Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18
CLAIMS ILL FOUNDED
Democratic Predictions for
Montgomery County.
INQUIRY AMONG VOTERS
Lukewarm Support of Bryan
Disclosed.
TAFT MAY LOSE SOME SUPPORT
Resentment of Disappointed Office
seekers May Hurt Col. Pearre
in Some Degree.
Support
Disclosed.
TAFT MAY LOSE SOME SUPPORT
Special CORRESPONDENCE Of The Star

Special CORRESPONDENCE Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. October l., 1908.
Much has been said in this campaign
concerning the probability of Montgomery
county giving ''old-tim democratic
majority. and of Mr.. Lewis, the cand
date for Congress. getting a much larger
vote than Mr.. Bryan. but careful in
quiry among conservative and generally
well informed men in various sections
of the county has failed to disclose any
thing To warrant such predictions.
When MIR. BRYAN first ran for the presi
dency he carried Montgomery county by
n majority OF 40 Four years later his
ma jority in the county was 52S In both
of those campaigns he was opposed by
substantial members of his party in all
sections of the county who could not
subscribe to his radical ideas. Many of
these registered their disapproval of
Organism by voting the republican
ticket; the others remained away from
could be found a few republicans TO
whom Bryans ideas appealed, and Mr..
Brydn'S support from this source offset
in a measure the detection in his own
party. but he each time fell far short
of getting the full democratic majority
in the county
Lukewarm, Support of Bryan.
Conditions in the county this time are
believed to be very similar to what they
were in the other Bryan campaigns. 1t
is true few of the more prominent
democrats who were openly against the
peerless one in the other contests are
supposed to be for him now. and it may
be that they really dc intend to vote for
him. but if they do give him their votes
it will he a case of planting pumpkin
seeds and praying for corn" as nearly
every one of them Is known to be hop
ing in his heart of hearts for republican
success. AS an evidence of the feeling
among this element well known Rock
vile democrat who Is known to have
very little sympathy for the Bryan ideas.
publicly declared day or two ago that
he intended voting for MI BRYAN this
time. but that he would not think of do
ing so If he thought he had any chance
of election So although Mr. Bryan may
get the votes of some of the members
of his party who opposed him before,
their support of him is of such luke
warm character as to be negative in its
effect and there are not few who ex-
pect the democratic detection this year
40 he greater than ever.
Slight Republican Loss.
That Mr. Taft will lose some republican
votes is conceded. In every political con-
test in this county there are republicans
who fail to support their party's nomi-
nees. and this has cost the party more
than one victory; but this time there is
nothing to indicate that the number OF
disaffected Is greater than usual; on the
contrary. everything points 10 the party
voting more solidly. for their presidential
candidates at least. than for years.
The republican managers declare they
know every white member of their party
who will not vote for Mr.. Taft, and they
assert the number is ridiculously small.
If then. as is claimed. the white republl-
cans are in such good shape. the demo-
Gratis must be basing their hopes for an
''oidtime'' majority upon the coiored
voters, probably persuadinS themselves
that disaffection exists result of the
brownsville affair" But if they are de-
pending upon the black man this time
they are leaning upon broken reed
Attitude of Colored Voters.
Within the past two or three weeks the
writer has made special effort to learn
lust how the colored voter of Montgom
cry county feels with regard to Mr.. Taft
and MIR Bryan. He has talked with
dozens of the Nace from all sections of
the county, and in talking with them has
referred to the Brownsville trouble and
every other thing calculated TO cause dis
affection among them, and has not only
failed TO find single negro who will
has not run across one of them who
knows any other member of the race who
will do so. They all seem to have it
'snuffed up their nose that the demo-
Gratis are going after their suffrage scalp
next fall. and IN the face of this the
brownsville affair or any other old
thing is cutting absolutely no figure with
them. So all this talk about the Mont
gomery county negro voting for MIR.
BRYAN is poppycock, pure and single.
So with both the white and colored re-
publicans of the county solidly for Mr..
Taft they probably ever were for a
presidential candidate. and with evidences
of democratic disaffection on all sides the
republicans do not seem to he at all
alarmed by the democratic claims of an
'.old-time majority. On the contrary,
they say they are going to give their
democratic friends the surprise of their
life November j.
Pearre May Be Cut.
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