The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-07

dented for size and enthusiasm. All the natives testify to this, mad the read sris as competent as anybody else, cer- tainly as am, to make prediction as to the outcome. Some there say the majority of 1900 Is a trifie big to over- come. In Connecticut, the organiza1 ton was in a frightful condition of neglect, practical abandonment during recent years. The Democrats are pull, ing themselves together In the State and as these people up here only re- quire two or three weeks to work up the iiveliest sort of a campaign, there will be lively one in Connecticut Per sonally, I can but feel a strong reliancs upon the widely ramifying Influence of
 New York on all the nearby States. ex- cept Pennsylvania. Up in New Hamp-
 shire-oh, but this Is rainbow chasing.
 of course-fhe Democratic candidate for Governor h attempting to repeat there the tactics of William E. Russell in
 Massachusetts. He thinks he will suc- ceed this year. He has steadily pulled the Republican majority down, and this is his third candidacy. It was interest. ing to hear him addressing his audience in French on account of the number of
 French Canadians in the State. You are at liberty to put New Hampshire in the doubtful column and especially if you would like to swell the size of the column.
 My own strong impression is that the really doubtful States In the East will all be for Parker He is gaining stead fly and the rather pitiful effort on Roosevelt's part to change his spots over night Is deluding nobody in this neck of the woods He Is a constant grow weaker as Parker grows strong CT. believe the requisite changes will be made to ensure the Eastern doubtful States to Parker, and that the real fight is In the Central-west with a decent fighting chance for handful of eggs from the Rocky Mountain states.
 Now as to the West. the movement is distinctly favorable. just how favorable I can only judge by what hear. The Democrats have the ffnest organization in Indiana they have ever had in their history; they are harmonious and en- thusiastic. Tassart believes Parker will assuredIy carry the state. In Illi- fiois the factions have gotten together. It Is one of the notable features of the Democratic fight. that factions cannot live in the air that now pervades Dem ocratic caucuses and conventions. They fall upon one another's shoulders, there Is prolonged cheering and they go out together after the enemy. On the con- trary, not one single Republican fac tional difference, where the difference threatens danger. has been composed. Republicans privately admit wisconsin is In peril for them.
 So. so, there you have 1t. I have told you in fact absolutely nothing. can tell you one thing of genuine sig nif1cance. Things are very, very quiet at Republican headauarters; 1t Is q pleasure to see the stir and hear the whirr around the Century Building on Thirty fourth Street. where the Demo- cratic candidate now In effect presides. If his party has more to do, they are doing 1t with vim and a will. South. erners, see. tell me politics are ex- tremely duh down our way. That is easy to explain in economic conditions. Like conditions do not obtain at the North and those who would like to see an old-time national contest are going to have it. The practical men say there was no chance whatever of getting things to whirl before the first week in October. Thomas H. Clark.