The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-11-06

"A FeW N1gnL beIOre 'LectiO0 Ftu1ues-
 Both Sides COnfdent--The Contests
 in This City-NIuch Fasting Indicated
 Other Notes.
 All is in readiness for the battle at the polls to-day, with republicans con- fident of success in this city and state, while the democrats are counting on reducing the republican majorities and pluralities both here and as regards the state ticket.
 A number of impromptu rallies last night conducted by the democrats af- forded the nominees of that party the last opportunity to make final appeal to the voters who will decide to-day S election. Mayor Thayer, who heads the ticket of that party, with several oth- CTS, spoke at mass meeting in Wind ham.
 Aside from rallies, the day was all most without striking incident, some flavor being interjected into the situa- tion by mass meeting of Trinity coll lege students at Hartford, when they
 
 republican town committee chairman, Charles A. Goodwin, for work at the polls tomorrow in the interest of the candidacy of President Flavel s. Luther for the senate. As his election seems certain President Luther will join a number of other men of prominence upon whom fortune in the shape of a good-sized plurality over their political opponent will shine.
 Last night the republican leaders and their workers took a good rest, while the democrats scurried about rounding up voters and seeing that their ballots were well distributed. A conservative view of the field last night brings into light the fact that outside of New Ha- ven county and the cities of Bridgeport and Hartford, there is considerable ap- athy, in which the republicans are the more inactive
 From the country towns comes word that in spite of the good weather which seems certain, the vote is going to show a falling off, due little to the small registration and to lack of local issues. Chairman Kenealy, of the republican state central committed, predicts the largest plurality for his state ticket in any "off" year, but it is hard to square this forecast with the conditions re- ported upon from some sections of the state. Both parties this fall refrained from spending much money in the towns in which there were no prospects of a contest, and without some stimu- Jus it is an apparent fact that party workers will not exert themselves to get the indifferent voters to the polls, especially those who in past years have been brought by vehicle from remote parts of town.
 In the cities the vote probably will compare favorably with that in past '.off' years, and as it is in the cities that the democrats expect to make gains, decreased pluralities for the re- publican candidates seem certain. It is not likely, on the face of things as they looked last night, that the democrats will capture any seat in congress from this state. MT. Lilley may find that the activity of MT. Donahue his oppo- nent. has cut into his vote quite ma terially, and Congressman Sperry may awaken to the fact that his advice tc MT. Wallace to "go hire hall in which to explain his views" meant hundreds of votes for the democratic candidate MT. Wallace followed that advice an( yesterday noon found him addressing the worlxingmen of one of the big New Haven factories and last nigh speak Ing at another rally. MT. Donahue ap peared before his neighbors and friends at Derby last night. Congressmer Henry in the First district, Higgins il the Third and Hill in the Fourtf scarcely needed to lose wink of sleeE last night out of anxiety for the nor row. The decrease in their pluralitie' will only be that due to easy-going re publicans staying at home.