The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-22
POLITICAL 
rammany Accused.

assured. They have been well advised as to the seriousness of the situation in Ohio and Indiana. They have been Taft in Ohio. aud that Indiana seems surely lost. Their confidential adyices have been to the effect that their best tion is to concentrate their strength in New York. While by no means abandoning Ohio or Indiana and still beloveing there is a change to save said the cardinal feature of the Re- make sure of New York. information confidence. is that Taft is assured of the Empire State by small but safe plurality.
 From other sources. nat so high. or trustworthy, but still worthy a fair degree of credence. comes the report that the Republican leaders in New with with Tammany. % The great thing for -Tammany in this campaign IS to beat If reelected. they fear the governor will , eompsi, d, the leg,slntufIe New York City in important particu- lars, which means loss Of power 70 Tammany. The Republican leaders in like Hughes. They accepted his nomi- nation sullently: They will not be at all dispIeased if he is beaten. because m lndI event IH6lT OTB&Ut1httOh UttA be free to do as 1t plesses in the future as 1t has done in the past. Tkeir chief concern is for Taft. for the federal patrronage. Tammany, lS has the an ngsys city the state patronage is of m value to thers The federal offices are every thinX Here are. the antecedent con ditions which make sure of New York for Taft. which means the White House, and Tammany to make sure or the defeat of Hughes and the election of Chanler. There Is reason to believe will be denied, of course. From both sides will come the most indignant statements that they gre standing ionaL But if the deal has actually been made, as we believe, the morning after election will tell the story. There win be a slump in the Tammhhny iIa ahn stsss N1te where the Republican anti-Hugnes bosses are strong, scratched tickets will give chanler surprising vote
 RepubIIeana Troubled.
 There is no disguise among the ke- publicans in their frank moments tnak they are in for some dreadful loses or pluralities throushout this whole wes- tern country. Their own reports. as we'll as those of the opposition and the newspaper polls, show high percent to Bryan in almost every state. The Republicans confess that so far as pluralities are concerned the figures are coming down 10 a,,srd the 1ssS ssSat pasa arS say that t looks norr like 1892 they instantly resent the insinuation. No matter what the Republican leaders know they are we'll aware of the closeness of the vote in many states. For example. they talk Of 2O0,OVo Tor Taft 1,on n n nos Ia.s t5an Ssf of ths Ths talk of 100000 in Wisconsin. but they really look for about 10000. Iowa they regard as perfectly ssre. but they raiity. Kansas they admit is close. probably not more than 10000. which Is too close for comfort. Nebraska Is t9 tSlE Hnssns'n sense ana a drop ralnbow chasing squeeze through with anything to the good. In the mountain states losses ss years ago are expected: Colorado is uncertain. Ss Wyoming is admittedly doubtful, with Taft having the best of Warren. % Montana is probably for Bryan, although Senator Carter re- ports that he has fighting chance ana aIl of S0I,e the iabor % vote in Butte had not gone pell melI to Bryan. Garter says says he can lose Butte by S,o0V ano ssiu @ save the state by 2,500. but other Ee- though the miners of Butte and sur rounding region are pretty solid for Bryan, the Republicans have named sSr smoaS gevftlhn0r ths miaera, An Ed ponlai. and that helps some. The general sxpecta- tion Is tkat Donlan is the only Re- publican on the ticket who VIII car-
 utah Is Republican and Idaho also by reduced but safe pluralities. Ne vada is lighting ground. the Eepuoll- cans say, as Hearst has gone in there with his ticket, splitting up the Demo. cratic vote and leaving chance Tor
 the Taft electors to squeeze 9ut . facts facts at at the Republican headauarters from confidential reports.
 It is on the Pacific coast that the time time the the republicans had fears the
 Rrysn tssre bSt Tfvi thg4 aEAtl latest esP
 ready to ay SsfGse Is tSat SaecRan caforh
 ebsolufelv ebsn safe by 10000, oregon by 20 900 and washington by. very
 large plurality. so large that not Jan, ano thai state. One of the interesting items in the confidential reports of inc Republicans Is that Jacoosen IS
 going to beat Governor Johnson m
 NliT In % Summarizing the hest obtainahle | information as to the region west or
 Chicago Ws WrsIiaSas n9d amEs' hmt small losses,
 etther actual or threatened. on the electoral vote Compared with four years ago. Bryan will probably win l SoI6rado Nevada and Montana, to- 1 tai of eleven votes. He may win the l eight votes of his own state and pos.
 sibly. but r2t probably. the three os a Wyoming. $the Republican scare or 3 neared. The landslide has faded away | into rurnbling and tumbling of the loose rocks. The fate of Bryan's thlrd battle for the presidency appears 10 pc | in the somewhat dubious hands or thS
 chieftains of Tammany hah'
 Republican Vote Slump.
 Chicago Special to Washington Herald. A slump in the Republican vote or tba Middle west comparable only 10 that of 1892. will almost certainly pc
 The Republican leaders are prepared for 1t. Unmistakable signs of 1t con front them on every side. They are
 hoping that this slump will inIi9tadIe not Ge
 SoubtfnI States into the. Democratic
 column. That. today. is the extent or
 There is danger in Indiana. chaos in Ohio. uncertainties in Illinois dlSturp Snp asnects in Wisconsin. wholesale le | defActions in Iowa disquieting condi- | lions in Kansas. threatening surIace | indications in Nebraska, spirit or par = | tv Indifference and discontent through 1 out the Northwest, and-an apparent l trend toward Bryan everywhere.
 Republican hopes as to Ohlo ana l- ln-
 diana are beginning 5f to De e tors0Tn sIIrl
 prised if these States go for Taft than | If they goufor Bryan and are not now | including them in their tables of call l culntion on the result.
 political situation in the Middle West ! if is an impartial, unprejudced view