The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-05
Political Chat.
l hate to run for office,
The people ought to see
| am SO good that offices
Should turn and run for me.
Washington Star.

The people ought to see
| am SO good that offices
Should turn and run for me-
Washington Star.
Mr.. W. w. Price, writing from New
York to the Richmond News-Leader
says it is the closest kind of race, both
in New York and in Indiana. From his
letter these extracts are taken:
Il am able to give the inside fig
ures of both parties. The Republi-
cans from polls they have made. saw
they will reach Greater New York
With a plurality of 10000. and that
the plurality for Parker in Greater
New York will be 10000. Now. mind
you, this is inside Republican figures.
They claim for themselves a plurality
of so, 600 The Democrats on the
other hand, say the plurality above the
Bronx will not be over 1856, 900 at the
outside, and that they will overvheIm
this by a city plurality of 10000. As|
between the two claims my money. ii
were making up a book, would go
on the Democratic claim. But ii can
be seen how close the Democrats are
figuring.
1T is the somewhat unanimous be-
lief of the Democratic managers in
| New York and Washington that Judge
| Parker would have greatly benefited
| trust corruption speeches just three
weeks ago. The trouble, as pointed
out, is that the speeches will have
much influence for good in the cities
Of the country but that they will not
get into the hands of the farmers in
time to make a weighty impression.
Without dough in Connecticut
and New Jersey those States are APP
parently lost at this time. They can
be saved by an increasing Democratic
wave Democrats say It is coming
and Will be here in time. Republi-
cans laugh at this. SO it goes
The brilliant Savoyard who says
that Mr.. Roosevelt has completely and
absolutely surrendered to the trusts,
goes on to say:
There never was a moment of it's
existence that the Republican party
was a majority of the American peo-
pie, and never one moment that it was
anything other than a sectional party
1t is at once the slave and the master
Of monopolies. and grants so much of
privilege in the law for SO many votes
in the college. Nobody has better eX-
pressed the Republican policy than did
the late John j. Ingalls, when he ad-
vised that the protected million
aires of Pittsburg be put on the fire
and enough fat fried out of them toI
DuY the eleCIlOn. uOll hiiON
whether Mr.. Cortelyou has fred any
fat out of them or not; but as Secre-
tary of Commerce and Labor, he had
opportunity to prepare himself to be-
come the most brilliant and most sue
cessful 'fat-frier the Republican party
over produced"
Republicans are quitting that party
and coming over to the Democrats
That is right and they are all sure
of warm welcome. Mr.. T. r. Ell
lott, of Earl, Cleveland county, is
the latest acquisition. From letter
he writes in the Cleveland Star the
following extract is taken 1T seems
too me that the record of the De-
mocracy in this State deserves the
endorsement of all good citizens. The
provision which has been made for
the free schools, for the old soldiers
and for the charitable institutions is
worthy of the great people of North
Carolina, but more especially do l en-
dorse the temperance legislation
known as the Watts bill for | verils
believe that this has wrought might
ly in improving the moral condition
of the people generally.
Nationally, l do not like Roose-
welt, and do not think the Southern
people should support him"
When the county candidates made
their rounds in Lincoln week before
last, the Republican nominee for the
Senate in this District composed of
Lincoln and Catawba, publicly pro-
claimed from the stump at townsville
that he was willing to let the people
vote on the Watts law. if they so de-
sired, but that so far as he was con-
cerned, he was willing to let il stand.
This was a bold step taken by Candi-
date Abernethy, especially as his par
ty is fighting the Watts Law to the
bitter end, but it shows the way
the wind is blowing in CataWba and
Lincoln. The Republicans see that
they cannot carry this Senatorial Dis
trct against the Watts Law, and those
who really favor it in their hearts,
have decided to be men and come out
for it.-Catawba County News.
1--WE beg to assure the esteemed
Charlotte Observer that we have
nothing "agin" it in the world. In
referring to it's Washington CORE
spondent we only called attention
to what is a subject of comment
among the Observers many readers
hereabouts. 1t is a matter of small
moment, however, but as bearing on
the question we quote what it's cor
respondent said about Judge Parker,
who >spoke in New York the other
night, viz: However wrong he may
be III has opinion there is not the
least doubt but that the Democratic
candidate really feels certain that
the American people are going to
make him President" Is this news?
Greensboro Record.
Salisbury, n. c., Nov. 4.-The pros
poets in the Eighth district are good
and the people are sanguine over de-
feating Blackburn Enthusiasm seems
to prevail all along the line. Rowan
county will give a good, safe
Democratic majority. The boys are
ali in good shape and in fine spirits.
There is now no doubt at all that
the Democratic managers sincerely
feel the optimism which they exhibit
They can hardly believe Their senses,
yet they are actually chirlIing up ex-
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