Arizona silver belt., 1904-09-22
Both Great Political Parties Have Perfected Their National
 Organizations
CONTEST IS ON IN EARNEST
Visit of Judge Parker to New York City Has Frightened Democratic Hopes. Senator uOrman Active in Manment of the Campsign.

Richard Olney has finally declined to be the democratic nominee for gov ernor of Massachusetts.
 Chairman Thomas Taggart assured the democratic leaders at Indianapolis that New York, New Jersey and Con- uecticut were sure to be democratic, and only Indiana was needed to elect Parker.
 Complaint is made that Chairman Cowherd, of the democratic congress sional committee, is receiving no sup port from the national committee and is without funds to carry on the com mitUee work.
 Judge ParkerS $ insistence that there shall be nothing printed in the demo- cratic text book that in any way re- fleets apOn the personal honor and in- tegrity of President Roosevelt, is in- dicative of the high character of the democratic nominee for president. 
 A republican plurality of P, l20 is shown by complete returns from the Maine election, the unofficial tabula- ton of which from the 522 cities, towns and plantations was completed Sept. II. While these figures show a republican gain of 1890 votes over 1900 thav alsn indic,ta a dap,n,ratio ,aip of II PA, or net gain for their par ty of 6254.
 With the settlement of democratic differences in Greater New York, credited to Judge Parker's personal influence, and with Senator German actively participating in the manage ment of the campaign, it is confident ly expected that from this time for. ward until the election the democra. tic cause will be urged with persist. ence and success.
 Timmothy E. Ryan, of the democra- tic national executive committee from Wisconsin, has expressed the belief that the republicans will lose large number of congressman in the vest ern states. "In Wisconsin they will lose four or five. In Michigan, Min nesota, Illinois and Mont tana they will also lose number. It is possible that the democrats will gain two congress- men in Iowa. Altogether, we are very much pleased at the present outlook in the west.''
 After conference lasting two days with the democratic leaders in Indi. ana, Chairman Tdggart, of the demo- cratic national committee, said: "The condition of the organization in Indi. ana at this time is most encouraging. l had heard great deal about apathy but after conference with the work ers l am convinced that there is very little of it, so far as they are con cerned. The democrats of Indiana are in fighting mood"
 Thomas II. Clark, of Washington, D. C., who has been campaigning in behalf of Parker and Davis in New York and New Jersey, says he failed to discover the lack of interest in the campaign that 50 many observers claim t see. He spoke to large au- diences and the really significant point in all he heard and saw was that how. ever man might at the time intend to vote, he frankly confessed to dis trust of the temper and character of President Roosevelt. Mir. Clark said: "Ghe really commanding issue, in my Judgment, will be the tariff. This country has Outgrown the protective system. If not menace, it is a hind. rance to our highest development, and l venture to predict that this issue will be pushed steadily to the front during the remainder of the cam paign."
 Repeated statements, from republi. can sources, of course, that Chairman Taggart is being discredited and dis placed by New York leaders, lash In. diana democrats into rage, says a cor respondent of the Washington Post. Even Mr. Taggar's paper, the Indi. annapolis Sentinel, takes c0guizance of these yarns, which are, in the main, without foundation. But MT. Taggart IS himself a postmaster ia making trouble for his political enemies, and likely enough some of the annoying reports about Indiana republicans, which have created bad feeling in To- calities, could be traced to the na. tlonal chairman doorstep. The re- publicans surely will not have a mo. nopo'y on that kind Of campaigning in Indiana. Meanwhile both parties seem to be putting up good contest for the electoral vote of the state. The sixty-day poll has been taken. It