The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-04
Situationin Badger State.
One Of National Inn
p0rtanCe.
MURPHY PREDICTS
NEW YORK VICTORY
District Conventions Held Yes
terday and Hearst, Cochran,
Towne and Others Are
Observation-Disclosures
Strong Appeal
for Unity.
Special to The Tlmes-D D.spatoh>

Especial to The Tlnes-D.spatoh.) s8
EF0W YORK, October S.-Those who
have complained Of the lack Of activity
In the presidential campaign. will have
little cause for fault-nnding from now
/ until election day. Both parties are
putting forth every effort and the fight.
especially In New York and Wlsconsin.
is becoming decidedly warm. 3
In the latter State the struggle Is more Y
Interesting. because Of tile fact that sit9 u
is conceded by the leaders OF both par
ties that Wisconsin may hold the balancs
OF power In the electoral college. That
contingency is at this moment before
ers. Judged BY the result Of the cleo
ton in Maine and the development OF i
the campaign in other States, II Is a pos 3s
sibility. The debatable States will not
all vote for President Roosevelt and IT.
is figured by the party managers that
the vote OF the Badger State may be 5
the deciding factor and there are grave
fears Of a repetl ltton Of the Hayes Tilden8
controversy. It lis enough to suggest that
tho situation In Wisconsin to-day points
stc3S the casting of It's electoral vote for
Judge Parker. and that t& his situation )!
can only be- changed so far as present In
dtcations show. by ju d ic1al Annullne nent OF Z
sthet statutory law In the Spooner- -LaFo
cite case, or hy the action of a Repub-
glican official " no may h prts uming upon \
the Supreme Court 5&s possible N lack II Of 4
iljurisdi be a courtsalnt6 hitIise e. In
lSeitherg event. Democrats tQfs Sexp erience In 4
ltRepubitcan elecu uonal gait Ion can see pos
sibillties Of trouble Il for Judge Parker X 4
wisconsin holds the balance D I power
and casts Its electoral vote for him, ~ Sl.. II
Murphy's Prediction.
IN New York the Democrats are en-
tthusiastic In speaking OF the tickets i
chances. & 81 3ss-
Judge Parker will carry this state
by 10, 600. ~ said Tammany Leader Mursg
ply today. d ...That means that Judge B
Ilcrrick Will carry It Il by 80, 900 or more.
Higgins Will run behind his ticket enough \
to make that difference ~. .'.3, si: II
The ,tan1many chiefs prediction was
prompted by the Republican claim that!
New York would give the Democratic
ticket notmore than ZOO, ma jority, which
would, Of course, mean defeat In the
state. @ 5 & ss8lif 3s SsS5 3i
How is Judge Herrck running In Man
haitian q" Mr.. Murphy was asked "!
'.He8is running SO fast that the Repub-s
licans will never catch him. !" , was the
prompt reply. III ,st53 f. K N, HI
This prediction from so conservative O.
leader as Mr. Murphy created no end OF
discussion among the politicians at the
Hoffman House tonight. a Fss SfS
4 National Chairman Taggart denied em-#
5phatlcallY to-day that he was In any way
concerned In the independent ominationS
OF George L.. Knox, a negro, for Congress- h
Ot,,t<,% hat ny11h
aof which Mr.. Taggart is the leader. 4Fie B
said 95 per cent of the negroes in ms
diana were Republicans, md that they
had right to nominate m independc cnts
candidate II they are dissatisfied with I
the Republican nominee, /
Hearsts Appeal.
William R,,Hearst has come out with
strong appeal to Democrats to forgetN
nll petty quarrelst and support the nar i
tonal ticket which ls more likely TO
serve the best interests OF the nation than
that put up by the Republicans. Mr.,
Hearst says in his letter addressed to the
National Association Of Democratic Clubs
IT call upon all members OF tho clubs to
begin earnest campaign work immediate
ly, to reorganize where reorganlza ton
Is necessary and especially to respond 4
promptly and energetically to every sug-
gestlon that may come from the natlonal 55
management Of the Democratic party.
~ have offered my services and those n
OF my newspapers to the managers OF 4
the Democracy and In so far as ! hava
felt justified as your President Is SO doing,
have off red the much greater influence
OF the National Assoca ton Of Democratic K
Clubs, pledglng the honest cooperation
OF all the members to further effort on
tho lines OF that genuine Democracy In 4
which a majority Of the American peo-