The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-21
HIGGINS SURE LOSER
RBpuBLSCAxs ADMIT THAT HER.
 KICK WILL WIN.
Prefess Cenndence h R0osevelf's Abii- ity to Carry New York, ana Densaernfs Ara snre If
 Parl<erss Success.

n Prefes. Cenndence in Roosevelf's Abii- ity to Carry New York, and Demacrats Ars snre ef
 l Parkerss Success.
 | New York. Oct. .--(special. )---Dem- l ocrats in the South who are locking 70 New York for political Inspiration
 sn.s shSSld Ss ,Ss sstissa cspssx % from ns sny so day, Privately the Republican mana | rers admit the probable defeat of their State ticket, but they profess to be-
 svs that h,ss Sx !; of sis | teeth" On the other hand, the Demo cratic leaders at both State and Na- tionai headquarters. believe that Par-
 State. Roosevelt and Higgins they
 say, are beaten today. and if the Dem6- crats can hold their own from this time on they will stay beaten.
 capturing 0 tRe eiectoxsi ns vcte of opps New " York upon Roosevsitss alleged extraor- ganisation. and upon fhsir great cor : Nsw s foPs fsSs hos aos Is sas IL has faced advsrse conditions in the past and won great victories. It be- hsns M sood to S another. To begin with. Roosevelt.s s extraordinary popularity" in New
 York has yet to be demonstrated. He has been before the people but twice. strong Republican district, and got a fair majority, again when he ran for Governor and was elected by 17.000
 majority. Neither of these achieve. man. Judge Parker. on the other hand. has run for oflce a number of times and has yet to be defeated. He ran in
 nssncs has S 9s sSe R RepuSPsa or ganixatiou in New York is as near pcr- feet as such an organization can be is admitted. This is so in the rural dis
 ana m all what Gi the tSs amounts to in New York City remains
 to be seen; therefore it had been weak but Odell claims to have strengthened
 Republican corruption fund there Is no | question. There is abundant evidence | that 1t Is great one.
 | Reasons for Confidence in New York. Now let us see what the other side
 ssn united party This is 0so no. idPe talk | for 1t is conceded that the New York Democracy was never more firmly unit | ed than now. There is scarcely a weak spot in the State. and the few such are being made to apply the remedy,
 In Judge Parker the Democrats of New York recognise one Of the abiest and best men the State has produced His great popularity, as already said, has been demonstrated. The Democratic State ticket is exceptionally strong, the Republican State ticket Is conceded to make no bones of saying that It will be cut from 35.00o to 75.000 votes Tho Democratic organization Is the best the party has had since 1892 In New York
 of S the ssats srsP |. is n' in good ns shape e ad capable of producing satisfactory re- suits For the first time in twelve years 1t Is efficient enough to prevent dering on Pennsylvania and Canada It is on fraudulent registration and re- beating in these and some other coun-
 ties that the Repubiicans have relied to money the Democrats are admittedly poor in comparison with their oppo- nents, but they have enough, no doubt, for all legitimate uses. or will have be- fore the campaign fe over
 Under normal conditions New York Is Democratic State. and this year the political conditions are about normal. If there are any abnormal conditions publicaDs. For instance, the independ- ent vote is believed to be with the Democrats to the extent of 75 per cent or more. Four years ago at least 50 per cent of thls vote was Republican. and eight years ago practically all of 10 went the same way. The Watson vote will not amount to much In New York. Tho discovery that Odell is run ming the Populist sideshow has opened the eyes of deluded Democrats Tn the northern part of the State and the bot tom has fallen out Of the movement there. 1t some counties 1t has been shown that three-fourths of the signers of the Watson nomination papers ars Odell henchmen, and in one county the names of seventeen of Odells of1cehold- CTS were on the papers.
 Great Meetings in Rural New York
 The great meetings being held in the
 upstate counties nightly by Judge Herrick, Francis Burton Harrison, and
 other Democratic speakers is proof suf- ficient that the country Democrats are
 feeling Is equally strong in the np- state cities, and with the careful watch
 Wnlch Is to be kept on Odells hench-
 men to prevent frauds on the ballot,
 did showing win be made for the State
 and National tickets. What New
 York City will do tothe G. O. P. is an
 easy guess. In 1902 1t gave a Demo-
 last year 1t gave Mcclellan a plurality
 Of upwards of 60.000 over the Combined
 vote Of the Republicans and Independ-
 ents. That was equal to about 1i0, 900 on a straight party fight. This year
 there is going to be a tremendous vote and New York city has never given the Repuolican party encouragement when full vote has been cast, save in fine
 two Bryan years, when even Tammany went toapieces. There are now ASA. .000 names on the voting lists in the citv and at least 275,000 names should He
 added on the two days to come. This VIII be larger registration than was
 had in 1896 or 1900. Charles F. Mur- phy has not yet made a public state ment as to what majority he expects in the city, but he Is quoted as having advised his close friends that it wifi
 not fall below 115, 1000. That would he about six thousand more than CIeye-
 land got in 1892, when he carried inc State by 47,00O.
 Republican Intimidation and Fraud.
 Governor-Chairman OdeIl made IA most outrageous attempt to keep down the Democratic vote on the first two days of registration. He had {. GOO
 hired watchers" at the polls in addi- ton to State inspectors and hundreds of private detectives. His State Su- perfntendent of Elections prepared a list of names numbering 250.0O0 of per- sons whom the inspectors were ordered to challenge, Hundreds of these were the names of old and well known citi- Eens. Some had lived for twenty years in one house. This highhanded work greatly retarded the registration and prevented many Democrats from get ting their names on the lists. A few obtained mandamuses from the Su-
 preme Court. and So got their just