The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-22
Incidents and Opinions
 Throwing Light on
 The National Contest

him than it had ever been before; that the Democratic party was in better organized shape and more enth usiastic and aggressive than at any time since 1899; and that the Republican party was in poorer trim for a winning fi~ht than 1t had been in at least sixteen years.
 Rooseyelt's Popularity wanes.
 A remarkable phase of the Western situation is the distinct wanin~ of Ineodore kooseveIts personal poPn. one Republican name to conjure with. It is not so now. Ardent supporters him unsparingiy:. The methods he em- ployed to force the nomination of Taft deeply resented at the time, and his aeyf aow pePPSns P%eh i. n almost hs unRvsT sally deprecated. have caused the Roosevelt star to decline almost pre-
 If Taft should lose his own state. as now seems probable. Republicans will promptly trace the blame to Roose. ys Hs s,sInn SsaIt upon TSrsksr and tensified the ugly situation there im- ony saona had and in tbpe9s pSst at isas Desn s thought that Ohio could possibly go Democratic. Since that episode it has been a case of moving heaven and And the i'll effects of the episode were by no means confined to the Buckeye State. They were felt in Indiana, in .nrnSd Iillnoas "a and sn cos oyer the West west and and founded.
 Very Hard to Figure Out.
 Have conditions changed for the bet- ter for the Republicans since Taft's tour Of the West? Newspaper core opinion that the Bryan drift is cer- tainly as strong today as at any time: p p nvS sLsohger; hsaaklng tne enormsous years, as basis of calculation, and allowing for a large shrinkage in all mSst 9op syfsry qrSsrteFi Ss # s s Poss0le cannot logically be figured out taking the Roosevelt vote of 1904. how the Republicans are going to lose enough ertheless. with such States as Ohio and Indiana trembling in the balance. and wave of Bryanism extending over the ocratic hopes of a landslide are in- creasing day by day. and Republican apprehension taking more serious form Of the far West and the Pacific Coast. definite information Is lacking at the headGuaartsss tsr of both garties t is ington. Idaho, and other States fal away are going Republican. But no- body knows for certan. Attention has West and the Mississippi valley. and now Is concentrated upon New York. 
 Bettinx on Result. Chicago Special to Washington Post. Revised odds on the National and state election are announced by sport
 Taft. l to 5; Bryan. to 2; Deneen. Combinations-Taf and Deneen { to s; Taft and Stevenson. to 1; Bryan and peneen. to l; Bryan and Steven
 Heavy play on Bryan and stevenson at the odds offered was reported. Betting in St. Louis. St. Louis.-Taft continued the favor lte among the sporting fraternity of Of to ] being offered against Bryan at the downtown cafes and other sporting quarters
 are offering to l. and are getting few takers at that.
 To win ss you must put up s. if win defeat United States Senator Stone
 Biiiy Eagerman. turf expert, who Foik, now Says he he viii ii0SS Wages $500. to At this price Hagernan Insists he is | better of the proposition.
 Johnny Cornelius who gained celeb EIty as spseapiats9Gr stG when the race 9 be to favorite. Heavy wagern Placed. st The bookmakers are making all and State elections, the total amount 1 timated at $50. 0.000. For Governor they have picked Cowherd, betting 2 to I against Hadley
 shows the odds exactly where they were two weeks ago.
 As the experts read the political I kEa At.N yI. Aaa1 S.a~k gained strength. neither has HadIey been weakened by the events of the past few weeks.
 have been reported in this city thus consplcuously and the Republicans are aiacrity. Hs The only bet of note Mas reportl port | ed was one on Taft of $3000 against S1 1000. This was made on the Stock It Is reported that State Senator McNichon is ofering odds on Taft
 Congressman Clayton Confident.
 Washington Post.
 Bryan has a cinch on the election" Clayton of Alabama at the Riggs House Mir. Clayton has Just arrived in Wash ington. from Ohio wherc he had been for New York. where he will spend g Representative R- L. Henry of TeXat and Representative Jack Beall of the same State, both of whom have beer stumping the Middle West. The trie discussed the political situation and after comparing notes, agreed that the Democratic candidate Is sure win.
 'sWe shall not only elect Bryan Pres. | ident but we shall have a Democratic House of Represen tatives,' continued Mir. Clayton. We have the Republi. cans on the run. The Democrats never l were so well organized in twenty years have been closely connected with na- tonal campaigns for a score of years. and never have known the Democrats to be so tn oroughly in earnest as they are this year. We are making an az gressive campaign and are keeping the Republicans busy answering us. No general ever won fight on the deIen- sive, and the Republican party cannot win this fight because it Is on the run.
 "Ohio will be Democratic beyond doubt. It is a sure thing. The State ticket will go Democratic and so wnl the Legislature. which means tn at elected to the United States senate.
 Nebraska Is as surely Democratic AS Alabama. and Indiana, West Vir- gInia and New York can be placed in the Democratic column just as surely l as Missouri In Iowa We shall gain two and possibly three. members of the House while in Michigan we are sure of electing three Democratic Con gressmen. In Kansas there Is a light ing chance of winning the State. Bris- tow. Republican candidate for United State Senator, is making Denver nlat- form speeches. He is talking public ity of campaign contributions the @hY- sical valuation of railroads and bank