The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-11-09
Parker Scares Them.

There may not be any chance of
Judge Parker's election, asst he Republi-
cans have been saying all along. but
there is no doubt that the Democrats
have these cocksure fellows very
much disturbed in the last days of the
campaign. and the Republicans are be-
ginning to ask themselves, in secret,
if there really may not be possibil-
ity of the government passing out of
their control.
It is very certain that the Democrat
ic managers of the campaign have a
very distinct persuasion of the posi-
bility of victory for their ticket Wal
ter Wellman of The Chicago Record
Herald, who recently wrote Of the
complete certainty of Roosevelt's cleo
tion, treats of this assurance of the
Democratic managers in letter to his
paper. "Most of the men who are
managing the Parker campaign" he
says, sincerely believe they have a
good chance to win. 1t cannot be said
they are confident, but it would be
quite as inaccurate to say that they
despair. A correct statement of the
attitude of mind is hope which they
believe to be based on rational
grounds And, it should lie added,
these men are neither fools nor ANA
tuers.
The Brooklyn Eagle, having made a
canvass of the prospect in New York
city, to which we made reference a
few days ago, makes this declaration
as deduction from that test:
The logic of the figures is that there
is to be change in the party auspices
under which affairs have been admin
istered at Washington. That such
change is impending The Eagle is now
convinced. It 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 it has to cast to
the windward is the suggestion that
it's readers await the completion of
the canvass. Should corroboration
come next Sunday, about all the
doubt that fingers now will disappear.
These ale views OF the
Democratic state of mind. Now
as to the Republicans. A staff
correspondent Of The Washing
ton Star, which is one Of the most
fixed supporters of the administra-
tion, says that ia New York business
circles there as anaazement both at the
boldness OF Judge Parker's onslaught
aginst the Republicans and at the fact
that there is no defence offered by the
Repu blicans. He continues: The
case appears to be allowed to go by
default. This policy CT silence, how
ever, is the result of studied pro-
gram on the part of the Republicans
No one but President Roosevelt or
Mr.. Cortelyon could command the
relative Importance in the public eye
with Judge Parker, and every Repub-
liam leader agrees that it would not be
appropriate for either to notice the
charges -
Only the President or Mr.. Cortel-
YOU could successfully meet the
charges pressed by Judge Parker,
thinks this correspondent and yet he
admits that it is Impossible for either
of these to take the stand, wherefore
the public at large may accept the
Democratic statemnt as true, though
they may be untounded. This phase
is giving great concern to the Repub
licans, he reports. And this condition
in New York probably extends all over
the country. Judge Parker is driving
the fight as..a furious rate and the Re
publicans are not prepared to meet his
attacks. They have been so sure OF
victory that they have dissolved their
board of strategy and drawn off their
chief armies and it is too late to le-
form their lines of defence. Charles
ton Post.
Magistrate II. l.. s. Wells has for
..dod 70 Gnrnrnnr EavcWard his reS-