The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-30
POLITICAL
 POINTERS
Bryan Brings Peace.

Bryan Brings Peace.
 peaceful bossss--M1rphy, of Tammany. and McCatren. of Brooklyn-Wm: J. Bryan scurried through Manhattan and Brooklyn last night in defiance local police and of the Republican Campaign Committed, making ten speeches and getting hurrahs and big crowds all along the line.
 without any ny mix.up mix between his dis tinguished escorts who are warm friends (until November O. and achieved another diplomatic triumph
 This swift night tour. extending from the northern tip of Manhattan Island, to the southernmost boundaries of, Brooklyn. with twelye-mfle jumps days campaigning for the strenuous Democrat from Nebraska, It was but little less strenuous than his first day of his entire campaign experiences. His tour took him to Brooklyn twice. through Manhattan twice. once into Long Island Gity and Ssrs once into P. nsse Ss5e three speeches. It was not until near midnight last night that he closed his hard day in the eastern district or
 Finds Bosses Waiting For Him.
 House at o'clock last night. after his hurried run over to New Jersey to Davis. the Jersey City boss. had ar ranged for him. he found Ross Murphy and Boss Mccaren standing In the lobby of the hotel waiting for him. and were apparently in the same group. Murphy was chatting with J. Sergeant Cram and Fire Commission CT Nicholas J. Hayes while the seri- with Senator Jim Frawiey, who stood at Murphy's. elbow; Candidate Bryan smiled happily as he saw the two so to sas eomsns naS 'Rs upon thelf e @ It was proba ply fortunate that he did not, for though they had been waiting there for over half an hour on. the think of anything to say to each other.
 Very Close in ohio.
 Columbus. !ohiol Special to New Or
 Columbus. Ohio. Oct. 2T--ohio Is Taft or Bryan to get the verdict by slender plurality, or 1t is for Bryan what we like to call landslide.
 If the state had voted three weeks ago. 1t would surely have gone to Brya During the lsst forftIrisht 6 s6s some gaine, and they now feel much more hopeful, without being at all confident The Democrats, on the other hand, feel sure they are to win. both on the presidency and the gover-
 There are so many uncertain ele. ments at work that. as matter or fact. no one knows how the state ts going, but the Indications are as given above. The most probable outcome is q close election. something like that in 1892, when the Republicans saved all but one elector by a plurality. pr a thousand votes. On the other hand. curately measured may run stronger and deeper, than appears upon the sur face. and throw the state to the Demo- crats by 5000 or .to,0oo. .e.
 The more optimistic Republicans. recent years. talk of T5.00o to. 100000 for Taft and even more for Harris, but a critical non-partisan examination of conditions does not find the ground
 The plain, blunt truth is that the Republicans are putting up hard. driving flight against odds. They may win out by a shave. thanks to their s tSs o:t na bopsctn te% from their standpoint, the facts war rant. 't
 Sherman Had a Hand.
 NiT Ei PSso. rSso Tezsa Texas, Dot, s7--AccOrdins to john Ii. Mccntcheon. for several years proprietor of The Albuquerque, (N. M Industrial Advertiser the draft given by Promoter Edmund Burke to 900 acres of New Mexico terrltorial land desired by the New Mexico Lum- bogus.
 Burke asserts that he gave the draft