The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-20
POLITICAL MEETINGS.
4 NUMBER OF DEMOCRATIC ONES
 HELD YESTERDAY.

Republican Headquarters Closed All
 Day-Chairmen of Both Parties Pre-
 diet Victory-Large Meeting Co be
 Held in the ThIrd Ward Tonight
 Procession to Escort Democratic Cam
 didatas to hIceting-TrOup aud Osborn
 to Speak.
 There was nothing doing in the re- publican ranks yesterday. The repub- iican headquarters were closed all day and hardly a dozen people visited the republican club. Chairman Macdonald, when talked to over the telephone last evening said that a statement which was printed in one of yesterdays pa- pers to the effect that the republican headquarters would be open all day and that work would be done, was incorrect. Said Chairman Macdonald: 'The repub- lican headquarters have never been open on Sunday since l have been chairman and they never will be while act in that capacity. The story was made out of whole cloth. AS l have said before, the republican party will go to the polls as unit on election day. and expect that we will win by ma- jority of at least 1,500."
 The democratic headGuarters were kept open, all day yesterday and there was lot Of meetings held around the city. At 10 o'clock yesterday morning about 125 Italian voters met in the dem- ocratic headquarters on Orange street and were addressed by City Clerk Nor ris, Sheriff Hunie and Alderman Cor coran. Two or three Italians also spoke. The meeting lasted until nearly noon. 4, At S:30 p. nl.. the Fourth ward workers r held a meeting in the same rooms and were addressed by City Clerk Norris, Sheriff Hunie. Bernard Hope, W. J. O'Brien, and Isaac Wolf. Many others also spoke. The democrats of the third ward held a very large meeting at o'clock in the Insurance building, James E. McGann presiding. This meeting was addressed by City Clerk Norris, Sheriff Hunie, Bernard Hope, and Alderman McGuinness and Weirweiss. Chairman McGann also made few remarks.
 There will be democratic meetings held in nearly all the wards in the city this evening. It Is proposed to hold the largest democratic rally in the Third ward, that has ever been held in that ward. It will be an open air meeting and will be held at the corner of Con- gress and Washington avenues James E. McGann will act as chairman and a number of prominent local democrats will address the meeting. Previous to the meeting a large parade will be giy- en. It will be formed at the junction of those streets and headed by the A. will march to the democratic headquar- 7 ters at 139 Orange street. There all the democratic candidates will be in waiting and will join the procession, which will escort them4to the meeting. Among those who will speak are the Hon. Alex ander Troup. Colonel N. G. Osborn, Chairman Maher Samuel A. York, Ed ward O'Meara, Alderman Corcoran, and Attorney Charles Hamilton. Red fire will be burned in the procession, and it is proposed to give a regular political procession. The Second ward will hold a meeting in Fayette hall at 8 o'clock this evening. The meeting will be addressed by Samuel A. York, Charles c. Spreyer, and many others. The ward committee of the First ward will hold a meeting in the democratic head quarters at 8 o'clock this evening to complete their plans for the election All the othersward committees will hold meetings for the same purpose, and the democratic town committee will also hold meeting. Chairman Maher of the democratic town committee made the following statement last evening: "The democrats have never been more har- monious than they are this election and we expect a solid vote. I haven't any doubt but that the entire democratic ticket will be elected by at least 2,0OC majority. We have a large number of republican votes pledged to us, and fl we get half of them we will have a landslide" All the republican ward workers will get.together in their vari. ous wards this evening, but with this exception there will be nothing else