The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-08
WASHINGTON IS DESERTED Few Qualified Voters Re-
 main There. TWO CABINET MEMBERS Hay and Morton Will Not
 Cast Ballots. eresident Roosevelt wm Make . Fly. ing Trip to Oyster Bay--te Re 2
 ceive Returns at white House.
TWO CABINET MEMBERS

Washington. Nov. LA few houra before the balloting in the presiden- tial contest finds the national capitol practically deserted of qualified elec-
 tors. From every department of the government hundreds of officials and
 clerks have gone home to vote. Only two members of the cabinet.
 Secretaries Hay and Morton, are In
 the city tonight On account of his 1 health Seereary Hay felt that he ought
 not to make the trip to Ohio at this time and Secretary Morton Is detained
 here by important business in the navy department.
 Arrangements have been completed. for the presidents trip to Oyster Bay
 where he goes to cast his vote as he does at every election. A special car for the accommodation of the presf-
 dent and his party will be attached
 to the regular Pennsylvania Railroad train which leaves here Tor New York at 12:30 .. m. Mfr. Roosevelt will ba
 accompanied by Secretary Loeb and
 several White House attaches who al-
 so will vote at Oyster Bay. Arriving at Jersey City at 7:15 o'clock tomorrow
 morning, the presidential party will be conveyed across New York in car< riages to Long Island City. where a
 special train will be in waiting to take them to Oyster Bay. The president will remain in Oyster Bay only long
 enough to cast his ballot. returning to New York in time to catch the 1:15
 train for Washington. The party is scheduled to arrive here at 6:fs O'Clock.
 Returns from the election will be received by the president at the White
 House. The president win have as his guests such members of the cabi-
 net as may be in the city and few other personal friends. In addition to the returns received In the regular | telegraph and cipher bureau at the executive offices, important messages and bulletins aiao will be received in | the presidents library at the White House. Special wires were strung to- l day connecting the main ofiica Of the Western Union with instruments
 placed in the library and one Of the corps of operators in the executive
 telegraph bureau will be on duty at the side of the president. Communi- 1 cation thus may be had by the presi-
 dent with any city in the country. | National Chairman Cortelyou. who will be at headquarters in New York. will keep the president and his frienda
 advised of the returns as they are re-
 ceived by him.
 At the headquarters of the Demo-
 cratic Congressional Committee in the | Riggs House, Secretary Charles A.
 Edwards will receive the returns from various States and from Democratic
 national headquarters in New York. At the headquarters of both parties
 tonight the utmost confidence is fele
 as to the outlook. This confidence is
 substantially expressed in the betting
 on the result which has been heavier l in Washington than ever known be-
 fore. The odds on the general result are five to one in favor of Roosevelt
 and Fairbanks, but many wagers have
 been made at shorter odds. Interest of betters centers on New York and large sums have been wagered on the
 result in that State. Odds of two to
 one have been offered by Republicans
 that Roosevelt would carry his home State and they have been accepted eagerly by Democrats. Many wagere have been recorded on the result also l in Maryland and West Virginia, but
 Republican money Is as scarce on the
 former State as Democratic money Ia
 on the latter.