The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-01
A SPLENDID SHOWING.
The Brooklyn Eagle Predicts Par<er's
 Election.

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 Election. Brooklyn Eagle, Oct. 30.
 Elsewhere In this issue will be found the result of an effort to anticipate the Sono t o of tSs as Euri1S in it should be overlooked. the first requisite being that its significance should neith- CT be overestimated nor exaggerated. What 1t is not, as well as what 1t is, should be clearly comprehended. For instance, 1t Is not a calculation based upon answers received from voters who registered during the first two days of reckoning at all. Readers who bear this in mind will not be apt to take too much for granted.
 i Senator Scott. second in command to ed. Before leaving for West Virginia a few days ago, he said: The battle is over and the victory is ours." As a matter of fact the campaign will last fact. victory will so to neither side unz til Tuesday of next week. Meanwhile, | there Is nothing enthusiastic about a postal card canvass. Conscientiously Also, 1t is much better worth taking | into account than the utterances of those who think that victory will be achieved because they regard 1t as a | Other efforts to ianticipate the polit- icaf drift of things" have been made by The Eagle. On the whole, its expe- rfences have been singnlariy fortunate. which Is not too much to say for them. On more than one occasion it has been somewhat staggered by it's own arith- metic. However, 1t has had, so to
 ,s sss Saygs a.td Sf s sqrss M co aSa | dence History Is repeating itself. To | be entirely frank about the matter, the l calculations to which attention is call | ed are somewhat startling to The aplA at Ia n Ia n be concerning the Democratic chances. A shift of 9 per cent. Is figured out. Assuming this to be indicative of what will happen. Parker will carry rality, while Herrick will give a bet ter account of himself at the Brooklyn polls. Even the Democratic managers have not regarded such an outcome as erous of their, estimates being far short of any such surprising figures. Incre- | dulity is to be expected. It Is not to be expected that such figures will car less they tell story which--as far as 1t goes--is not susceptible of success | full impeachment. The canvass to be completed week hence will cover a ent calculations to revision.
 There are indications of per cent. drift in Manhattan. This is not guess. It Is statement based not up- 
 Is true of the State irrespective of the | metropolitan district. Moreover, the | results of a canvass made in Maryland show an exactly identical change. True, the scale of this canvass was compar- ativeIy small. but the fact that 1t lines up with Brooklyn. Manhattan and the Empire State at large Is sufficiently impressive. It has the aspect of more percentages which seem to have
 striking habit of spreading and per
 sisting. It almost begins to look as though would be the abracadabra of
 one of the side lights is the fact that not a few voters are undecided as to
 what they will do with reference to
 the governorshfp. They say don't | reserved for an answer. This is some
 what mystifying. It might be easy to understand why some voters should ma
 It difficult to make choice between
 Parker and Roosevelt, but the brand of Odellism sprawls all over the Repub- l lican State ticket. So offensive IS t l that Republicans who would not dream of wavering in their allegiance 10 tnelr national ticket, will hesitate not Tor a
 moment in the matter of the Governor
 ship. It would seem as though they meant to administer lesson Which VIII not soon be consigned to oblivion. The Republican lease of power in the State should not be renewed. A change will be of undoubted service 10 tne commonwealth. At the pest or IL, | things are in rut at the capital; at
 the worst, well, mud as substitute | for rock Is suggestive enough. Foul air gives place to fresh when doors are opened, which has anything but | remote resemblance to what Is likely l to come to pass when State admin l istration changes hands. From such | change no harm can possibly accrue. | From such a chang Asood IS more than | likely to result. TIe nrst concern or | the voter should be the welfare or the | common wealth, no matter with which | party he alflliates. One ana the same 1 individual is Governor and campaign
 manager. This precedent should be
 discountenaneed.
 Departure from custom will not be
 resented Hitherto The Eagle has per-
 mitted it's posraI card canvass to tell
 it's own story practically without com
 ment On this occasion it has an opin- ion to express. Indeed 1t may be said ] to have a conviction. The logic of the
 figures is that there Is to be change
 in the party auspices under which Af- 1 fairs have been administered at Wash
 ington. That such a change is in- | pending The Eagle Is now convinced. 1t is sincere In the belief that Alton
 B. Parker will on Tuesday of next
 week be elected President of the United
 States. The only anchor 1t has to cast | to the windward Is the suggestion that l itA readers await the completion of the
 canvass Should corroboration- come next Sunday about all the doubt that | fingers now will disappear.
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