New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-03
m LINE FOR HIGGINS.
THE. UPSTATE SOLID.
Same Leaders Predict 100000 Plu-
rcIity Adore The Bronr.
rsr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBrNE.l


80 lord;, ci,ee.ed his aggressive words He
- ,l,o candidates on the Democratic State
- bs5 rascd the'- campaign entirely on
-. ,ssyse. backed by gross mis-s:a'eh1ents
and distortions Of facts
M lieutenant Governor wound UP the day by
-s5-essiug a great meeting here tonight in the
80 House it was preceded by parade al
1I-a.airn clubs from al PARTS Of the county
,.ab was reviewed by the candidate Three
-.io, trains had brought large parties from
=. surrounding towns, and the streets were
.,-oneed with enthusiastic men ana women
,ovs and girls, who shouted blew horns ana
.o.berrise gave vent TO their feelings. Only a
Ill ror1ion Of the throng could get into the
,beatre which accommodates two thousand per
sons and the remainder continued to parade the
streets and kept up a continuous racket IN the
four hours that Mr.. Higgins remained here
charles Smith. president of the Oneonta
7,oosevelt and Fairbanks Club, presided at the
meeting Z R. Ford. chairman Of the Repuo-
rican County Committee: Senator w l. Brown
and George l. Wilbur State Fair Commissioner.
were among the members Of the reception COM
Inittee. All OF these leaders assured he Lieu
tenant Governor that there IS no disaffection
whatever among the Republicans OF Otsego
County They confidently predict that the plu-
rality in this county for the Republican ticket,
national and State will not fall below the 1,Iol
which il gave Mckinley four years ago.
Similar assurances have been received by the
Lieutenant Governor in all parts Of the State
outside Of greater New-Yorll He has aow VS.
tied all the principal upstate cities and has
81 oxen in mere than half the counties. He has
met and talked personally with many hundreds
q local leaders. who have a most intimate
knowledge Of the sentiment prevailing in their
respective localities. These men know what
they are talking about. and the estimates of
next Tuesdays vote given by them may be re-
lied on. The consensus Of their reports on the
situation is that rural New-York viii send down
10 the Harlem River a plurality for Roosevelt
closely approximating that which it gave for
Mckinley in 1900 which was 1873 In
few counties there will be a slight falling of
from the pluralities Of four years ago, owing to
local conditions but this will be made up by
gains in other localities.
PREDICT IMMENSE MAJORITY.
Indeed many upstate leaders predict that
greater New-York. TO carry the State for
Parker, viii have TO overcome a plurality in
cess OF 100000 These leaders are not at all
disturbed by the forecasts published by certain
NewYork newspapers They regard the indi-
Gated pluralities for Parker and Herrick in the
metropolis grossly exaggerated and alto
gether unreliable. but they declare that even if
the Democratic plurality in New-York City
should reach the highest figure which the Wild
est Parker enthusiast has ventured to name it
viii be overcome. They declare also that out
side of New-York City there Will be little If any,
difference in the vote for Roosevelt and Higgins.
False impressions. which threatened a month ago
10 injure the chances of the Republican State
ticket IN some counties, have been removed. and
tho splendid campaign work of Mr. Higgins has
resulted everywhere in arousing party loyalty
and bringing Republican voters into line with
the ticket. The situation has improved steadily
and rapidly ever since Lieutenant Governor Hig-
gins took the stump, end he and his campaign
managers await next Tuesdays result with per-
feet confidence that the men now IN control Of
the Democratic party in this State will not be
restored by the voters 10 the places of power
from which they were driven ten years ago by
an outraged public sentiment
HIGGINs's DAY BUSY.
Starting al 5 o'clock this morning from Platts-
burg Lieutenant Governor Higgins made the
first two speeches of the day in Washington
County He spoke from the rear platform of
his private car at Whitehall and Fort Edward.
He was introduced by State Committeeman
Isaac Y. Baker. and about thousand per
sons heard and applauded him at each place.
on the run between the two towns the Lieu
tenant Governor was visited in his by three
pretty girls from Crown Point. who were pas
sengers on the train bound for Fort Edward TO
hear him speak. The girls were so pleased
with their call the candidate that they en-
listed al once as missionaries in the Republican
cause. On their return 10 their own they
compelled every man of their acquaintance TO
take solemn pledge to vote for Roosevelt and
Higgins. i
The next stop was at Sandy HILL Warren
County, where Mr.. Higgins briefly addressed a
large crowd. Thence he proceeded to Glens
Falls, where a stop of an hour and half was
made. Fifteen hundred people attended mass
meeting IN the Empire Theatre at which Major
LOYAL L, Davis, chairman Of the Warren County
Republican Committee presided. The speakers.
besides the Lieutenant Governor. were former
Fire Commissioner James r. Sheffield, of New
York Judge Jerome 3. Fisher. of jamestown,
and NJ Linn Bruce the candidate for Lieuten-
ant Governor. The audience heartily cheered
every utterance Of the speakers. and particularly
Mr.. Higgnss vigorous denunciation of Judge
Herricks attack upon President Roosevelt and
his keen analysis of the false issues which Her
rick, Harrison and Cunueen have attempted to
talse during the campaign. In all his speeches
today the Lieutenant Governor closely followed
the lines Of his address Plattsburg last night.
and everywhere It was eviden. that Republican
voters had NOT been rr,s!ed by the misstate-
meAts and misrepTese ctaticns OF the Democratic
candidates
HIGGINS WARMLY WELCOMED.
Short stops were made in Saratoga and AL
'any N; Higgins did not speak at these
Iaeoez' but he was met BY many local leaders
"Ho assured him that the situation in Albany
%-1 saratoga counties was most gratifying.
t'e'I.eA NIL be cut by many Democratic voters
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