The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-08-03
DRIFT TO PARKER SEEN.
New York Herald Takes straw Vote OF
lWOrkera and Einda Much shIfttnE.

Political polls made by The new
YORK Herald In n variety OF estaplisini-
ments and among men of various car
tngs indicate considerable shifting OF
votes. Quite a number of men who
voted the Republican Presidentlal tlck-
et In 1900 will vote the pemocratlc
ticket this year. small per centage
OF draymen will vote for Roosevelt out
the drift is to Parker. This is consio-
cred natural because of the peculiar
conditions four years ago. ,. -
poll was made of the employees on
tne wholesale dry goods houses OF the
II. b. McClafiin Company and James
~. Durham & Co. In the canvass OF
these two establishments 2l2 voters de-
clared themselves as follows:
For Roosevelt ................'
tut Pafker. ..''..'.' 90
Undecided :. :. ................ 20
In the election four years ago the
men In the same establishments voted
as follows:
For Mckinley E. ...............lZ S
ore SS tho ,,,ost 'rre.nreseniative vot-
Ing aggregations of the large estaD-
lishments of this city is perhaps the
main Office of the New York Life In
surance Company. The result of the
canvass was:
For Roosevelt :. .................. 125
For Parker (voted for Mckinley. 25
For Parker (voted for Bryam 80:
For Parker (voted for Palmer and .
These are the figures of the poll of
the Steinway piano factory, ana
Number of men interviewed ::;iiS2S
Voted for Mckinley in 1900, will
vote for Roosevelt ............ Al
Voted for Bryan in 1900. will vote a.
vo,a for fd par MeK,n,av in 1000 viii 20
vote for Parker $500. -.
Several said they were going to vote
for Roosevelt because he was a tighter
and others said they were for Parker
no. L tnI hn II
get the country into any trouble with
other countries.
These are the figures of the poll of
| conductors and motormen
For Roosevelt =. :. ............... So
For Socialist Labor party candidate 5
For Richard Croker ............... i
Number voting for Parker who vot- .,
Number voting for Parker who vot-
Number voting for Roosevelt who
| voted for Bryan ............... l
Many of the Roosevelt voters said:
Both Parker and Roosevelt are in
with the trusts, SO we might as we'll
vote for Roosevelt, as we always have
r. influence of Race Issue.
One man said Roosevelts position on
the negro question would cause him
not to vote, as he would not vote a
Democratic ticket and could not con-
| scientiOusly vote for Roosevelt,
OF 610 preferences expressed by pat
| rons of the Manhattan Beach hotels
| and the Brighton Beach Hotel Roose-
Welt was the favorite of 3S7 and Parker
of 1913. About half a dozen were
found who had changed their politics
since the last Presidential election
| They were evenly divided between the
two popular parties.
| OF the 200 men employed In the
| Hecla Iron Works in Williamsburg fif
ty-thrce said they will vote for Parker
Land thirty-nine for Roosevelt. Thirty
none were noncommittal. Three were
Socialists and two declared they would
vote the Prohibition ticket, as they did
four wears ago. Four of the fifty
three who will vote for Roosevelt vot-
two OF the socialists. One man who
will vote for Parker always has been
a Republican.
How other Workers Feel.
A poll of 100 employees of the Smith
Carpet Works of Yonkers in random
showed the following result:
For Roosevelt ...............6a
tFNoncommittai" e. .1'!!!. ESQ !...9!.9..
h OF these eightyone voted for Nc
| Kiniey and Roosevelt in 1907, and six
teen FOR Bryan. Many OF those who
said they would vote the Republican
ticket added that they did not want
any more of the soup house racket
of the Cleveland administration. Du-
ring the last year of the Cleveland
term the Smith works were closed for
six months, the longest period since
| they were opened. Those expressing a
and giving their reasons used argu-
ments of purely local nature >and
said they would vote the ticket
| straight.