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PARKER WILL BE THE WINNER
Non-Partisan Tabulators Figure Out a Great Victory
for the White Man's Party.
DOUBTFUL STATES WILL BE CARRIED BY INDEPENDENT VOTE
Republicans Concede the Loss of Delaware, West Virginia and Close
Western States Compilation on Impartial Returns Assures
the Democracy Enough Votes to Guarantee the Suc
cess of the National Ticket.
* New York, Oct. 31.—The American
aaid yesterday:
la order to place before its readers
the most intelligent advance opinions
»u the presidential election, the
American hag Bent dispatches to cor
respondents throughout the country
requesting them to obtain from the
various Republican and Democratic
leaders the claims of each side. The
purpose was to obtain from those in
touch with the situation a conserva
tive estimate, so that the American's
readers might see for themselves
what the local leaders throughout the
country actually think about the com
lug election.
A compilation of all the Democratic
estimates puts in the Democratic
column the solid South, and the
States of New York, Connecticut, New
Jersey, Indiana, West Virginia Dela
ware, Maryland, Nevada and Colo
rado. The Statos of Wisconsin, Illi
nois, Idaho and Washington are yiel
ded to the Republicans. This indi
cates 259 votes for Parker and Davis, \
or twenty more than the number j
necessary for election.
The compilation of the Republican!
estimates gives to Roosevelt and Fair
banks the States of New York, Con
neoticut, New Jersey, Indiana, West i
Virginia and Delaware, as well as the
Republican States not in dispute. The
States of Maryland. Montana, Nevada 1
and Colorado are yielded to the Dem
It is thus clear that the States of j
New York, Connecticut, New Jersey
Thus, the Republican esti
oorats.
mates a total of 306 electoral votes.
Storm Center of the Campaign.
Indiana and West Virginia const!
tute the storm center of the present
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without Cbnnectlout, West Virginia
and Delaware, if it carried tho other j
States claimed and conceded.
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diana and Colorado, but carried New
York, Connecticut, New Jersey, West
Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Mon
tana and Nevada. The Democratic
ticket could also win if it lost West
Virginia, Delaware and Maryland, but
carried New York, New Jersey, Con
necticut, Indiana, 'Montana, Nevada
and Colorado.
The estimates clearly Indicate, how
ever, that New York is necessary to
any combination of pivotal States for
the Democratic ticket to be successful.
With the claims of the political
managers, both Republican and Dem
ocratic, the public are already fa
miliar. The American's effort today
was to get away from these naturally
highly colored lirophecies, and to re
duce the area of computation to the
smallest possible dimensions.
OQLONIZING NEGROES.
Mora Than 20,000 Carried to New
York to Vote Next Tuesday.
New York, Nov. 2.—"There are
more than 20,000 new negro voters in
tho borough of Manhattan, and most
of them are floaters," said Charles
F. Murphy today. "Our organization
proposes to invoke the aid of all legal
machinery to secure an honest vote at
the coming election. Every voter,
whether black or white, that is be
lieved to be a colonizer, will be pro
ceeded against.
"It is difficult for an organization
to pick out these illegal voters. The
negroes flock together, and they keep
their tongues quiet as long as they
are paid and guaranteed security. We
will try to wake them up this year."
The abnormal Increase in the col
ored vote was so glaringly dispropor
tionate In several assembly districts
that a council of war was held in
Tammany Hail last night and a spe
dal warning sent out to each district
Parker Predicts Success.
Esopus, N. Y. Oct. 28.—Judge Par
ker today made his first public pre
diction as to the outcome of the elec
tion. In his speech to delegations
composed largely of farmers from Or
ange and Rockland counties, New
York, be interpolated the following:
"Before taking up the subject I wish
to discuss, I want to assure you that
tf we work hard enough, if we each
do our part, we can win this fight. I
have not felt like saying so until late
ly, but we are growing so rapidly that
if our people do their best I do believe
victory will be ours."
Roosevelt Will Not Reply.
Washington, Nov. 2. — President
Roosevelt authorized the statement
today that he will make no reply to
the Monday speech of Judge
In which the latter charged that the
trusts had practically made an alli
ance with the Republican National
Campaign Committee to control the
floating vote in the doubtful States by
oorrupt use of money. The president
stated that the heads of the different
departments of the campaign commit
tee are able to make their own de
fense, and that a statement from him
was unnecessary.
Parker,
*' 0 tary of State Hay in his New York
speech. That official stated that »
vast majority of the voters of the
-joiith were suppressed. Democrat?
j' ej ent the accusation, which they say
is not oalj grossly inaccurate but that
d0< ? 8 South a gra y e injustice in
Ll ' e - ej T s *, of , the world. It is also
cla ™ ed that Southern senators have
st0()d by Republican administrations
on more than one occasion by voting
for treaties which could not have been
ratified without their support.
The statement of Secretary Hay is
also deprecated because at this time
leader, asking for specific details Of
the negro registration in his district
The notice was as follows:
"Dear Sir—You are requested tr
send at once to Tammany Hall the
number of registered colored voters
in each election district of your as
sembly district. Prompt compliance
with this request will be much appre
ciated by us. Yours very truly,
"CHARLES F. MURPHY."
The reports already received at
Tammany Hall indicate that the West
Side districts are fairly overrun with
negroes, who have never voted in
New York before. Of the thousands
of challenges made by the Morgan
deputies during the registration, net
one was directed against a negro.
SOUTHERNERS ARE INCENSED
At Hay's Vicious and Unwarrantet
Asault on the South.
Washington, Nov. 2.—Leading Dem
ocrats are feeling very resentful at
the attack made on the South by Sec
two distinguished English statesmen
i-.-d literary men—John Morley and
j . m es Bryce, both of whom have writ
ten about American institutions—are
now touring this country, and the
statement of one so prominent in na
tional affairs as Secretary Hay is
bound to appeal to them as being his
torically true. The thrust of Mr. Hay
is regarded as the most unjust yet
made against the South and the con
stitutions of its States, The para
graph in the Hay speech that created
the stir, reads:
"Is it not a sight for man and an
gels to see the solid South, which ex
ists by virtue of its nullification of
the constitution, which promises
Judge Parker the bulk of his elect
ors through a suppression of a vast
majority of its voters, attacking The
odore Roosevelt in the name of an en
dangered constitution?"
EXTORTION AND CORRUPTION,
"The Big Stick and the Big Head"
Represented by Roosevelt
New York, Nov. 2.—The following
telegrams to and from William R.
Hearst, apparently ascribing to him
some insincerity in his public and pri
vate attitude, politically, were made
public tonight by Mr. Hearst's author
ization; the telegram to him being
from the Chicago Inter Ocean:
"W. R. Hearst, New York:
"Dispatch from Deadwood says
Homestake mines are placarded 'Vote
for Roosevelt: Don't Forget That in
Voting for Roosevelt, You Vote for a
Continued Prosperity.' Is this true,
and, if so, how does it affect your at
titude personally? Please wire an
swer tonight at our expense, and
INTER OCEAN."
oblige.
"Editor Inter Ocean, Chicago:
"I personally do not own one share
of stock in the Homestake mines, and
never have owned a single share of
stock in them. I do not know what
is being done there. My 'attitude per
sonally,' however, is that any one who
votes for Roosevelt is voting for a
continuance of trust extortion, public
corruption, the big stick and the big
head. "W. R. HEARST."
MAKING AN EXAMPLE.
Roosevelt Acts for Buncombe in Re
moving a Clerk.
Washington, Nov. 2. — President
Roosevelt has directed the removal
from office of Jacob W. Bunn, finance
clerk of the Philadelphia postofflee,
for pernicious activity in collecting
campaign funds from employers ol
that office. • The charges against
Bunn have been under investigation
for some time by the civil service
commission, which recommended that
Bunn be dismissed. The president's
order was in accordance with this rec
ommendation.
McMIllin's Forecast,
New York, Nov. 2.—Former Gov.
Benton McMillin of Tennessee, is here
after a long speaking tour through
New England. He agrees with Mr.
Woodson that Parker is already a
winner.
"I unite with the Democratic lead
ers In predicting victory all along the
line," said Mr. McMillin. "I have
been speaking in New England, and
can report that the Democrats down
there are very hopeful of victory.
The campaign greatly resembles that
of 1892, when the Democrats defeated
Benjamin Harrison,
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Naval Inquiry Into the North Sea In
Great—Public Turns Its Attention
to Manner in Which Balfour Min
FOG BLAMED FOR THE MISTAKE
AT SPURNHEAD.
c.ident Begun—British Wrath Still
iatry Is Conducting Negotiation!
Kuropatkin's Reports to the Czar.
London, Oet. 31.—Considerable dis
cussion of the theory that the Rus
sians fired on their own ships and
sank one of their own torpedo boats
»t the time of the North sea outrage,
has been heard in the last two days in
the clubs frequented by naval officers.
Nobody questions the correctness of
the theory or its computability with
all the known facts about the sad
affair. The naval officer who sug
gested this theory to your correspond
ent, who cabled it Saturday morning,
said last night (Sunday):
"I confidently believe that the in
quiry will substantiate my hypothesis.
Of course, I don't know that any tor
pedo boat was sunk by the Russian
battleships, but if one was sunk, as
Admiral Rojestvensky alleges, it must
have been by a Russian boat. The
thing to do is to call on the Russians
to produce their torpedo boats,
none have been sunk it should be pos
sible to produce the exact number
which entered the North sea a little
over a week ago.
"But w'hatever may be the reference
to the sinking of one of these craft,
there seems to bo no doubt whatever
that two of the Russian torpedo boats
reached Cherbourg in a damaged con
dition, bearing marks which indicate,
to my mind, that they were the ob
jects of attack by Rojestvensky's bat
tleships. The Blegtyaschtchi had her
stem battered and another boat bad
holes shot in her sides. It is for the
inquiry board to find liow these in
juries were received,
ever, that the Blestyaschtchi is get
ting away as fast as possible, having
already been reported as having
sailed eastward from Tangier. It may
be that an effort is being made to
have her so far away as to make It
impossible for the inquiry hoard to
get at her officers and find out what
they knew about the North Sea hor
it
1 notice, how
ror.
"Admiral Rejestvensky says that
the torpedo boats bombarded his bat
tleships and wounded some among his
crew.
boat does not bombard battleships.
That is not their method of attack.
The fisherman say the Russians were
on both sides of their craft and that
shots came from both ways. If that
were so, it may easily happen that one
of the Russian battleships fired into
another. Again, the wounded among
the crews of the battleships may be
the survivors of the sunken torpedo
boat. I cannot help wishing that
Great Britain's arrangement with
Russia provided for the detention of
all the vessels of the Baltic fleet in
stead of simply the four battleships
now at Vigo. I believe some very
important evidence is running away
from us."
That is silly, as a torpedo
Japs Have the Proof.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 31.—It is prac
tically admitted by authorities that
the Japanese ministry of marine is
in possession of definite information
that the Baltic fleet fired upon its own
torpedo boats in the North sea, mis
taking them for Japanese vessels.
These torpedo 2boats, finding them
selves attacked, and laboring also un
der the delusion that the enemy was
near, replied to the fire. In this man
ner a number of Russian ships were
slightly damaged,'"
Proof of this assertion is divined
in the fact that several newspapers
which hinted at this solution of the
North sea incident have not been con
fiscated.
It is impossible to obtain official
confirmation of tho report, and in pri
vate conversation Russian naval of
flcials admit that they are astounded
by this version of the affair. They
say that the fog must have been very
heavy, and that Admiral Rojestven
sky, perceiving what he believed to be
two torpedo boats of the enemy,
could not be blamed for mistaking the
vessels of the trawling fleet for ships
of a different character.
The report that the ministry of ma
rlne has accepted this explanation of
the trouble has cast a gloom over all
who are permitted to follow the de
tails of the imbroglio from the be
ginning. They express the belief,
however, that Great Britain will now
be willing to modify her demands
somewhat, as Russia's humiliation in
the eyes of the world is great enough.
St. Petersburg, Oct, 31.—The milita
ry situation has not yet developed
anything of great importance, though
the fight at Buddhist Temple Hill
October 27 appears to have been de
cidedly a heavy engagement. It prob
ably indicates that final moves on
both sides are now occurring, prepara
tory to another long and serious bat
tie. Viceroy Alexieff is now on the
way to St. Petersburg. The nature of
his reception here is food for much
speculation. |
COMPLIMENTARY EXILE.
Viceroyalty of the Caucasus to Be
Revived for Alexieff.
on
Brussels Expels Russian Agitator. |
Brussels, Oct. 31.—The government j
has decreed the deportation of the
Ritssian, Rubanovitch, who called a
meeting of the revolutionary elements
for the purpose of delivering an ad
dress on the far Eastern war.
, Ruban
ovitch, whose home is in Paris, is
known to be closely identified with
a French anti-military agitation, and
is also suspected of being a nihilist,
The meeting was broken up and Ru
banovitch arrested. He was liberated
after having promised to leave Bel
gium inside of twenty-four hours.
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Rojestvensky Is III.
Vigo, Spain, Oct. 31.—The Russian
naval inquiry into the North sea In
cident has begun.
According to a
semi-official source of information, Ad
miral Rojestvensky is ill. The Rus
sian ships now in this port will re
main here at least three or four days.
The Japanese consul has withdrawn
'vis request for their immediate de
parture and the commandant of the
port is In receipt of orders from the
th hr U th a 0 l ° 6 uldad * n
the matter by the wishes of the
powers concerned, •
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STILL ON LOOKOUT.
British Warships Block the Path of
Russian Fleet.
London, Oct. 31.—The feverish ac
tivity in naval preparations which
characterized last week has abated,
but naval reports show that British
war vesiiel8 are 80 disposed as to keep
a sharp watch on all movements along
the proposed route of the Russian
1 Baltic squadron, including the Canary
Islands, where the Russians have pre
pared elaborate arrangements for
coaling from German steamers.
Admiral Rojestvensky's four battle
sh-'P 8 remain at Vigo but according to
some reports the tiring in the North
Sea was done by Admiral Voelker
sam's squadron, which is now at Ta»*
gier.
The Russians' own inquiry into the
Dogger Bank affair was opened at
Vigo on Sunday: the British Inquiry
will Open at Hull forthwith. The in
quest will be resumed at Hull on No
vember 2.
London Time* Fearful of Trouble.
London, Oct. 31.—The Times ex
presses apprehension that enemies of
Great Britain at St. Petersburg may
overturn the good work accomplished
by the reference of the North Sea af
fair to a commission of inquiry. It
says:
"There is no doubt that an influ
ential party in court circles at St. Pe
tersburg is animated by th* most vi
olent enmity against this country and
by an eager desire to precipitate a
conflict. The war party seems some
what out of favor at present, but so
long as the war party is in control of
the admiralty and retains the favor
and support of some of the most ex
alted personages in the imperial fam
ily, there is danger that its authority
may revive and that its leaders may
even seek to revive it by some desper
ate stroke, which could be represented
as irrevocably compromising the hon
or of the empire, a stroke which their
authority at the admiralty and their
ability to reward and punish officers
of the fleet might readily enable them
to recover.
"That is one reason why we should
not indulge in overconfidence that this
deplorable incident will certainly bo
settled as we desire.
Wrath of British Public Not Appeased.
London, Oct. 31.—As time reveals
the terms and posibilities of the
agreement for arbitrating the Anglo
Russian difficulty over the North Sea
tragedy, it becomes evident that the
wrath of many of the people of Eng
land has not been appeased. The an
ger is now turning partly from Russia
against Premier Balfour and his gov
ernment it is felt that the govern
ment has adopted a lame compro
mise after making a great show of
force and after declaring it would
brook no delay in satisfaction for the
killing of British fishermen by the
Russian Baltic fleet.
It is plain many people are disap
pointed over the agreement to refer
the trouble to a court of inquiry to be
appointed. Such a court, they say,
could have no binding force on Rus
sia. Even if it could decree punish
ment of the authors of the North Sea
outrage, the czar's government might
refuse to accept the verdict.
Under such circumstances the issue
would have to be gone over again dip
lomatically, with the inevitable result
of another war crisis. It were far
better, the jingoes argue, that Great
Britain find out now, once for all,
whether any government could make
a demand which Russia'would be com
pelled to answer, particularly whether
Russia would bind itself to punish its
citizens who violate the laws of na
tions.
Planning a Big War Fund.
Tokio, Oct. 31.—Trustworthy infor
mation to the effect that tho Japanese
financiers have resolved on resolute
measures to provide the war funds
for the coming year. These measures
are estimated to produce 770,000,000
yen, part from new war taxes and
550,000,000 from loans.
With regard to tile loans several
banks have already pledged them
selves to provide 300,000,000 yen. One
hundred million yen will be taken by
the Co-operation Bank and by the Pos
tal Savings Bank, and the remaining
150,000,000 will he arranged for when
the necessity arises,
The chief items to be affected by
the new war taxes are the salt monop
oly and silk fabrics, and increased
taxes will also be levied on land, in
comes, business,
toms duties will also be imposed. Tile
war taxes of the current year have
been evidently felt very little and the
additions of next year are not ex
pected to cause any economic incon
venience. The ordinary expenditures,
both central and local, will be boldly
curtailed.
that the diet will indorse this pro
gram,
etc. Further cus
There is every prospect
'Consider Case Closed.'
Hull, Oct. 31.—The Russian agents
have received orders by cable from St.
Petersburg not to attend the inquest
into the death of the fishermen of the
seining fleet, who were killed by Rus
sian shells. The dispatches impart
ing this order contain the sentence
tllst t' le authorities in St. Petersburg
"consider the case as closed."
Paris, Oct. *1.—The Petit Journal's
Lorient (France) correspondent says:
"The captain of a Danish schooner
which has arrived here from the
North Sea, declares that when he was
forced to put in at an English port,
owing to stress of weather, he saw
steam trawlers taking Japanese and
explosives abroad, openly."
What a Dane Saw.
Another Attack on Port Arthur.
che Foo, Oct. 31.—The third gener
al attack on Port Arthur began Octo
ber 24, according to unimpeachable
authority. On October 26, Japanese
shells set fire to the only smokeless
powder magazine in Port Arthur. Por
tions of the town caught Are, tho con
flagratton continuing the whole day.
On October 26, the Japanese captured
the Russian trenches on the slope of
Rihlung Mountain, also a fortified po
sition protecting that fortress. Tha
Japanese consider the progress of the
siege to be highly satisfactory.
Kuropatkin Telegraphs Results.
St. Petersburg, Oct, 31.—Gen. Ku
ropatkin has telegraphed under date
of October 29:
_
Duriue a cavalry reconnaissance yes
terdaj, after an infantry fight support
ed by artillery, we occupied the vll
lage of Chiant-Sindiapu. On October
28 our Chasseurs with insignificant
losses retained a village, a kilometer
went Chenlianpu, against a violent
Jaj,vn*5e bombardment."
"I have received today no dispatch
repotting encounters with the enemy.

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