New-York tribune., 1904-10-21
VICTORY won, SAYS SCOTT
NEW-FORK SAFE BY 50Ooo
Thinks Parker viii BE Over,gbsr,.
iHgIy Defeated

senator Nathan b. Scott yesterdav
statement In which he said the Rc,'SI Oat a
.L.-. ,I,1 I,', "o' oe more encouraging He b.l,s-
that Judge Parker would be beaten ed oo'osed
insly. He predicted that RoOsevett.. ,o., ~Aeill-
JoH'y would be greater than that ~ N1.I-I ma
over Bryan in 1896 or In 800 He continusd '>''sy
al, All or my information from Democrat, -.
srs bsvo S. toi tnohin past the Democratic I-sa
80 lave uesn hOpeieSsiy discouraged ovS - t1sd
'he snsntest expectation OF carrying the sISd.aoHt
bsr, ns mistake TO believe that they have beeT &
DeIIa4Se0 IOr lack OF money. At the our.St Sa
Jhey encouraged their followers to beisyS.. Waes
flowed In upon them IN a generous Sfrsssh funds
GamRalsn progressed and they saw the Iitt a. ne
oS MONEY OosI UJ ssISetng tner candidate, the sap5I
Democratic leaders privately admit that tb., -
beaten and they would gladly retire from re are
test were they not compelled to maintain ar y, con-
peaIance OF activity until Election Dav A. ~
into Joke and no one now takes 1t ssrioUsIS1 1'sa
sIt otn STATE Will " my oPtnlon. give Rooae-
There Will be fewer fraudulent votes cast IN IN.
Sreat city on November than for many ysars
tH4nHs 20 the vigilance and energetic methods a.
the superintendent OF Elections. I do not beli.vs
!rt e DeIi0cILlc majority ior Parker south OF
HooseVelt's majority upstate should be al Iessr
l59,VOO aPd IL may greatly exceed that fgIre New
Jersey anG Connecticut are as safely Republican
as Massachusetts. There Is not a doubtful STAT
N that group known the Middle West-and ip
Inls group include also Indiana which viii give
ISOOseVelt 2 majority OF 2O.o0o-while the Pacifc
register record breaking majoritles '
me intermountain States are naturally Republl-
= AZ
ieBlance. / believe that every one of thena-C0i-
orsdo, tab, Idaho, MOntana-V-iI cast itg vote
sSna!y t9r Roosevelt All Of my advices 70 this
euect. although IL was thought some weeks an
that Montana might be carried for Parker Mar
Iahd IS deOatable ground, with even chance for
our carrying it,
II any doubt existed that West Virginia voula -.
nam IN the Republican column 70 has been removed
west virginia is. as our people know. dependenr
Tor It's prosperity upon protective tariff quite a.
dependent as the neighboring States OF Ohio ard
IenIlsylvan'a- II Is necessary here % repeat tn
West VirgtniaGs the story Of Industrial and
commercial development under the protection
anorded by Republican tarn policies. and thess
policies they 90 not intend TO change merely to se
Vate a few aspiring Democrats 70 power
Nor ought they to be swept on their feet by The
criticisms OF the new tax law. Plat law is WIS.,
and beneficial, and IL Will be shown when n iz
properly tested. II should be condemned in ad-
vance The country committed "a like mistake after
the passage OF the Mckinley Tariff law WithOu-
waiting to see how It would Operate-aud a wiser
law never enaCted-the voters allowed them
selves to be mised by Democratic misrepreseuta-
ton. and at the next election defeated the party
that passed It, When our industrial conditions were
properly adjusted to IL remarkable expansion Os
business set in. followed by period Of prosperity
in which every one shared. 1 now make the same
prediction about the proposed tax law IN West Viz
ginis It's results have been carefully calculated.
and IN their benefits the entire State viii share
should have a fair trial, and / believe that the
people will decide.