New-York tribune., 1910-11-01
PRENTICE RAISES F|GUM
Republican Chairman Elated by
New Upstate Reports. +.
MO NEED OF NEW YORK CITY
Adds That stimson VIII Get
Enough Votes Above Bronx to
Garry Him Through.

rs 2. Prentice. the Republican STAT
chairman. went over another batch q S =.
norts from upstate counties yesterday W. W"
,be result that he declared hinaseh iar
night as being OF the opinion ., tnet =. =.
rough estimate OF from 90 600 10 lV'VV =
+ s-irson's probable plurality "iiCi-
made 2 few days ago. was not large e,-o- -s7+-
iF-s added that be would nave
estimate later in the week ,,,-
ThA gate chairman said his repo-"
1ioa,ed that any detection rom .ns
r,blicsn ranks upstate by re4SO-. .-. :,
Roosevelt campaign, Wou4o ~,
slight and would be Tar surpasSeI F7l.N-,,o,-, =
ADDITIONS 70 the votes for the e..-,+ y,
.sol-e+ by reason Of q sincere
fsvor Of the ex-President ,,,nna,.
r7enecisIv On the East side OF
san N The conceded Tanrnany ols.i -,
chairman expects 70 see heFuDi-. -
-,-,,,,, nil he greater than thst gwen
Hughes Two years ago r,,1-e
ssTre vote IN New York City won Ha
~ savs stin1son." he said. oeosUS7 &c
cat enough above The Bronx 20 0ai-S
.r-,,,r4 p,,, even at that. 1t IS my op1li-
a. T,oee5 a, the reports get rom county
80 sist-,c+ leaders. that New YORK Clty
-, 40 better for Stiu1son ttlsh u Giu -oi
Hughes in 1903 x,.
a. co,,n-v headquarters Lloyd g Grls-
,or, nresident OF the Repuo4lcah Oou-.S
r,o-r-ni-tee. said that everything pointed 10
. --erv s-rong vote for the Repuhl1can tiCA-
g. in New York.
po., - and Mr. Prentice said that they
- r-zrned their sub-lesders 10 base their
.-o--s IN the most conservative reckon
ing. ~
,--,soo-, show concIusively that the esti-
-,sred Democratic majority IN this city IS
-sni5lv diminishing. n the Republican dis
--ic-e from which disaHeccon was az hrst
-ero--e6 Il hzs been found that this dis
s1scrion was decress sing rapidly. The Ieel-
,,g reached lis acute stage about week
sgo hut thar sort of thing can't last. and
!, &c now disappearing rapidly. Repubi-
cans -vho 2 week ego said they were going
- ,.c-s FOR DIX are changing their front
mn leading banker who announced
~ 5avs sro that ne would vote for Dix.
zer- rs 3 handsome check four days ago,
ers vrore that rs would vote the straight
Republican ticket
Mr.. Srtnson gave out G brief statement
in response 70 ths challenge Of George Il.
Earle. II. of Philadelphia. TO z 3oint de-
hst. His statement was:
When an discussing vital state Issues
snd an pressing Mr.. Dix SO hard that he
cannot answer ne, do not propose to be
led OF on any red herring trail by man
zho never cams near me when I was in
rFice as District Attorney. and who never
presented 10 me any evidence which ne now
claims he had"
There was z conference at Mr.. Stimson's
house, in Lexington avenue late yesterday
afternoon. between the candidate and sew
eral Of the men who were known in the
LAST administration as particularly Hughes
men. Among them were Judge William II
Wadhams. president Of the Direct Primaries
Association; State Senator Josiah 7. New
comb. State Senator George 3. Agnew and
Robert Fuller, formerly secretary TO Cover
nor Hughes. No definite announcement as
u the conference was made, but IL IS IN
terstooo that plans were discussed IS 20
he best manner Of showing the voters how
completely Nfr. Stinson purposes 10 fol
iou I'D the good work Of the Hughes ad-
intstrstion