Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-07
SAFELY REPUBLICAN
Enthusiasm at Close of Ohio
Campaign.
THE SOCIALIST VOTE
NOT so GREAT AS DEMOCRATIC
CHAIRMAN STATED.
In Congressional Districts Democrats
May Garry 4th, 5th and 18th and
Probably the 7th.
pecial Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. November 7.-Of1cials
of the republican state committee, leaving
for home yesterday. quietly informed init
mate friends that they really expected to
see a republican plurality in Ohio larger
than was indicated by Chairman Dick in
his formal estimate given out Saturday
night, but were unwilling to put the figures
as high as they thought they should go, lest
1t stimulate betting. 1t is found that
great many democrats of the radical class,
who are not pleased with Judge Parker.
are going to vote for the minor party can
didates. Chairman CARRIER of the demo-
cratic state committee indicated in his est
mate that he had discovered this state of
things when he said the socialist vote In the
state would reach 10000. That party has
been growing stolidly in Ohio for several
years. but 1t has made no such stride as
this would be in any year. By agreement
the vote in Ohio this year is to be COM
pared with that cast for governor last year,
when Gov. Herrick had 1874 900 plurality.
There are LOO precincts in the state, so
that in order for the democrats to carry
the state they must make an average gain
of at least twenty-eight to the precinct.
That indicates what hard proposition the
capture of Ohio would be to the democrats.
Politicians expect generally that the re-
turns will show a democratic gain with
this basis of comparison. Tom l.. Johnson
Gov. Herrick's opponent last year, was
very unpopular with certain elements OF
the democratic party and this ran the
ticket away behind.
Republicans Show Great Enthusiasm.
In the grand flourish Of the campaigns
close the republicans are showing by far
the greater enthusiasm. In the last week
the large cities have even seen torchlight
professions of the old-time politics kind. The
threatened rupture between Governor Her.
rick and Senator Dick which seemed i'm
minent at the beginning of the campaign
has not occurred. and Senator Foraker is
taking no part in that matter. When asked
as to what his position was in the policy
In nominating Governor Herrick next year
he replied that he would not be drawn into
a discussion Of that matter now. This cue
seems to have been generally followed by
the republican leaders Senator Foraker
has done continuous and effective work on
the stump all through the campaign. Elk
cepting the work done by Ohio speakers,
however. the campaign has been an empty
one. as Chairman CARRIER says in his Sat
urday night estimate. The national COM
mittees did not deem it wise to waste any
money or effort Ohio. 1t happened
however. that the republicans We're better
supplied with really good campaign speak
ers of their own state than the democrats
were. Every city in which registra ton is
requiSed. and it includes those of 1900 and
over, shows a larger registration than in
1900, which is a pretty good indication that
the total vote cast in Ohio is going to be a
record breaker. The guessing put it around
100000. If 1t reaches that high point, it
is safe to say that the Roosevelt electors
will have at least $4,000 votes. The minor
party votes in the state will probably reach
$4,000 this year, the largest being the
socialists and prohibitoniSts. The populst
vote will be insignificant.
Congressional Districts.
The only districts the democrats are sure
of carrying the fourth. fifth and thir-
tenth. They will probably also carry the
seventh, a normally democratic district
but there is some democratic opposition to
]. E. Hurst, the democratic nominee, and
the republican leaders in the district are
confident that they will elect NJ. L. Smyser
who represented the district several years
ago. General Dick evidently does not feel
that it will go republican. The twelfth dis
trict, now represented by a democrat, will
probably be carried by the republicans
General Dick evidently places it in the sure
republican column. Both the sixth and
fifteenth congressional districts, about
which there was some doubt a few weeks
ago. have dropped back into the republican
column now, but it is evident these are the
two districts that Chairman CARRIER has in
mind when he claims that two open dis
trcts would be captured by the democrats.