The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-21
OyIL(NIk N THE EIbIN)N
CONSERVATIVE VIEWS AS TO HOW
THE ELECTORAL VOTE WILL
BE CAST
SOME OF DOUBTFUL STATES
New York Is Claimed for Bryan
Only by His Most Ar
dent Adher-
entS.

CHICAGO, Oct 20.-The following con-
as TO low the vote is likely to be thrown
as TO haw the vote is likely to be thrown
on the NATIONAL candidates at the cleo
tioin of Nov 6, have been compiled with
great care by the special correspondents
OF the Chicago Record. A glance over
the list will Indicate to the reader That
the great battle of ballots centers in
these states. OF course, the citlAns of
the other thirty states will go To the
polls and deposit their votes, but in most
of those not included below the result
is in no sense in doubt. For instance,
it is only a question Of the size of the
majority of Mckinley in Vermont or
Bryan in Texas.
NEW YORK A CALDRON.
New York state is now the center of
the political maelstrom. Conditions are
rapidly changing, and with the Demo-
cratic candidate for president, as well
as the Republican candidate for vice
president, touring the state next week,
estimates may have to be revised. Ts-
night a non partisan review of the pres
idcntial situation, based upon conserva-
tive estimates from up the state and
from Greater New York, gives the state
to Mckinley by a plurality much less
than that of 1896. That Bryan will secure
the thirty-siX ELECTORAL votes OF the
state is not expected by any except the
most drQenI DclrJSaDS OIL the N6DTdShdu.
One New Yorker contends that William
]. Bryan will carry New York state.
He gives the Republicans $4,000 plurality
up the state, but gives Bryan $4,000 plu-
ralty in the greater city, and therefore
figures a plurality of $4,000 for his can
didate.
Benjamin B. Odeu Jr., chairman of the
Republican state committee and candi-
date for governor, claims the state for
RCT< iT?fa17 w 100 mora Odell
is unusually conservative in making
ante-eection figures, and has never yet
been forced to acknowledge that he
was too sanguine in his claims.
Apathy has long since been banished
in the Republican organization in New
York city and state. The registration
shows this, for with mountaineering reg
istration for the first two days the Re-
publicans have routed out all of the vot-
ers they could lind today, and the entire
registration, which closes tomorrow, will
doubtless far exceed that of 1856, which
broke all previous records. In the city
in the districts in which Tammany is
supreme the registration shows a de-
crease. Mr. Croker says this is due to
Democratic voters moving farther up
town into the districts where the Re
publicans are dominant and where great
gains have been made in the registra-
ton.
MUCH TALK THROUGH THE STATE.
From now on until election day the
campaign is to be a strenuous one in this
state. Roosevelt and DepeW, on separate
special trains, will race up and down the
state, reaching practically every county
in it, and MIR. Bryan makes another shy
through the Empire state next week.
A great reception to Gov. Roosevelt is
scheduled at Madison Square Garden
will Ia n GQlinS0
if possible, the great demonstration
which marked the arrival of Mr.. Bryan
in New York the other night. The day
following Mr.. Bryan is to have another
great meeting III the same place, and 1t
will be to the great delight of Richard
Croker if he can make this meeting out
shine not only the first Bryan meeting,
but the Roosevelt demonstration as well.
Charges of bribery were sprung by the
Democrats tonight but in manner that
does not give the charge great weight
Chairman MCGUIRE, of the Democratic
state legislative committee, gave out
what purported to be q copy of q letter
mailed by Chairman Oden all over the
state, asking Republican leaders for the
names Of ten independent Democrats in
each district who might be Influenced,
and requested that any bills Of expense
be sent with the names. The copy and
statement was all typewriter, and the
original of the letter Mr.. MCGUIRE cou'd
not produce. Neither would he consent
TO tell the name of the man who re-
ceived It, Mr.. Odell, when told of the
statement of the Democrats, said: 1t
Is what we had been expecting would
come at the last end Of the campaign,
but we did not expect them SO quick.
New York city Republicans and Gold
Democrats are making great preparations
for the sound money parade which is to
practically end the campaign Nov. 3.
Applications have been received from
organizations and individuals, which in
dictate that there will be from 25,0O0 TO
lE0, 600 in line. Tammany is to hold dis
trict meetings all over the city constant
ly, but no great gatherings are pro-
jected.
There has been little betting on the
campaign for the reason that odds are
not tempting enough to get the Bryan
money out, though AZ to to l is offered
on Mckinley.
MARYLAND CLOSE.
The campaign in Maryland is reach