The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-03
SANE AND SAFE
TICKET WILL WIN
Democrats Now More Than
Hopeful Of Success.
VERY EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN
NEXT HOUSE ALMOST CERTAIN
LIZ DEMOCRATIC.
VERY EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN
Especial to The IIerasdl

lRI ASHINGTON. Nov with cleo
w ton only a few days away, the
managers OF the Democratic
campaign are distinctly hopeful of sue
cess. Their hope is based upon very
encouraging reports that have been re-
ceIved from the various doubtful states,
almost ali OF which indicate a very
perceptible trend of sentiment toward
Parker and Davis. From the first it
has been recognized that this election
I is TO be determined by the Independent
vote; the efforts of both parties have
been directed toward capturing the
larger portion Of this vote and il
would seem. as the campaign draws 10
a close, that the Democrats have been
more successful than have their OPP
pohents.
Were Slow to Begin
For weeks and weeks little was said
by the Democrats about the progress
of their campaign; little work was done
that showed on the surface. The Re
/ publicans, taking advantage of this ST
| lence, set up cries of apathy, and as
! serted that the people mere content,
I and did not want a change of admin
/ istrati0n. The Democratic managers
! did not contradict these Republican
claims, and as a consequence a large
number Of people saw only Republican
/ success ahead. Now, however. when it
! becomes apparent that the early weeks
/ of the campaign we're devoted 10 a
| quiet, but effectual solidification of the
! Democratic party, and a successful
| bringing together Of the elements that
/ were arrayed against each other IN the
! last two campaigns, popular opinion
/ has undergone a change, and the Re-
publican claims have been discounted.
A Rousing Finish
The theory Of the Democratic man
! ayers from the first has been that the
closing weeks Of the campaign would
! determine the result. They according
! " disregaTded the brag and buster Of
+; the enemy. but proceeded to effectually
bind together the various elements of
their own party, so that they would
( build up their strength by means of in
dependent voters. That the many
weeks of silence mere effectively en-
ployed is demonstrated by the fact that
William ]. Bryan and Grover Cleve-
land are both publicly advocating the
election of Parker and Davis. Prior TO
the ST. Louis convention not even the
most hopeful Democrats believed that
the party could be reunited in so short
time and with such theroughness
But in spite of those fears the Bryan
men and the Cleveland men are work
ing shoulder 10 shoulder, the gold Dem
oerats have returned to their old moor
ings, many of the men who left the
I Republican party in 1896 have become
permanent factors lin the Democrat
ranks. and ii is now. and for week
or more has been a contest for indie
pendent votes. Fortunately the Dem
Ocrats have named a ticket, and have
adopted a platform bound 10 inspire
confidence, and confidence is what is
needed to win the independent vote
Unless ali signs fail. and unless the
trusted representatives OF the Demo
cratic committee have misjudged the
trend in their respective states. Parker
and Davis will receive a handsome ma
iOrity of the independent vote that is
cast next Tuesday.
How Parker Can Win.
A most conservative estimate Of thu
situation IN the country today give:
Parker 234 electoral votes. that can
not be taken away by the Republicans
This is only five shy of the numbe'
necessary to elect. According TO IN,
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