Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-08
ILLINOIS SITUATION
DENEEN's FRIENDS PREDICT 15O,-
600 MAJORITY FOR HIM.
Both Sides Claim Gains for Congress
sonal Observation-Disclosures ct
Chairmen Before Battle.
pecial Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
CHICAGO November Z, 1904.
Deneens friends freely predict 10000 ma
jority for him. State Senator Lawrence b.
Stronger, the democratic candidate for gov
ernor, is an able man and has made a Wig
orous campaign, attacking especially the
abuses under the Yates administration and
charging that account of the Yates
Deneen alliance, Yates influence will con-
tinue to dominate the state administration
If Deneen is elected. Stringer is handicap
ped, however by an extremely bitter feeling
that prevails among Bryan democrats, ow-
ing to the fact that the entire state ticket
was named by John P. Hopkins, the golo
democrat state leader.
The legislature will be republican In any
event, as the democrats in practically every
doubtful senatorial district in the state
nominated only one man to the republicans
two. This was done that the democratic
voters might slump" three votes each to
this one candidate and thus make sure OF
If the democrats elect every one or thelr
legislative candidates they will still lack
fourteen of having majority.
Republicans claim they will elect eighteen
and possibly twenty of the twenty-five con-
gressmen from this state, while democrats
insist they will retain the eight districts
now held by them and gain two and posi-
bly, three more
Under usual conditions the republicans
have nineteen and the democrats six con-
gressional districts in the state. Two years
ago the democrats carried the first and
twentyfourth, giving them eight OF the
twenty-five congressional districts.
If Morton B. MAIDEN in the first and
Pleansant 7. Chapman in the twenty
fourth who We're defeated two years ago,
should win this time, and William A Rod-
enberg carry the twenty-second, tne repu TO
licans will have nineteen representatives. Ii,
added to this, William Preston Harrison
should be defeated in the eighth. there
would be twenty republican representatives
from Illinois The probable hgures are
eighteen republicans and seven democrats.
Chairmen's Statements.
Roy o. West, chairman of the state re-
publican committee, gave Nout the following
statement today:
I'VE have taken a careful poll of the
state and are satisfied as to the result. We
believe we will carry sixty-six out of the
100 counties in the state, thirty-nlne OF the
fffty-one legislative districts, electing eigh-
ty-nine out of 151 representatives. We eX-
pect seventeen of the twenty-five state SEN
ators These with the twenty republican
holdovers will give us control of the upper
house. We expect nineteen out OF the
twenty-five representatives. The national
and state tickets will come to Cook county
with a large plurality, which will be In
creased by the heavy vote here. The cam
pagn has been unusually vigorous, Mr. De-
neen having spoken since september 0 at
least once in every county in the state, In
each of the thirty-five wards of the city OF
Chicago and in each of the six commits
sioner districts of Cook county"
Charles Boeschenstein, chairman of the
democratic state central committee, spoke
Of the situation today follows:
Political observers are beginning to ad-
nit that there is a surprise in store for the
that the tide has set in for a notable tri-
umph of the democrats. Judge Parker's elo-
quent indictment of the republican admin
istration has had wonderfully telling eff
feet. Predicating the statement upon reii-
able advices have no hesitancy in express
ing the belief that the next President of the
United States will be Alton B. Parker. In
Illinois the democrats will make splendid
showing Not since 1892 has the party been
better organized. Senator Stronger and his
associates have made vigorous, clean and
honorable campaign, and l am sure that
the able presentation of the issues in this
state by Senator Stringer has won to his
support thousands of friends"
Committeeman Confident.
Roger c. Sullivan, democratic national
committeeman for Illinois, expressed conf
dence in democratic victory. He said:
ITO the best of my belief the election of
Judge Parker to the presidency is assured.
In addition to the solid south, 1 believe he
will carry the following states: First, New
York and then Indiana. After those, Mary
land, West Virginia, Connecticut, New Jer-
sey and Delaware in the east and Nevada,
Colorado and Montana in the west. To my
mind the election seems like that of 1892,
when the republicans did not think they
could lose, but nevertheless the democrats
won. The betting is against us, but cleo
lions are not won by the bets that are
made"
IIo,r in, o1or
of the western republican headquarters,
said: Il am absolutely confident of the cleo
ton Of Roosevelt and Fairbanks Illinois
will give big plurality for the republican
will win in every distinctly northern state.
The only states whose politics are not so
definitely defined as to the ticket tomorrow
completely out of the field of speculation,
concerning which there is any doubt at all,
in the west at least, are Missouri Montana
and Nevada. l feel certain of republican
success in Nevada, believe we shall win in
Montana and am strongly hopeful of sue
cess in Missouri
Secretary Dover's Views.
Elmer E. Dover, secretary of the republic
can national committee, said today: II am
making no detailed estimate. but my judg-
ment is that there are only four doubtful
states in the election. They are Missouri,
Montana, Maryland and Delaware Mon
tana and Delaware rather lean toward the
republican column and Missouri and Mary
land to the democratic"
Frank o. Lowden, republican national
committeeman for Illinois, said: 1T is only
a question of the majority in this state, and
/ should hate to tell how big / think it will
be. They might think I was boasting.''
The great task of preparation for the vot-
ing tomorrow in.Chicago and Cicero began
on the fourth floor of the city hall early to-
day Over 100 men were at their desks at
O'Clock handing out first consignments of
the ballots to be distributed to the judges
of election in the ,256 precincts under the
supervision of the election board.
The cost of the election is estimated at
$26S, 800 The election of 1900 cost $195 600
and the increased outlay this year is said
to be due to the growth of the city. Little
if any disorder is expected at the polls to-
morrow. From the time the doors of the
polling places open at @ O'Clock in the morn
ing until they close at O'Clock in the after
noon and until the ballots are counted the
police will be on guard. and the customary
reserves will be lounging in the stations
awaiting calls in the event of trouble.
Co,