Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-10-01
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK
DEMOCRATIC MANAGERS HAVE
DONE BIG THINGS.
DAVIS HAS APPElSED WEST VIRGINIA
And Elkins Doesn't Care " Repubii.
cans Lose the state-Taggart Prom.
ises to Deliver Indiana, and Con.
necticut and New York Both Look
Good, But the Situation In New Jer.
sey Is Not Encouraging.

New York, Sept. 27.--When Judge
Parker came to the city today he dis
covered that the Democratic cam
paign had grown a backbone.
One was being developed last week
when he went back to Esopus after
three days of conference, but that it
had stiffened up wonderfully was made
clear TO him in many ways this morn
ing The Democratic National Com
mittee Is feeling hopeful about the
States OF New York, Indiana and West
Virginia
West Virginia has the most inter-
esting situation. A few days ago the
Democrats were hopeless about the
State. It is a protection State. But
last week Henry G. Davis, the candi-
date Of the Democrats, made speech,
which, 1t is said, has satisfied the coal
and railroad corporations in the State
that even IL the Democrats do revise
the tariff Mr.. Davis will see that
bituminous coal is protected. In ad-
dition to this. 1t is said that Senator
Stephen B. Elkins is content to have
the Democrats carry the State. The
State of Senator Scott, and not of
Elkins. is at stake, and Mr.. Elkins
never did care much for Roosevelt.
anyhow. So the word is being passed
along the Democratic line that Mr..
Davis will look after West Virginia
and will deliver 1t to Mr.. Parker.
Thomas Taggart has promised the
Eastern members of the national
committee that If they deliver New
York and either New Jersey or Con-
necticut, he will answer for Indiana.
This has put the two wings Of the
committee on terms of friendly rival
ry. The Democratic managers realize
that they will have to fight hard for
these three States, but they are al
ready working on Connecticut and
New Jersey, in the hope of improv-
ing the situation in those States and
adding to the Parker vote. They
know that they must have at least a
dozen electoral votes from doubtful
States, in addition to those from New
York, West Virginia and Indiana. The
Connecticut situation is improving,
but that In New Jersey is far from
satisfactory.
Situation in New Jersey.
Much attention was given to New
Jersey today at national headquar-
ters. Robert S. Davis, Of Hudson
county, and William J. Thompson. Of
South Jersey, were at national head
quarters in consultation with Chair
man Taggart, Executive Chairman
Sheehan and Vice.Chairman Nicoll.
The nomination of c. c. Black for
governor by the Democrats and the
forcing of the issue of equal taxation
has given the Democrats great en-
'couragement, and steps are being
taken to strengthen and perfect the
organization, which has been permit
ted to run down. 1t is said that Chair
man Taggart, who has the best or
ganized State in the Union, almost
wept when told the condition into
which the New Jersey organization
had fallen. The Democrats have
awakened to the fact that the Repub-
licans are making serious inroads into
their vote by making appeals to the
Hebrews and to the Catholics. There
are in the east side several Yiddish
daily newspapers of wide circulation.
All these papers are supporting Roose-
welt because OF his friendly attitude
toward the Hebrews and because Of
his conduct in the Kishineff incident.
The Irish Americans are being ap.
pealed to On several grounds. One is
the manner in which the administra-
tion acted toward the Catholic church
in the Philippines. This has won for
Mr. Roosevelt very friendly feeling
from the Catholic hierarchy and from
the pope. Another matter which has
brought him many friends among the
clergy was the appointment Of Arch
bishop Ryan as one Of the board on
Indian schools. The national, State
and county committees are circulating
among the voters Of Irish birth and
Irish extraction pamphlet in which
are collected many expressions OF
friendship of Mr.. Roosevelt for the
Irish soldier, scholar, orator and arti-
san. The Republican campaigners are
being aided in the work In splitting
the Catholic vote by the support of
Catholic journals In New York, Con