Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-26
ROOSEVELT Is AHEAD
ADMISSION BY CONSERVATIVE
POLITICIANS OF BOTH PARTIES.
NO indication That Democrats Can GET
E1ghty-Eight Electoral Votes
and Solid South.

Six weeks from tomorrow it will all be
over The political prophets. wiseacres and
soothsayers will take to the back se,ts
some OF them, and others will cash in their
wise pets The "I-told-you-so'' men will be
iouoiy In evidence and in the evening there
VIII De much celebration, loud cries of an
guish and yet louder shouts of rejoicing.
contemplating the prospect six weeks In
advance or the election, thoughtful and
conservative politicians in both parties ad.
NIT that Roosevelt continues to have the
best OF the outlook. Nothing has happened
since the nomination of the candidates and
the drawing of the issues by the convention
to show the democrats more clearly where
they can obtain the eighty electoral
votes necessary, in addition to the solid
south's vote, to elect their ticket
On the contrary. the democratic cause In
some of the states upon which the party
must absolutely depend for victory appears
TO be growing weaker. Preliminary cam
democrats have made substantial gains In
either New Jersey, Connecticut, Indiana or
West Virginia, all of which states they
must carry. together with New York. to
win.
Situation in New York.
The situation in New York is pretty we'll
understood by all observers of politics and
is admittedly favorable to the democrats
on the state ticket and on the other hand
shows increased republican prospects on the
national ticket. The democrats must carry
the electoral ticket in New York before
they hope to win.
Chairman Thomas Taggart of the demo-
cratic national committee, viewing the no.
Seate prospect in New York with regard to
the state ticket, shifts victory in the air.
He argues that Indiana. Connecticut and
New Jersey usually go with New York.
There is no local situation, however, in
either of those states which resembles the
condition in New York and which would
furnish reasonable basis for hope of q
political revolution. 1t is admitted that 1t
is the local trouble which makes New York
doubtful state SO far as the state ticket
is concerned.
about West Virginia than they were at the
outset of the campaign. and now talk
seriously of carrying that state. The CAM
paign Is being made on the score OF the
will be remembered that West Virginia re-
pudiated one of her most favored sons
William L. Wilson, after trial of his low
tariff specific proposed by the democratic
party. They were at deaths door, "and
Prof. Wilson's specific pulled 'em through"
Since then they have been sour on low
tariff. Moreover, the population of the
state has grown, notably among the indus
trial classes. by accessions from Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio, and they are likely to be
republicans.
Davis Has Side-Stepped on the Tariff.
1t is observed that Mr.. Henry G. Davis
has side-stepped considerably on the tarifr
in his speeches throughout the state. and
is trying to get as far away as possible
from the Bourke Cochran and Champ Clark
ideas of tariff reform, which is destruction
Of the tariff from "turret to foundation
stone" Republicans think that Mr.. Davis
is rejecting in his speeches his cognizance
n
state.
Reports from Indiana do not bring
great deal of information indicating
change either way Judge Parker was told
in New York last week by a politician just
in from the Hoosier state that the gold
democrats of Indiana, who have voted with
the republicans since 1896, are back in the
fold this year and will vote the straight
democratic ticket. That was the most en-
couraging information the national organi-
cation has received from Indiana and 1t did
serve to hearten them up considerably.
In New Jersey and Connecticut the fight
is going along standard lines, much as It
has progressed in the past, but with the
money question largely eliminated 1t Is a
question of protection or tariff tinkerlng
with the industrial classes and the repub-
lcan orators are making stand pat
campaign. The republican managers are
very confident of both these states. and 1t
is noted that the democratic managers
claim them only on the ground of a general
slump, landslide or political revolution.
Fight for the House.
The liveliest kind of a fight is going on
to secure the House of Representatives.
The democrats have scared their fellows
In the House with the suggestion that X
the republicans win the next HOUSE they
may reduce the representation OF the
southern states and put the democrats out
of power forever. That suggestion has
brought a number Of democratic campaign
ers in a hurry to New York, from the
south and west, anxious to take part In the
campaign to try and save the day.
Messrs Babcock. Overstreet and Hull or
the republican congressional committee
continue to have third-day chills in their
headquarters in New York. in alright over
the prospect of losing the House, and the
wicked democrats over there say that "col-
lections must be bad" BY the same token,
they say that their Brother Cowherd must
be having a congestive chill every day.