The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02
ONLY THING ID DEFEAT
 BRYAN IS THE CORRUPT
 USE OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS
Josephus Daniels Says That United Democracy Aided by the Labor Vote and Mistakes of Repub- Icans Guarantee Bryan's
 Election.

New York, November l.-At both re- publican and democratic headquarters in this city today it was announced that the work of the respective organ izations in the campaign of 1908 was at an end National Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock of the republican commit tee and National Chairman Mack of the democratic committee, are going home to vote and will return to this city Tuesday afternoon to receive returns at headquarters. MT. Hitchcock goes to West Newton, Mass, and MT. Mack to Buffalo.
 Sunday was a quiet day in the Metro. politan tower and at the Hoffman house. details of correspondence left over from the flood tide rusis of last week being about the only business attended to.
 Messrs. Mack and Hitchcock ad- hered to the forecasts given out on Friday and Saturday, the democratic chairman contending that MT. Bryan will receive 333 votes. and MT. Hitch cock announcing himself as positive in his belief that MT. Taft will have 325 votes in the electoral college As only 24a poses ard snecesssry to ett,t, both chairman are figuring on wide margins for their respective candidates.
 Fiqht to the Last.
 While the national chairmen say that all has been done that can be done to elect their chiefs. the candidates them selves will continue in the fight until practically the last minute. MT. Taft, after spending the day in Buffalo goes tomorrow morning to Cleveland, O., where he will speak in the afternoon and to Youngstown, where he speaks at night. hurrying thence to Cincinnati to vote on Tuesday and hear the re- suits of the election. MT. Bryan in- tends to put in the day in campaigning northwestern Kansas and will be at Lincoln for home coming demonstra- tion in the evening.
 At republican headquarters in the Metropolitan tower today it was as serted that Chairman Mack S estimate of 333 votes for Mr Bryan had been expected in view of the same claims made earlier in the campaign. It was further said that MT. Mack included ir his list states that were practically conceded by state leaders to be re- Hitch cock was willing to stand or fall by his prediction of 325 votes made on Friday, and was perfectly satisfied that 1t would be more nearly correct than
 Corrupt Use of Money. MT. Macks when the returns are in.
 MT. Mack declared that, "The only thing that can defeat Mr. Bryan is the corrupt use of money He said he had sent his last instructions to state chairmen to get out their vote early and to see that it was fairly counted.
 '.We are through said Chairman Hitchcock today "Our fight is won. It was made on the plans agreed upon at the beginning of the campaign
 It was announced that there had ceased to be any doubt as to republican sue cess in such states as Indiana Ohio and New Jersey-all claimed by MT. Mack and it was added that the republican national committee is as sure of New York as it is of Pennsylvania.
 Republican County Chairman Parsons of New York county summarized the sit uation in Manhattan and the Bronx, two of the five boroughs included in Greater New York thus today: "If MT. Bryan carries New York county at all 1t will be by a plurality of from 10000 to 6o,ooo. District leaders believe that Governor Hughes will run not more than 10000 be- hind Mir Taft in this county.
 MT. Mack said today that his claim that Bryan and Kern will receive 333 votes in the electoral college Is based on reports received from state chairmen and from private sources.
 State Chairman Corners has predicted that Bryan will receive more than 4o'0oo plurality in the state and that MT. Chan Ter will get more than 100000.
 Basis of Belief.
 The democratic national committee bases its belief that Mir. Bryan will be elected on the following four reasons, which have been incorporated into state ment by National Committeeman Jo- sephus Daniels, chairman of the literary bureau:
 ..Bryan will be elected because the democracy today possesses a united front. further. the democratic party will be augmented by thousands of republicans dissatisfied with the mistakes of 12 years of republican administrations
 This army of voters will be further strengthened by a new force in Ameri can politics-the labor vote. Assuming there were to be strict party lineup at election, the labor vote itself would turn the scales to democratic success. The labor party has put all it's eggs into the democratic basket and it must win to save them.
 MT. Bryan himself has gained wonder ful personal strength in the last few years in all parts of the country and thousands of voters who neither under