Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-10-21
FRIDAY EVENING. OCT. 81, 1904.

OK MONDAY last there was published
by the managers Of the republican ma
,ional campaign an estimate of how The
States will vote in the election for
President to be held Tuesday, Novem-
hers Their estimate is based on ex-
tensive reports received last week from
all sections of the country, so they
say. Under the reapportionment the
electoral college of today is 476 as
against AL in 1900. So a majority Is
2S9. The republicans concede the
democrats such southern States as Bryan
got four years ago, claim 29O as sure
for Roosevelt, and place 80 or 80 in the
doubtful column, the major portion OF
which they say will be republican. The
republican managers are experts at OLD
tricks in political chicanery, for certainly
having stolen one presidency, and as many
believe bought the last two, they long
since graduated in this school of corrupt
politics, and are now past masters In
cunning and conniving. Today, and
the statement is made advisedly, there
is not one thing other than Drag and
buster upon which the republicans
bosa their estimates and malorities.
From the beginning of the campaign
this method has been forced. Claim all
Young voters for Roosevelt, because he
is strenuous claim every voter oil
foreign birth, and his children and their
children ;claim the voters in the mines
because Roosevelt says he settled the
coal strike; claim the railway employee
because Roosevelt always shakes hands
with the engineer and fremen of his
train Ia habit acquired only recently,
claim the voters in the manufactor-
les because Roosevelt gives them
work claim the clerks in all classes
of work because Roosevelt's rule has
been the means of the increase in their
salaries that claim everything in the
way of employment by mechanic or
laborer was solely through Roosevelt
and That The votes of all mechanics and
laborers will be cast for him claim the
vote of every farmer because Roosevelt
with such assistance as he would
accept from the republican party, has
made the rain to fall and cause the sun
to shine, thus blessing the farmer and
his work. The republican estimate is
accompanied by statement as follows !;
Had the election been held within
week Of the adjournment of the st. Louis
convention, there is little doubt that Par
ker would have been elected. But
second thoughts developed before his
speech of acceptance, and the men who
had been so loyal to Bryan began to feel
and express resentment.
1t may be that Judge Parker could
have been elected in July last and no
one knows today what will be the result
at the polls next month, Senator Cor
man, always conservative, and never
optimistic, said a few days ago, 1--WE
might look out for surprises, we might
be surprised, and perhaps it might be
the republicans who would be given a
large dose, we only have few weeks to
wait" If Mr.. Bryan's followers, and
they are legion, felt and expressed re-
sentiment, it has been dispelled by Mr..
BrJan's efforts, much to the chagrin of
Mr.. Cortelyou and his committee. The
situation as it exists today is intelligently
summarized in a letter to the Baltimore
Sun from correspondent whom we have
before quoted. He says;
The republicans are eagerly endeayor-
ing, as they always do, to convince the
public in advance of the election that
the opposing party is beaten beyond
hope of recovery. The republican claims
have a distinctly depressing effect upon
good many democrats, who, having been
defeated so often, bend their backs to the
storm as soon as they hear the wind blow
though it be only the kissing of hot air.
The fact is, neither party has yet been
able TO get canvass which insures sue
cess, and the republicans, having the adj
vantage of position, make this advantage
their basis of claims. They are forcing
the bandwagon theory TO the limit, be-
lieving that the voters, who are still
silent, are simply waiting to get into line
with the winner As a practical propO-
sition, the chances ought to be in favor
of Judge Parker's election. 1t is tair
to assume that the sO-called anti-Bryan
element OF the democratic party, which
was strong enough TO secure the nomina-
ton of Judge Parker, intends to cast
some votes for his election. Those of
them who did not vote for Bryan will
not have to cast many votes for Parker
TO render his election certain. Unless
this element was acting in bad faith in
the effort to capture thesOuthern delega-
tons to the national convention, the
democratic party should have perfect
confidence in the result of the election.
To charge such bad faith would be 10 do
violence to the popular judgment Of
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