The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-26
Edward 4. Newman Thinks There Will Be Regular
 Landslide for Bryan
MANY REPUBLICANS WILL
 VOTE FOR THE NEBRASKAN
Widespread Discomfort Exists in United States Owing to Failure of Party in Power to Give Re-
 lief to the Laboring Man.

Washington, October 25.-(Special.)- Edward A. Newman, national commit teeman of the District of Columbia. says it looks to. him as if tn ere will be a Bryan landslide. He has been in d number of the eastern states within the past week. My judgment is based" said MT. Newman, lon the vari- ous and reliable reports, both private and public, made by state and county committeeman. confirmed by polling a large number of votes in states I have taken out of the republican column and placed to the credit of MT. Bryan, or made doubtful and comparing the pending canvas with that of 1896; the generally depressing and SNnprosperous business conditions being similar. The disruption of the democratic party then, compared with a united party at this time, and with Bryan, single handed and alone, combating millions of dollars furnished by the trusts and national banks to accomplish his de- feat make us marvel at the closeness of the result that year.
 Bryan's Following.
 "As we look back and review the campaign of 1896, 1t Is admitted by all that Mir Bryan had an immense army
 
 lican ranks. A large per cent of these voters were not only ostracized. but persecuted by their former party as- soeiates to such an extent that they became MT. Bryan's most ardent and sincere followers regardless of party principles or platforms. They voted for him in 1900, and while they cast their ballots for Roosevelt in 1904 they continue in their loyalty to the dem ocratic candidate, and will support i'm at this election. It is granted that at least 9h per cent of the democrats who opposed Bryan in the 1896 campaign are earnestly supporting him at this time, and when we consider that his success would have been more than as- sured If only one-tenth of opposing democrats had remained true. a demo- cratic victory can easily be figured on this basis.
 "It Is generally admitted by all close observers that MT. Bryan has been daily growing in strength, while Mr. Taft has been getting weaker from the time the nominations were made; and while 1t is apparent that a revolution is taking place in the minds of peo- pie. the managers of the republican campaign are not able to locate the sore spot, and hence they are all at sea as to where to put the plaster.
 That there is a widespread discon- tent caused by the acts of Roosevelt and the non-action of the republican party is more than apparent. The la Dor element, for the first time, has officially taken an active part in party politics. and openly allied itself with the democratic party, after having been denied beneficial legisla tion and proper recognition at the hands of the re- publican organization. Realizing, as they do that the recent panic was pa Gnd hy 0h hf and his party as being directly re- sponsible for their loss of steady work which they have been deprived of and their deplorable condition at the pres eat time. Instead of having four years more of the full dinner pail, that same dinner pail has long since been empty: hence their confidence in the republi- can party has been completely shat tered.
 When we recolect that although the state of New York gave a republican majority in 1896 of about S00.000 and then the following year elected Parker a su- preme court judge by 56.0O0 on the demo- cratic ticket, it demonstrates the fact that party fealty is lost sight of in this day. when the voters are fully aroused. and past majorlties are easily swept aside With the election but a week off and with exceptionally strong state ticket indications point to a democratic victory
  today as it has not beer since 1892 when Cleveland carried the state by 49s ma jority. Not since AddiCks and the Du- ponts secured control with their money have the prospects been so bright for democracy as this year.
 One man on the democratic ticket who Is almost sure of election is Andrew O. Gray, candidate for attorney general, who has been indorsed by both the anti-or- ganizstion republicans and prohibitionists. He is the eldest son of Judge George Gray.
 special from Philadelphia says: "A meeting of the prosperity league was broken up tonight by cheers for Bryan. About 50 men had gathered to hear a talk from Ashby Blythe the yarn mer- chant.
 About the middle of his speech he said republican success could alone spell pros perity. From that time on he was con- tinually interrupted by jeers. A large man. evidently textile worker, shouted at him: Prosperity? Where have we heard that word before? We surely haven't experienced any of it in the last year. Maybe you call it prosperity when 100000 of our fellows have been out of work for year and their families are starving.
 Another one injected: "We can't have harder times than we are having now. l will vote for Bryan
 The police elected six men From the hall. but the meeting was practically at an end far further prosperity speeches were concerned.
 The eastern republican press claims the election of Taft today by anywhere from 50 to 150 majority in the electoral college. The New York Tribune. which never does {, anything by halves. says that by the end of this week the republican national com mittee will" predict Tafts election by
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