been over
| crowded and there was some confusion as
| consequence. Mr. Woodruff said he never had
seen so large and so enthusiastic Repubhcan
audiences up the state as he had seen on IN"
| trip with Colonel Roosevelt Mr Woodrun
voice was hoarse last evening that he coud
scarcely speak above whisper put ne sald II"
hoped TO be able to speak at two meetings, one
! in Brooklyn and one in Cooper Union. Tonight
! George w. Adridge. State Superintendent of
| Public Works. was at state headquarters yes
terday morning. and there was some talk over
| statement which he is said to have prepared re-
| gardng the canal expenditures. lie Went 10
| Albany in the afternoon. and II was sald that II
he made any statement IL would he given out al
| Albany and not through the State Committee