Arizona republican., 1908-11-03
SETTING SUN SEEMS BRIGHT To Republican County Cam
 paign Managers FILLED WITH CONFIDENCE That the Entire Ticket Will Be Elected--The Democrats Concede a Small Majority for Ralph Cameron In Maricopa County.

On the eve of the election, the out
 look for the republicans in Maricopa county never seemed so bright as it
 did last night to the republican man. agers. Chairman George Mintz, of the county committee, said that he had no doubt of the election of the entire county ticket. His prOgnostication was
 based on several facts. One of them was the result of careful polls which
 have been made and another in the attitude of voters generally toward all the members of the ticket During the campaign the voters have been made acquainted with the circumstances that the republican nominees are not politicians, but that all of them are
 successful business and professional
 men who have been drafted into the service, not by their desire to hold of flee, but because they have been shown that it was their duty to the public to become actively interested in pub
 lie affairs. The people have seen this, said MT. MintZ, and there are strong
 indications that they will demand a change today.
 Another cause of the confidence of the Chairman is the new registration and the character of it. Since the last general registration more than 1000 names have been put on the roll of voters Most of these voters have
 come from northern and eastern states which for the last few years have con tributed most largely to the growing population of Phoenix and most of the
 states, whence they have come, are republican. The polls. which the county committee has taken, show that of these new votes, two out of three are republicans.
 That the views of Chairman Mintz are shared by the democratic managers
 is evident in their uneasiness which has been growing during the last week. Most of them, while claiming the cleo tion of a large majority of the county ticket, are admitting that Cameron will have a slight majority in the county.
 The news from outside points with reference to the territorial campaign was better yesterday that it had been at any time since the beginning. All the favorable reports which had been received from the south within the last two weeks were confirmed and strengthened. so that Secretary Young  terday more confident than ever.
 J. C. Adams returned yesterday morning from a speaking tour in the counties of Gila and Cochise, and he said that the situation there was such that the best has not yet been told. MT. Adams has no doubt of the cleo tion of Cameron by a good majority
 None of the democratic territorial managers were in the city yesterday but Selim Nicholson, the democratic national committeeman from Arizona who has been in touch with the ter ritorial campaign, claims the election of Mark Smith by a majority of not less than 1000. That claim is based | on the assumption that Cochise will give it's old time Smith majority and go beyond it to the extent of 1000 He also assumes that Gila and Graham will do as they have always done | when Smith has been a candidate. MT l Nicholson says that he is refiecting 1 the confidence which leading democrats | in different parts of the territory feel | Personally. he says he feels as if | Smith would get majority of not less | than 4,000