The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-11-02
EACH ESTIMATES
ON WIDE MARGIN
Mack and Hitchcock Stand
by Their Figures.
CANDIDATES KEEP AT IT

Democratic Chairman Says Only
Thing That Can Defeat Bryan Is
Corrupt Use Of Money-Has Issued
Orders to Get Vote Out Early.
New York, Nov. AT both Repub-
lican and Democratic headquarters in
this city it was announced that the
work of the respective organizations
In the campaign of 1908 was at an
end. National Chairman Frank H.
Hitchcock of the Republican commit
tee and National Chairman Norman
e. Mack of the Democratic committee
have gone home to vote, and will re-
turn to this city Tuesday afternoon
to receive returns at headquarters.
Messrs. Mack and Hitchcock adj
hered to the forecasts given out on
Friday and Saturday, the Democratic
chairman contending that Mr.. Bryan
will receive 1913 votes and Mr.. Hitch
cock announcing himself as positive
in his belief that Mr. Taft will have
325 votes in the electoral college. AS
only 242 votes are necessary to elect,
both chairmen are figuring on wide
margins for their respective Candid
dates. While the national chairmen
believe that all has been done that
can be done to elect their chiefs, the
candidates themselves will continue
in the fight until practically the last
minutes. Mr.. Taft spoke in Cleve-
land, O., this afternoon, and goes
from there to<Youngstown where he
speaks at night, hurrying thence to
Cincinnati to, vote on Tuesday and
hear the results Of the election. Mr..
Bryan is putting in the day campaign
ing in northwestern Kansas, and will
be at Lincoln for a homecoming
| demonstration this evening.
At Republican headquarters in the
Metropolitan tower 1t was asserted
that Chairman Mack's estimate of 333
votes for Mr.. Bryan had been expect
ed in view Of the same claims made
earlier in the campaign. It was fur
Their said that Mr.. Mack had included
In his list states that were practi-
| cally conceded by state leaders to be
Republican. It was also said that
Mr.. Hitchcock was willing to stand
or fall by his prediction Of 325 votes
made on Friday, and was perfectly
satisfied that it would be more nearly
correct than Mr.. Mack's when the re-
turns are in.
Mr.. 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.
1--WE are through" said Chairman
Hitchcock. Our fight is won 1t
was made on the Plans agreed upon
at the beginning OF the campaign"
The Democratic national committee
bases its belief that Mr.. Bryan will
be elected on the following four rea-
sons, which have been incorporated
into a statement by National Com
mitteeman Josephus Daniel, chair
man of the literary bureau:
Democracy today presents a united
front. Further, the Democratic party
will be augmented by thousands Of
Republicans dissatisfied with the mis-
takes Of IL years of Republican ad-
| ministration.
This army of voters will be fur
Their strengthened by a new force In
American politics-the labor vote.
Assuming there were to be a strict
party lineup at election, the labor
vote itself would turn the scales
| to Democratic success. The labor
party has put all 1t eggs into the
Democratic basket and it must win to
save them.
"Mr. BRYAN himself has gained
wonderful personal strength In the
last few years in all parts Of the
country, and thousands Of voters who
neither understood him nor his aims
now place their absolute trust In him
and his policies.
The Democratic national commit
tee has brought all the elements of
the party together; it has the labor
vote, and its remarkable accessions
OF strength from the Republican
ranks, together with Mr.. Bryan's
strength with the masses, are the
reasons why this nation will turn to
Democracy"
Mr.. Mack In a statement attacked
the Republican party for not imme-
diately making their campaign con-
tributions public. The chairman said:
"The. denial by President Roosevelt
| and the denial by Secretary Cortel-
you OF getting money from the big
interests desiring government favors
were more vigorous In 1904 than they
are today. But after the election 1t
leaked out that the trusts and allied
interests gave big sums, Mr.. Harri-
man himself raising $780, which,
he says, changed $4,000 voters In
New York city alone. Men like John
d. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie
were not then publicly advocating the
Republican ticket and putting their
fortunes at the disposal of. the Re
publican com mittee. The money paid
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