Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-25
VOTE OF LABOR
DOES NOT LOOK
GOOD TO THEM
Republicans in New York Trou-
bIed Over Outlook.
SIGNALS OF DANGER AHEAD
Hearst's Appeals to Glass Hatred Said
to Be Striking Home.
MUCH WORRY FOR MANAGERS
Deterioration is the Term That is Used
to Express the Change Of
Front of Factions.
SIGNALS OF DANGER AHEAD
Hearst's Appeals to Glass Hatred Said
to Be Striking Home.
MUCH WORRY FOR MANAGERS

Up New York way these wind
swept days the arch-politicians, the
business men and that great con-
glomerate mass that is dubbed "the
people are watching with glisten-
ing eyes one of the greatest polit-
ical battles that was ever waged.
There is strife, bitterness, acri-
mony, and the gentlest zephyrs
from the Salt-laden rivers change
the weather vane, so that the most
astute expert knows not where he
stands. The advices of a staff cor
respondent today at noon indicate
an uncertainty that is at once as
tonishing and interesting at this late
stage of the fight. Straw votes, the
labor question and the betting but
seem to add to the difficulty of
representation. 1t blows hot for
Hughes one day and cold the next
the same for Hearst, and so it goes.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, October 25.-It can be
stated as a fact that the republican man
ayers are worried over the labor vote in
the manufacturing towns up state. 1t
does not look good to them. Partial
canvasses and straw votes indicate that
the great republican pluralities, assisted
by the labor vote two years ago on the
issue of protection and prosperity, are in
danger of being shattered. Hearst's ap-
peals to class hatred. attacks on corpora
tons and his coupling of corporations and
the republican party and candidate are
striking home among certain elements of
the labor vote. it is said
That which worries the republican man.
ayers most is the recollection that here
tofore the upstate vote has been con-
servative. free from the peculiar influences
that appeal to the electorate in Greater
New York. They see in the present tenn
per of some of the voters indication of
change of mental process-they call it de-
terioration--in the tendency of the voters
to heed the doctrines of Hearst When the
republcanism, wavers in the slightest de-
gree 1t makes the goose flesh break out
on the republicans 1t cannot be fairly
argued that this detection will be Offset by
democrats boiling their ticket.
That boiling vote VIII be necessary to
counterbalance the combination of Tam
many and the original Hearst element in
NJ still
can deficit in the upstate count. The eff
fort of the republican managers from now
on will be TO convince this labor vote, which
they have heretofore claimed their own,
that Hearst is not sincere. and that they
are following a will o. the wisp in listening
TO his talk. Can they do it?
Hearst Style of Talk.
Hearst goes right at the laboring man
with strong language. Hughes makes
speeches las II he were addressing the APP
pellate DIVISION" republican leader
down here remarked with a grunt of dis
satisfaction.
You will hear the question asked very fire.
quently: We'll. why are the betting odds
8 to on Hughes If there is doubt of the
outcome?" Let me tell you. In the first
place betting odds not always good
signs of the times in New York. The
odds originate down in the financial dis
trict. where the wish is father to the
thought very often.
Take this time last year. the odds were
twice as long on Mcclellan as they ara
today on Hughes and you remember the
outcome. Events showed that at no stage
of the campaign the odds warranted.
There are two features of this situation
today which look gloomy for the repub-
Mcans: First, the unsettled condition up
state. Second, the significant gain OF
Hearst in the rank and file in New York
as shown by the straw ballots, If they
count for anything II Is fair to say that
in the past these expedients for ascertain
ing the supposed trend of the vote have
not been satisfactory. You will remember
the foolish totals of the postal card polls
OF the Herald and the World In the last
gubernatorial campaign. The actual bal
loting made the previous polls utterly ri
diculous.
Take todays street and office polls of
the Herald and the World The Herald
gives Hughes a plurality of AZ in n total
vote of 347. The World gives Hearst a
plurality OF LOST in total vote OF 9.033.
There is a contradiction. but here Is the
significance: In the analysis of the polls it
will be found that Hearst is gaining over
his vote of last year. drawing from the
conservative democrats and the republicans.
Not Conclusive Indications.
Now don't jump to the inference that
these indications are conclusive. Don't