The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-21

crnor cummins lost out, and the present
State convention Is III full control OF
the stand .patters. But in his speech
last night lie declared for the tmnne-
diate revision OF the tariff. lie was as
insistent that schedules be revised at
once as any Demo srat could be-. His
speech creatcd much opposition among
warmly received by that section of the
convention which holds with the Gov
.ernor that tile tariff should be revised
III once. " ~ 81 M
This ,as;ti revision sentiment iii Iowa
should not 80 tile Democrats airy hatin.I
az change OF less tllnn ten thousand
Votes. according & to tile vote Of 1S,2,
would put the State In the Democratic
column. There Is a. chance that the
Dem ocrats may VI gain this much, owing
to the tariff revision sentiment of Iowa,
with SCanad la, which is very strong in the
State. and for which .Ile iJen1oclatlc
platform declares ificaliy
Fight for Western States.
Norman r. Mack, Democratic national
cides the presidential confess & in al the
simplest way ilnag inablc.
Me- are going to lart.y New ''ork,
New j Jersey. Connecticut, and, believe,
Indiana, II, he says. ~ That will give us
three votes to sra re, II we carry Ken \
lucky. West Virginia and Maryland. ''lss $
~ ta1nay be said that there Is little or
no doubt that the Democrats will carry
Kentucky and Maryland and the
chances are In favor of their carrying
West Virginia. Mr. Mack thinks there
is good chance 8of the Democrats car
irylng Colorado, and one or two other
small States Of the8{SyNest, and wants a.
fight made IN those States. so that the
electoral votes gained there may be used !
in casc8tfe Democrats should slip up in
some other State, which they expect To-
carry. ssS ,s 4S53 SS Y S
Ss5 T. is we'll enough a % remember that ifl
the Democrats carry the solid South
Including Kcntucky and N aryland 81. and
also carry New \ ork, New J Jersey Con-
snccticut and s8 Indiana, the trick Is
turned, and Judge Parker vii be the
successor Of President Roosevelt. The
tremendous influence which Senator Da-
Wis has In West Virginia is expected to-
make that State Democratic. ] t is the
Influence Fof Senator Davis which is cx-
pected to play a highly important part
in turning the electoral vote OF Indiana
into the DenlPcratic column ..at He has
many important Interests in that State
and is about rs well known as no j. is in
Nest u irginia Thomas Taggart has
said sall along that Indiana Is one OF the
most promising fields 81 for i, Democratic
missionary ndcavor. T he large percent
of the vote O Indiana which is pur-l
.chasa BILE makes the result always more
or less a mat ter Of doubt. Grover 4 leve-
land carried the State in s. 1854 by a pli-i
srality of 6,512. 81 But BENZ Harrison
carried It in 1855 by q plurality OF 2,34S.
In 1892 Cleveland carried lit by a plu-
EIalityS Of a, 125 Bryan lost the State In
1886 by "a plurality Of is, 1871 y and In 1900
by plurality Of %, ~ 4 the vote OF
1892 be used In making Comparisons, Il it
will be seen that the Democrats have
"a better chance & Of carrying the State
than the Republicans have. M 81
This Settles It.
e Hull. Massachusetts. which claims Ito
be 4 he unfailing barometer Of, political
feeling In this country, has said whether
Parker, or Roosevelt Isl to be the next
President Pre- Of the 4 United States. Hull
claims to have giventit vote to the win.
ming candidate for the presidency eyer
since Franklin Pierce was elected In
1852, A fpoll Of the town was recently
made, with the result that ia OF the cit
liens were found to- favor the election
iofsJudge Parker, and 96 Theodore Roose-.
Welt. But the value o the poll was
much impaired by the steadfast refusal
OF 81 residents to Indicate their prefer
cncc. 81 ~ 81 E iSS5s$
A8 The Democrats would carry / Illinois i Z
there We're large cities in that State as
Iii New Y DIRK. Parker and Davis viii.
carry Chicago. by a decided majority;
as pronounced, perhaps, as Il he vote By
which the Democratic ticket will cal ry
New York city. But the agriculture vote
of the State IS thought to BIO Republ-
can. It is probably so largely Republican
that it will overcome tlleS Dem ociatlc
majority which will be. rolled up In the
larger owns II there were MS many
large cities In lllnois8ns thcre are in
New York State the Democrats would
$be8 as confident OF success in Illinois as
they are Of being able to carry New
York. They viii mot give sl,p Illinois
without a fight, hut they o not enter
upon the struggle with confidence In
diana Is thought 70 offer much better
tchances, Ii 81 Il