The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-06

New YORK, NoF. Wv IN wy 'f'
ticnal and dramatic exchange OF
charges and replies between me can,
aieateg one OF the most remarkable
presidential campagna' OF recent
times was practically brought % a
close tonight.
The whlrlwind finish predicted TWO
months ago has been realized. lhs
unusual features Of a candidate ~
lacking his opponent in office and
forcing him into making a direct re-
NV followed by rejoinder from the
candidate is a novelty and ftrnishep
the main topic of conversation where
politics was discussed today
Parker's Speeches.
The appearance OF Parker on the
public platform marked an epoch in,
Ithe political campaign OF 1901 for up
10 chat time it had been an apathctic
and uninteresting one
From his first speech to his Last ne
has been growing more and more
vigorous and more direct in his asaer
tione Ia the citation OF Democrat
who have clamored for more life ano
ginger in the canvass, The Rcpnbh
can canvass lacked interest until cab
met officers. senators and men elost
10 the president began making repiie'
10 Parker's charges, hut their part n
il was insignificant compared to tht
bomb exploded by Roosevelt In his
statement printed this morning.
Republicans Still Hunt.
Silence has marked the manage
meut OF the Republican campaign
But one pronouncemcnt or claim mas
been made by any official of the Re
publican national committee and IN
that nearly every dabatable state wa
placed in the Republican column. This
was promptly answered by Democrat
ic managers with acclaim Of the same
debatahle states and sure majority
In the electoral college. The wide diff
ference in claims has furnished suf
fcient doubt to give the followers OF
both candidates confident hopes OF
success and keep the interest of parti
sans keen until the result Is known.
Unusual Amount of Apathy.
In to within three weeks OF the
election the campaign was remarkable
for its apathy and the seeming lacF
: OF interest which voters were taking
! in the canvass. There We're many
! meetings, but as rule they were MOI
: largely attended nor did the poop
5 show the intense interest that hai
y marked other campaigns. There ma
|. been also an absence of monster
e meetings, all day parades thcattica
), display. noise and red fire that nav
e characterized the closing days CT 10.
d mer campaigns.
T. New York State Race.
|. interviewer closely with the pres
e Dental canvass has been the cam
It paign in New York. For many year
p the pivotal state, the arbiter of presl
$ Dental elections, the empire state tn
y year has been regarded as absoiutei
essential to the success OF one party
and has been believed TO be neoessar
TO the other because of the impressio
that a public sentiment which w
a. carry New York will carry the cour
try On this account the eyes OF IN
country have been turned toward Ne'
York.
The issues upon which the can
e. paign has been fought have changed
N The personality of the president an
e his public acts, the policy OF the R'
D publican party on the several que
VI lions before the people formed Tn
'e basis of Democratic attack and H
- publican defense. The moneJ issu
- of 1896 and 1900 did not appear. Tn
= tariff has figured to some extent, bl
the all absorbing question and tn
one which made the whirlwind fms
nossible was the attitude OF the Den
ocratic candidate regarding trusts an
corporations and his continued al
saults upon the chairman of the h
~ publican national committee.
cortelyouism the Issue Now.
Parker made this issue the issue
his party and forced the letter OF q
Tense from his opponent Issues raise
in platforms. in speeches of notihc
- ton and replies; in letters of aecep
- ance. and in the literature Of the NJ
~ tional committees we're swept ava
10 in a day and upon the brink. OF u
election the parties confront each OF
or with assertion and denial OF u
two candidates the leading featur
What others have said or may So
). ana what managers may claim
deny all goes for nothing in the fa'
of the remarkable spectacle OF ~
presidential candidates closing a co
-, test with public utteranees OF sue
N. yigor and direeJness that none ca
=, mistake their meaning.