The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-05
Parker a Surprise to His
Own Party.
SHREWD-- R LES S.
His Speeches in New Jersey and
Connecticut Destined to Bring
Forth Democratic Fruits.
Gains in the Rocky
Mountain States.
By CICERO HARRIS.


sissippi Democrat said today: Il
think Parker will be elected. He is
making some of the best speeches in
the campaign and has evidently
gained considerable ground recently"
/ find every Democrat on the streets
more hopeful than he was a few days
ago. Hardly any of them feels abso-
lutely sure of the result They re-
gard the situation as having so far
improved as to give Parker and Davis
fine chance of winning. That is the
extent of the confidence. The Repub-
leans are not quite so sure as they
were but most of them consider DEM
Ocratic confidence as misplaced, while
they admit that perhaps the betting
odds are too great in favor of their
candidate. The later speeches of
Judge Parker have aStonished the
Democrats as we'll as the Republi-
cans. His courage is so high and his
positions so boldly yet ShreWdly taken
that he is beginning to be regarded
here as a master politician. His as
saults on the trusts will be sure to
help his candidacy, because the trust
managers with rare exceptions are on
the other side and already doing all
they can to elect Roosevelt and Fair
banks. Anything he may say will not
tend to add to the eXertionS they are
making, which are quite strenuous
any way. The Democratic candidate
has evidently impressed the German
citizens. too. He will lose nothing by
his assaults on the imperialistic policy
of the administrations; on the contrary,
there will be gains in certain places.
1t is estimated that the speeches in
northern New Jersey and in Connecti-
cut will made many votes. If the DEM
OcratS secure some reduction of the
Republican vote in southern New Jer-
Scy, where the bulk of the Republi-
can strength is, they will carry the
State. both for the State and the Ma
tional ticket.
Surprised by His BOldncss.
The boldness of Judge Parker in
invading the trust stronghold and
making opposition to trusts the CHIEF
issue of the campaign eXcites the Won
der and admiration of Democrats
There is nothing to show that this
will injure him there, while it is
bound To- help the cause everywhere
else i'm the doubtful States. Even ir
New Jersey there is Il strong opposi-
ton to the trusts which Cypress the
people. Especially is this true
of two classes of voters-the con
sumers of provisions in the large
towns who have small incomes and
whose wages have not been increased
while their outlay has become grad
ually larger by the operations of the
beef and bread trusts and other bloat-
cd eNtOrtionerS in the neceSsaries OF
life.
y newspaper man who is just in
from long tour in the West ont UNI
dertaken however to ascertain general
political facts, but engaged in making
n SnRaiJI nj
spondent that while in the far West
the Roosevelt talk was uppermost
several of the Rocky Mountain States
would vote for Parker. He thought
both Montana and Nevada would go
Democratic. while Utah showed lean
ings that way and there might be
other States of that region i'm the col
umn of Democracy.
The two Congressional committee
chairmcn are after each other with
red hot pokers in their respective op-
poncnt'S home district. At the Demo-
cratic headquarters it was said that
Babcock would be beaten by 5000 ma
Jority, and that the result would be
achieved by the La Toilette faction
holding out against him clean to the
bitter end. The Republicans profess
To be able TO beat Chairman Cowherd
in Missouri. This claim is stoutly de-
MED by the chairman's friends, who
say his election is secure, although
there is fight. a Republican laughed
today and observed 1T would be fun
NY indeed if Cowherd should beat
Babcock in Wisconsin and Babcock
beat Cowherd in Missouri The bet
ter opinion is that Babcock will be de-
feated and Cowherd be elected. Be-
sides Babcock, there are three or four
other districts in Wisconsin likely to
be carried by the Democracy owing to
the great State schism in that COM
monwealth.
Is Nanl>y PankN Pou Muzzled?
The Republicans. are very much
worried over the delay of COrtelyou in
answering Judge Parker's charges.
They feel that ii will be accepted by
the public as a sort of confession.
A greater number than usual OF
government employees here are going
home to vote. The capital is vir-
tually deserted. About 500 Will 60
from the Governments printing Office.
Including those who intend going later
the numbers at the city postoffice is
l5o. Something like 10 per cent. OF
the total number of employees IN the
Interior Department will vote. There
VIII be considerably over 200 from the
PoStofflce Department and few lar
ger number from the Treasury. y
considerable number from the Agri-
cultural Department will also cast
their ballots, more than sixty being
gone already