The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-27
Hitchcock and Mack Are
Wreathed in Smiles,
Confident.
REPUBLICAN NEWS
MOST ENCOURAGING
Bryan's Reception in Empire State
Delights Democrats-Is His
Crucial Day.
By I. c. wELtIvEP.

NEW YORK, Oct Z7.-The Two most
cheerful and confident men in New York
this morning were Chairman Hitchcock
and Chairman Mack. Each was wreath
ed IN smiles and fairly eXuding con
fidence.
Mr. Mack was cheered because Of the
great reception Bryan is having IN the
city; Mr. Hitchcock, by the splendid re-
Ception given 10 Taft, and also by the
news which now daily and hourly comes
from the country. narrowing the doubt
Iul list and crowding It more and more
into territory once regarded as Demo
cratic.
I have no doubts whatever about
New York and Indiana" said Mr.
Hitchcock. "Ohio viii come In safely.
Reports from our leaders IN Missouri
are remarkably confident. and growing
more so ala Jhe time. It seems almost
conceded tadt Hadley (RepubIcan) viii
be eIec,ed governor, and on the ma
tionaI ticket il is seemingly an even
thing, with possibly trife Of advant-
age today for the Democrats. but with
The developing tendency toward US.
That Is based on reports Of the
leaders. we get some reports from
other source. perhaps not quite so en-
I couraging But the three big doubtful
states arc now Missouri. Kentucky, and
Maryland"
Kentucky Situation.
Kentucky's situation is remarkably
like that Of Missouri; our leaders there
are very confident. Maryland is close,
Of course, but now expect We viii
| safely carry it."
Mr.. Hitchcock had rather pointedly
! omitted discussion of the Ohio situation
/ u any detail, and was asked il that was
| significant He admitted that he wasn't
/ talking much about Ohio at present, but
/ insisted il was going 10 be safe. The
truth is hat the Ohio situation got bad
4 because the State had been left in the
( hands of the Vorys crowd, who misman-
I aged II. and Hitchcock did not take
4 hold till 1t was apparently absolutely
/ necessary.
The Republicans feel he has lrsproved
| the situation, Dut theY regard il stiI
as the one great big doubtful state.
I The Democrats are apparently absO-
Z lutely confident about both Ohio and
/ Indiana, Nebraska and Colorado, and u
/ is plain that the warfare OF claims IS
/ going TO cOntinue right 70 the end with
/ beth sides really expecting 10 win
Taft's Voice Weakens.
morning Of Taft colIapsing at a Br0ok-
/ Iyr meeting last night The truth IS
/ that his voice gave way, and he mad 10
Iabandou one meeting. but this morning
he was in form again, and started on
his tour OF neighbOring upstate points.
While his voice causes concern, his gen
eraI phys.cal condition is all right.
Bryan Travelled and talked just twen-
I ty-tWO hO' IS yesterday. He ended with
an unprecedented meeting at City Hall
| Park. where he began talking from the
| city hall steps at 3 o'clock this morning
and talked an hour. Thousands OF night
! workers heard him. Mrs Bryan stood
near him on the city haH steps. This
! morning she talked Of It as the most
interesting meeting she ever saw,
/ There was quite dense fog" she
/ said ''and through the fog and dark
/ ness, vaguely broken by the electric
lights, the huge skyscrapers lOOmed
like ghosts; when a red-fire illumination
l would be set off, the specters would
come out q little more plainly for the
moment and seem to move up toward
/ US; then the light would die, and the
! WraIths would vanish into the fog. and
the people on the edge Of the crowd
would hardly be seen till the next
illumination would seem to charge the
heavy air with the red glow once more.
1t was very wonderful" ="
Gets Little Rest.
Mr. Bryan got TO bed at 4.3O after
this remarkable day and at 10 was at
work again. comforting with leaders in
his rooms and preparing for his days
tour. on which he was scheduled for
another long list Of meetings IN the
city. GOmpers and Chauler are with
Bryan today. and il is looked upon by
Democrats as their crucial day, for they
are making a desperate appeal for the
labor vote of Brooklyn.
The feeling is strong that Brooklyn
win make the next President, if only
Bryan can get the hold on the workers
votes for which he is pleading. II is
almost the last throw in the desperate
game. Governor Hughes IS in the city
for a number Of speeches. and he ia
the man Bryan most breads Of all the
Republican speakers.
II guess there will be no more COM
plants about apathy" said Chairman
Hitchcock this morning. 1.-THE campaign
is coming up 10 its climax at the close
just as we planned and as was ex-
planned some weeks ago. We husband
ed energies and resources with this
in view, and il is ending exactly right"