Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-02
END OF THE FIGHT
Closing Up Political Headquarters in
Chicago.
PRACTICALLY ALL THE WORK DONE
Democrats Vague, Republicans
Specific in Their Claims.
A LABOR LEADERS STAND

Special From a STAFF Correspondent.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, November 2-For all
practical purposes the campaign is at an
| end. Both the republican and democratic
| national committee headquarters have COM
pleted their work. The doors are open. the
desks and other furniture and a few of the
employees at their places, but the real
| work of the campaign is completed. The
| little that Is being done at the two head
quarters consists of closing up accounts,
cleaning out the correspondence. packing up
| and making ready to vacate headquarters,
| and doing the little work yet to be accom-
| plished by long-distance telephone and the
| telegraph. Comparatively few callers are
now found about the two headquarters. A
| fortnight since the usual stream of men
who were on the speakers list or repre-
| scented state communities and desired assist
| ance were to be seen about the headquar-
| ters but they have squared accounts and
are now in the field. The situation resem-
| bles that of the scouts returning from their
| reconnaissance preliminary to a great bat
| tie, and after making reports have fallen
| back into line. and under the strains of
| martial music have gone out to battle. We
shall hear no more, or indeed, very little of
| them until the clash of arms next Tuesday.
| Meanwhile. the great generals and aids-de-
| camp remain about military headquarters
| for the purpose of giving the last orders
| as to the forming of the lines and the de-
| ploying of the troops.
This has been one Of the fiercest of all
| our great national political campaigns.
| Whether the republicans win they are
| confidently expecting and as every indica-
| ton assures, by easy sweep and an over
| whelming majority. or whether the dominant
| party falls it should be recorded that this
| has been a contest of no mean proportions;
| that the issues have been sharply drawn
| and have been many, and that all those en-
| listed in the have performed their
| duty well. The campaign has been full of
issues, large and small. aside from the great
| issues Of the free and unlimited coinage of
! silver government by injunction, what
shall be done with our new acquired posses
| sions, together with the conduct of the war
| with Spain. While there has been a great
deal of petty malice and much hatred has
been engendered by the arragning of class
| there have been evidences of brute force
| and violence, 1t should be stated that,
| everything considered, the campaign has
beer toleraby clean and reasonably free
| from personalities. What may occur dur
| ing the next few days Of course cannot be
| foreseen.
Counter Claims.
| The democrats are claiming New York
| and Indiana, Maryland and Illinois, and are
| giving out the usual assurances on general
| claims that they will elect Bryan. Specifl-
| cations are wanting, but these general as
| surances are being reiterated every hour in
the day and repeated by runners at night.
| The managers at republican national head
quarters specifying reasons why they
will carry every state won by them four
| years ago, and will add to the Mckinley
column the states of South Dakota, Kan
sas, Washington, Wyoming with at least
an equal chance Of securing the electoral
votes of Nebraska and Utah. They are
| specifying also reasons why Mckinley will
carry Nevada, chief of which is the fact
| that there are only eight or nine thousand
votes in Nevada, and both Senators Jones
and Stewart, the largest employers of labor
| in the state, are in the saddle for Mckin-
| ley and Roosevelt. About all the interests
in the little state have prospered so greatly
under the present administration that their
owners fear the election Of Bryan would
upset their prosperity. Republican mana
gers make few claims as to the electoral
votes of Montana, Idaho and Colorado. al
! though almost any result favorable to them
in these states would cause little surprise.
| The fierce fractional fight between the Daily
and Clark organizations of the democratic
party in Montana leads republicans to the
belief that their chances are equal for the
election Of two republican senators In that
| state.
The Nebraska SenatOrships.
There seems to be but spot on the
horizon in Nebraska; the fractional fight
among republicans in Douglass county-the
city Of Omaha. There are twelve members
Of the legislature to be elected in Douglass
county and they are pledged to vote for
Mr. Rosewater. the editor of the Omaha
Bee who has for many years been very
active political quantity. However, this
situation has been somewhat simplifed dur
ing the past few days by the Joint an
nouncement Of the republican candidates
for the legislature that they Will enter the
republican caucus and abide by its major
ity decision in the nomination of United
States senators to succeed Thurston and
Allen. Mr.. Rosewater, however, has caused
his name to be placed upon the ticket
| which will be voted by republicans next
the United States Senate" This brings the
situation again into a rather acute form,
for while under the statute permitting this
Senate is not at all binding, at the same
time it does give the candidate receiving the
highest majority for preference ''the age in
the language of Hoyle. Strenuous efforts
| those who were not interested In him, but
were largely interested In the legislative
this opportunity, but Mr. Rosewater is
hard fighter, and felt that he was entitled
to an expression from the people as to his
Senator Thurston or Senator Allen Wag-
| ers have been offered here during the
past few days Of two to one that Bryan
will secure the electoral vote of Ne
braska, and even money that the legis-
lature will be of the same complexion on
joint ballot. So uncertain is the outlook
that no bets have been openly recorded
upon the situation in Nebraska.
Fierce Scrap In South Dakota.
In South Dakota there has probably been
the fercest scrap of the campaign. Up to
as late as 1890 South Dakota was almost
unanimously republican. 1t is made up of
emigrants from down east and such CEN
trail states as Ohio. Indiana, Illinois and
Iowa The soldier vote in South Dakota is
extremely heavy and patriotism therefore
runs high with the native tendencies of
the great majority of the voters. Senator
Pettigrew, by his personal appeals and per-
| sonal popularity and by virtue Of the fact
that he was one of the earliest settlers of
the territory, has during his long career in
Congress worked hard for local laws, and
was conspicuous in bringing into the Union
the territory as a state. has a strong hold
upon the people. But his populistic prin-
ciples have injured him so much In the
past three or four years that a great revo-
luton is reported to have taken place in
public feeling, and with the wonderful cam
| paign of the education made by the republi-
cans and the thorough organization effected
by them, the chances appear to be two to
one that straight republican will be elect
ed in place of Mr.. Pettigrew. while it is
| predicted that the McKinley and Roosevelt