New-York tribune., 1908-10-12
WOODRUFF'S FIGURES.
State Chairman Shoes IndccurGCy Of
"The WOrds' Poll.

STATE Chairman woodruff when asked yesterday
what he thought about THE Worlds canvass.
which gave Chanler 1855 plurality over Hughes in
the state and 30S 7s5 below The Bronx. and which
indicated that Taft would carry the State by only
15 2s4 said The World had made a serious error
in computation which would be apparent in mo-
rrent to any one who studied its figures
The returns of it's postal card poll indicate that
Mr. Chanler will receive plurality OF only s4Vo III
the CITY while The Worlds canvass Of the state
outside of the city. gives Governor Hughes plural
ity of I1oIO" said Mr.. Woodruff. This indicates
a plurality of Is 600 in the state for Mr.. Hughes
believe that it will be much greater than tha-- " IN
similar way. The Worlds canvass, when the
error of computation has been eliminated. indicates
a very large plurality in the state for Mr. Taft
Mr.. woodruff based his conclusions analysis
Of these figures: In 1896 the actual NUMBER OF
votes in New York City $4,000. of which MI
Hearst received 33S O0 and Mr. Hughes 262,e0 Ihe
World, estimates that there will be additional
90 900 votes cast this year. A little less than S0"o
Of the postal cards sent out were returned WIN
answers OF these 5,547 said they voted Tor hughes
in 1866: 1896. 6o.3 cent will again vote lot
Hughes: 2O49 or y per cent. will vote for Cnan-
1er and 162 or p per cent will for SheaTn-
IF this canvass is fair and is any indication or
what the final vote will be-" continued Mr.. Wood
riff Mr. Hughes should receive 215 los votes-6OS
,ar cont ~ his vote in 1906 is 1895. The
World comedies that 169 per cent Of those who vot-
ed for Mr. Hearst In 1906 will vote for Mr.
Hughes This makes 57,122. which. added TO those
who will again vote for Governor Hugnes' gives tAe
total of 21510s; 4577 per cent of the new voters
who answered the postal cards will vote for Hughes
This will add % $50 votes which Will bring the Re
rnblican total TO 237993. OF those who answered
the rostsl cards 2S2T voted for Hearst in 1905 :;
A53 or 624 per cent will vote for Chanler;
Ss4 or 1s9 per cent will vote for Hughes; $50, or
2o7 per cent will vote for Shearn.
OF the Democratic vote in 1906 ga per cent Is
no e12 n per cent of the Republican vote in 1905
which will now support ChanIer. is 96S40; 4S46 per
cent of the new voters estimated at 5000 IS 24z
This makes Chanlers total vote 3320S2 BY sub
tracing the Republican figures from the Demo
cratic as here estimated it will be that Chan
ler's majority in the city, according to this poll
is only 94,0s9
The World arbitrarily comedies 1l0i0 plu-
raIity to Governor Hughes above The Bronx This
will give plurality of l5oI 10 the Governor
throughout the state"
The World" according 10 Chairman Woodruff.
made its mistake by figuring percentages on the
should have done from the total votes in each
party OF course straw Of this kind cannot
be taken seriously by those who remember that
four years ago The Herald" and The Brooklyn
Eagle computed that Roosevelt would lose the
state by an overwhelming vote
Charles A Conant, Gold Democrat. who will
vote the Republican ticket this year. has also
lived THE Worlds" canvass and decided that its
conclusions are erroneous. He points out that.
appIyfng the percentage of voters shown chang
ing politics the total vote cast in this city
for Roosevelt and Parker. Tafts vote would be
2s4 $50 and that of Bryan 291.6l0 This would give
BRYAN only about 100 plurality here. instead Of
1871 SOS as The World estimates II.