New-York tribune., 1902-10-30
GOVERNOR ODELL CONFIDENT
FROM REPORTS AND PERSONAL OBJ
SERVATION HE PREDICTS A SUB
STANTIAL REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY.

Governor Oden fresh from hard campaigning
trip up the State arrived in this city yesterday
morning and went directly n Republican head
quarters in the Fifth Avenue Hotel The Cover
for the purpose Of consulting the
leaders about the progress OF the campaign and
getting ready for the bis Republican rallies to-
night. when he is TO make three speeches He
was in fine health buoyant and confident. Some
stories wer= in circulation that he was worried
about tn situation and had hurried here 10 take
personal charge of the campaign The truth is
the Governor arrived here following a programme
mapped our weeks ago
Don't look much worried, do II" asked the Gov
ernor Look at me" and then he smiled.
How about Hills reiterated charges, the Gov
ernor was asked
Now. drop that" he said decisivey. II have
answered that charge from the platform In COM
prehensive and in what 1 consider a conclusive
manner. don't intend 10 say anything more
about it, and 1 won't dignity Mr.. Hil's ciamor with
any further attention"
What purported 10 be private poll Of the State
showing an OdeIl majority of 500. was printed IN
a morning paper yesterday. At State headquarters
it was emphatically stated that no such poll had
been taken. and that the figures given had never
been tabuiated by the Republican leaders In fact
their figures are widely different from this alleged
poll II was intimated last night that the Re-
publican maERgeFC would give out feN figures on
Friday night but this is not certainty vet.
Governor Odeil in the course OF the day talked
with nearly all the Republican leaders He was
closeted for long time with Senator Platt. Later
he talked for a long time with Colonel Dunn. chair
man Of the Republican State Committee. and Will
lam Barnes. jr.. chairman OF the executive COM
mittee Then he had talk with Robert c Morris.
president of the Republican County Committee;
John MeCullagh State Superintendent Of Elections;
Colonel Archie L. Baxter and others Timothy l..
Woodruff came TO report on the situation in
Kings County. All the news that the Governor re-
ceved was Of the most encouraging character, and
his personal observations from Up the State made
him all the more confident
The Governor would not give any figures yester-
day. but il is known that he is counting on ma
| jority much larger than those printed by various
papers The Governor is considered one Of the
shreWdest political observers. and when chairman
! Of the State Committee his figures were always
pretty close 10 the mark When II became known
that the Governor was not at all worried, but on
the other hand was cheerful and confident. the Re-
. publican leaders around headquarters became jubi-
liant. for they never knew him to go wrong
Some OF the tabuiators have figured out Tam
many majority In this county Of 7OO00 and given
Coler Kings County by 5000 more. These figures
are believed TO be absurd and there is no one
around headquarters who believes that Coler will
get than 700 in the whole city at the out
side and the belief OF the leaders is that il will be
far under this Odon. they believe will come to
The Bronx with a majority equal to or surprising
that received by Theodore Roosevelt when he ran
for Governor. Things are getting better every day
the campaign lasts and the campaign managers
are much encouraged by the way things are going
Two weeks ago the outlook was nor sO bright but
day adds 10 Republican strength.
4 confident said the Governor late last
night. that the whole Republican ticket will be
elected BY a substantial aiOrftv Further than
that there is nothing TO say