The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01
Republican Leaders Predict the
Overwhelming Defeat of Bryan
Forces on Tuesday
Doubtful States Report Possible
Success of Ohioan by
Small Majorities
Managers in New York Expect
Hughes to Win With Ma
tiOnaI Ticket
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CHICAGO, Oct. 3l-The heavy
artillery FIRE that always precedes the
infantry battle OF great generals, the
preparation for the eliminating
charge. is ended. The national cam
paign Of 1908 is at its crisis. The
lines Of battle are drawn and the de-
signers of the republican tactics say
that Taft viii win the final charge at
the election Tuesday.
No leader of the republican forces
has the slightest doubt of an over
wheluing victory. Their estimates of
pluralities have increased in all states
during the last few days. No laggard
captains have appeared in the ranks
and every division is where Com
nsnder in Chief Hitchcock planned it
should be ready to deliver Taft ma
iority Not a discordant note has
been received at republican headquar-
tiers
Even the admittedly doubtful states
OF Maryland, Indiana and Nebraska
have reported possible Taft victories
and in all normal republican states the
estimates grow with each dispatch re-
c6ivea. The Roosevelt pluralities Of
four years ago are not expected to be
'edualed, but in every case the small
ma jorities claimed for the republican
national ticket VIII be found too in
l. significant.
COLORADO MAY GO FOR TAFT
Even the republicans of Colorado
have begun to look TO that state TO
return Taft delegation TO the cleo
toraF college although national COM
-nlitteemen think they are moved by
local conditions in Denver 10 be a bit
TOO sanguine. ..-
The democrats make extravagant
. claims and put into the doubtful col
! SUNNI. states that are so surely and so
strongly republican that the repub-
lfcan managers call the democratic
claims ridiculous
+ Minnesota is one Of the states the
.de1sloerats call doubtful, ana there the
republicans even claim the state for
jacobson for governor over johnson by
15.800. and Minnesota conditions are
such that the gubernatorial fight with
johnson as a candidate is really not q
partisan. race. Tafts majority in Min
nesQta is expected 10 be so large that
DE ErfLl- take Jacobson through with him
like 4 wiirlwind.
sffhDss is claimed as doubtful by the
= 6emecrabs. but republicans can see no
siEUs 5t deUbtfulness IN il, Taft is
sure SO carry the state. and Deneen's s
campaign has cleared the atmosphere
-1er fkR- state ticket SO that the state
committee claims "A victory Of $4,000 or
more. ..Frll reports from down state in
dicsDe that the $ democrats have no
chaace. Stexsnsonis campaign strength
in the state has been. tremendously
reduced. during the last week.
TIDE SETS TOWARD TAFT
A tremendous wave OF sentiment in
favor Of Taft has swept over the coun-
try during the last week of the cam
paigE. This statement is made after
studying the telegraphic reports from
-correspondents in the central cities of
many states regarding the inyestiga-
rfons made by county and precinct COM
Initteemen today.
Local conditions that had been feared
as 1nim1cai to the national ticket gen
eraIly appear TO have so developed
1that no danger TO Taft is expected from
them. Even in places where the repub-
1fcans admit the democrats. have q
chance 10 elect q governor or some
congressman the fear that votes for
these. candidates would mean votes for
Bryan have been dispelled.
REPORTS From STATES
Reports from central points in i'm
portant states follow.
Denver, Colo.-Dev e1opInents of the
last three days put g. new aspect on
the Colorado situation. Bryan may
carry Colorado, but by considerably un-
der 10000. as -forecasted 10 days ago.
Politicians of both parties admit that
the result viii be exceedingly close.
Des Moines. Iowa-=That Taft will
carry Iowa next: Tuesday by at least
10000 over Bryanis shown by a poll Of Is
cut Of SO counties of the state and close
estimates on fernainihg. counties. Dur
ing the last week there has. been con-
siderable OF an increase In Taft sentt-
ment Bryan IS losing ground with or
ganized Labor, an. element which SCENE ed
g few weeks ago 70 be largely with the
Indianapoifs. Ind.-Judged by the best
Information received. from AL sections
Of Indiana the election on Tuesday will
be comparativelys close on tho state and
national tickets, with the chances n
favor Of Taft: From the fart that or
him, as # Is against the state ticket,
and because the brewery and the sa-
loon clements; which are. bitterly op-
posed to the republican state ticket,
have not made a campaign against the
5a5l9nai ticket It's believed that J udee
TAFT IS several thousand votes. stronger
than James =. Watson, the republican
Candidate. for goyern9r- =.
TAFT GAINS IN NEBRASKA
Lincoln. Neb.-Whatever change the
last.week OF the campaign in Nebraska
has brought has been favorable for the
rePEll leans II. @. Lindsay. for many
yesrs republican chairman. and the best
posted man in the state on political
conditions. says Taft. should carry the
state
st Paul. MINES sota-Conserrat
estimates OF the probable result of
Tuesdays election IN Minnesota give
sa5t a.. plurality of $4,000.
Detroit Afichf gaa--5uesses made. by
Z polltical- leaders of both parties IN
Michigan place Tafts plurality from
10000. to SO.0O0.= The extent of the
defeetiom of the labor vote makes IL
hard 70 estimate Republicans who
think Taft will not suffer much from