Evening star., 1900-10-16
Figures Exceed Expectations Of Re-
publican Managers.
INDIANA NO LONGER DOUBTFUL
kentucky Very Likely to Go For
Mckinley.
OTHER STATES OUTLOOK
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
CHICAGO, Ill, October IA. 1900.
The thirty-day poll Is practically COM
plete in all western states and the results
have been forwarded to the republican ma
tional headquarters here The figures nave
exceeded even the most sanguine expecta-
tions of the party campaign managers. AS
result of the returns Vice Chairman Hen
ry c. Payne has taken Indiana out of his
list of doubtful states and has placed 1t In
the list Of states which he Is certain will
ter going through the poll lists, talk most
hopefully of Kentucky and Maryland and
place West Virginia in the list Of states
absolutely certain to be carried by the
President. There is little or no doubt en-
tertained at the republican national camp
of Kansas.
The national committee has not given
out the figures on the Indiana poll, but its
complexion can be judged by this comment
by Vice Chairman Payne: Il am confident
that Indiana will give Mckinley a larger
majority than it did four years ago. There
Is no longer any room for doubt with re-
gard to this state. The poll Is complete
and accurate one. and for the first time I
place this state in the Mckinley column
without reservation"
The Kentucky Poll Astounding.
astounding that the republican national
committee has not officially given out the
figures for fear of being accused of rain
bow chasing 1t is understood that the
state committees canvass indicates a lead
Of close to $1,000 for Mckinley. This is too
good to be true, the campaign managers
fear, and Mr.. Payne remarked conservative
ly, in discussing Kentucky: 1.-The COM
pleted poll shows that the state committee
Is fully justified in claiming a majority of
10000 votes for Mckinley
Senator DebOe of Kentucky is optimistic.
In the course Of an interview with The Star
correspondent he said: There are 1000
populists in Kentucky who were with
Bryan in 1896 who will be against him
this year. Mckinley, l am sure. will get
6,OO0 Brown democratic votes at least. He
will certainly carry the state"
The democrats. on the other hand, speak
as confidently as ever Of Kentucky. In re-
ply to all republican claims Urey Woodson.
democratic national committeeman. says
briefly Kentucky Is a democratic state"
Kansas Sure for Mckinley.
According to Vice Chairman Payne of the
republican national committee, the Kansas
poll indicates that Mckinley will carry that
state by from 24,000 to 2o,000. Dave Null
vane, the young, hustling national commit
teeman from Kansas. speaks as though he
were as confident Of Kansas as he is his
name is Mulvane. He has, he says, 10000
"
Mckinley will carry that state.
The democrats, 1t is understood have
taken no reliable poll of Kansas but Man
ager Johnson of the democratic national
committee has this to say: After I re-
turned to Chicago from our Kansas conven-
ton l made the prediction that Bryan
would carry that state by 30,OO0 votes. /
have had no reason to change my opinion"
No Doubt as to West Virginia.
OF West Virginia the republicans will not
.Ivp,ft ha,r
suit as far as the electoral vote goes But
as to the legislature, that is another mat
ter. Postmaster General Smith, who was in
Chicago today after an extensive speech
making tour. said of West Virginia.:
In West Virginia there is perfect una
nlmlty that the state will go for Mckinley
me night on the legislature. however, is
close. Mckinley can carry the state by
from 5000 to 10000 and the republicans
still lose the legislature. But it is nv be-
lief that the republicans will win by 10000
votes"
Hopeful of Maryland.
With regard to Maryland Mr. Smith is
exceedingly hopeful
Within two weeks there has been
great awakening in that state" he said,
''and the chances of the republicans have
improved wonderfully In districts where
there was doubt formerly there is now no
doubt at all. The registration in Maryland
especially in Baltimore, points decidedly to
republican victory
And talking of the awakening" in Mary
land the republicans are doing far less
preaching against overconfidence. The only
danger that the campaign managers say
they ever recognized has been overcome
The cry OF Wake up has done it's work,
the managers say, and now they talk as
though it were all over but counting the
votes. If the men at the headquarters
here are not as confident Of Mckinley's
election as they are that they breathe the
breath Of life then they can be credited
with the cleverest and best sustained bit
Of acting on record. Having conquered
Gen: Apathy, the cry is. Everything is
coming our way" While no work will be
left undone, little will be heard in the fu-
ture of overconfidence 1t is the cue now
to make out that the democrats are beaten
to a standstil Thousands Of voters IKE
to shout with the largest crowd.
Repatriation in Chicago.
The registration in Chicago on the first of
the two registration days indicates that the
republicans are aroused. The total regis
tration is but little below the phenomenal
figures in 1896. Next week Tuesday, the
second registration day, the managers ex-
pect the figures of four years ago will be
passed. Strong republican wards show
heavy gains. With but two exceptions the
democratic wards made a poor showing
and in these two instances the good show
ing was indicative or the personal ambi-
tions of certain cog in the democratic
machine rather than of interest in the
cause of Bryan.
The impression has gone out that the
fight between Gov Tanner and Senator
Shelby M. Cullom will work seriously
against the republicans in Illinois But this
is not SO. For the time being the hatchet
has been put under many feet of sod. Gov
Tanner hates his "old friend Shelby as
cordially as ever. and the kind regard is
returned. but both men and their followers
have their coats off and are working night
and day for the success of the party. The
reason Is not hard to find. Senator Cullom
wants to go back to the Senate; Gov. Tan
ner wants to defeat him, either in person
or by proxy. But for either to realize
his ambition there must be a republican
legislature, and that is by no means an
assured thing. In 1893 the state was so
gerrymandered that the republicans will
have to carry Illinois this year by about
10000 votes to have a majority in the legis-
lature. With such rough shedding as the
republicans have in Cook the outlook Is by
no means dazzling for a republican major
tty in the next general assembly. Realiz-
ing the grave conditions of affairs, both
Tanner and Cullom are doing all in their
power ''for the party" Their followers
are travelling about the state In the same