The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-04
THE ELECTION TO-DAY.
THE PROSPECTS AND THE PROG
NOSTICATIONS.

pdtgn from their respective standpoints,
the red fire has blazed and the cam
paign songs have been sung. To-day
comes the battle at the polls.
In New Haven to-day the polls will
be open for the reception of ballots
from O'clock a. m. until 5 o'clock p.
m. at the following places:
First district-S5 Orange street.
Second district-City Supply house,
corner Spruce and Oak streets.
Third district-216 Congress avenue.
Fourth district-Corner Columbus
avenue and Water street.
Fifth DISTRICTS Olive street.
Sixth district-176 Chestnut street.
Seventh district-St. Patrick's T. A.
and B. society hall, Wallace street.
Eighth district-State street, corner
ED street.
Ninth district-63 Foote street.
Tenth district-443 Elm street
Eleventh district-204 Chapel street.
Twelfth listrict-373 Grand avenue.
Thirteenth district-Masonic hail.
Westville.
Fourteenth district-Engine house,
East Grand avenue, Annex.
Fifteenth district-Engine house,
Forbes avenue, Annex.
Special interest here centers over the
contest for the position of judge of pro-
bate and while there are all sorts of
estimates and queries as to the result
the general opinion is that the contest
will be close
AS to the general ticket every effort
will be made to get out a big vote and
arouse the apathetic.
The outlook for the republican state
ticket is most encouraging to the re-
publican party leaders, though in no re-
cent year have the democrats been more
certain of at. least partial success in
carrying the state, the congress cleo
tons or the state legislature. The DEM
ocratic claim a month ago was of an
overwhelming victory; to-day this
claim has been reduced to an optimistic
statement that the state ticket and
three of the five congressman will be
elected, besides double the usual num-
Der of members of the state legislature.
These claims, however, are not at all
carried out by the facts. The state is
usually republican and, with no strong
pected to go so this year. A conserva-
tive estimate. prepared by republican
leaders, gives the republicans clean
sweep for all positions on the state
ticket, all four district congressman
and the new congressman at large, and
at least two-thirds of the state repre-
sentatives.
That the republican claim for state
victory this year is well founded is adj
mitted by several of the best informed
democratic "spellbinders' in private.
An estimate that is not expected to
prove far from wrong gives the re-
publican state ticket at least 5000 plu-
rality, all four congressman pluralties
of about 5000, the new congressman at
large 10000, and at least two-thirds of
the house and three-fourths of the
newly expanded senate.
While the democrats claim at least
three of the five congressman, there
seems to be no reason whatever to
doubt that there will be a solid con-
gress delegation sent by the republic
cans to Washington next year, as US
ual from Connecticut. The only doubt
full case is in the First district, Hart
ford, where the democratic nominee
against E. Stevens Henry is a large
employer of labor, and likewise popu
lar with the trades union voters. N. D.
Sperry is again practically certain of
election by the republicans of the
Second, New Haven, district, and e. J.
Hill by the same party in the Fourth,
Bridgeport, district. The death of
Charles F. Russell, congressman from
the Third, New London, district, made
necessary new nomination, and
Frank B. Brandagee, former speaker
of the house and one of the foremost
and most popular republicans in Con-
necticut, will be overwhelmingly elected
from that district.
A New Haven special yesterday af-
ternoon to the New York Evening Post
sums up things in this wise:
"a campaign in this state, marked by
considerable machine activity and
many meetings, but decided inertness of
the voting masses, closes to-day with
both sides-as represented by the state
committee chairmen-publicly claiming
success tomorrow. But the real conf
dence is evidently on the republican
side, and in private talk the democratic
leaders express only hopes based on the
labor vote and possible undercurrents
of feeling caused. by high prices, the
tariff question, and trusts. One of the
best informed of the republican leaders
here says that his party has only one
thing to fear tomorrow, namely, the
fact that the trade-unions are 1.-The on
ly elements showing activity and inter-
est in the state campaign, and most Of
the trade-union men are democrats"
A prominent democratic leader while
hoping for the ''undercurrent" vote for
his party, says that he can detect no
signs of it, and for that reason gives
the election to the republicans. The
best guess to-day is that the republi-
cans will elect state ticket and all con-
gressmen by considerably reduced ma
jorities on a diminished vote.
Most of the latest developments Of
the canvass are, so far as they go, ia
vorable to the democrats. There is con-
siderable republican dissension in
Litchfield county over the contest for
sheriff, a result of the old Fessenden-
Fyler controversy. The labor-Bryan
third ticket movement has practically
collapsed to poster campaign for
sheriff in New Haven county; and in
the Fourth congressional district, and.
notably in Bridgeport, the democrats
aremaking somewhat of stand against
Congressman Hill.