The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-07
WILSON SHOULD
 GET MAJORITY
 FROM NEW YORK
Expect He Will Garry Elm pire State by One Hun
 dred Thousand Votes.

New York, Oct. 7-The Empire state, with it's 45 electoral votes, may be counted surely for President Will son. Never at this stage of national campaign have indications of Demo- cratic success in New York state been so positive.
 In a conference today with National Chairman Mccormick, Edwin s. liar ris, chairman of New York State Democratic Committee, went carefully into detail of the state campaign and later syfnmarized his report as fol- lows:
 President Wilson will carry New York by more than one hundred thousand. This estimate is based on 8 careful canvass made by the Demo- cratic State Committee. which showed that the President has a united and militant Democratic party behind him, together with the support of a large number of Republicans. The Democratic party in New York is harmonious and for the re-election of President Wilson to a man. This is in strong contrast to what is going on in the Republican party.
 President Wilson's strength among the Republicans of New York, as ln- dicated by the state committees can vass, is one of the most significant de- velopments of the campaign. No less than 50,000 Empire state Republi- cans have openly declared their in- tention of voting for the reelection of President Wilson, and say that other Republicans have told them that they are going to do the same thing. There is not an election dis trict in the state that has not its quota of Wilson Republicans.
 "I know personally of one instance in point. Eleven farmers went to the post office to get their mail. The en- tire eleven said they were Republi- cans but nine declared that they were going to vote for the reelection of the President. In my own county, Saratoga, have heard of similar con- crete examples of the Presidents pop ularity among the residents of the rural districts.
 There is a big increase in the straight Democratic party vote, com- pared with that of four years ago. This increase will be Is per cent, which means that the straight party vote at the coming election will ap- proximate 750,000, compared with 65,000 four years ago. 1B By adding the 50, 900 or more Wilson Republicans to the 750,O00 Democrats who will be solidly for the President, it can read fly be seen that President Wilson will have New York plurality of not less than 100000.
 { Peace and prosperity are the big iy,rJ fv, n iC Sfofo Tn nd SfY ri a centers, the workingmen are for the President, because of his sympathy for them and because they are happy, prosperous and contented. In ,the rural districts, little interest has been manifested in the eight-hour law, be- cause it is a dollar proposition.' The farmers are close readers of the news papers, and their chief interest is in what would have happened had this country been plunged into the war. The fathers and the mothers are more interested<in in keeping their homes in tact, with their sons alive and un- maimed. They are for President Will son because he has kept the country out of war. and they fear that a change of the peaceful policies laid down by him would bring this coun- try into it.
 "The state campaign has been started ten days earlier than usual. It will be militant and far-reaching, and will result in the election of MT. Sea- bury and MT. McCombs by pluralities equal to that which will be given the President. There is every indication that New York will blaze the way for a sweeping Democratic victory on Nov. 7."
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