Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-11-05
Roth Of The Great Parties Max.
ing Claims Of Success in
The Election.
MANY UNIQUE
FEATURES
Every Reason For Republicans
to Believe That Roosevelt
Will BE Elected.

practically all over but the shouting.
Nobody yet knows who will do the
shouting, but the minds OF the peo-
pie are made up. the campaign closes
tonight, and the election OF Tuesday
win only be to ccure an official rec.
ord OF a decision already made.
Six national contentious have nom.
mated candidates for the presidency
and for the Vice-P Presidency. Theo-
dore Roosevelt Of New York was re-
nominated for president and Senator
Charles w. Fairbanks of Indiana, for
vice-president by the republicans at
Chicago. Alton B. Parker OF New
York for President and Henry G..
Davis OF West Virginia for Vice-Presi.
dent were put up by the men In con-
troll of the democratic convention mt
Springfield, ILL.,, the populist nominal
ed Thomas II. Watson Of Georgia for
President and Thomas II. Tibbles Of
Nebraska for vice-president. The pro.
~hibitionists at their convention In
Indianapolis put up DIR. Silas g. Swal.
low OF Pennsylvania for President and
George w. Carroll Of Texas. for Vice
President. The socialist party brought
out Eugene v. Debs OF Illinois for
President and Benjamin Hanford. Of
New York for Vice-President. The
sixth ticket In the field Ia that OF the
socialist labor party. headed by
Charles II. Corregan OF New York for
President and Williams w. Cox Of II.
linois for Vice.President.
Broadly speaking. the campaign now
closing has been remarkable
for the general apathy dis
played by the country at large. The
national convention at st. Louis In
July resulted In the old.line or conserv.
alive element regaining control OF the
democratic party. The %onsequenc
OF this was that the financial aues.
ton. which was the burning Issue In
1890 and again In 1900, was eliminated
from the campaign this year. This
left the old subject OF tariff revision
AS the chief issue. Other questions
have been brought to the front by
both OF the leading parties, but they
have failed utterly to arouse the vot.
ers TO anything like the Intense In.
terest displayed in tho campaigns of
Tour and eight years ago,
A remarkable feature OF the can.
paign is that each OF the two leading
candidates has directed his own bat.
lie. President Roosevelt has refrain.
ed from making any public utterance
during the campaign and Judge PARK.
mas been content with delivering a
dozen public addresses. Senator Fair.
hanks, the republican candidate for
v~icespresident has been on the stump
day and night for two months or
more and has made speeches from
Maine TO California. Other party
leaders who have been active In the
republican campaign are Secretary
TAFT. Secretary Shaw. Elihu Root n
several Of the republican senator's.
William ] Bryan's tour OF Indiana
was the most notable feature OF the
democratic national campaign. In
eight days the former candidate for /
the Presidency made fiftyeight spserh.
es In the Hoosier state. and the ro.
publicsns were forced TO bring their
heaviest campaign artillery 10 bear on
the same commonwealth in an effort
TO offset his Influence Mr. BRYAN
was heard also In West Virginia. n.
linois and several other states. Anoth.
er orator who has done yeoinan ser.
vice for the democrats Is ". Bourke
Cochran of New York. who made an
extensive o u Of the middle and west.
ern states. Ex-senator Davis. the
candidate for the vice-Presidency has
confined his work chiefly to the i'm
portant states Of Maryland aud West
Virginia.
Thomas Z Watson. the populist can.
didaie for President. has been on the
go almost since his nomination. He
has addressed large audience in half
The states Of The union and though be
himself SAYS he has no expectation OF