Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-30

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Candidates Taft and Bryan were both
brought by their journeyings over New
York state into Syracuse last night, and
the city did its best to welcome them i'm
partially The political news of yester-
day was without sensation. The cam
paign is rapidly drawing to close. Rep
resentative Loudenslager of New Jersey.
an officer of the republican congressional
campaign committee, issued a statement
claiming a big increase in the republican
majority in the House.
BOTH IN SAME CITY
To Syracuse, n. Y. fell last night the
distinction of entertaining the two men
most prominent in public interest. To
applaudng thousands Taft and Bryan
expounded. respectively, republican ana
democratic doctrine. Taft spoke at TWO
meetings and Bryan at four. At each
occasion the warning standing room
only" was displayed long before the hour
of the meeting, and before the big men,
arrived standing room was at premium
and hundreds were turned away. Also,
in each instance, the presidential candl-
dates were received with fattering DEM
onSt ratiOnS and their speeches were ire
uuently Interrupted by spontaneous ap-
plause.
The Taft and Bryan specials arrived
at the station at almost the same mo-
ment. shortly after o'clock and to the
credit of the city's hospitality be it said
that the expressions of welcome were
pretty evenly divided.
CHANLER VERY HOPEFUL
Skirting the Canadian border and ira
versing a chain of northern tier New
York counties that give normal republic
can pluralities of from $500 to 10000
each. Lieut.. Gov. Lewis Stuyvesant
Chanler had enthusiastic welcome at
every one of the eleven stops he made
en- route from Plattsburg to Ogdensburg.
His largest meetings were at PiattSDurg
and Malone and Ogdensburg.
In all of his speeches, whether snort or
long, Chanler aroused enthusiastic cheers
in expressing confidence that he will be
elected
HUGHES ON THE MOVE
Gov. Hughes ended an exceedingly busy
day with speech at Fredonia, \. Y. last
night. after which he was entertained at
dinner by republicans OF the town.
CONTIGUOUS ONE SPEECH
Fresh from the White House and vote
ing the sentiment of President Roosevelt
of taking nothing for granted George
B. Cortelyou. Secretary of the Treasury,
appeared last night at the Murray Hill
Lyceum, in New York city, in his first
and probably only speech of the cam
paign. That the overshadowing issue in
the present campaign is which of the two
candidates. Taft or Bryan. Is best fitted
to carry forward the policies of the pres
ent administration was the keynote OF
Mr.. Cortelyou's speech. While expressing
confidence in the election of Mr.. Taft the
speaker made an urgent appeal for the
reelection of Gov Hughes and the con-
tinuance of the progressive REFORMS
naugurated by the present state admin
stration.
SHERMAN AT ALBANY
After day of active campaigning
through the Adirondack mountains, in
Warren county, n. Y, James S. Sher-
man, republican vice presidential candi-
date, last night addressed large audi
ence in Albany. Preceding the meeting
numerous marching clubs paraded
through the principal streets and much
enthusiasm was manifested After dln-
ner the candidate was escosted to the
hall, where he was given a generous wei
come by crowd that packed the audi
forum.
KERN'S CROWDS GROW
Two rousing meetings in Terre Haute.
Ind, last night brought the fourth day
of John w. kerns Indiana campaign to
a whirlwind finish. An hour before he
appeared there he addressed a big crowd
of miners and laboring men at Brazil.
The three audiences were the largest he
has spoken to since he entered upon his
canvass of the state Monday.
ODDS NOW GREATER
There was a wide shift III New York
yesterday in the election betting, the odds
indicating a firmer and more general be-
lief in the success of Taft for the presi-
dency and Hughes for the governOrship
1t was the lengthening of the odds on
Hughes which caused the changes in the
betting on Tart
Hughes money was more abundant and
more aggressive in the Wall street dis
trict on the curb and in the Hobbies of
the stock exchange Hughes money was
offered at 10 to 8 without takers. Later
the supporters of Mr.. Hughes offered 10
to and found but little Chanler money.
Bettors offered ) to l on Taft without
takers. and later to l was freely Of
fered Ray Goodwin of the curb market
offered to l in blocks of $1,000 without
placing bets 1t was reported that in the
lobby of the stock exchange two small
bets at 10 to / on Taft were placed.
MORE HEARST LETTERS
Arguments directed to workingmen and
trades unionists arraigning the republi-
can and democratic parties made up
speech delibered by Hearst in Cooper
Union New York. last night for the In
dependence party Two letters from John
d. Archbold of the Standard Oil Company
70 the late William j. SeWell, United
States senator from New Jersey, bearing
on what Hearst called the indi1erence OF
Representative John J. Gardner OF New
Jersey, chairman or the Rouse coiiIllllee
on labor. ITO the demands of plain every
dav workingmen' figured in the speech,
and two other letters were read by MN
which he explained. were written by n.
ID. King auditor of the national demo-
cratic committee, to ID. Nj. Parry, presl-
dent of the Manufacturers Association.
and to John Maxwell, secretary to Mr..
Parry. respectively.
ESTIMATE OF NEXT HOUSE.
Representative Henry c. Loudenslager
of New Jersey, secretary of the national
republican congressional committee, who
had been in charge of the New York
Headquarters of the committee during the
campaign gave out his estimates of the
complexion of the national House of Rep
resentatives in the Sixty-tirst Congress.
From the several thousand letters re-
ceiyed" said Mr.. Loudenslager. and from
personal interviews with politicians and
other observers from all sections of tn
country. l am convinced that conserva-
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