Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-03
BOTH CLAIM THE STATE
ENERGETIC POLITICAL WORK IN
ILLINOIS.
Deneen and Stringer Will Suffer From
Dissatisfied Voters Staying Away
From the Polls.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

CHICAGO, October 81, 1904.
The last week of the campaign opens in
Chicago and Illinois with leaders of both
the republican and democratic parties
claiming victory in city and state for their
national and state tickets. Republican
claims, however, are bolder larger and
more confident. The democrats are count
Ing on big majority in this city and Cook
county to overcome the heavy lead which
they admit the republicans will have in the
rest of the state.
Mckinleys plurality in 1900 was o. 925 in
the whole state. He not only won the
state, but carried Chicago and the township
or Cicero by 1901 plurality. He also car
ried Cook county by a plurality of 1867.
Samuel Alschuler, the democratic candi-
date for governor. in 1900, on the other
plurality in Chicago and Cicero was 14,75s,
and in Cook county, 1873. The total vote
cast in the state In 1900 was 1.131 1914, of
which the republicans nolled 597,9S5; the
623; the populists. 1,141; the social labor
ticket, 1873, and the socialists, 1857.
This year the probable vote, which 1t Is
estimated will be cast in Chicago, is $4,000,
while the total vote of 1900 in Chicago and
Cicero was 377,6O6 In the county the prob
able vote to be cast is estimated at 4O1 900.
In 1900 the vote in the county was 40O, $40.
The apathy which certainly exists in the
total vote to about the same figures as in
1900, despite the increase in population.
Stay-at-Homes on Both Sides.
This apathy from all appearances is
chiefly among Bryan democrats, a large
part of whom, republicans declare, will stay
at home, thus making sure larger plu-
rality for Roosevelt than Mckinley receiv-
ed in 1900. Republican chiefs on the other
hand do not shut their eyes to the very pal
naihlp sections the
state the republicans are not showing the
enthusiasm expected In number of the
smaller republican towns of the state, ac-
cording to reports, many well-knOWn ard
usually active republicans have manifested,
so far, absolutely no interest in the cam
paign. The meetings of Charles S. Deneen
republican candidate for governor, who
has spoken in every county in the state
in the effort to rouse the republican rank
and file, have been, generally well-attend-
ed, but a great many of them have proved
very chilly affairs, the auditors showing
little warmth or responsiveness.
This condition of affairs is said to be due
to the quite general dissatisfaction that
exists among republicans of the state over
the coalition between the forces of Gov.
Yates and Mr.. Deneen that resulted after
a long convention deadlock in the nom
nation of the latter. There a strong
and decided feeling among large part OF
the republicans against the Yates regime
because of the governors high-handed
methods in building up personal machine
through his appointees on the state char
table and penal institutions, his alleged
violations of the civil service law and the
INSCRIPTIONS character of some of the men
he appointed to office 1t is well known
that a pact now exists between the gov
ernor and Mr.. Deneen, by which the latter
is to use all the influence and power of his
administration, in case he is elected, 10 AID
Governor Yates in getting a seat In the
United States Senate.
State Senator Lawrence B. Stringer, the
democratic candidate for governor, is max
ing his campaign on the Yates issue. He
is daily challenging Deneen to deny that
he is pledged to maintain the Yates ma
chine in power and retain the Yates spells
system in case he Oeneen) is elected, and
to aid in carrying the legislature for Yates
when the United States senatorship ques-
ton comes up.
Mr. Stringer however, has troubles of his
own. 1t is we'll understood that thousands
of democrats will knife the state ticket as
a rebuke to John P. Hopkins, Frank Quinn
and Roger Sullivan, the gold-democrat trio
who seized control of the democratic state
convention, ruled it and named the ticket,
despite the fact that two-thirds of the dele
gates present were bitterly opposed to them.
These are the men whom Colonel Bryan in
the national convention termed worse than
train robbers.
Partisan Claims.
AS a result of the factional fights in both
narties estimates on the results as to the
state tickets are not easily made. Repub-
licans claim plurality Of 125,0O0 for the
national ticket and about the same figures
for the state tickets They expect to carry
Cook county by from $4,000 to 10000. The
democrats assert they will carry both city
and county by a sufficiently large plurality
to wipe out any plurality the republicans
may have in the state. They point to the
election of 1892, when Grover cleveland car
ried Cook county by 80 $50 plurality. as evil
dence Of what the democracy can do when
in harmony and thoroughly organized. They
say they will have much larger plurality
than that of 1892 in Cook county this-elec-
ton. Republicans assert that democratic
gains in the way of gold democratic votes
will be more than offset by losses due to
Bryan and Heast democrats staying at
home or voting other tickets. They declare
this is a certainty, now that it is known
that Bryan is not to come into the state
and and to hold his admirers in line for
Parker and Davis
More Enthusiasm in 1900.
Four years ago there was more enthu-
siasm in the campaign in Chicago than this
year, notwithstanding the large numbers at
the meetings. Both sides this year have
been afraid to attempt big parade be-
cause of possible failure. The immense pa
rades held in 1900 and 1896 set the high
mark and any parade that might be held
this year naturally would be compared with
those of the two years mentioned by the
opposing parties, and made to appear dis
NAL performances. Besides, the expense of
big parade is a burden which the two
older parties are not willing to undertake.
Since the speaking campo gn began many
Of the spellbinders of the country have ap-
peared in the city, the minor parties bring
ing their presidential candidates here to
speak. The two old parties have been COM
PEELED to content themselves with their
United States senators, representatives In
Congress and a few cabinet officers. With
these, however, and with the two guber-
Material and all the county candidates
speaking nightly, there has been enough
spellbinding to surfeit the voters.
The activity of the speakers has aided the
committees materially, and the whrwlnd
finish, in which several hundred speeches
will be delivered, is expected to take a
heavy vote to the polls on election day. At
first it was expected the vote November
would exceed that of 1900 but now both
republican and democratic leaders say they
will be satisfied If the vote of four years
ago is equaled.
That the socialists will poll heavy vote
in Illinois seems certain from all reports
that come to the headquarters of the two
older parties. 1t was reported yesterday
that a careful canvass of the employees of
the Illinois Central railroad disclosed the
fact that 10 per cent of those classed as re-
publicans and 20 per cent of the supposed
democrats employed by the road will vote
for Debs for President. AS Mckinley re-
ceIved 597 1856 and Bryan 503061 votes in
Illinois In $780, II the Illinois Central con-