The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-29
Incidents and Opinions Throwing Light on
 The National Contest

T. Lloyd. chairman of the. Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, who made his ante election .p predicrlon ent Congress consists of 39f members. There have been electicns in oregon and Maine> and six Republicans nave 3s5 yet to be elected. it Is reasonaoy sure that there will be l99 Democrats and 126 Republicans.
 This leaves sixty distrlets 70 s os are correct all the doubtful dlstrlcts may be given to the Republicans, ana yet the Democrats would have Hs nss,I 5ist 'iistrictS our judgment is that the Den- ocrats have at least an equal chance and may probably elect as many as thirty dditional members out or tonid Sn make a total of 22s Democrats ana ana f62 Republicans, a Democratic nnaJor' ity of sixty-seven. .,a na ,s the Northern Mississippi Valley @ ano in New York and Pennsylvania. Tno % reason for the gain is due to Lne T satisfaction of the people w VIII dIs- ing noIitical conditions, and thelr uls- eust at the autoeratic rule of the pres ent Speaker of the House or hsprs- | sentatfves." VIII Roosevelt Speak. New York Special 10 Washington ffer-
 Even Pennsylvania win roll lg,,s up Republican vote loo,SUO; Ts pscorded in recsnt wears. Now, if the Keystone. State should show such a 1allihg g on In the Republican yote' , a stpiit tseouId l endanger more than one state usuaiy 1 found in the Republican column vru The report got all over Ne" presiH today in political d eireies e,rs,y e"n make one speech before the campaign cSi. | Whether 1t would be here or III ate cago. nobody. knew There ,essca spch | aob aergnSe t wpnia have. Here in New | Soris if is the consensus of Republican 1 opinion that 1t would do more harm
 Some Western Republicans nov tn m | New York give warm approval 10 me me | ideS of his going out to Chicago, while others hold that 1t would be danger o"T Tbere p is no doubt that throughout l the country the Presidents particlpa- l tion in the campaign, even as letter writer, ha@ caused much resentment
 Rrx.u,. spIepdid Reception in New New York Herald. ,,..,. .oo. After a day spent In lightning can cam l naIanins in the rain through Wes. l chester county William Bryan ias' | night faced in Madison square Har den an audience saaf and sppiauded to the aos.n y,han he said he fully expects to | he fn tho White House after Marcn 4'
 He appealed for for a 6 oemoecsr'' he csn accom- plish legislation which VII reheyye ths ths | worlxingmen of the country ot the burdens a republican administration ha Estimates of the throng in the big. amphfteatre placed the nS num3eF evaSy ae from I9Oo to , IsGoo tSs bai If asS PsSksni ies V ths | tnnmos+s Galleries In the neighbor- hood of 5000 were unable to force their way into the meeting. .A.,as- 1 IL was one of the most enthuslas. He patherings of the campaign and Mir Bryan showed plainly that he was highly pleased at such @ aeh e IT Srs s more enthusiastic than the meeting he addressed after his return TWO years ago from his tr triP PEranptnous apGnn @ as inc huge demonstration that marked his frst appearance in the auditorium in 1898 ,,,s
 The big crowd sat patiently for three hours before his appearance az twenty minutes after ten o'clock an9 kGoverTor ssS cnsnier and other orators There was enthusiastic cheering c1t- 6H- fore MT. Bryan appeared. but the cii- aisia sIovly making his way through the densely packed aisles toward thS stage , o,,,a6 Norman F Mack l With htm WaAkeu NNOthioh Charles F' Murphy. Governor Jennings of Florida; Irving Lehman; Kat Hathqn R Straus. John J. Kennedy and yohn \. I Burton. AS he appeared in the aisle 1 some one shouted "Hurrah for our And nd, the wSISS sES%d ouicpis 4FGhs settied down to a steady roar in which the playing of the bands could be only Ia1nI,s Whsn the cornmoner stood before the great audience on the speakers platform, the cheering swept ttnE0ngds iS,i1d The crowd rose to its feet and waved flags and That's and handkerchiefs.
 For five minutes MT, Bryan let hi:
 glance wander over the vast crowd Fla smiled and nodded his head in ap; proval length hOWeysF he snd sprSaa %as Stsaonointed apparently at the failure of the crowd to yield to his entreaty, Usually he, is successful in restoring 10 be swayed so easily by him.