Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-03
Both Parties s;A 4 Quite Confident of
Carrying the State.
DEMOCRATS ARE MORE CONFIDENT
Recent Polls Seem to Have In
,y:.q
creased Fteir Assurance.
f r A { d CRY r AIS E D
pecial Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. November 3.-The
| last week of the campaign ends with In
diana still in the doubtful column. except
TO the chalrmen of the republican and dem
ocratic state committees Mr.. Hernly of
the republican committee assures his
friends that Mckinley will carry the state
by $4,000. This, is his personal opinion.
For publication he has put his figures some
what lower. -"
Chairman Martin of the democrats is Civ
ing out no figures, but claiming a landslide
for Bryan. This claim he makes with the
utmost confidence. ~
Impartial observers have noticed through
out the week a growing air of assurance
on the part of the democrats. Early in the
| campaign no Bryan money was bet in the
LEGAL hotels; but ROW Bryan men are eager
ly coming forward. and wiping the repub-
lican money off the boards.
There is cause for this action. 1t Is
the conclusion reached by the state commit
tee when it had finally tabulated its thirty
day poll.
Favorable, to the Democrats.
This poll say members of the state COM
mittee, showed the state in much more
satisfactory condition for the democrats
than il was two months before the cleo
ton.
The thirty day poll, the democrats as
sert show that the farmers in many sec
items of the. state are now drifting strong
ly toward Bryan: and that instead OF
loss in agricultural districts there VIII be "a
de cided gain. 80.
Chairman Martin of the democratic state
committee in statement to the pubhc
says the democrats will sweep the state
and gain three congressman. He declares
that the railroad vote and the vote or or
g&nized labor viii be almost solid for the
democrats
The prohibition vote and the Debs vote,
Mr.. Martin comedies will be extremely
large: but he predicts that these third par
ties viii draw almost exclusively from the
republicans. A newspaper poll of 3.om
votes, just completed here. bears out this
assertion on Martins part. The drift OF
republicans to the prohibition ranks IS
shown to be especially large.
The democrats are also claiming to have
made big ga:ns among Indiana Germans
SPECIAL work is being done among Ger
mans. In this co9nty. where there are
10000 Germaf, Sotsss , the democrats oSr rare are
concede 200 u Mckinley and admit that
12Oo are in dojbt.
Charges of fraud nre loud on both sides.
The party press is filled with warnings Of
the plots which haye been discovered on
the other side ID
Warned gs to Frauds.
Democrats are warning their rank ana
file to be on the, watch for frauds at the
polls. while republicans assert that they
have evidence of wholesale plots to buy
votes on the part of the democrats.
There seemsst to he little doubt that tn"
republicans have, shipped $5o.Glo into In
diana this week Ito match the contribution
of /. IKE amount from Richard Croker TO
Mayor, JaggaFt sof this c.ty-Gl Y" -.
Each side is charging the other with an
elaborate plan 20 buy all the colored vote
in Indiana that rs purchasabc.
For a week Il stream of mCney has been
flowing out from Indianapolis to the work
ers of both parties. Money is, flowing in
Indiana Ike water.