The San Francisco call., 1908-11-03
TAFT Will
bEELECTED
PRESIDENT
Canvass Shows Majority OF
Voters Will Cast Ballots for
Republican Candidate
Newspapers and Political Writ
ers All Over Country Pre-
dict Defeat of Bryan
"Only a Landslide Can Win for
Democratic Party" Con-
sensns of Opinion
Leaders of Other Tickets and
Big BettOrs Favor Old
Party's Choice
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

NEW YORK, Nov. e.
More than thirteen million
men will march to the. polls
tomorrow to decide who will
be the next president of the
United States. The work of
the party leaders is done.
Over the land the light of the
red fire and the sound of the
band and the orators voice
is stilled. The battle for one can
didate is won, for the other is
lost.
Who will win? By the same
time tomorrow night the answer
can be certainly given. All indications
point to the election of the republican
candidate. The last canvass that has
been made shows that a majority of
the voters will cast their ballots for
William Howard Taft. the big man
from Ohio who has been so much be-
fore the people in his public life in the
last 20 years.
The newspapers all over the~country,
whether friendly to the republican can
didate or not, admit that 1t looks ike
Taft" In New York the estimates
vary. Some political writer's declare
that Taft will have over 800 votes in
the electoral college. None of those
who have offered forecasts based on
confidential reports from the various
doubtful states have indicated that
Bryan could gain the support necessary
to carry off the honors-
"Only a landslide can defeat Taft"
is the consensus OF opinion. There
does not seem to be any foundation
for the thought that there might be a
landslide 1t has not been fight
over issues that have not been fought
over before. Bryan's campaign on free
silver was lost because a great ma
iority of the people did not like the
idea of the money standard being tam
pered with. There was landslide
away from him. There has been much
said about a bank guarantee, but the
people have no notion that any such
by its most ardent admirer. Let
Oklahoma try the experiment. shouts
a businessman. I'VE will see how 1t
works out there. Better go slow
PERSONALITY OF CANDIDATES
One student of politics has said that
this campaign was based more than
anything else on the personality of the
candidates. And ii seems that he was
right This same writer after study
ing the two leading candidates, has said
that Taft should win.
Deos. the candidate OF the socialists
returned from his tour over the coun-
try today. declaring that Taft would
win. He said he found the democratic
party disorganized and marked with
factions.
Hearst, the editor and father of tire
independence party, says that Taft will
win. at the same time advising the peo-
pie TO vote for his party's man for the
moral effect
Chain. the nominee of the prohibition
party, says that Taft will win, but that
the vote for the water wagon" party
will be the largest in the history OF
the organization.
Book makers, the men who wager
money not from a feeling OF loyalty tc
any party traditions. but to add tc
their bank rolls, show their belief in
the claims made by the republicans BY
asking the bettors to risk 81 to gain