The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-11-06
NEW YORK.

a; all the political headquarters. n the
office Of the chief of Police ami at me
Democratic Club the CONSENSUS OF opinion
seemed to he thar the election w"uit prGye
a quis. one. despite the difference Of op!h-
ion hetwesn the chief of t"ii'" ana IN"
State Superintsn !cnt.
Fveryw.nre confidence IS EXPRESSED that
n f.lll vote vii ne polle3. and R"puhdcana
aud Democrats alike agree that ulurr nan
6ol go citizens in Greater New York vii! To-
morrow deposit their ballots for the mgA nj
their choice. Indications are thai thr vote
IN the city will be at leas; 65."D larger thtn
ever before in the history "f Greater Ne"
York
Generally speaking. ReruhiicaHss conIcesIie
that Bryan Will carry Greater Nv lIth. @
or the other hand. democrats admit that
Mckinley will carry. the state If Greater
New York is excluded.
The differences of opinion arise on the
question Of the pIIrali,ies that ,he Demo
Gratis are conceded in the metropolis and III"
Republicans are conceded in the upstate
districts.
Democratic national Headquarters were
practically deserted to-day, only Secretary
Mason Of the Exccutiv,e. Commit beng
The State Central Committee Is at MS hon1H
and will not return until Wednesday. Sec
retary Mason declined to make any state
ment to-day other than 10 repeat what the
chairman had sad. that Bryan's election
was assured. Secretary -fasOn VIII rerelN"
and give out the returns At his party's
headquarters Tuesday evening.
At Republican national headquarters. Jos,
eph Manley Senator Scott of Virginia and
Fred s Gibbs Of New FORK gave out the
following statements respectively:
Mr. Manley: The National Committeeman
in this city. after the receipt of ;"lograms
to-day from Chairman Hanna. and the va
liuus State Committeeman. have nothing to
add 10 the statement made public this
morning except TO emphasize it. | 90 not
share with some the opinion that Indiana
is entirely safe for us But we have no
doubt of Illinois. we shall certainly carry
New York State by not less than 30" ma
jority. and l look for something over 100000
ii anticipate no trouble in this city to-
. morrow. l believe Supeiine tdrnt OF Police
he gave us fair parade ana as he save
Us protection in our meetings in this city.
do not expect that we shall have any
definite statement as to the result before
$50 o'clock Tuesday night.
Senator Scott Of West Virginia repeated
his former sangnine s;a'ernen{s ems, .,,,
The election Will he fair. anticipate no
trouble: the worst has been dons, and II is
less s 1' ,sm 95s @ tn the Electoral GolleEe. That
I consider a conservative estimate
Richard Croker claims that Bryan will
carry Greater New York by between so,@c
As a general thing Republican leaders
will not admit that the borough of Manhnt-
tan will b., carried for Bryan hy more than
2).001 plurality. Rorh sides claim the borough
Of Brookiyn-th" Eepubicans by l2"n) and
the Democrats by S."e. The population il,
the boronghs Of The Bronx. Queens and
Richmond is relatively small Democrats
and Republicans claim all three bornughs.
but the Democrats usually carry Queens
and Richmond As for The Bronx. the in
crease in ;hc population owing 10 thc M
town movement. has been so great that all
estimates worthless. the population in
some districts having doubled. II will prob
ably give a decisive majority either way.
Democrats are Inclined to conrede the
State outside Of Greater New York to Nc
Kiuley by 5A0ta.
This is $4,000 less than the Republicans
allow Mckinley in the same territory.
Chairman and Candidate for Governor Odel!
is at his home in N.wburg He will receive
returns at mis- heme and will not return
| here until "Wednesday. Before leaving he
said that he had nothing. to add To his
statement that Mckinley would carry New
York State by 1@o.Gch Greater New York
included.