The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-31

American people. He has made no mis-.
takes of consequence during his cam
paign tours. He gets acquainted easily
and the local committees and the local
audiences like him. On the whole his
tour of many states has proved a sue
cess.
Taft and Bryan, now III the role of
trying to snatch the most votes on cleo
ton day, are clearly convinced that
they can not afford to lose any time and
they are both booked about to their
limit of endurance for this week and
next. Something of decisive charac-
ter may happen to swing the public
toward the Republicans or the Demo
Gratis in the next ten days. 1t is not,
however, in sight and the campaign
may close, probably will close, with the
declarations and claims of the two
candidates as the most conspicuous
features.
But for some days the Republican
campaign has been growing so steadily
in force that it seems Taft can not be
beaten. With practically all of the
North solidly Republican, the burden
of the proof of the necessity for a
change has, of course, rested with
Bryan. His has been the uphill eam-
paigning. He and his party have had
to gain positive strength. Theirs has
had to be a campaign of aggression.
Taft and his party have had to hold
what they would normally have. The
Republicans are entrenched in nearly
all the North Their task has been 20
defend what they have, rather than to
move on and occupy new country. Sol
diers know what a. difference there is
in those two kinds of warfare.
Bryan viii gain many, many votes
and will be far stronger than Parker
was in 1904. How much stronger he
viii be this year than he was against
Mckinley in 1900 is an open question.
There is to be a great whiting down
of Republican majorities, but there is
likely to be some great surprises even
in that particular. For the test cam
vases in various parts of the country,
show that in some communities there
has been great sweep of friendly SEN
timent for Bryan and also that there
has been in some communities very
unexpected sweep of friendly sentiment
to Taft.
The Gold Democrats are not back in
line for Bryan as much as it was
cl- lined that they were. Many of them
have been acquiescing in Bryan, the
new Bryan, although they continue to
be distrustful of him. They have even
accepted appointments on local cam
paign committees and sat on the plat !,
form when there were big meetings and
all that sort of thing, when some of
them may go to the polls and vote for
Taft. They hope this year will be the
last of the Nebraskan in presidential |
roles and that they can be in a posi-
ton to participate actively in the party
hereafter 1t is their first
step towards getting back into the
party. The number of these laggards
IS NOT large enough to comprise a fac
lion and it still holds true that the
party under Bryan this year
> united and harmonious. 1t is truer
N the West than it is in the East,
where the number of individual Demo
rats who voted for Parker but will
lot vote for Bryan is considerable.
They are not enough in either section
probably to swing the election and
therefore, have not been given much
onsid Grafton in the estimates.
All during October the Republican
has been jolted down so that
could do more effective work. The
issensions in the Republican party, n
ate by state, are very numerous, but b
does not appear that these are going b
cause any great diminution in the e
lrty vote. 1t may be there viii be L
q Republican slump, because OF these n
,rtv dissensions, but as the close of e
ctober approaches there is no more o.
-idence of it than there is of Bryan p
ndslide. The Republicans, to all ap- Il
aranees, have been getting together, "
rgetting their differences until the a
eetion is over, and fighting with W
ow of their oldtime discipline for ii
Glory. eI
This tendency became strongly APP OF
rent in the West, soon after Mr.. Y
fit made his tour out that way. He tn
lped materially toward bringing it hs
out. The little warning ehieftains of Fl
2 transmississippi section shook II
nds and made up while Illinois Re- "