The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-14
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Washington. d. c.. oct H. Press
dent Roosevelt has nor heard more dis
quieting news in ng time san has
come TO him today regarding the sltu
alton in New York aud Ohio. He has
been told tdat as result Of a careful
Republican pll Of New York it isl
shown that Hughes will carry that
state by 10000 and that Judge Tafi
viii carry it by plurality of 2j000.
The scant margin which TIE pol
gives the Republican candidates has
startled the president and he IS send
ing out word all along he line for the
managers OF the TAFT and Hug1es
campaigns to get busy and leave
stone uniurned to stem the rising tide
.ag9inst both the state and national
tickets
Reports from Ohio are even more
gloomy fer the Republican ticket A
confidential friend OF the president
who went to Ohio at his request about
two weeks ago f-r the purpose OF t.ak-
ing a careful investigation into condi,
tions there made his report today. #
was confidential in its nature. but IT
Is known That he told the president
that Taft could not carry the Buckeye
state unless there was a great change
Of sentiment among the working mon
and tlc negroes. or course, this did
not have the effect of s,oihinS Tho
presidential nerves,
On the other hand. il Is Gained by
Republicans that a coup will be exc.
cuted at a meeting of the delegates OF
the Ohio Federation of Labor tlls week
which will have tho effect OF turning
the tide in faycr of Taft. so far as the
labor yotc is concerned. II Is claimed
that the Ohio Federation win vote by
a maj rity ofdwo to one in favor OF a
resolution refusing to indorse tae
course Of President Gompers Ct the
! National Federation in supporting
| Bryan. Ii Is understood that Mr..
Gnmpers asked The Ohio Federation TO
discuss aud vote on such a resoluti II,
thinking tdat there was no doubt OF his
being sustained. Bur it is claimed
taat he viii be ccusurod.
The Washington correspondent Of a
Republican paper one OF tlc best
| known newspaper men In the United
/ t1hAAhnH ~ NV AttN dNfN iNANA AAtHN iANlA a
lengthy trip through number of
! Western states and througl New York
said last night;
"If you feel that yu must bet ou
the result you had better put your
money on TAFT ! guess, but my advice
is that If yuu can't afford tn lcae y3u
had better not bet on either The re-
suit is in absolute doubt Although
Republicans claim TO be confident.
nave personal knowledge Jf the iacl
that all them are up IN the air from
the president down"
Nevertheless. President Roosevelt
does not profess to have auy doubt o
| The result Or Barchfeld. Republican
member Of congress. from pennsyl
vania asked toe president al Tho
White House today whether he would
not make some speeches during al,
campaign.
no. ! shall not speak. replied The
president III would be ike carrying
ais to Newcastle for Republican
presiden, 10 so ON the stump now
For the first time during the cam
lpaign Republicans in Washington ar'
beginning to feel uneasness as 90 th'
result in Speaker Cannon district
TAe speaker said some weeks ago hi
would be reelected H. congress ii ihl
labor vote did not unite against bin
Advices' received here arc TO the effec
that union labor has d ne that yer,
thing, which, according 10 Mr. Cannon
admission, makes the result d-ubtiu
although the chances must be in hi
favor Still. with union labor and th
Met2odlsts arrayed against him. il :
evident that he will lose many q vol
he would have received otherwise
Hepburn in Danger.
II was told the president to-day TIA
Representative Hepburn, OF lowl
familiarly called 'Wheelh rse OF III
House" is in grave danger OF detea
1t Is also stated that Democrats ar
likely % defeat two other Republira
candidates for congress in Iowa.