The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-08
ELECTION DAY TO-DAY.
ALL IN HARDNESS FOR BATTLE
 AT THE POLLS

Both Sides Confident of Success in This
 City-only Two Large Bets Recorded
 Prominent Local Man Bets se,OO0 to
 s1,OOO That Roosevelt Will be Elected
 "A Big Vote Expected--What the
 Leaders Say About the Result-How
 This Campaign Differs From others
 List of Polling Places.
 To-day is election day, and it is con ceded by all who are in q position to know that if the weather is pleasant the vote cast will be the largest in the history of the town. As the weather man has promised us splendid weather every indication points to a fulfilment of the prophecy. While the central streets of the city bore the usual Sat urday night appearance last night and politics, were being discussed on every side still there was not the excitement evidenced which there was here four years ago. Both the republican and democratic headquarters were kept open during the evening until a late hour and during that time streams of people were coming in and going out. Both sides seemed confident of winning, the republicans especially so.
 What was particularly noticeable last evening was the fact that in the sa- looms and other places where four years ago there was a large amount of betting going on, there was but little doing last night. Some small bets were made, but the odds were all heavily in. favor of republican victories. The larg- est authentic bet recorded was made yesterday by prominent New Haven man who bet $6,0O0 against $1,000 that Roosevelt would be elected. Yesterday a bet of $1,OO0 against sS50 was made at the Garde hotel. Howard B. Reynolds, a. New Jersey drummer, bet the $1,000 against the $S50 that Judge Parker would carry the state of New York. The short end of the bet was taken by S5 &WA1O A~PLCT sents New York Drug company.
 As is usual in all presidential cleo tions there has been the usual number of small bets, and 'freak" bets have also been made in this city, but no- where near the same amount of money which was in evidence four years ago, made its appearance last evening. Some of the democratic leaders when asked about this last night said that there was just as much betting only 1t was being done on the quiet. Most of the small bets made were in reference to the vote in New York state, both na- tional and statewise.
 AS is usual at time like this the leaders of both parties express confi- dence of success. Chairman Theodore
 H. Macdonald of the republican town committee made the following state nent :"We expect to carry New Ha- wen for the national state and local tickets I expect that all republicans will get out to the polls and vote a straight republican ticket. It is for them to decide whether they want a continuance of the present good gov ernment or not, and have but little doubt that they will vote in the affir- naative. We are voting for principles this time, and not for men alone. The republican party will go to the polls as a unit and vote a straight ticket. '
 Colonel Isaac M. Ullman said: we expect to carry the country, state and city. There will be big republican vote all over."
 Rollin s. Woodruff, candidate for lieutenant governor said: Every in dication points to big republican vic tory all over the country. am sure that all the republicans in this city are
 doing their best to bring success to the party"
 Major John Q. Tilson, one of the re-