New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-03
MR.. TAFTIN TW0STATES
ASSURANCES OF VICTORY.
Welcomed by Great Cro1cds IN
Wyoming and Colorado.
nv Telegraph to The Tribunel

been cordially welcomed ana las AN>O4'
tive assurances that he will carry them by com
fo-+ob,o rnaiorities The Republican leaders IN
wyoming say that Mr. Taft will receive ma
.ri+- Of NOT lose than 6 900 the normal Republi-
can plurality being about $500. The Coioiaco
leaders insist that their state should be removed
fraro the doubtful column. They say the orgaH-
ization fight of which much has been heard III
the East is confined to Denver county anu "i
not affect the national ticket, and that Coioi au'
will give Taft majority of not less tlai 49,
In view of information received oy MI. i"At
the national committees Western headquar 'et :
and of the sources of information winch cou'u
he reached in wyoming to-day, the predictioh
that Taft will carry Wyoming by up"@iu u
1000 majority seems amply warranted.
The sbortness Of the stay in Colorado the
conflicting information which has reached the
Marty managers in Chicago. and other factors
render II impossible TO do more than quote tiie
nrediction Of the members of the state commit
tee that Taft will carry the state by l5'ooV-
with regard 10 Wyoming. there are TWO I'M
nortant factors which will make for Republican
success. Brvan's former supporters in Wyo-
ming espoused his cause because he stood iot
free silver Many Of them stand ready 10 re-
pudiate him to-day because he has aoanooned
silver and. they believe. sacrificed his corlFlc-
lions to expediency. IN the second place. wye
ming is enjoying unprecedented prosperity. and
a large part Of her increased revenue comes
from the sheep industry. The people Of the
state are emphaticaily opposed to the 'tarlh
for revenue only plank of the Democratic
platform and they remember that Mr.. Bryan
stood for free wool when the Wilson tariff bill
was framed, and believe he would do SO again
Free wool would be blow at Wyoming's pros
perity which it would not survive, and Repub-
alike realize that fact.
There is a strong socialistic movement in the
state, and a socialist organization has been per-
fected by the Miners Federation, but it is be-
lieved that the socialist vote will be drawn far
more largely from the Democratic than from
the Republican ranks. There is no factional
trouble whatever in the state.
The Republican leaders in Colorado, in sup
port OF their assertion that the state will give
Taft q majority OF not less than 1000, point
to the fact that the state has gone Republican
in every election beginning with 1902. They
assert that Mr.. Bryan's strength in 1896 and
1900 was due TO his advocacy OF free silver;
that his plurality of $4,000 in 1896 was cut
down to less than 10000 in 1900 and that in
1904 the state gave Roosevelt majority of
$4,000 They say there has been an increase of
the rural population OF from $1,000 to $4,000
since 1904, with some diminution of the mining
population, especially the hangers-on around
mining camps, all Of whom voted the Demo
cratic ticket
They declare that the state stands absolutely
for the Roosevelt policies and will stand for
Taft as their logical heir and chief exponent
SENATORSHIP FIGHT IN COLORADO.
There is a lively fight in prospect over the
Legislature which will choose a successor to
Senator Henry NJ. Teller There are a number
of Republican candidates in the field. among
them Representative Robert W Bonynge.
Representative Franklin E. Brown, Clarence c.
Hamlin. States Attorney for two counties; ex-
State Senator James ". McCreary, c. ".
Waterman. attorney for the Rock Island Rail-
road and certain beet sugar interests all active
candidates. and Thomas F. Walsh, who is
ly a receptive candidate. Mr. Hamlin is charged
by portion of the press with being the Gug
genheim candidate. and there is an agitation
against electing a Republican Legislature based
on the assertion that Senator Guggenheim now
controls the Republican organization, and that
such Legislature would choose a Senator at
Mr.. Guggenheim's dictatiqn. and thus give the
American Smelling and Refining Company two
representatives. in the Senate The local leaders
declare that this agitation is confined to small
section of the press does not represent the facts
express the feelings Of any considera BILE num-
Der of Republicans and is really unworthy of
consideration. They say. further that the fight
for the control of the Denver County organiza-
ton, which received much notoriety and was
carried TO the courts. with the result that the
court decided it had no Jurisdiction. is purely
local affair. without material significance. One
fact is obvious to unprecedented observer. The
withdrawal OF Mr.. Hamlin from the Senatorshtp
race would remove serious obstacle to the sue
cess of the Republican state ticket The local
leaders say they will elect their legislative
ticket. but they give figures. The Democrats
are united in their support of Charles F Hughes
a wealthy and able lawyer as the successor of
Mr.. Teller, and the Senator has Endorsed Mr.,
Hughes for the place. The Democrats in Den
County have a fight their hands how
ever Ex-senator Patterson. proprietor of THE
Rocky Mountain News" and r w. Speer the
Mayor Of Denver have engaged in a war to the
knife, with, the local Republicans assert, every
prospect Of greatly promoting Republican sue
cess
CROWDS GREET TAFT TRAIN
The Taft special train made a number of
stops through Nebraska. Wyoming and Colo
RADIO to-day. always with crowds large in pro-
portion TO the adjacent population and enthu-
siastic to the last degree The chief stops were
at Cheyenne and Denver. At the former place
Mr.. Taft was escorted to the opera house and
there delivered address Of about an hour
on the tariff, Mr.. Bryan's tariff views and his
own judicial decisions. The opera house was
crowded to the limit and a considerable num-
Der of citizens met the candidates train and
gave him most cordial welcome to their city.
At Denver the Taft train met by ire
mendous crowd. Red fire was burned along the
line OF march, and roman candles added to the
brilliancy Of the occasion. The great Denver
Auditorium. which seats twelve thousand per-
sons, was crowded to its full capacity and hun
dreds turned away from the doors The