The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
incidents and Opinions Throwing Light on
 The National Contest

with . grain of salt. since he differs
 with the Roosevelt idea of dealing
 ,n With ssnstor Toraker and fro may De etSsr Ss sources comes the information that tf 2 labor vote Is sullen and secretive, that the trend Is against the Republicamnss. n : great farmer vote whioS is inclined to urel deduction is that Ohio is doubtful Tsisvs sas s of ss rssat fnrmsP vots s
 can frame a de6nite. prediction;
 pubiicans who talk honestly. but not for quotation, sunmarizs the sityation in one word Rotten" There IS Mary publican feeling is the fact that the managers have scheduled Gov. Hughes for . number of speeches. beginnins at GSIa Mas snd snsas tudss n land as sure Republican State. They {. Sosn.sa the @ ssass T. ss
 Nebraska and Kansas cannot be req sonably and honestly counted upon by either party st this nj ,tt time fer hs rhe issue of bank guaranty is burning question yet to solved. The electorete is said to be undecided and the Ees
 upH Iowa has been regarded as safely Republican by a reduced plurality. ana tse # wss 1ows fos dssmsndsd sa that ar should alter his schedule to make a . speech in. that state. However It IS onSyIiean ontyi sranK 1udsement is that iowa Is for raft at this time. and I have not found any Democratic opinion wortny or coh- sidsratiSn to ofset osnss sn,s fow fer anxiety among the Republican managers Is not so much a specincation of particu.ihar .h : gesrf Wess s trsas n asvSr or SsIs srys oi a change and apathy toward all ponucss and si Pollsi;Cians; ysry als aRadS up to scare them about Bryan's election: They refuse to be alarmed .ha Ineyn ns1s sSs been hurt as much as they can be. and is elected. They are not inclined ns ib s9 sp SontIisrdsed ss nrteaissrded 'S as 'spas very bad sign.
 New York Special r m.aa State Chairman Conners, onne,,noinsr paDvas papysss ,u of the m state. which he said show that Bryan would carry the Ssa5e saiS: by 100000 plurality. MT Connerss sawsa exnS; that hs tss seBSras BBemocrsts Will carry thirty one out of sixty counties and that in Manh attan MT. Bryan will reSeivet ennt1 1SI' Se 0OO Dluraltty, anu HI f-a aa sr will receive 25.0oo pluraiity an may Xork Xork i50. .000 plurality for Greater s EeM w,th Taft will come down to tne riser w,sr, :, probably 50,000. plurality ana an San will carry the State by clean ,is ivy;svv, ~e Lieut. Gov. Chanler, howevet, VII, wi,,ra nSt Sttv at least the same pemocraic pl9l ths sn inc city and will come doWp oaS 70 saS river with a plurality that VIII exceed that of Hughes.
 wa ashineton Special to New 1ork
 Journal of Commerce. n.
 what the numerous government o, cars who are now in Washington tninH oS ths drift of things in the pohtical world may be realized from the iacs that within the past week or ten days fhev have begun to talk earnestly oLL the nrobable administrative results II MT. Bryan should be elected 10 s sns Presidency. Information from the nelu is being eagerly sought. and there is good deal more worry over the situa- fion than most officials care to aomlL The renewed difficulties in Ohio, tne contest in New York, Connecticut and other States, and the apparent nar, mony among the Democrats. have ai' done their share to alarm the omce- holders. No one is, now so poor as 10 do reverence to Chairman ditcncock and in the search for scapegoat on which to unload all the blame Tor tns way in which things are going. Hitch. cock is serving an exceeoingiy useIui purpose.