The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-03
Use of Voting Machines Up State Will Give Early In dication of How Coun.
 try Is Going.
CHAlRMEN BOTH CONFIDENT
Everybody Standing by Original Esti- mates as to the OutCome--Situ-
 ltion in the Doubtful States,

New York. Nov. 2.--Wlth electlOn Hay at hand, with fair weather and a heavy vote indicated throughout the IEnited States the rival managers of Ehe republican and democratic nation- 3hl campaigns closed their desks at Headquarters tonight declared re- ;pectively that Taft and Bryan would yin, and then hurried away on late rains to cast their ballots, MT. Hitch ock at West Newton, Mass. and Mir. Mack at Buffalo. Foth chairmon feel hat when their votes shall have been leposted tomorrow morning they will have done all that they could do to further the interests of their parties md of their leading candidates in he momentous campaign of 1908
 For Mir Hitchcock it will mean a lest for the first time since he set out D round up Taft delegates to the re- uhllcan national convention last bring It will be rest after cam lalgn which he declares has been pnducted strictly along the lines greed upon at the very start Mir lack gives up his prediction work Fifth the satisfaction, his associates hy, of having brought the democratic arty into greater unity than for bany years past He has conducted vigorous campaign from the start. hd says he believes the party to be
 better position to win the elec- lon than at any time in it's history.
 The polls in New York city will ben at s o'clock tomorrow morning nd close at , D. m. The same rule olds throughout practically every hrt of the state, and the indications Ire that the New York state vote will .h the first 10 be flashed over the fires tomorrow night as giving an dication of how the election is to D. This at least will be true of the Ebuntics and cities outside of Greater New York Voting machines are eX- tnsively used up the state and the tsults will be known almost as soon
 the polls close. It was said that. fur years ago Erie county in which Tuffalo is located, first told Presl- Rnt Roosevelt Of his approaching vic fry. The returns from Erie this year Ell be watched with the keenest in- Tlrest both as to their bearing on the tional and New York state results. he count of the vote in New York 'fy, Brooklyn and surrounding bor-
 shs Is likely to be slow and long layed. The ballot this year Is unus fly large and the counting will be giious.
 tgRepublican Chairman Hitchcock de. ,Ared to-day that late reports receiy-
 from national committeeman and
 te chairmen strengthen his faith in H estimates of 325 electoral votes for fe Taft made on Friday night. He lsve out the round figures by which S state organizations hope t. carry rtny of tho important state where jSa fight has been waged the hardest. E3efore leaving for Buffalo tonight rairman Norman D. Mack at demo- ltic national headquarters. gave out Ainal statement claiming victory for Wan and Kern He asserted that Wv York state would give the nation f.ticket plurality of 50.000 and that .%i and Indiana will surely go demo- Itic. He declared that the party NfAuld carry most of the other doubt it states, and in addition would car some states that they have not Ni lined He adheres to his forecast Ti13S9 votes for Bryan and Kern Dur
 the day MT. Mack talked with \ lhuel Gompers, and as a result of A'ir conference the national chair iin said he was convinced that the Tor vote would go to the party.
 .tAll that is needed to win" said Mir. F%ck, "is to poll our full vote and see ft t is honestly counted"
 ltt, this connection the chairman an- sFnced that a reward of sl,000 would N%paid by the national committee for ql detection and conviction Of any aAt,on engaged in election frauds. IpQlt democratic state headquarters 't'hdence was expressed that New Glk would go for Bryan, Kern and WEnler It was claimed there that i,F, tide is running toward Chaner s,.J governor"
 tiSbngressman Loudensager, in leav- ,'.gl today. said he was confident that ltareturns would verify his prediction i.islo the next congress This forecast }Nn out last week, is; Republicans NM democrats 164
 ilNIhe puzzle as to the outcome of the x,lNe contest was apparently no near ,hFolution tonight than at the begin l.,b of the campaign and both sides ah claiming the state by overwhelm- lrIllmaioritles,
 !FIairman Woodruff of the state re- ican committee said tonight on living his headquarters;
 sE" have given out no figures on the 4 dlNlt in New York but I believe that lM and Hughes will win by substan- 'tMpluralities I believe Hughes sen bilnt has been growing every day. Mrstand that Chairman Hitchcock
 f1e national committee says he h,,1N NSs Taft will win in the state by .gNO If I were to give out any fig T they would be in excess of Mr fMhcock's And am as confident rI Hughes will win as Hitchcock Is ph0ldent that Taft will win"
 New Jersey.
 ll'. enton N. Jo Nov 2.-~The repuh- eIN managers claim New Jersey by 'il east 30,000 plurality while the u locratie figures are given as tIoOO