The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-01
Unions Will Hold Monster
Meeting at Grand Central
Palace Tonight.
MACK CLAIMS 338
FOR HIS CANDIDATE
Democratic Chairman Issues Fore
cast Last-MonSte~ @. 0. P.
Parade Significant.
By J. c. WELLIvER.

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NEW YORK, Oct 3l.-Ch airnan
I Mack OF the Democrats committee to-
night submitted his forecast OF Tues
days election.
He claimed for Mr.. Bryan 8Sg electoral
votes. Mr.. Hitchcock. the Republican
chairman. the night before had claimed
for Mr.. Tart 325. This shows the ad-
vantage OF holding back your estimate
till after the other fellow had spoken.
Everybody wiz know that neither
chairman has given his honest iudg-
ment as to the probable result I'm all the
debatable States. Mr.. Hitchcock beyond
all question Is convinced that BIr. Taft
cannot lose the election. Mr.. Mack. an
optlmist Of the thirty-thIrd degree, does
not see how Mr.. Bryan can Iose. But
both have claimed States OF which thew
DO not feel at all sure Mr.. Hitchcock
Is unwilling to concede to BRYAN q
single state north, east or west Mr.
Mack IS unwilling 10 concede TO Taft
such certain Republican States as wis
consin anl idaho.
The campaign closes with two very
significant features. one was the nm
precedented Republican parade TO-DAY
which marched all day up Fifth Avenue
ana was not done at nightfaU II he
gan al 10 O'Clock and had not concluded
when this dispatch was filed at s p. N.
Labor Meets Tonight.
The other was the organization labor
meeting scheduled for tomorrow might
at Grand Central Palace. II Organized
labor delivers all the votes to BRYAN
which its leaders pledge tonight he viii
be elected President Tuesday. The diff
ference between the estimates placed bv
Republicans and Democrats on the Ia
Dor vote, IS the difference between the
pluralities claimed by the opDosjng
chairmen.
NO Republican believes organized L.
Dor VIII vote for b an m anv sptf
proportion as claIa Uy Gompars ana
his heutenants- No canvass which has
yet been made Of the labor vote shows
a per cent for Bryan claimed by labor
leaders There are in the United States
more than 100000 voters whose mem
bership in the American Federation is
active. Organized labor will not con-
cede to Taft more than 10 per cent of
this total The claim seems as pre-
posterous as do the claims Of tive re-
spective chairmen OF the political COM
mittees. Everybody knows Mr.. Ervan
viii get a larger per cent Of the or
ganized labor vote than will Mr.. Taft.
Whether this gain is 10 per cent or "a
per cent will represent In debatabTa
states In New York. Ohio, and Indiana,
the difference between Taft and Bryan
victory.
Think Taft Winner.
In New York popular opinion IS that
Taft VIII win the State.
The betting opinion. as represented by
election odds, is five chances for Taft
10 one for Bryan.
II is impossible 10 get from any Dem
ocrauc source an estimate by counties
or a statement regarding the boroughs
which make up the greater city. The
greatest difference in the estimates is /
IN New York and Kings counties. Some /
body has been tremendously fooled in
the canvasses which have been made in I
New York county.
William L. Ward. national comrnit+ae- /
man for New York this morning said 4
Bryan would lose Greater New York 4
Conservative leaders of the greater CITY /
organization place Mr.. Bryan's plurality /
IN the city at Sc, ,OOO There can he no /
doubt that the business men Of New
York are just as hostile to BRYAN as
they were IN 1900 They NAV not fear
him so much, but they are distrustfIII .
ana their estimate is reflected in every
downtown Expression, whether. dropDed 4,
1t the club. IN the corridors, or on the
street.
The Republican estimate from Kings
county (Brooklyn) shows a rernarkabIe
.rend toward Taft It Is claimed Taft
will have a majority IN the county. iust
as Mckinley had in 1900 ana as Mr.
Roosevelt In 1901 Unless Bryan can re.
'eive a plurality in Kings county OF
more than 1900 he cannot hope to carry
he State OF New York
Talks With Murphy.
Today I talked with Charles f. Mur-
'hy, in the Tammany wigwam, for a
ialf hour. The Tammany leader was
unwilling to make public his estimate Of
ne pluraIities he expected for BRYAN /
ma Chanler in New York county. He
-ld, however, discuss with unusual
reedom the conditions favorable and !
inIavoreble 10 Mr.. Bryan. It is Mr.. /
opinion that Bryan will re-
'elVe IN this city a much larger vote
han has been given any Democrats
since 1892. He is convinced
hat Bryan viii rec eivs a much larger
percentage OF the German vote than has
,efore gone 20 any Democratic candi-
late for President, and that his vote
-mong the italian workmen, who have
heretofore decidedly opposed him. will
'e a staggering surprise TO the Repub-
lean managers.
Mr.. Murphy went to Denver opposed
o the nomination OF Bryan He said
oday he had always greatly admired