The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-30
So Declares Mr.. Daniels
and Gives His
Reasons.
New York, New Jersey and Connect
cut Will March in the Democratic
Ranks, and if the People of Indi-
ana Carry that State, Roosevelt
Will Retire From Office the
Fourth of March.

Mr.. Josephus Daniels, of this city,
has returned from New York, where
he attended the meeting of the Ma
tional Democratic Executive Commit
tee, and from Esopus where with
other members of the committee he
called on Judge Parker. He returns
confident that New York will vote for
Parker and Davis, and believing that
the outlook for their election is good.
Speaking last night of the outlook, Mr..
Daniels said
Judge Parker win be the next
President of the United States.
He is certain to carry New York,
New Jersey and Connecticut, and
il the Indiana people carry the
HoOSier State, Roosevelt will re-
tire from Office ON the 4th OF next
March
THAT is q statement made to me
by the one man in New York who
knows most about the political situa-
tiOn today. 1t is in the air that the
Democrats are going to win. Men
who a month ago felt that there was
no hope of success, are now confident
of victory. They do not underestimate
the strength of the Republican party
or the odds against the Democrats, but
they feel that the trend toward the
Democratic party since the st. Louis
convention will continue and that be-
fore November the gains will be Sutfi-
cient to put Judge Parker in the White
House. AS to New York, there is no
doubt among the Democratic leaders
and business men with whom / have
talked, that it's electoral vote will go
for Parker. | have talked with scores
Of leading Democrats, business men
and bankers, who give reasons for the
confidence they have of Democratic
success. 1t is much more certain to-
day that Parker will carry New York
than it was that Cleveland would car
ry it in 1892. Roosevelt never was q
popular candidate in New York and
his majority was only a few thousand
when he ran for Governor whereas
Mckinley had carried the State by
over two hundred thousand at the
previous election. But weak as
Roosevelt is in New York as a vote
winner, the National Republican ticket
is stronger than the Republican State
ticket is apt to be. The truth is that
Odell who is both governor of the
State and the chairman of the Repub-
lican Executive Committee, is very
unpopular and the people, many Re-
publicans included, are anxious to get
a whack at the Odell machine. Par
everywhere as a strong and safe man;
one who can be relied upon to do
the right thing without any spectacu-
lar exhibition, and this characteristic
will secure for him the vote of the
most solid business men in the city
end in the up the State counties.
''You can have no conception said
one of the foremost bankers in Brook
lyn last night whose name if given
L, Il a,ssara foo hos h.n
knows what he is talking about, of
the strong tide that is setting toward
Parker or the number of independent
and Republican voters who will sup
port him unless you could see and talk
to them. This is not only true in
Brooklyn and New York, where it is
pronounced, but all over the State.
The manufacturers and bankers, the
business men and farmers all have
great faith in Parker, because they be-
lieve he will give the country an ad-
miniStration that Will insure peace.
They wish peace, and concord with all
nations and wish a man in the White
House who will not go around with
a chip on his hat. The Panama Incl
dent shows the danger of a President
who is guided by his own notions in
stead of by the solemn treaties and
laws of his country. Roosevelt
might have put us in a world wide war
if he had pursued that buccaneering
policy toward a stronger nation than
Columbia
"The spirit here among the thought
full Democrats is not one of over con-
tidence or brag or buster. They re-
cognize that this is always close and
doubtful State and that conditions
change rapidly and that the party
that has the best organization and
works the hardest will have the best
chance of winning out, but they are
quite as confident that with anything
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