The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-10-31
How the Election ii Going.

almost invariably be looked to for IN
accurate prediction of the outcome Of
a national election, point to the signal
triumph OF the Republican party in
next Tuesdays contest. That VIM.
FL. Taft of Ohio will be chosen for
Theodore Roosevelt's successor as
president of the United States, and
that Vim. Jennings Bryan of Nebraska
will go down in defeat for the third
time, are impending events that can
only be doubted by ignoring the over
whelming evidence of existing condi-
tians upon which we'll founded prog
nostications are usually based.
The New York Herald, an independ-
ent newspaper that is noted for the
fairness and accuracy of its pre-elec-
tion estimates, announces as the re-
suit of a careful review of the situa-
ton in all the states that Taft will re-
ceive $50 electoral votes, Bryan l56,
with At doubtful. Of the doubtful
states Nebraska and Kentucky are
accredited with Democratic leanings.
while Colorado, Indiana, Montana
and Wyoming are listed as having
Republican tendencies. Hughes is re-
ported as likely TO Ee elected COVER
nor OF New York, and the political
complexion of the next house of repre-
sentatives is thus given: Republicans
2l9, Democrats ira loss of four Re-
publicans and a gain of five Demo-
erals.
No other newspaper in the country
has better facilities than the Herald
for gauging political sentiment OF an
equal record Of realized election fore
casts. The Herald S calculations fore
Swallowed the first election af Mr..
Cleveland, his defeat in his second
campaign and his election in his third,
and these were all close contests. The
victories of Mckinley and Roosevelt
were indicated in like manner, and we
believe there has been no instance of
the failure of the Herald S calculations
relative to the result of a national
election.
The New York Times and the Chi
cage Tribune, both leading newspapers
of their respective sections of the eoun-
try, have also taken great pains to
poll public sentiment in the pivotal
and doubtful states, with the result
that the Times announces the conc1u-
sion that the electoral vote will stand
286 for TAFT and l67 for Bryan, and 30
doubtful, while the Tribune calculates
that Taft will receive 282 electoral
votes to Bryan's POI, practical re-
petition OF the Mckinley Bryan con-
test in 1910.
The betting quotations in all the
principal cities show odds ranging
from two to one up to six to one on
taft, and we doubt If there is an in
stance on record where such large and
general odds have failed to indicate
The result. Ia New York, where DEM
3cratie success is absolutely essential
TO the realization of any hope Of
Bryaa's election, all but the most
glaringly partisan calculations now
give the state to Taft. 1t is nniver
sally conceded that Ghanler, the Dem |
ocratic candidate for governor, will
run many thousands of votes ahead of |
Bryan, and up to two weeks ago the
Cd as in the betting on the state ticket |
we're IN Chanler's favor. Last week
they dwindled down to even money, |
and now wagers are being made on
The basis of ten to nine on Hughes, the
gubernatorial nominee.
Gov. Hughes has developed into one
Of the mist remarkable campaigners
me country has produced, and his
manly, candid and eloquent appeal TO
he people for renewed support of the
party and vindieation Of
lis admirable administration as gov
,rnor of New York is meeting with
that leaves little doubt OF his
riumt hant reelection Iext Tuesday.
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