Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-31
Marked Change in Political
Outlook at New York.
DUE NEWSPAPER POLLS
THIS WEEK TO BE WHIRLWIND
FINISH FOR DEMOCRACY.
New York City to Witness Greatest
Hand Struggle for Votes
in Many Years.
,pecIal From n STAFF Correspondent.

| Special From STAFF Correspondent.
| NEW YORK October 31.-This is to pc
| democratic week in the campaign. Ihe po-
| litical pendulum is likely to swing far over
toward the democratic side within the next
| four days. Whether it will swing far
| enough to indicate democratic national VIC
| tory is question to which the democratic
| managers are not ready to give positive
| affirmation and to which the republican
! managers enter stout negative.
returned to New York from trip
through Connecticut and Rhode Island TO
find a marked change in the outlook here
| There was undeniable increase in demo-
cratic hope. Among the rank and file there
was a state of joy almost hysterical That
condition was traced to the newspaper polls
made by the Brooklyn Eagle and the Ne"
York Herald, and which confirmed in their
, minds the thought of which the wish hao
been the father.
Going to the man higher up for more
definite information on the cause OF the
| accession of democratic confidence, re-
ceived an explanation which might be sum
married. in these words: Ihe democratic
national managers are not creduious
enough to prophesy victory on the nationai
ticket but honestly believe there Is very
favorable fighting chance They beleve
that Judge Parker will carry New YORK
cratic candidate for governor in New York
Will be elected.
Fair Statement of Position.
There is a fair statement of the position
of the men on the bridge and at the wheel
of the democratic campaign. They recog-
nize, however, this change in the public
temperament. or perhaps it would be wisest
to say in the temper of their own follow
n
iron is hot
The week Is to be whilwind finish for
the democrats. Up to this morning. Wheh
this dispatch is commenced, the republ1cans
have no plans for the closing week which
are likely to bring forth campaign as
spectacular as the democrats.
Judge Parker encouraged by the outlook,
is to emerge from the solitude or Esopus
and go before the people. He will make
speeches in New Jersey, New York and
Connecticut and may go to Maryland and
Indiana. Preparations are under way for
a demonstration in New York which the
democratic managers expect will be nota-
BILE ovation.
Republicans Caught Mapping.
The republicans seem to have been
caught mapping in New York city. Chair
man Cortelyou has gone west, confident
that the east was secure, and left behind
him arrangements for three principal meet
ings in New York city, at which Taft,
Root and some grand army veterans will
be the prominent speakers. The democrats
will hold eleven large meetings which Will
be addressed by such men as Rayner,
Cunneen, Hoke Smith, Shively of Indiana,
Burton Harrison, Edward M. Shepard,
Charles Francis Adams. Jerome, Towne,
Herrck and the Tammany candidates for
Congress.
Up state both parties are to set in mo-
ton small whirlwinds In every county,
Speaker Cannon has gone to Sherman's
and Littauer's districts to help them out,
and then will make a dash for Columbus.
Ohio. and indianapolis and Evansville, Ind.
The Republican Estimate.
The outlook for the campaign today,
from the republican point of view, might
be summarized as follows:
That New Jersey Connecticut and Rhode
Island are safe for Roosevelt; that New
York state will give Roosevelt close on to
30 900 plurality, unless they are being
nightly fooled; that the state ticket Is in
desperate straits, but not abandoned, by
any means.
The center of the New York fight will be
In New York city The democrats are to
vote here and the republicans will put
forth equally vigorous attempts to keep
down the democratic plurality below Har-
lem.
this city. 1t is to be a contest for indi-
vidual votes In a registered electorate of
6sOO0O. 1t Is to be the most Titanic polit
ical struggle the east has witnessed for
many years.
l am prepared to say that both parties
have money and are determined to spend
1t freely. The republicans are continuing
their campaign of wedding out the Tam
many f1oaters on the east side.
The democrats are marshaling the la
boring vote on the trust question and pro-
vidng ways and means for getting them to
the polls. No man need fear to lose
days wages by going to vote.
Undoubtedly there will be a stiffening of
the republican campaign before the week
is much older. There will have to be.
There is no material change in the repub-
lican congressional situation since the re-
sumo published in these dispatches about
ten days ago mo bridges have gone down,
nor have any culverts washed out since
them" as one man put it. The inside esti-
mate still figures a republican plurality
ranging anywhere from thrty-six to
twenty, the first being the upset figure
based on the congressional ticket receiving
the full benefit of Roosevelt's prestige and
the other figure the minimum and allowing
for possible democratic land slide.
Both Headquarters Busy.
This was a busy day at the state head
quarters of both parties. At democratic
headquarters it was "dough-day for the
upstate lieutenants They came down In
numbers to get their last installments of
| election-day money. and went away with
their faces wearing broad smiles. Mr..
Cord Meyer. the democratic state chair
man, was in high feather today. and his
predictions of victory were as free as
water.
At republican headquarters there was a
steady stream of callers all day from up
state. Republican "dough-day'' will come
later In the week. The workers from up
state were not very cocky after they got
here and heard the reports OF the threat
Their attitude today might be described as
| that of men who are facing a desperate
| situation with determination to overcome
1t. and with reasonably fair prospect of
doing so. N. o. NJ.
PLEASED OVER OUTLOOK