The Green Forest tribune., 1904-07-23
EprcULATIoN ON ELECTION
Tribune Predicts Repub1i-
 porty Will Have q Race.

solute relaolllVy 'o oo o"Ap'oS oo
 forcasting the result of the Coming presidential election,
 ,.oculation upon the subject ,ffers an open field, and he who
 Es willing to risk the consequence
 I,non his reputation as a political
 |nrophet may figure out success For his party by just such a ma-
 iority as best suits his fancy
 THE TRIBUNE will not under-
 -oka in this article to forecast the
 rosnlt of the election even to the ...5 ......,5.snt of naming the winner, but
 will endeavor to give our readers | 'tb4 idea we have drawn of the
 ,;tnation from rather careful re- ,iow of @ score the leading polit- |;csl journals ofthe United States. sys the smoke of battle clears i away from the fierce contest at / st Louis. the republican party | |bpoins to realize that it has race anon it's hands. Before the con- |vention came that has seemingly united the democratic party, the |republicans were indulging in a confidence that was almost akin l to laziness, for the chasm between the eastern and the western dem- ocracy looked as broad as the expanse of country that separa- l ted them.
 The republican party has the ! advantage of going into the cam pain with a thoroughly united party so far as campaign issues are concerned. Tine party may |well "point with prideo to the |unexampled prosperity the coun- |try has enjoyed during the past |eight years of republican rule. 1t is in close touch with the finan- |cial and manufacturing interests |of the country, besides having |the federal office holders to draw |upon for funds, and, in fact, en- joys many other advantages that lean make it appear to the partl- san republican that MT. Roose- |velt is an easy winner.
 But before giving, heavy odds lin order to secure bets on Roose- welt and Fairbanks the political gambler might do well to consid- Ter that the shreWdest leader that the republican party has ever had Us dead, and while much may be said of the virtues and capablli- ties President Roosevelt, he has not the wealth of experience in of state as had the lament ed Mckinley, nor does he draw spout him the strong personal admiration from all classes that was enjoyed by the republican standard bearer in the last two campaigns. That a united dem- ocracy advocating a sound mon- ey, headed by an eastern man Tor president and eastern man With a ''barl" for second place present a somewhat different as- pect to that encountered ii 1096 and in 1900. That if the demo- crats succeed in carrying New York state they have scored nine polnts in a presidential election.
 When you come to consider the matter from an un prejudiced or business standpoint there are a good many things to sug- gest that money would be more safely invested in Carroll county pfult lands than it might be if bet pm either side in this contest.
 There are still other ele- fhents that may enter into this campaign. The attitude of the Irusts IS power that is going figure eomeWhere. Mir. Roosevelt nas Fhtagonized them on many occa- eiohs. Few people believe that [le can be controlled by them. It may be that in Judge Parker [ney can see more hope, for Tn [ne campaign for the nomination Fe naS beeM thrown under 0bA-