The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-08
REPUBLICANS
 ARESANGUINE Washington Believes MT. Roosevelt Will Win. oFFIcEHoLDERs' IDEAS Stand -PatterS Through the
 Force of Habit. Profess to Think that Judge Parker Did Not substantiate the Charges
 Made Against Roosevelt
 and Cortelyou.

Washington. Nov. 7.-71Special.)-- The eve of every presidential elec- tien in Washington is affected by the breath of whatever party Is in power. The capitol ozone is impregnated with the inspiration and expration of vast circle of ofice holders who are all stand patters for they rigourously op- pose disturbance of existing condi- tions. This year Is no exception.
 Yesterday the Republicans of the of- flee holding class were exhibiting a degree of elation as though from some unwonted stimulant all on account of President Roosevelts slashing retort to Judge Parker's charges. They seem e dto think that inasmuch as he failed to show that Mir. Roosevelt went to some trust magnate and threatened to beat him to death with his big stick If he didn't contribute to the Repub- lican campaign fund that Parker made a disgracefui funk and fizzle Demo- crats here have to meet and confront this sort of measley subservience and smirklng obedience to the powers that be with the best humor they can com mand.
 Republican Hypocrisy.
 They know and everybody knows the stark naked hypocrisy of the ad-
 
 purpose in the face of the taking of Cortelyou from the head of the de- partment charged with Investigating and giving to the public these secrets of corporations that were inimical to the public welfare and making him campaign manager. Not the humblest person in Washington Is there but questions the propriety of making Cor teIyou chairman of the Republican na- tional committee under the circum- stances.
 All Washington expected when the department of commerce was created with Cortelyou at It's head that within two or three months the press would be supplied with important informa- ton as to the affairs of the big cor- poratfans classed with the ff,sts. But ali washington has seen not an item of this Kind of information.
 Curious as 1t may seem there are Republicans even here who dread the effect of Roosevelt's election by de- cided majority. They are of the sort who would have warmed up oyer the prospect of the continuance in the White House of a Mckinley. but four more years of a Roosevelt with the endorsement of Q national vote gives them the shivers.
 Democrats Merely HOperui'
 It may be that on account of the att mosphere of Republican official life here that Democrats on this eve of the election, used to reverses as they are, furnish no symptom of sanguine emo ton, but they are not without hopes and those hopes hang upon the possi- ble prevalence among the people of devotion to the old ideals of peace, conservatism and of conduct in high oflce not provocative of unrest and partisan and sectional bitterness.
 Democratic hope tonight is also climbing to possibilities In the silent vote and the independent vote, the former seeing in the present chief ex- ecutive a meddlesome magistrate and the latter resenting his dictation to his party as only an independent can.
 At Democratic Headquarters here today Representative Cowherd. chair man of the congressional committee, who had just returned form the West did not appear to be sanguine.
 Secretary Edwards was game and bouyant, protesting to believe that unless there was a most unacountable landslide, the Democrats would carry the house of representatives.