The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-28
AN ABSURD CLAIM.
cortelyou Says BE will Bag Two Hun
dred and Ninety Votes
BRYAN's STIRRING CAMPAIGN

In Indiana is Said to Have Captur.
ed Fifteen Thousand Votes
for Parker and
Davis.
A dispatch from New York says
managers Of the Republican campaign
profess TO be so confident of Roose.
yelt's election that they have practi-
cally suspended work at national
headquarters in that city and Chair,
man CortelYou has gone west to spend
mCst OF the time remaining before the
election at Chicago headquarters. Mr..
Cortelyou has ], fl for the west, coin
cidentally claiming 200 electoral votes
for Roosevelt. This state ment, 1T is
said, was based upon a CANVASS Of the
entire country. 1t comedies Parker
l51 votes and classes 85 votes as
doubtful. The total electoral vote is
476, so that only 239 are needed for q
majority.
In the Republican claim OF 200 elec
toral- votes for Roosevelt New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana
are classcd as surely Republican. The
doubtful states, from a republican
standpoint, have now been reduced to
eight, namely, Colorado, Delaware,
Maryland, Montana, Nevada, Utah,
West Virginia and Wyoming. The
Republicans say that West Virginia,
Delaware, Maryland and Utah are by
no means sure for the Democrats, and
that with the work now being done
there is good chance of their going
for Roosevelt.
RIDICULES CLAIMS OF REPUBLICANS.
Tam many Leader Murphy made
light OF the Republican claim that
they would carry New York. He
said the result Of the two days regis
tration negativcd that claim.
There was q gain in the DemOcra
tic districts and falling Off in the
Republican DISTRICTS" he said. What
more do we want? The failing eff in
some Of the downtown districts is ac-
counted for by The fact that the peo.
pie are moving uptown. The incrcas-
ed registration in the twenty third Is
distinctly favorable to us on this ac-
count. The reported failure Of the
independent vote to register 1 have
not heard much about, but If it is true
we don't lose anything by it. That
vote has always teen with the Repub,
licans.
Chairman Taggart said that he
never had given out any figures and
probably would not this year, but he
reiterated his claim that all doubtful
states are sure for Parker.
BiiYAN's wuIRLwIND CAMPAIGN.
News comes from Indiana that the
nwhirlwind" BRYAN tour has had the
s--ssCus Ul Nssfultaz1s,r1H Il 8 rla tiiv-i thotl
sparties. The Democrats, flushed with
hope and newborn confidence Of vic
tory, are working as they never work
ed before, and the Republicans have
been startled into realization that
there is danger, and they are on the
alert to save every vote possible and
conserve the states support to their
party.
John p. Kern, the Den ocratic NOM
inee for governor OF Indiana, says:
Bryan Is putting fire and force into
this, campaign that we know not Of.
He Is more earnest as an advocate for
another's candidacy than he was for
his own. Bryan's audiences In 1896
and 190O-I was with him on both
tours-were large and enthusiastic,
but in neither Of those campaign was
he greeted by such enormous crowds
as he had last week.
:: can say without hesitation and
stake all my reputation as a political
observer o the statement that Bry.
an's tour has determined the votes
of at least ten THOUSAND men who
were waverinp, and L believe he has
won thousands who had decided to
vote for Roosevelt"
BIG PURCHASABLE VOTE.
All ~. oil Serves or political drift
say there aye 0,000 purchaseable
voters In THAI state who are now ready
to talk business. Both Chairman Cor
telyou and Chairman Taggart will
soon be in Indianaroli and 1t is the
steadfast opinion Of those who believe
in conducting campaigns on business
principles" that the man who takes
the biggest barrel to Indiana will
land these llOaters. George Foster
Peabody, secretary OF the democratic
national committee, asserts that the
partv will 'cheerfully go down to
defeat before they will buy a single
vote, and, moreover, he says the COM
mite has not FUNDS for such pur-
poses. There are increasing signs OF
democratic activity. Not only will
Chairman Taggart give his personal
attention to the campaign In Indiana,
but more speakers have been assigned
to speak in all doubtful states while
of still greater importance Is the fact
that Judge Parker will speak twice
before delegations at ESopuS Friday
and Saturday.
BRISK ELECTION BETTING.
Election betting has been slow,
taking the whole country over. In
Wall street there Is always some
wagering, but there Is little or none
in Chicago. In Indianapolis it is
different. Nearly every Poor Mans
Club" in the city has big blackboard
covered with crayon announcements
of amounts and odds that may be had
upon application to the man behind
the bar. One OF these places offers
over fifteen thousand dollars in va
rious fets, and has already placed a
like amount. The bets are all small,
most of them under one hundred dol
.ars, nCne over five numbered dollars
Parker money is offered at thirty to
one hundred dollars, and few takers.
Roosevelt at fifty to twenty five dol
lars Is popular wager and finds