The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-31
RICHMOND FOLK
GAMBLE No DIX ! (
They Come Back From New,
York Full Of Talk That Dem
ocrats Will Win.
S ZAP. r IN g AT ROos:Ev ELT
Fear That He May Run in 1912
Makes Everybody Eager
to Swat Him.

i Richmond business men who have
/ been In and out OF New York during
4 tho past week have brought back en-
scouraglng reports about the Demo
cratic situation. all OF which point
Iltc5 the election OF John A. Dix as Gov
ernor. Indeed, the whole trend of the
/ New ork talk points to something
like landslide for tile Democrats.
j Coming on top of elections in other
States where Republicans showed
/ heavy losses, the feeling is general that
the people IRE aroused and that they
VIII strike for a change in party con-
troll.
From what the Richmond people
could pick up from business friends
in Manhattan, sentiment against Col
soncls Roosevelt is even stronger than
I current newspaper reports might indl-
cate Contrary to its usual custom on
Tue eve OF n great buttle, the kepubli-
cnn pnrtyis badly divided. The Lead
ers are not working together in har-
mony MS in former years. the per-
I sonality& of Roosevelt being the one big
Issue In tho campaign.
Question of Personality.
according 20 n banker who has been
III New York for several days wise
politicians there have predicted the de-
ient OF Sti:nson by plurality cstl-
mated at 100000. Other estimates. he
said. ran lower. although odds OF !.
70 are offered freely on Din with
Very little Stimson money In evidence.
on cannot mingle with people in
New New York without being convinced
that this Is great Democratic year"
SAID merchant last night. ~ have
been going to New York every fall
ior.years. IN my business there meet
scores of men who are naturally in
aterested In politics. and experience has
taught me that they are close to the
ground, 4or they seldom go wrong In
expressing the situation. This year
many of0the old line Republicans VIII
support Dix because they are afraid
mat Stimsan victory Will bring abou,
Tho election OF Roosevelt as President
In 1912. They are looking ahead. Thev
40 not nate Roosevelt so much as they
fear him. and they resent this one.
man dictation to convention.
Hearst Hurt. Nobody.
v nile me Hearst independence
League ticket will poll anywhere from
10000 to $4,000 votes, it VIII not hurt
the Democratic ticket. The Hearst
newspa pers--two OF them-are SIN.
porting Hearst, OF course but win
two exceptions all other papers ares
either supporting Dix or fighting
Roosevelt and Stimson. The Press ana
the tribune. which are about the bout
the weakest of all newspapers In tho
morning held. are with the Colonel.
the Tribune, of course, because IT &c
owned by Whitelaw Reid. The Press
is unhappy, politically. -
found that Republicans with whor,
] talked predicted bigger majority
FOR DIN than some shrewd Democrats
though attribute that to their ever.
lasting hatred of Colonel Rooseveits
Wall Wall street or course, Is against Sttm-
son. ST'sss.E
Newspapers In Wnr.
wall Street fixes the betting odds.
but those odds in former years have
seldom been wrong. Dix Will $poll 4 q
tremendous vote in Greater New York.
.Wmle the upstate vote, on which the
re - puDlicans Will rely, will be short.
among certain element Colonel
roosevelt has wonderful hold, but
ne mas oHended so many leading Ke-s
H1.s tIat they are determined to-
.oe1eat him, even if it means that the
state state must be turned over to the
enemy
gu must admit, too, that the in
nuence OF the press is likewise power
iul. Ihe sun. the Herald. the Times,
the World and all OF the evening
papers except the one owned by Hearst,
are fighting Roosevelt day and might,
and they are putting forth world
OF energy to bring about his d efeat
AND there is no use denying the fact
s.nat New York believes flrn,ly that
Ere Ere esldent Taft will silently shout when
q hears on the night of November 8
that Colonel Roosevelt could not drive
IN, - voters OF the Empire State into
silne for ~-,mson.''5ss Y4t
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