Arizona republican., 1904-11-06
The Exciting Closing of The National Campaign.
HISTORY OF THE CONTEST
Tame In the Be ginning, Almost Apa- thetic Throughout, the Attitude at
 the Close of the Presidential Cam didate Lent Fierceness to Contest.

New York. Nov. 5.-With a sensa- CionaI and dramatic exchange of charges and replies between the candi- lAtes. one of the most remarkable presidential campaigns of recent tines was practically brought to close to- night It is not expected that much more of importance will take place be fore the election. though a few belated meetings will be held, and some state ments and claims may be issued.
 The whirlwind finish predicted two months ago has been realized. The unusual features of a candidate at lacking his opponent in office and fore ing him into making a direct reply. followed by a rejoinder from the can didate, is a novelty, and furnished the main topic of conversatio where poi tics was discussed today. The appear ance of Judge Parker on the public platform marked an epoch in the pOlit- ical campaign of 1904, for up to that time, it had been uninteresting. In his speech, to the last. he has been grow ing more and more vigorous and more direct in his assertions to the elation Hf the democrats, who have clamofed for more life and ginger in the canvass. The republican canvass lacked Inter est until cabinet officers, senators and men close to the president began mak- ing replies to Judge Parker's charges, but their part in it was uninterestins compared to the bomb exploded by Mir. Roosevelt in his statement printed to- day
 Silence has marked the mana cement of the republican campaign. But one pronouncement or claim has been made by any of the republican national committee and in that, nearly every debatable state was placed in the re- publican column. It was promptly an- swered by the democratic managers with q claim of the deBatablc states and a sure majority in the electoral college. Tomorrow there is the prom ise of a summing up by the two com mittees, and a final estimate as to the result. The wide difference in the claims has furnished sufficient doubt to give the followers Of both candidates confident hopes of success and has kept the interest of partisans until the result is known.
 Up to within three weeks of the elec- ton the campaign was remarkable for it's apathy and the seeming lack of in- terest which the voters were taking in the canvass. There were many meet ings, but, as a rule, they were nO largely attended, nor did the people show the intense interest that has marked other campaigns. There haj also been an absence of the monster meetings, all-day parades, theatrica display, noise and red fire that have characterized the closing days of for mer campaigns.
 The campaign started late. It wa. weeks after the national committees had made their choice of candidate. before the committees charged witt the conduct of the political campaign began active work. More than this the early work of the committees con sisted largely in distributing litera tur, and efforts to ascertain the drift c public sentiment. The fact that neith CT candidate, one, because he was il the presidential chair, and the o;he because his judicial temperament wa antagOnistic to the idea, made a grea speechmaking tour of the country i accountable to some extent for tn apathy which was apparent in the ear Her stages of the campaign.
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