The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-26
REPUBLICANS SCENT VICTORY.
COUNTY CHAIRMEN REPORT THAT
THE STATE IS ALL RIGHT
And That MIR. Hearst Has Found II Out 20
Ills ChaSrin Promise Of the Higgins
Vote Entire. Augmented Greatly ny
a Widespread Democratic Revolt.

ehANu hNlMN VIZ HhNAESt HtNn DutNu II Dua -
Ills ChaSrin Promise Of the Higgins
Vote Entire. Augmented Greatly ny
Widespread Democratic Revolt.
All was hustle and rush at Republican
State headquarters yesterday. Hundreds
OF upstate visitors poured in from early
morning until late at night. A majority
OF the visitors were Republican county
chairmen, nearly all OF whom hnve now
reported TO Chairman Woodruff. Satur-
day was the last day OF registration upstate,
and since then the generals and captains
and l~ieutenants nave been better able TO give
an analytical opinion Of the situation.
Without a single exception yesterday
the Republican county chairman said that
they would have out the fun vote Of 1904.
whereby Gov. Higgins was elected by 80 900
majority, and in a number Of cases the
Republican county chairmen said tina their
counties would give the full Roosevelt
vote Of that year. II this Roosevelt vote
could be maintained throughout the entire
State Charles E. Hughes's majority would
be up to that Of Roosevelt's in 1904, which
was 1852.
As a matter of fact. the Republican regis
tration throughout the State has not been
up to the Presidential registration OF 1904,
but the upstate visitors 20 headquarters
yesterday figured on a landslide for Hughes
because OF the tremendous Democratic
vote he is to receive.
the present Hearst talk, said Senator
Owen Cassidy of Schuyler, reminds me OF
the Indian warwhoops shrieked out to
brighten the enemy The Hearst people
make a lot of noise. They have not fright
ened anybody. The patriots OF the state
are solid against Hearst. They haven't
been taken OF their feet by the warwhoOps
not a little bit. Within the last few days !
have been in nine counties, and patriotic
citizens are standing shoulder TO Shoulder
against the man who is attempting to or
game a syndicate of hate
Senator John Raines of Ontario said:
Hearst will be swamped. All over up the
State, wherever l have been, and wherever
l have heard from. you can scarcely put
your finger on a old line Democrat who
isn't out for the whole Republican ticket.
This is not on the quiet nor in spots. 1t is
open and everywhere. Old Democratic
workers and leaders are working for Hughes
and the Republican ticket. There Is prac-
tically no Democratic campaign up the
State. The only time there is any show Of
activity is when Hearst speaks. There is
nothing else to the Democratic campaign.
Hearst will be overwhelmingly defeated.
People down here don't realizehhe extent of
the Democratic holt up the State
Republicans from Jefferson county said
that Jefferson would turn out "A tremendous
majority for Hughes and that the old time
Democrats are out in the open working at
all hours Of the day andnight againstHearst.
Hearst has a number Of workers, but
their efforts are of the wildcat order"
By wildcat" the jefferson county Republi-
cans said that a scratch or two was made
here n there, but that there was nothing
substantial in the efforts Of the Hearst
people and that Hughes would certainly
have a majority in the county of nearly
Il, 200. This was the Roosevelt vote OF the
county in 1904. Senator Cobb Of Watertown
said il would be marvellous majority.
Republicans from Monroe county did
not hesitate TO say that Hughes would
have a majority OF 1000 in the county,
which is 1000 larger than the county gave
Higgins in 1904. Republicans from Onon-
daga county predicted that O~nondaga
would give Hughes 10000 majority, which
is about what Il gave Higgins two years
ago. As for Albany county, which gave
Higgins 1900 two years age, there were
Republicans al headquarters who said
that this majority would be doubled for
Hughes this year, The reports from Gin
ton county were also of a most encouraging
character for MIR. Hughes. All of the
visitors from upstate territory said that
a vast majority OF the vote given to Alton
b. Parker in the up-country districts in
1904 would go to Hughes this fall. The
the Bronx Line was 357,OS1; and wherever
the Republicans who we're at headquarters
yesterday had gone they found that Mr..
Hearst's attacks on the Democratic Presi-
dental candidate Of 1904 were being bitterly
resented.
The Republicans who were at head
quarters said that in many OF the factory
towns ~workingmen were for Hearst, but
that 50 per cent. Of these w~orkingmen had
invariably voted the Democratic ticket, and
that the Republicans were not at all dis
turbed by the fact that they would continue
to vote as they had voted in previous years.
The Republican visitors also predicted that
not ? per cent. OF the Republican vote above
the Bronx line would go TO Hearst. The
Roosevelt vote in the territory above the
Bronx line in 1904 was 570,1SS, 2 per cent
of which is IL 400
There we're Republicans at State head
quarters yesterday who said that Mr.. Hearst
had been utterly chagrined by his upstate
tours and was perfectly aware OF what
was going to happen to him above the
Bronx line. The Republican visitors also said
that the farmers, or at least 90 per cent. Of
them, were opposed to Mr.. Hearst and his
political theories.
They said that Mr.. Hughes would certainly
carry Erie county. They didn't care TO pre-
dict by what majority Mr.. Hughes "a to
win in that county. but they said that Mr..
Hearst is certainly TO be surprised by the
vote Erie is to give against him.