The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-18
DEMOCRATS
 GAIN GROUND Trend of Sentiment To.
 ward Parker. IMPETUS TO THE CAMPAIGN Herrick and Harrison Are Aggressive Fighters. Tammany Hall is Net ssIkiss, mt is Dotas its Best For the Sac
 cess es state and Ns-
 tie.aI Tiexsts.
IMPETUS TO THE CAMPAIGN

New York. Oct. l7.--<special.) --Tha campaign in New York State got fairly and well started last week. in the city and up the State. Judge Herrfcl. can- didate for Governor. with several other prominent Democrats. representing all the old factions. at Buffalo started the ball rolling with very vigorous push. Then followed rousfng assembIage of enthusiastic Democrats at Rochester. Both are Republican communities. yet at both places the gathering of Demo- crats and the oputpouring of the popu- lace to hear the speakers went far be- yond all expectations.
 The city Democrats, those below the Harlem. were gratined beyond meas ure at the impression made by Judge Herrick and his vigorous way of going into the campaign. They feel that they have made a great stroke in both the heads of their State ticket. Francis Burton Harrison. the young candidate for lieutenant governor. is proving an energetic and impressive campafgner. appearing thoroughly posted on the .s-
 
 exacting partisans.
 Tammany Haff Rally.
 Thursday night at Tammany Hall the ancient organization. opened its share in the campaign .n great wide blaze of light. Early In the evening the sky was luminous with vart-colored fire- works aAd detonating pyrotechnics made a din that Soon drew a great crowd to the vicinity. Shortly after s o'clock the speaking began in the spacious hall and outside.
 Francis Burton Harrison led off in capital speech arraigning the Repnb- lican State machine and administration and scoring 'odeliism'' in Q way that deiighted the braves. Martin VI Lit- tIeton.E the President of Brooklyn Bor~ ough, followed In n carefully prepared speech devoted mainly to puncturing the record of the Roosevelt administra- tion and holding up to ridicule the bombast of Mir. Roosevelt and the hy. pocrisy of Republican pretenses in gen. eraL
 Meetinw . Great Success.
 Wide Fourteenth Street outside the hall was packed with the overflow crowds and from four different stands were campaign orators spoutinE away for Parker and Davis in English, Ger man and Italian. The meeting was great success and was fine earnest of the unrestrained fashion with which Tammany is going Into the fight Leader Charles F. Murphy was there with a big delegation from his dis- trict and out in the audience they ai- ways led the cheering.
 The week witnessed a decided impe- tus in the campaign. Good news has come to the management not only from all over New York State. but from the Middle West. particularly Indiana. Mi- uority Leader of the House John sharp williams, who has just returned from Indiana, says that the Democratic ticket in the Middle West is gaining by leaps and bounds.
 From the far West, the Rocky Noun tain States, Colonel J. A. Ownby. a former law partner of Senator Teller, was at the national headquarters this week with good news from Colorado. He brought assurance that Colorado would TO for Parker and Davis and the Democratic State ticket by a large ma ajority. Nevada and Montana, he believed. were almost equally sure for the Democratic ticket. while there was more than a lighting chance in Washington and Idaho.
 Tread Toward Parker.
 Perhaps the most encouraging fea- turo or Lnc present. dCRCCt Ok Ith0 Ns1ttt- paign Is the distinct trend of the labor vote toward Judge Parker. Trades unionists in various States are deeply disgruntied with Republican local au- thorfties and have determined to do all they can to rebuke them. With this in mind, they have been through their leaders of late devoting no little study to Judge Parker's decisions on tho bench involving the rights of working men with the result that they are pass ing the word down the line that nc will do to vote for.
 The sports who are handling money to bet on the election appear to think that Roosevelt has the better of 1t on the general result. and are offering de- cided odds, accordingly. On this State they are favoring Herrick and the DeEn- ocratic State ticket and making it run about even on Parker. But the sports have been on the wrong side of every Presidential election for the last twen- ty years They bet on Blaine in 1884 and on Cleveland in 1888. when Harri- son beat Cleveland, and then in 1883 gave odds or two to one on Harrtsons when Cleveland swept the country.
 Little Betting So Far.
 RIt there is so far really very little betting. The Hoffman House, which used to swarm with these sports al Presidential election times IS tnls year up to date seeing and hearing very It, tie betting notwithstanding 1t Is head quarters of the Democratic State Com mittee, and that the quarters of the Republican State Committee is but few doors down the street at the Fifth Avenue.
 Judge Parker made visit to thA headquarters Of the National Commit tee before he left the city for Esopua to spend Sunday and caused bit or sensation among the workers. It was the first time he had left his apart ments at his hotel. except for some small social function. involving a lunch or dinner with a few friends. He rA- mained but few minutes at headquar- ters and chatted cheerfully with the managers
 Representative John sharp Williams is in active supervision of the various branches of the committees work. He had demonstrated a new ver- satillty of leadership, for already the work which had been proceeding In a