Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-04
STATE WILL GO $4,000
Cumnains Says Lacey Will Got
Good Majority.
HOPES FOR AN OLD TIME VICTORY
Chairman Rabccck Thinks the Next
House Will Be Republican by About
Sixty Majority = Democrats Make
Big Claims in New York.

Des Moines, Nov. 3-The final esti-
mates on the election in this state
have been given out from republican
and democratic headquarters. Con-
servative republican estimates are for
a plurality in the state of 5000 and
the election of congressman in each
of the eleven districts by maiorities
ranging from 1000 to $4,000.
Chairman jackson of the democrat
tic state central committee predicts
the republican majority in the state
will be held down to $4,000
At republican state headquarters
the following statement is given out:
The republican state committee is
confident of carrying every congress
lonal district by majorities ranging
from 1000 to $4,000, and estimates that
the republican plurality in Iowa this
fall will be about $4,000. This is con-
sldered very conservative estimate,
and is the compiled estimate made by
majority of the county chairmen In
dications are that the vote will be
about the same as last fall in the state
as whole. In the congested districts
1t will be considerably greater and in
others it may be less. An estimate
based directly on estimates of the
county Ichairmen would give con-
Esiderably, larger plurality than $4,000;
and if anything like the full vote is
polled. the plurality will be larger. The
committee believes $4,000 to be con
servative estimate.
THE republican state committee
feels justified in claiming all the dis
tricts of the state by majorities rang
ing from 1000 to 10000 In only four
of the districts have the democrats
made any real canvass. These are
the first, second, third and sixth, and
reports from these districts are of the
most encouraging nature. Everything
indicates that the republicans will
win out in all the districts named.
The republican workers are confident
of success, and the county chairmen
in the districts named have carefully
| canvassed the situation. They expect
to carry the republican counties by
good majorities and keep the demo-
cratic majorities down to very low
figure in the democratic counties.
Cummins on the Situation.
In the congressional districts where
he has been campaigning Governog
Cummins is not only hopeful of an old
time republican majority in the state
| at large, but believes the republicans
will carry every congressional dis
| trict.
Il am satisfied Major Lacey will be
elected in the sixth district by good
| majority" said the governor. 81 be.
lieve it will be at least 1000. Judge
Birdsall will have from 1000 to 1000
majority. l believe it will be in the
vicinity of 5000. attach no import.
| ance to the democratic claims that
| Col. Sorter will cut into the vote of
| Congressman Haugen to any serious
extent in the fourth district
Babcock's Claim.
Washington, Nov Congressman
| Babcock chairman of the republican
! congressional committee, whose ante
election predictions have become no.
table for their accuracy, gave out here
| his closest figures in prediction of the
results of tomorrow's elections. He
says: "The republicans will elect 1872
members beyond question and will
probably elect siXty-one additional,
| lldhlHS IL lOldi Ol 40. luG Q6IlOcraCS
will certainly elect 143 members, and
will probably elect twenty others, to-
tai of 1863. The republicans will Ger,
tainly have majority of twenty in
the fifty-eight congress and will prob.
ably have majority of sixty"
| Chairman Babcock has seen no rea-
son for changing the figures made in
! his prediction of a week ago, except
to increase the republican majority.
| IN his former estimate he placed the
republican majority at a possible for
| ty-four Now, on account of late re-,
ports received from number of dis
tricts that were thought week ago to
be close, Mr.. Babcock believes that
the republican majority may be sixty.
In New wcrlt.
New York, Nov John N. Car
Isle, chairman of the democratic exec
utive committee, in the democratic
forecast for the gubernatorial election,
claims victory for Coler and his asso-
ciates by not less than $4,000 plural
ity.
All the republican chieftains appear
satisfied with the outlook. All expect
Odell will carry nine OF the twenty
one assembly districts, and that three
and probably four, of the six congress
sional candidates, three at least of the
senatorial candidates, and ten Of the
/ tWenty-onee eassenblynen will he elect.