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THURSDAY , NOV. : ' , , I'.HM.
; iIATS BY THE WAY.
re "harmony' ' in the ranks of UK
York Republicans. The Press
ew York City , in a veiled attacl
( "hanncey M. Dcpcw , says : "Tin
s is believed to be one of the or
of ex-Governor Frank S. Black
aspires to oust Dcpe\v from hit
ortable seat in the .Senate. "
* o *
Jilvor Vanderlip. the mouthpiece oi
Standard Oil Trust , talks about : i
-rn of prosperity" as likely , il
bankers and v.-ould-be specula-
Ayill be careful not to "run
k. " Vanderlip should pay mort
to liis words. It is the claim ol
tepublicaii campaign manager ?
-prosperity' ' is here already , and
MHMI here ever since the Dingley
went into effect. AVhy , then ,
about a , "return" ' of it ?
* * *
oug the numerous reforms that
be looked for in the event of the
on of .Judge Parker is one for
"reservation of the lives of trav-
by A\atcr. The steamboat inspec-
ser\ice , by practice of graft and
genr-e in favoritism , has been ad-
dly rotten , like the bulk of the
ireservers aboard the ill-fated
nil Slocum. It was rottenest
Chairman Cortelyou was Secre-
of the Department of Commerce
Labor , which has under its juris-
n the steamboat inspection ser-
* *
Panama chicken is coming home
ust before the coop is ready. It
lot intended to be ready until af-
ic election.
* * *
Steel Trust takes from the pock-
f our people and does not even
its workmen a fair share of its
In fact , it robs them right
with the rest of the. people and
> s giving to foreigners a better
in lhau to our own people.
*
sigiis point to the election of a
era tic House of Representatives ,
will the time come when a rot-
VdministnUion will not be per-
1 to investigate itself and exclude
ess from participation.
* * *
louncement is made that during
ew York campaign the Republi-
will keep Udell in the back-
d. The Democrats , on the oth-
nd. will keep Odeil and Odellism
0 Ihe front. They are worth thou-
of votes.
* s = s
sevclt bonsis of his undying de-
1 to civil service reform , yet. not
lo/.rn years lias the law been so
sively and flagrantly violated as
All over the country Government
yes are being forced to contrib-
) the Roosevelt campaign fund.
: ! : : : >
New York Press predicts that
velt will come down to the liar-
liver with 100,000 plurality. If
iches that point with 75.0UO plu-
he will be doing very well , but
the former figure will not save
because Judge Parker's lead be-
ic Harlem will be at least 125.000.
is u Democratic year in New
* *
have often wondered just what
he matter with Tom Watson and
.AC know. The Nashville Ameri-
is the cat out of the bag. "Tom
ad a kind of viperish , gangrenish
1 for the Democracy ever since
Fuller , of Georgia , mopped up
mh with him in two separate
for Congress. "
Boston Journal , the newspaper
he Vermont Republicans regard
JA Ie-s sacred than the Bible , re-
that eleven men have subscribed
$1,000,000 to the Democratic
lign fund , and yet the Journa ! is
hat Roosevelt will win out. This
ittle wad of tiie "long green" is
"diiKiped" into the doubtful
. . Next !
o *
ernor-Chairman Odell sr.ys these
> about "perversion of State
" are lies from start to finish.
lie contrary , " he says. "I have
the Stale over ? < ; , ( XJO,000 by my
t. " AYhat an awful lot of graft-
doll's henflunen must lie. if. in
on to what they got away with.
jss hold th in up and made them
ge to the tune of $15,000,000 :
c s *
"i can s c twenty acre ? of PhiHp-
ife at Die world's fair , but you
t si e a stjuare rod of the Consti-
. " -Justice Brewer , of the "Unit-
it c s Supreme Court.
) or-t fully referred to President
veil , with the suggestion that
e Brewer be prompttried ] for
reason.
: i for the perpetuation of
-in i" tho State of Xew York i ?
iim be.iuli fully. "No act of
' publican State Administration
bni'g a blush of > liam" to the
of any Republican. " exclaimed
Senator ENberg. oie of Udell's
me" , in cIoMng an impas.-ionei :
i fair treatment of th" Govern-
lirinan. "Marvellous. " comments
publican > , ew York Snn. "that
ni.irnlilo a thin ? shcukl diffuse
jn : ip ] > aJli : : stoncJ' ! " '
u l George Brmr.der. of Miiwu- : :
. \ii > startod out to Jiflj ) elect
\tll. has decided Hint ! : ? made a
vi , ; ; id : is now .vlvocatir.g ihe
> n f'f Jiiu e I'arkcr iustoad.
' 1 IJnn der owns the loading Ger-
.niorlcan uevrsnapor in Milwnn-
Il < js also The jrorictor ] of the
PJ : - , published in Lincoln.
and a German-American wcr-kly
-re ( irrulation in Chicago. Colonel
; ler is a recruit worth having. It
a < -t r'f ' considerable sijrniiicance
i majority of ihe newsipr. = : in
.Ve'.lorn Stales that are print-
i the German languageare
supporting Ihe Democratic Pres
dential ticket. Four years ng
nine-tenths of these papers were o
the other side of the political fcnc <
More significance.
* * tf
According io a dispatch from Ilonc
lulu the Republicans are "after th
Chinese vote. " They are welcome to i ;
i-J vs tj
Had Governor-Chairman Odell hm
any idea what his Democratic Attor
ney-Genoral was going to do to him h
would not have endorsed him as on
of the soundest lawyers he had eve
met. "If the Democrats think I Imv
done wrong. " said the Governor-Chaii
man , "let them ask Cunneen about it
I know of no lawyer whose opinion
j would sooner take , or value more high
I ly. " The Democrats did ask Cunneei
1 about it , and Odell has been 01
crutches ever since.
PICKLED SHEEPSKINS.
Senator Lodge in u Peck of Trouble
and Tccldy Goes to His Rescue.
Hon. Charles S. Ilamlin , who is t <
make a number of speeches for tin
Democratic national ticket in the raid
die AVest , begrudges the time he mus
give to that pleasant duty simply foi
the reason that he would like to devote
all of his time to the "doubtful" State
of Massachusetts.
While no well informed person in
eludes the Bay State among those thai
are likely to go Democratic , nor ever
among those classed as doubtful , there
yet is less of facetiousness in Mr. Ham
lin's remark than might at first though !
be supposed. Senator Bodge , the Re
publican leader in Massachusetts , am :
bosom friend of President Roosevelt
is in a peck of trouble , and is making
frantic demands upon the Republican
National Committee for money and
speakers to help him carry Massachu-
set ts.
Thirty thousand Republicans , acting
with a like number of Democrats , have
compelled Mr. Lodge to riglu-about-
face on the question of reciprocity with
Canada , and it is now probablethat the
Senator will be further humiliated b.v
being forced to turn a complete somer
sault.
But whether Ihe Republican organi
zation docs or does not come out square
footed for this measure of relief which
is demanded by the people of Massa
chusetts , there is bound'to be trouble
for the hide-bound of
- partisans pro
tection in that State , and the Demo
'
crats should profit thereby.
The absurdity of the sixty-seven
cents a ton duty on coal is one of the
things which is keenly realized by the
Xew England manufacturers who in
sist upon reciprocity with Canada. The
sole effect of this duty , so far as they
are concerned , is to exclude the New
England Slates from the nearby Nova
Scotia supply of coal , and to compel
them to pay an excessively high price
as a slight benefit to distant mine own
ers , lo Ihe material injury of their own
industry. This same duty , it may be
said in passing , handicaps the people
of the Northwest , who. but for it might
dr.-iAV their coal from the fields of Brit
ish Columbia at a considerable saving
over present cost.
But reciprocity with Canada is not
( he only important matter which is
troubling Senator Lodge and his Re
publican machine. ' 'Pickled sheep
skins" are causing great annoyance.
Large quantities of them are imported
into Massachusetts every year. For
merly they came in free of duty , but
recently the Treasury Department dis
covered that there was an "infant in
dustry" in domestic sheepskins which
must be helped over the rough places
in its pathway. Hence the department
officials decided that these pickled
sheepskins must be treated as partly
manufactured goods , and taxed at
twenty per cent. Senator Lodge has
appealed to tho President , and unless
he has lost his "pull" with his old
friend entirely pickled sheepskins will
l > e restored to the free list , at least tin-
til after election.
P. S. Pickled sheepskins are back
on the free list. Following his order
that no department estimates showing
the cost of running the Government
should hereafter be given out , Mr.
Roosevelt has given orders to the
Treasury officials that no more duties
shall be collected on pickled sheep
skins until they hear from him again.
This may possibly "save" Massachu
setts.
HOW PROTECTION ROBS. '
ITJr. NclavraJj , of Steel Trust , 'JTclIs of
.Viee Ulursriu" ITIade Out of
I Jo me Consumers.
Clearer proof of the truth that "pro
tection is robbery" could not be de
sired than Avas given by Representa
tive John Sharp AVillianis in his
speech :
"You know AVO can make steel rails
for less than .S12 a ton. " Avrote Mr.
Schwab , ' 'leaving a nice margin fofor
eign business. " The size of this nice
margin is fo for the price of American
rails to foreigners ( the Grand Trunk
Railway of Canada , for instance ) is
$21 a ton : but Avhen the same corpora-
lion. AVJIO-V ) lines are partly in United
States territory , buys rails to lay dOAvn
on this side of our tariff boundary , it
is obliged to pay for the goods at the
rate of 2 ! ) a ton. The President of the
company stands ready to vouch for this
fact. The rails cost 12 a ton to pro
duce : they are sold to foreigners at $21
a ton , which is a fair profit : but Avlien
sold to be put dOAvn in the United
Stairs the sum of S2i ) a ton is exacted ,
the extra $ S being pure robbery. Phil
adelphia Record.
Republicans to Be Disappointed.
The Indiana Republicans have been
boasting that they v.-nuld carry the
Twelfth Contu-essltnal District of that
Slate this ywir for thy first time in
history. The district includes tho city
of Fort Wayne. AAlu-re Robinson , the
Democratic nominee , was cut consider
ably in a previous contest. Tiie staff
correspondent oi the Indianapolis
News thinks tiie Republicans Avill bo
ilisappointed. lie has traveled over the
Twelfth District , and reports as the re
sult of his investigation , that there "is
little foundation" for the Republican
claim that they Avill Avin out tiiis year.
Fort Wayne is the chief city in Allen
County , which sent Hearst'delegates
io St. Louis. The Democrats there are
of the true-blue kind , and they are
solid for Parker and Davis and the
i-Dst of the Democratic ticket.
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FACTS FOR FARMERS.
WHY THEIR VOTES SflOULD BE GIVEN
FOK ALTON B , PARKER ,
What the Tariff and Trusts , on Which
fioossvelt Stands Pat , Cost ths
American Agriculturist
Xo class of American citizens suffers
more severely from the excessive and
unjust Republican tariff system than
the farmers. It is a well-known fact
that the cost of all production falls ul
timately upon the land , that whoever
dances the farmer has to pay the piper ,
that when the threat heads of Republi-
can trusts travel over the .world in
their yachts and automobiles , it is the
farmer planting his corn and gathering
in liis crops who lias to pay for their
enjoyment , while lie and his help
sweat and tug in the lield and the
barn. As all wealth is really based on
land and its products the farmer , who
is nearest the land , ought to have his
fair share of it. Uut does Jie ? Let us
see.
see.The
The Republican high tariff gives the
trust yacht-owning , champagne-guz
zling monopolists the power to charge
what prices they please in the United
States , where competition has been
practically destroyed by tho trusts ,
while the same monopolists , when they
sell their American goods abroad , have
to meet competition there , and as a
eonseouence _ they sell to foreigners
cheaper than they sell to Americans.
The American farmer lias io pay , for
instance for trust-made Ameri
, $11 a -
can cultivator , while the same Ameri
can cultivator is sold abroad for $8.40.
The American farmer pays $14 for a
trust-made American plow , which is
sold abroad for $12. < > 0.
The American farmer pays $8.25
a dozen for trust-made American axes ,
which the same trust manufacturer
sells abroad to the foreigner for $7.20
a dozen.
The American farmer lias to pay an
American trust $ o per 100 pounds for
barbed wire , when the same American
trust sells the same barbed wire
abroad to the foreigner for $2 per 100
pounds.
If the American farmer wants a fine
sewing machine for his wife he lias to
pay the American tariff protected sew
ing machine trust $27.50 for a machine
which the same trust sells abroad for
$20.75. And about the same difference
in prices here and abroad applies to
American-made medium and cheap
sewing machines.
And so on through everything used
by the American farmer. It lias been
carefully estimated that the 0.200,000
families in the United States engaged
in agricultural pursuits pay a tribute
annually to the Republican tariff pro
tected trusts of $017,700,000. This
vast amount the Republican trust mag
nates are enabled to extort from the
farmers of the United States by means
of a nigh tariff which prevents compe
tition from abroad , and of unlawful
trade combinations which the Itepub
lican Administration lias done nothing
to break up. and which virtually con
trol that Administration.
.Tudge Parker. Democratic candidate
for the Presidency , is pledged by his
own utterances and the party platform
to bring about such revision o ? the
tariff as will prevent the trusty i.ron
discriminating in favor of the foreign
er and against the American farmer
in the sale of American goods.
Judge Parker is also pledged to
break up the unlawful conspiracies
called trusts , and reduce price * by re
storing competition. To this end he
will enforce statute law. and. where
that is lacking , the comir-jn law.
President Kojj-evelt. on the other
hand , says distinctly that he and his
parly stand put on the tariff and trusts
that the Trusts , under protection o
the Republican high tariff , will be per
mitted , if the Republican party is suc
cessful in November , to continue to
extort about ? r lS.COO,000 n year in Uic
shape of overcharges and excessive
prices for goods from American farm
ers.
ers.Tiie
Tiie American farmer should remem
her that when President Roosevelt was
Governor of Xew York lie disapproved
a bill passed by the Legislature taxing
franchises , and intended to reduce tin
burden of State tax on farmers ani
other individual taxpayers by makini
corporations pay their just share. Tin
corporation lawyers pleaded witli
Roosevelt that the bill was unconstitu
tional , and iie was vn-y ready to accepi
their statement. The Court of Ap
peals , Judge Parker presiding , after
ward held Roosevelt's objection to the
bill to be unfounded. Roosevelt's
'mistake. ' ' however , cost a large
amount of money , which was saved to
the corporations , and had to be paid by
the farmers and others. It made
Roosevelt solid , however , with the
trusts , which run the Republican party ,
and doubtless had a good deal to do
with his nomination for Vice-President.
Every farmer has at time cattle to
dispose of. It has been clearly estab
lished that the Republican tariff tax on
hides , which Avas levied solely for the
benefit of the great meat packers in
Chicago and other centres , does not
put one dollar in the pocket of the
farmer or cattle raiser , who does not
get a cent more for the animal on ac
count of the hide , while it enables tho
great trust meat packers to charge
higher prices for hides than they would
be able to charge if hides were coming
in free from South America. Mexico
and elsewhere. It is not necessary to
take Democratic authority for these
facts. Ask any dealer in leather. The
Republican tariff tax on hides puts
millions of dollars into the pockets of
the meat trust , while it adds to the
cost of every pair of shoes and every
inch of leather that is used in the Uni
ted Slates and farmers have use for a
good deal of leather besides what they
wear as shoes.
The facts and figures above present
ed deal with the actual cost in money
to the American farmer of the high
tariff system on which the Republican
party says it "stands pat , " and which
is to be continued in all its oppressive
ness , extortion and injustice if Roose
velt should be elected.
The Republican Congress has author
ized a standing army of 100,000 men-
four times as great as any previous
standing army of the United States in
time of peace. This means militarism ,
a military aristocracy to co-operate
with the trust aristocracy in trampling
on the ordinary citizen. It means the
military system of Germany and Rus
sia for the United States. It means a
weapon that might prove very danger
ous in the hands of a man of Roose
velt's quarrelsome character.
Imperialism goes with , militarism.
The policy of attending to our own
business has been given up by the Re
publican Administration for that of
meddling in the world's business , of
holding subject nations as colonies and
of exterminating them , as multitudes
of Filipinos have been exterminated ,
when they dared to demand for them
selves the independence for which
Americans fought in tho Revolution.
At any moment the policy of imperial-
"sin. that meddling in the affairs of
foreign nations which Washington
warned us againct in his farewell ad-
Iress , may plunge us into a tremendous
war with some great pOAver.
The election of Roosevelt would
ne'an a final ttcp over the precipice of
mperialism. It would mean the
abandonment of American meHiod.s
ind principles for those of continental
Europevith : . Avar lord for chief of
' Uate and a large and obedient staini
ng army at his command. It would
mean the stamp of popular approval
'or Roosevelt's usurpation of authority
hat belong ! , lo 'Jonirress alone , and for
future usurpations that would rubsti-
tnte the will of the executive fc.r the
ronstitution of the United States.
Judge Parker stands for AmericaTi-
ism in all that the term implies : Roose
velt for imperialism , as illustrated in
P.erlin , Vienna and St. Petersburg. aid
of late also in Washington. Every real
American should vote for the Ameri
can candidate. Alton B. Parker.
/T i "ZlHZirr I UTirx"tv 4 I
ClAiito AND CLA1
ABSURDITY OF REPUBLICAN BOASTS
FACE OF UNITED DEMOCRACY.
At the Old Qaoie of Trying to Frighten
and Corrupt tin People by
Flashing Money ,
It seems impossible that any in
telligent person should be deceived
by the statement issued by Senator
Scott , of the Republican National
Committee , purporting to be a "con
servative" estimate of the chances of
Roosevelt and Parker , respectively.
Thero are many persons. hOAvevcr.
who are not familiar Avith political
conditions or campaign methods. Avho
may be misled by the seemingly sin
cere and honest statement made by
Senator Scott , who is a very smooth
politician and a past master in the art
of political bluffing.
There are 470 electoral votes to be
divided between the candidates , and of
these Scott modestly claims 810. lie a ! '
lows Parker only 1GU. Avhich represent
the "Solid South. " not including AVest
Virginia or Maryland. lie , Avith equal
modesty , appropriates every so-called
doubtful State of the East and West.
Judge Parker , he says. Avith that care
ful consei'A'atisni Avhich ahA'ays char
acterizes his political utterances , "will
be beaten as badly as Greeley was in
1S72. " Xew York he puts doAA'ii for
from 50,000 to 75,000 plurality for
Roosevelt.
As an offset to this ridiculous state
ment , there is the latest estimate of
the Democratic managers , whicli
claims 250 electoral votes for Parker ,
or seventeen more than sufficient to
elect him. Xe\v York is claimed for
Parker because the indications all
point io a. plurality for him of from
30,000 to 40,000 , and a lead of at ledst
SO.OOO for'IIerrick over Iliggins. Xew
York has never given a Republican
plurality in a Presidential election if
the Democracy was united. It Avili
not belie its record this year. It is
Democratic to-day , andut Avill be Demo
cratic on the morning after election.
Xew Jersey. Connecticut , Dehnvare ,
Maryland. AVest A'irginia , Indiana ,
Montana. Colorado. Idaho and Xeva-
da are all claimed by the Democrats ,
and in most cases witii much better
reason than the Republicans can ad
vance. There is ground for hope that
AVisconsin and Idaho Avill give their
electoral votes to Parker , but these
tAVo States are not counted on for him.
The Republican Committee's claim
is no more extravagant nor worthless
than the claim it put forth a feAV days
prior to the election in 1802. the most
re-ent elnciion with Avhich it is rea
sonable to make a comparison now.
That committee Avas. or pretended to
lie. just as certain of a walkover for
Harrison as it no\v pretends to be of
i walkover for Roosevelt. It claimed
eveythinjr. specifically including XCAV I
York. Xew Jersey. Indiana ami Con
necticut , and on the night before tiie
election it sent David Mnriin to the
Hoffman lionsAvilli Slrf.0i > 0 to bet
MI Harrison. The Republican manair-
M-S ahvays claim everything in si hf.
It has never hesitated to d'-ceive peo
ple even to the extent of inducing
iiem to bet on Republican candidates , i
Avhen it knew that the Democrats !
would win. It has done this In the !
nasi. hoping to create a general feel-i
ing that its own candidates Avonld be j
elected. This year it has Avrnng such
enormous sums of money from the
trusts and railroad systems that it is
evidently setting r.'Jido a nr.ich larger
anu/nnt than usual to influence beti i
tin- .
tinA
A gain Ft this snrt of c'nicaery let ,
Democrats and independents be on ,
their guard. Let all such stand by |
their guns and continue to work for
Parker and Davis. If this is done , it
Avill be very plain on the morning af
ter election that not the Democratic ,
but Hie Republican campaign , Avas
what Senator Scott calls . "joke. "
BUYING HOBE POWER.
WHAT THE SUPPORT OF TRUSTS FOB.
KOOSliVaT B1EANS.
Larpc Kctfjfration Tnromrlioiil the Com :
1 "
o -
ry Shews the i'ejple An
Pesply InieresieJ.
The Republican National Commillcc
claims of a walkover for Uoosevelt are
based simply on ilu.s fact and supposi-
i tion. to Avit : Un Hie fact that the
great trusts anil railroad combines are
supporting Roosevelt and pouring
money inio his campaign chest , and
on the supposition that Aviih this mon
ey the ? Presidency can by bought. It
is this fact and this supposition alone
. that Cortelyou and Scott base their
"claims" and it ; s on those "claims"
that Wall Street gamblers base their
judgment and the odds they offer m
betting.
P. lit can the Presidency bo bou& lit
omriuhtV That game was tried in
and in IMJi : ami did not work. It
was successful in ISSb' . when Matt
Quay , the arch corruptionibt of the Re
publican party , aided by DavidMar
tin , a product of Quayism , handled
the money contributed by the protect
ed interests ol" the ummry to defeat
Cleveland. Ii Avas played successful
ly in IbSO , Avhen "I'.locks of Five"
Dudley bought up the "lloaters" in
Indiana with crisp new bank notes.
lint lo buy the Presidency in 11)01 )
is a different proposition. TIse Demo
cratic party is organized and united
tiiis year , and it Avill have the practi
cally solid support of independent vot
er ? . The Democratic oiganization i :
every debatable State is aggressive ,
and determined that Republican brib
ery and fraud shall be exposed and
preventedwherever po.--ibe. ! The
great registration in nearly all parts
of the country Avhere registration is.
required , and the deep , though quiet ,
interest shown in the campaign in the-
rural districts everywhere , may mean
that the people approve of the alliances
made by the Roosevelt managers Avith
the trusts and other great aggregations
of capital , and arc not averse to the
corrupt scheme of those managers to
buy the Presidency , but there are
many patriotic people Avho refuse to
believe it.
They believe. 01 : the other hand ,
that the significance of the large regis
tration , and deep inleres * . shown by
the voters throughout the country ,
and particularly in the great industrial
and commercial States , is of another
kind. They believe it points to an up
rising < vl' the honest 2nd patriotic
masses everywhere AVIO Avill drive the
Republicans from power . .ml rebuke
the pupils and successors of Quay and
Dudley , who .ire boasting that they ,
have ihe Presidency in theiv grasp.
Senator Scott , in one of his arrogant
and insolent "claims. " sent out Avith
the sanction of the Republican Nation
al Committee , says the Democratic
campaign is only a ' 'joke. " lie Avilt
be of a different opinion on the morn
ing after election , Avhen he discovers
that his OAVU State lias gone Demo
cratic and that a Democratic Legisla
ture has been elected. Avhich Avill somL
a Democrat to represent West Vir
ginia in the Senate in place of himself.
Scott is a great bluffer , and always
has been , but this year the Democrats
are prepared to "call" him , and they
are doing it right along.
ABSURD REPUBLICAN CUES.
IVevr York Stile Turn 1117 U i7oial > t-
ctlly to t'arlccr jtml IScrrick.
Republican politicians are mak
ing the most extraA'agant olaiin.s as to
IIOAA' XOAV York Avill vote in November.
They ridicule the C-IT of "Odellism" and
say Roosevelt "Avill sweep the State. "
Only fools or persons ignorant of the
situation Avill be misled by claims so-
palpably insincere. XCAV York is as
certainly Democratic this year as
Georgia. The attitude of the press oC
New York City is alone sufficient to
satisfy any reasonable man where Xew
York stands. The only daily paper *
supporting Roosevelt are the Tribune.
Snn , Pros , Evening Mail. Evening
Globe and two I.rooklyn papers OL
purely local intluence , and not much
at that.
The papers advocating t ! > o election
of Parker are the IIrral-1. World ,
American. Times. Staats Xeitnng ,
Xews. Evening World , Morgen Journal.
Evening Post. Telegraph. Evening
Journal. Courier des Etats Unis and
Telegram. Outside of Xew York City
the Democratic and independent press
is solid for Parker.
Tiie betting , although there is but
little of it. is at even money as to the
Presidential ticket , and at odds of 10
to 7 in favor of the Democratic Slato
ticket.
New Yorker ? all know how the State
is going. If others have doubts , a short
visit in Xew York Avould dispel them.
Parker Aviil Avin Iho State's electoral
votes , and all of "Odell's creatures' '
will be "driven into the Hudson Riv
er. " as tho Sun has expressed a wish
they should be. The only question i
is to the size of the Democratic ma
iorlty. }
BECAUSE ilS B 50 DIFFEREHT.
JSr. ver5 > assJi : < 'Jves His Jirason
i" r His Preference X'or 1'a.rkcr
Over i oosex'et.
De Witt Clinton Overbaugh. of XCT
iLork. of the Avell known firm of Over-
laugli.A : Camp. President of the
jrand Hotel Company. ex-President
) Z the ISoard of Education of Kings-
on. a member of the famous Commit-
ce ot" Seventy Avhich overthrew Tam-
uany. I'resident of the North Side
; .oard of Trade , and a lifelong Repub-
ican. who declared for Judge Parker
or President , said , in taking that step :
"Can the people trust the present Ex-
cutive ? Is he safe ? I think not. I
: dvocate A lion It. Parker because of
he vast difference between the two-
a'.ululates the one strenuous , erratic
; nl hasty : the other with a judicially
rained mind , thoughtful , competent ,
areful. firm as a rock where justice
pads him , sympathetic and dignified.
Cot since the days ot" Thomas Jeffer-
on hr.s ihe Democratic party had *
tetter nominee. "