The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-03
.F0OTs UP vi { 100000
County Estimates on Van SAINTS Plu.
rality More Optimistic Than
State Committees.
Thousands of Teams Will Haul Re-
~ publican Voters to the Polls
IT !. Tomorrow

Estimates of republican county chair
men place Governor Van SAINTS plurality
over Rosing at 10000.
Sixty-nine of the eighty-two county
chairmen have responded to the state
committees request for a conservative es-
innate Of the vote. The thirteen counties
that have not responded include Hennepin
and Ramsey. The other counties missing
are Olmsted, Martin, Goodhue, LIE Sueur,
Wright, Stearns. Douglass, Grant, Lincoln,
Traverse, Aitkin, Cook, Isanti, Itasca and
Roseau. .-
The sixty-nine counties give Van SAINT
So, 100 plurality. The other thirteen &C
cording to best estimates will increase
that lead 5000
The state central committee places con-
siderable reliance on these figures, but
puts it's estimate for the state at $4,000 to
80, 900. ..s.. ....
Governor Van SAINT is in st. Louis coun-
ty to-day, and state headquarters are al
most deserted. Judge Jamison left Sat-
urday to go into the Hennepin county
fight. +! Chairman Martin of the executive
hand in Stearns county. b Captain Whit
ney, secretary Of the committee, was left
in charge to-day. 1.-The most optimistic
reports were received at headquarters
Colonel Roland H. Hartley called this
morning. He has beenan all sections and
he is satisfied that Vans SAINTS majority
will be 40, 900. " 4.
Grlmshaw Is Confident.
w. H. Grimshaw, United States mar
shall, returned to-day from campaign
tour covering Minnesota from one corner
to the other. He has$quite reputation
as q political prophet, and he says Van
SAINT will get not less than $4,000. 1t will
run above that. and possibly be much
larger. He believes that c. B. Buchanan
has the closest fight of any republican
| candidate for congress- Rosing Will rur
about even in the three large cities.
H. L. Buck chairman OF the democratic
state committee, was still at the head.
| quarters o-day. He said he had no rea.
son to change his claim Of $4,000 for Ros-
ing. = = =
L. A. Rosing was at the headquarters
this morning. He said:
campaigning as candidate Is a new
thing for me. When chairman Of the
committee, looking ~ over the cor.
respondence every day, I could tell just
about where we were at. Since coming
| in I have looked over our reports. which
consider reliable, and from them I am
| satisfied that will win"
Mr.. Rosing closes his campaign in Min
. neapolis tonight. D. w. Lawler Of St
Paul will speak with him.
Democratic estimates are all based or
the theory that public sentiment has not
changed in the state in two years and tina,
Rosing will run as we'll as Lind.
Teams to Get Out Vote.
Campaign work ceases with the meet.
ings tonight. the state committees hav.
| ing finished their labors Tomorrow the
| work will be centered on getting out the
vote, and this will be II the hands Of the
local committees. F. two to half G
dozen carriages will useds all day ir
| every country Gtownslt. , hauling voters
| to the polls, and In this way 1t is hoped t.
| register 80 per cent of t,le 1900 vote
Much depends on the weather to-mor
row. The prediction is Showers to-nigh
and possibly Tomorrow This is encour
aging to republicans. Bad weather is gen
orally counted. democratic in the cities
but weather that will stop t..reshing to-
morrow win mean thousands of extra re.
publican votes in southern Minnesota.
Republican and democratic state head.
quarters will both be open tomorrow
night to receive returns by telegraph and
telephone. Both committees expect to ge
q definite result before they adjourn 70,
a morning nap.