The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-31

that the two New e orkers &'Who are
SraIanin fer fhe dency are close
5s nj
tes cast ing 257 electoral votes
are fassified Jas strongly favoring
sepub lean electoral ticker
s8staias casting So electoral votes Will
votes for Parker and Davis q
aicrity of he electoral college cor.
sssis4 OF 239s otes. thus the Presi
dent has majority Of eighteen sure
and barker lacks eighty votes
clear ma 5ori ty;
In e doubtful columns are placed
81 stafes which cast sixty electoral
OF these the returns s necessi-
tate Tie lassi1cation Of FIVE casting
RapubI ican. There are Colorado, 5 :;
I5elaware: s s. Montana, 8, and West
Irgirfa returns also necess1-
one State Al: doubtful.
probab1 democratic. This 10
Yada electoral votes. New
orki consid ereds doubtful and given
sstosSn elth eTscan dfdate
New gorle Result Close.
This campaign has been slikened to
that 1872 when there was a tre-t
ndous and unexpected lnpheaval and
veiand carried S tates@ that had new
zone Democratic before. If the in
sdieted result Isl be changed it; must
sbe work Of influence beneath
the surface IN d cate such; an up
4 l,eaVaI except the ind icated vote of
orks City but, of#course, there
ways silent vote which: de-
ternnfnes The result.
5ssssE Inusual care has been taken in this
sacontesIS discover the Intentions of
5sthe voters Will all surface indica-i
sStionss point to Republic victory,
surface IN ications have been by no
means relied upon entirely
IA State SofaNew York a corps
s8of has spent a greater part of
Inonthsins the counties in the north
ssern part ofsthe$ State. They have Wis
ited every count y not once, but many
times They made investig cations
among all classes of voters engaged.
sa M every sort Of employment. In no
ease have ey$relied upon the reports
5so hes county committee although
both sidesah have been asked or their
figures and these tested in va
rloussWays. Much Of the bad Republi-
scan news came from the Republicans
sthemse1Yes and much of the bad Dem
Ssocratfc@news from Democrats high in,
e8party in various section.
83s Country Vel canvassed.
inilarly exhaustive methods were
sadopted tn reference to New York
City. and everything was done that
S8conscientiouss effort could devise to
Information on the prob
$ab1e result.
rom the State of Indianaft the Her.
saId obtained three polls. made by ex-
perienced men, each working indie
sspendent1y of the others One poll
made by a Democratic newspaper
Whichsiss supporting Parker, and this
paper has with great accuracy fore
told results in the past Another was
Sapaper.which is supporting Roosevelt.
man who has done similar work for
sSsthesI Herald for many years and whose
ssimpartiaIity is recognized by Demo
3SScratsS and Republicans alike.
.s8}sS I'm Wisconsin two canvasses, each
of the other, were con-
sssducted, and in each case the official
aIter@ exhaustive IN
Esqniries throughout the State Of all
the elements possessing familiarity
With tn voting conditions there.
En- West Virginia results were as
s@certaineds by a representative of a
SDemocratic newspaper who has re
4speatedly foretod elections in that
state and by a representative of the
Herald whose great familiarity With
the conditions there, who made the
z poll for the Herald in 1900.
This viii serve as evidence of the
ssSScares vi tn icfr the canvass was
33ssEacondneted. f
idianasf -TriPIy Tested.
he53resul Of the inquiries in In
sssd faIla wa ST at each canvass showed
81 at the 8State8would so Republican.
The Democratic paper placed the
vote FOR Roosevelt over that Of Par
at 20, 900. III esindependent paper
1orting Roosevelt estimated the
ate to- be Republ1 can. The Her
ald cores onden placed it at q 600