Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-09
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Roosevelt plurality of 1850. In
1900 McKinley's plurality was 1887.
Rochester, N. Y, Nov. s.--Roosevelt
carried the city by 1l.044: McKinleys
plurality was 4,272.

In this election as in almost every
presidential election that has been held
by this nation New York was the
pivotal state hence we find both candi-
dates for president selected from this
state. Carried by the republicans the
result in New York cinched republic
can victory In the nation. Carried by
the democrats 1t would yet have been
necessary for them to carry a few
smaller states like New Jersey, Rhode
Island and Connecticut or West Vir-
ginia and one middle or western state
such as Indiana.
From the first the campaign has been
fierce. With the upstate vote assured
to the republicans from the start all
interest centered In the size Of the
democratic plurality in the city of
New York. Four years ago Bryan car
ried the city by $4,000. Yet Mckinley 8
plurality in the state was $4,000. This
year 1T was conceded that the upstate
plurality for Roosevelt would go up to
10000 or more and the city would
have to give an unprecedented plurali-
ty for Parker to overtake such lead.
Toward the close of the campaign
Parker's failure to produce The proofs
of his charges of blackmail against
Roosevelt, unquestionably, lost him
many votes in the city as the Parker
newspapers had promised that Parker
would, in his Brooklyn speech, pro-
duce proof of a million dollar contribu-
ton to the republican campaign fund
by one trust alone.
Not since the election of Cleveland
in 1892 has the New York democracy
turnout the state with view to getting
out the vote as 1t did this year. The
party machinery, which during the
Bryan campaigns was in the hands of
the Nebraskan's friends, was once
more under the control Of old leaders,
and David B. HILL former governor,
and William e. Sheehan, former lieu
tenant governor, were most prominent
in the party counsels. Speeches were
made by Mr.. Hill, Richard Olney,
Bourke Cochran and others. and, as a
climax Grover Cleveland spoke at a
notable melting at Carnegie hall in this
city.
The campaign for the state ticket
was the most strenuously contested
and the bitterest in personal sense
in many years, SURPRISING in these re-
spects even the historic campaign of
1894, which resulted in the loss of the
state to the democratic party. From
the time that it became apparent that
Senator C. Platt, so long the undispu-
tod leader of the New York state re-
nublicans, had been displaced and that
Governor Benjamin B. O'dell was in
control Of the party machinery, the ef-
FORTS of the democratic managers have
been directed against Mr.. Odell, with
a view to showing that he had been
eui,ty of improper official acts and
that his acceptance Of the state chair
,,,anship while governor was in viola
tion of all political ethics.
The republicans in their speechmak-
,ne- declared that Mr.. Herrick's nomin-
alton was dictated by David B. Hill;
that Mr.. Hill was in complete control
~ tho convention at which the nomina-
.;ar was made, and that he contem-
,,.ted securing the election of a demo-
cr.+,c Legislature SO that he might be
ra+urned to the senate. Mr.. Hill an
,,onrced that 1t was his intention to re-
tire from public life January ! next.
,rhte unexpncted news created a SEN
cation at the time, but was lost sight
~ ,ater in the heat Of the struggle be-
tween the two parties for the control
of the Empire state, It's state admins
trative offices and the legislature,
which is to elect a senator to succeed
Chauncey M. Depew.