Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-24
CLOSE ELECTION,
SEERS FORECAST
WITH ISSUE NEAR
"Unbranded" Voters Will
Decide the Day, Say
Party Leaders
EAST is REPUBLICAN,
BY JOHN EDWIN NEvIN

ny IOnN EDWAN AH6'e'
NEW YORK. oct 2f--Muddled as never
before IN American political history tns
great national political campaign OF 1910
entered It's last two weeks today
The outcome viii be close. That u one
Of the certaintIes Cleaned from converse.
tion with the men who manage the nsnt
IN the two big headquarters here Nat
uraliy, each claims victory. But In private
conversation they assert that for the hrst
time IN the history Of the nation the "un-
branded" voters OF the country actually
hold the decision IN their hands
Former Justice Charles Il. Hughes. the
Republican enominee. tonight resumes his
open campaign He will be busy from now
until the curtain rolls down on the eve or
the election Personally he is supremely
confident
HUdHEss ESTIMATE
Mr.Hushes feels certain that he will win.
His argument, az submitted 20 the Few
persons who are In his confidence, runs
about as follows:
The country is Republican. The fight
this year IL between only two parties.
II there is any popular drift toward VIII
son Il will not be sufficient 20 change the
result The Republican electors will be
IN . majority and they will win the so
called pivotal States by smail-possipiy
extremely smaii--pluraities. But they
will wini
the confidential predictions Of his closest
political advisers before him, maintains n
quiet equanimty. He believes that the
'swiison lucky star" still is In the ascen-
dency. He has been convinced for weeks
that the twin slogans, He Kept ue Out
OF war" and Let Well Enough Alone"
viii be effective on the men who VIII de-
eide. And he In convinced that while ne
will very likely lose certain states that un-
der ordinary circumstances he couid count
- mi he HIS home
state-he will pull such support from the
Republican stronghoids ms absolutely TO as
sure his reelection.
EAST Is REPUBLICAN
Swinging down the home stretch II was
today even emphatically more apparent tnat
poiitical opinion was still far from crystal
liking. Most OF the East seems certainly
Republican. The Democrats admit that
they made tactical error In swinging their
heavy artillery away from the old-time
.swall street strongholds" On the other
hand, the Republicans say that they were
also in error, and that. instead OF following
out the plans conceived before the conven
tions and making a straightout nght along
tariff lines they have been led into situa-
tion which endangers their success In the
sections where they should be strongest
Republican leaders at headquarters here
are chary over making iron-clad predictions
sosas ,hat ~. douh,fnI States were the
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navantase OF me oncs-nSialns @ eiass ano
tnis oespite ,ne iaet .na' .nere - wsi-Se- e.
hned opposiuon IN most conhun'uss 70 ms
selectlons' aspeciaiy IN the East wners @ 'ne
majority OF pres.oentiAi sppolntees ha'e
Organized labor. probably for the frst
time since the palmy days when the Knights
of Labor were ali.powerful. will cast many
Of It's votes for the Democratic National
ticket
IN aooitlon 'ns usnocsa,v a 'osay aS naS-
us she :, rs,. % VIZ s.n ssa.. - az SaSas. :.
.r p"isps az a,,,s az ..,,.,n.sr,,sa.aS e -
Ola '.s .s.ra iii, ha S,st,nct chanSe n ths
s,ti,,,de ., ths ysrio,s Powers toward this
country ana its dlnlomacy.
STILL NEBULoUs