Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-26
ENTIRE COUNTRY
SHOWS BIG GAIN
FOR DEMOCRACY
BRYAN TELLS OF ADVANCE
MADE BY PARTY
EVERY STATE AND CLASS LINED
UP FOR coMMoNER
Democratic Candidate Rests In New
York Over Sunday--Is In Fine
Condition and opti-
nlstic

ATEW YORK, Oct 25.-After week
of hard campaigning William j.
~ BRYAN, Democratic candidate tor
nresident, rested today in this city.
rhe candidate had breakfasted IN ms
nrivate car as 1t was dashing through
New Jersey and arrived at 9:lo a. M
at Jersey City, where he was met py
NationaI Chairman Mack and Nathan
Straus.
Almost Immediately the party crossed
the ferry to New York and Mr.. bryan
was driven to the residence OIL MI
Straus, where the day was spent rest
ing for this weeks ordeal
Tonipht the candidate dined at the
,,on,a Of Herman Ridder, treasurer or
the national Democratic committee.
Tomorrow morning early Mr.. Bryan
viii go to Paterson. N. j., In Iulnllnleht
of a pledge made last week 70 nie.ne s a, q =
sneech there. AT the conclusion OF tne
meeting he will return to New YORK
city.
Bryan Feeling Fine
Mr.. Bryan declared tonight that WIN
the exception of being very tlreo ne
was feeling we'll .a..or
than I ever have finished one," he SAID
"Mv voice has stood the strain we'll
and T do not think 1 have lost weight.
Mr. Rryan said that some of the fore
casts he had seen In the morning pa
pers today did not agree with the re-
ports that he had been receiving.
GLOW do things look, Mr.. Bryan?' ne
was asked.
"Very encouraging" was the reply.
.syvbat do Won think of Indiana?" he
1--WE had very enthusiastic meetings
there and also in Ohio. The prospects
i'm both states are very bright" was the
answer.
Doubts Accuracy
Mr.. Bryan said all the straw ballots
that had been taken in the country
showed Democratic gains, put ne ne
continued, "of course the accuracy or
the straw ballot depends upon the way
it is taken and the way the names are
selected. You select a list of names 10
send postal cards to. you receive many
answers but you have no way OF nno-
i,1g out how the men who did not an
swer are going TO vote. Inc uoupie
votes of the ones who have not re-
sponded, with the votes or the ones
who have responded.
where have the Democratic gains
been this year in comparison with other
years?" was asked.
Have Gained Everywhere
This year the Democrats have
gained in every state. Heretofore we
have made gains in some states ana
have lost in others. This year there
are gains throughout the whole country
and gains in every occupation.
''There are gains among farmers, and
these gains are very marked.
There are gains among business
men, professional men and especially
among college men. That is the inter-
esting point in this campaign compared
with the other campaigns that l have
had anything to do with"
Mr.. Bryan said the poll in New York
city, the largest city in the country,
an6 the poll in Iowa, probably the larg-
est agricultural state, showed the Dem
ocratic gains were substantially the
same.
MIR. Bryan today received the follow
ing cablegram from Oxford college,
England:
wv. J. Bryan, Democratic Headquar-
ters. New York: American Rhodes
scholars, after debate, emphatically
support you for president and wish you
success. AMERICAN CLUB"