The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-07
Incidents and Opinions
 Throwing Light on
 The National Contest

bodings. Accepting their opinions aL face Value, one would immediately gnl ready for a Democratic lanqsliae but be taken into account In appraising
 They frankly put Indiana In the lost most anything happening in Illinois. see dark, threatening clouds hanging low oyer ohto, are prepared to near nd Ins the the Dakotas. biuntiy avow some slight misgivings as to Iowa, and do not con ceal their apprehension that "Roose,
 sts tsr 6utttng keS asy to yendsnPer sTs sse whole conseryatiys East. And if any of these things happen or enough oI them. happen to elect Bryan or give of "I told you so" will be heard from these old war horses throughout the
 It is this spirit of Republican pes, simism, prompted by hostility toward Roosevelt ana indifference as to Taft of former workers now outside the inspires Democratic hopes and pro SHiff' viii lana tnS fa' bfSsH the tn Pssidssinay
 As a matter of fact. political condi- tions in the West. four weeks before reasspring to either party. Republican since Roosevelt injected life into the out the fear % of a antoWard happenings has not been dispeiled. The trend of the labor vote is still toward Brysn it ars ana drsstnE seRtqg ger E bes 5es forts toward checking the stampede. Roosevelt Is cooperating actively in this effort. It would De less difficult but for the large number of factories that are running on half time. Apparently, the Republicans are not
 e Tote t who are impartiaIly looking into con. ditions Tn the Middle West agree that this disaffection may prove quite form taSS sroes are 1 fopsd openiy o opposing opposing the
 Wariaing Up Te Taft.
 crafty sratifyinss to his pa party. He has had big meetings, uniformly, and the | masses, if not wildly. enthusiastic, have S h9wn ardaf sn aersSs in hT bs and efcu tural regions warmed up to him espe- cially. Kansas fairly outdid itself fin It's rousing welcome and is undeniablY a Taft State, If outward indications fur true S M aIso. sHf' in less @ degree degree of which the Democrats stoutly claim, and 1t Is notable that Bryan himself uation in his own State.
 Indlane and Ohio.
 Of all the States In which hard battles are raging Indiana is consid- cred most promising for the Demo- crats. That they will elect their can didate for Governor is all but con- ceded at Republican headquarters. There are are, comPIica.sloas 1T in ,.s almost ss dicaps the party in power, but small odds are yet offered that the electoral vote will go to Taft.
 Reports from ohio indicate that liar ris, who was thought to be leading a forlorn hope in his race for Governor, | is developing such strength in the in- terior of the State, that will likely l overcome his weakness In the cities and enable him to defeat Judson Harmon, 1 his opponent.
 Cannon Beset With Troubles. The biggest Congressional fight in 1 the West ts in Uncle Joe Cannons district. He has been kept on the run l from the start. Some of the biggest | men. of the party. Including Sunny already have come to his assistance | and others are on the way. Uncle | Joe" declares he will win, but does | not attempt to hide the fact that trou- bies thick and fast have crowded upon l him.