Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-23
DEMOCRATS TT7pN !.
FROM W.R. HInno1 H1t,'slr .,'I.
PARTY LINES ARE BROKEN AND
THEY FLOCK TO SUPPORT OF
CHARLES HUGHES

Among lhese Are Many OF the MUNICH
pal Ownership Men Who Supported
Publisher in His Candidacy for
Mayor of New York City.
New York, Oct. 22.-The campaign
for governor has reached point
where estimates of official and semi
official character are beginning to be
made. Chairman Woodruff Of the re,
publican state central committee says
he is we'll satisfied with the situation.
He believes Hearst will not have more
than 10000 plurality in New York
county, and he is sure Hughes will
carry Brooklyn by humping plurality.
Murphy would give no estimate yes
terday beyond reiterating that Hearst
would win.
Putting aside all partisan exaggera-
tons, it is apparent that Hughes Is far
ahead of Hearst.
This is indicated not so much by the
crowds the rival candidates have
drawn to their upstate meetings as
by the steady drift of what are called
"old line" democrats to Hughes.
According to reports from practical
ly every county in the state, not to
mention greater Eew York, the defect
tion must be tremendous. On the 9th
er hand, there is nothing definite to
show anything like similar number
of republicans deserting their party
for Hearst
Practically no republican Of stand
ing has openly denounced he is for
Hearst, but hundreds and thousands
of democrats, many Of whom never
voted the republican ticket in state
election, are making no concealment
of the fact that they cannot stand for
the candidate nominated at Buffalo.
schoharie Out for Hughes.
In schoharie county, the only coun
ty that gave Bryan plurality in 1896
where Senator Chauncey M. Depew
was hooted and stoned while on a
speaking tour in 1904. Hughes was
given cordial reception and many
Jackson democrats were quoted as
favoring his candidacy.
Hughes, 1t is asserted, is specially
strong iii ali the boroughs q tfsis city
This is particularly true of Brooklyn.
where eHarst had SO gerat a success
last year.
Many in the old Municipal Owenship
league, which nominated him for may
or, and did such valient work in his
cause, have turned from him and are
working for Hughes.
The democratic organization, though
indorsing the entire state ticket, is
openly hostile to his candidacy be-
cause he has put up Independent lea
que candidates for judiciary offices rs
well as for congress, state senate, and
assembly A great deal of the same
feeling prevails among Tammany dis
trict leaders.
Many local nominations have been
made In New York county alone, also,
although there is something like an
agreement on thejudiciary ticket which
carries ten candidates for the supreme
court But district leaders, who are
depended on to get out the vote, have
to pull out whatever patronage they
can get from district contests. Natur-
ally they are disposed to be ugly to-
wards Hearst because he has put In
dependent league candidates in their
fields and made the election of Tam
many candidates either doubtful or
hopeless in many of them.
conner's Home County WabbIy.
The same situation obtains in Erie
county the home of Chairman Con-
ners. The spectacle there is present
ed of his two newspapers supporting
Hearst and denouncing the Independ-
ent leaguers as traitors.
Corners apparently has been side.
tracked. There Is nothing doing" at
his headquarters and no one seems 20
be able to get him to talk about the
campaign.
Hughes arrived in town yesterday
from his second up state tour. He
was pretty well tagged out from his
exertions Of last week, and hurried
home for full days rest. Hughes in
the week spoke in thirteen counties
and visited more than sixty places.
Since the campaign began he mas
covered twenty-six Of the sixty-one
counties and he will just about COM
plete circuit of the state in his third
tour, which will begin today and last
twelve days. He will return to New
York on Nov. 2. The remaining four
days before election will be devoted to
whirlwind campaign in New York
City.
Farmers Strong For Republican.
To newspaper men and others who
accompanied Candidate Hughes it was
rural districts all are for Hughes. The
same observation was made by those
who followed him through western
New York on his first jaunt UP state,
and it was cinched by conditions found
in the central part of the state all the
way from the southern to the north
ern tier of counties.
Hearst has accused the republican
candidate of trying to sidetrack the
real issues and substitute as an issue
Hearst's corporate activities. He has
charged Hughes with failing to give
any definite promise of what he will do
If elected governor.
The answer to Hearst's statements
was contained in all the speeches de-
liyered by Hughes up state, but the
g neral Importance of what he had to
say about Hearst's personal activities