Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-06
Just BEFORE VOTING.
The Party Managers and Leaders
Make Predictions as TO the
Outcome.
a Summary Of the situa ton on
the Eve Of the Silent
Struggle
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Final Claims Made and Closing Ar.
gument Delivered-lt's Up
to the Voter.

W ellOt SVVO1s
Chicago, Nov. chairman James
n. Jones, of the democratic national
committee, on the eve of election sald:.
have no doubt that the result of
the ballot today will be the triumphant
election of Bryan and Stevenson. The
democratic party has appealed in the
campaign to the reason and conscience
of the people, while the republicans
have appealed TO passion and prejudice.
In the great forum of public opinion !
have no doubt the democratic party has
Won in this, the greatest OF its ma
stional political struggles. -Four years
the democratic party was deficient IN
organization. whereas now it is per-
feetiS organized and more efticien- than
Il has been in amy previous campaign.
The national committee has been in
touch with every part OF the country
and familiar With all the details Of the
work. While the campaign fund has
not been enriched by the contributions
of great trusts, it has received the pa
triotic mites of the great working
The Expenses of the campaign, Which
wsts even more satisfactory than il it
ma: been otherwise
The country is now aroused as it has
nsyer been before or since the great
civil war, and the result can be moth
ing less than the triumphant election
Of the national democratic ticket,
The following statement was given
5aut at the headquarters. of the repub-
lean committee:
There are few surface indications
at this time dssimilar to those OF four
Years ago, when Mckinley swep, tbs
country by the greatest majority prob
ably ever given 70 presidential can
didate- The work of the republican
5@uring the past four weeks has beef
fmarvelously effective. II has bessi
marked everywhere by completeness ii.
detail Of machinery. harmonious aes
sion and desired results.
In the history of the party no bet
Ter organization has ever existed. Me
kfnley and Roosevelt will carry every.
state which voted for Mckinley ami
Hobart four Years ago and certainly
seven or eight others which voted for
Bryan in 1896. The alleged hopes OF
Croker and Bryan as 10 CARRYING Indi-
ana and New York are simply following
9ut the program of claiming everything
IN sigh, for the purpose of encouraging
the followers in close states TO make
the most desperate efforts for success s,
The claims of the 5republicans are base
Upon the result of actual work re ported
by men in the field, brought up thru
precinct. ward. township. city, county
and state organizations and upor
actual facts as shown by the closest
poll ever made by any political organ
cation
Detroit. Mich. Nov. 6.The nj ght be
fore the battle of the ballots found
both parties in Michigan confident OF
success. Both Mayor William May
bury Of Detroit, the democratic eandi-
date for governor. and Col Aaron r
Bliss. Of Saginaw his republican oppa-
nsnt. issued signed statements late in
the day in Which each confidently as
ss,ts he will be elected
Senator James Mcmillan. In an inter-
View said.
~ feel confident of a great republican
victory both national and in this state,
q prediet oul. majority in Michigan vii
be between 10000 and 1000
The democrats have given out no fig
uIes, but claim that their state ticket
Will be elected and also that they wiz
elect several congressman.
Governor Pingree has made strenu-
GUS efforts TO secure the adoption o.
the constitutional amendment permit
ting the taxation of railroads and Other
on the cash value of theil
property instead of specifically upor
their earnings as at present. He has
mailed circulars 70 thousands of voters
turnout the state urging its adoption.