The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
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New York, October 31.-(Special)-Th Herald tomorrow will publish it's final forecast of Tuesdays election of which the following is the gist:
 This is the final forecast by the New York Herald of the election of 1908. There have been few changes in the outlook since the publication of the forecast of last Saturday when the Herald's cleo toral table gave Taft 2sO votes, Bryan 156, doubtful with republican leanings 26, doubtful with democratic leanings 21.
 Easing the forecast of today still on surface indications and on reports made by disinterested correspondents in var ious doubtful sates, the Herald gives MT. Taft SO6 electoral votes and MT. Bryan IF.
 The states changed from the table of last Sunday are six. No state that Mir. Taft seemed then to have with req sonable surety has been lost to him during the last week of the campaign. No state that Br. Bryan was credited with last week has gone from his column.
 Doubtful States.
 The four states of Colorado Indiana, Montana and Wyoming which were lasi week classed as doubtful with republican tendencies are now credited to MT. Taft by the correspondents of the Herald.
 The two states of Nebraska and Ken lucky which were classed as doubtful with democratic inclnations are given to MT. Bryan.
 Thus during the week the net appar ent gain of the republican candidate has been 26 electoral votes, while the net apparent gain of the democratic candi- date has been 21. All observers agree that MT. Bryan did not add to his electoral strength by his last journey to the east. He utterly failed to shake the electoral vote of New York from it's re- publican moorings and. indeed, during his presence in the Empire state the belief was intensified that there is working agreement between a larg number of dem ocrats and republicans to throw the state to Taft and Chanler.
 Rockefeller Boomerang.
 It vet remains to be seen. however, whether the peculiar announcement by John D. Rockefeller that he would sup port Taft can be turned by the dem ocrats into an argument which may sW ing some close states back to Bryan. Tho democratic campaigners are making use of the incideac with all the aviItty with which a last ,,ard is seized upon in the closing hours of the campaign.
 So far as the New York governorship is eoncerned figures show that MT. Hughef has a small lead; that the tide seems | to continue to run il his fa- vor, but that the contest is so close that ah the last moment something migh develop which would change the condi- tions.
 In the states east of the Alleghanies and theA Appalachian chain the situation remains much the same as 1t was week ago.
 New England Solid
 All r.aports from New England show that that section is strongly Tor Taft and thoe states of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts. Rhode Island and e nnecticut will give him 41 cleo tors. There are indications that the Massac husetts plurality of MT. Taft will be very large. There Is trouble in Rhode Island and Connecticut for the republiIcan over the state ticket In Rhode Island there is likely to be mixed result and Olney Arnold demo- crat, Twill be elected governor over A. l. Po2thier, republican. In Connecticut ReprI Iesentative Lllley will run far be- ----I -Il~~------->-~>-----
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