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to SUBSCRIPTION PItlCE; ALL OVER BUT THE COUNT BOTH CAXDUjATES COXFtDESC "With Fair Weal ho Indicated and Heavy Voiw Probable TUrongliout " the United ftatcs Iy-naad T" yRest m Th'lr tfars, Awaitlnr tl Decision or the people Both Mack and Bltrheock,Sl U,e Claim aiit'T liavo Already Preeent- '. l and the Candidate Themselves Are JBqimlly Confident of The.Out- com-Tbe New York WOu'. , palsn Doe Not End Until Midnight ' i-ii.-ports Front Uie State Judical the Drift ' UocUoa.' - -, XHE - WEATHE& TO-DAT r " , -. - " 4 , .: J5unrlso 6:4; San" S:, Whlrirton, Nov. 1 Fair wth r in U but eleven States la tb final forecast for election day msds to-night by th' Weather Bureau. Moderata temperature will prevail to al- States, r Shower are indl .cated. for Tuesday In Georgia, Ala - buna, weetern Florida, Mississippi. eastern Loulelsn. the mountains ot Tennessee, tha Carolina. Washing ' ton, Oregon and northern Idaho., , , wv .with election ' . day at band, with fair wathr end ; heavy vot indicated throughout th ' - United Statea, tha rival, man V - the Republican and Democratlo n - tlonal campaigns closed their desks " : at hsadquarurs tb-nlght,! declared re- apecUvely that Taft and Bryan would win, and then hurried away n( Uto . - train to cart their ballot. Mr- Hltch .. cok tt Weit. Haven, Mson4 Mr. -Hack at Buffalo. -.. ' ' For Mr.: Hitchcock tha end of; tna ' campala-n uatmni raat for tha first time etnoa. ha et out . to round-up .' Taf t delegataa to th Republican na 'tlonal oonvenUon last prg.Mr. . Mack alvaa up bla pre-election work ' wlth tha satisfaction; tiU asooltes say, ot bavln brought-tha, rmo ' cralio, party lnt greater unity than for many years past H bas-on- ducted' vigorous saropalga, S4d ba believes h party to ba In bet. tar position . to. win. tho.leoUow " M-any tlma in its .history .-.:., ' : Mr.HHphcoclc VlU return to-tor-h , ' row afternoon to recelvejthe refufn" t Mr,"r Mack left for Buffalo ahortir befora . l , unlock and also . wlir back In the olty to-morrow nlhu i TOtl TO OPEN EAR1.T. x :Th polls'la KeW Tork iCtty. will open at 'clock to-morrow morning . . and -lot -.. P. .'f,i , Tula ; Holds throughout, practically ' very part of ha State, and tha lndl . " catloni are that the New Tork State .in - h tna first to be flashed ' ' over th Wires to-morrow ; night; as . giving an Indication of howthe eleo. tion isf to go, r This at least; wilt be - trus of the -counties and cities ut Ida of Oreater New Torfc i ' VoOng ' r - tnachlnes J sxtansWely tisjsd ttp the . . etata ad tha result wlir b .known almost as soon as the polls close. It . , was said that four years W Erie ' v county, la which, Buffalo la located, first told. President Roosevelt .of bis .nnroaohm victory. The -count of . - t. i Vaw Tork Cltv. Brooklyn, ' ' and surround ins; boroughs is likely to ' ba slow and long delayed. ' The. end of tha campaign to-night ' found Mr. Taft and Mr. Bryan still o ' tha so, and it apathy ahould. be Jn tha volume of the vote ' throughout the country to-morrow It ' ' "pwill ba no fault -of theirs. They . toave both traveted many thousands - of miles and fcava spoken in more ' than score bt States.- v New Tork, , inAiut ' end Ohio, have i been . the ' scenes of greatest 'efforts of the two V -candidates,' and' naturally tha returns from the independence party, orjan . -hv William R. Hearst and to the pactional field for the first time this ' 'year, win nave upon - euuer . vi wt '. old parties 'is a matter of conjec- "y "sure.- . ' '., , ; .. '" . SOCIAWSTS TAKE COMFORT. V. The Socialist leaders, basing their , claims upon the receptions given to 1 1 BSusene-V. Debs, are 'confident they - " will poll a greater, vots .than ever - . .-before. " V Republican Chairman Hitchcock 5e- V ' dare to-day that lata reports recelv d from - national oommitteemea and 9 6Ute chairmen strengthened bis faith ' : - -(a the estimate of 325 electoral votes - - for Mr.iTaft on Friday night., . .. -t believe ' this contest is won., ' fee' said. . vif-hasi been worked out as SyBieDuuliJ , mm vvmuhc u - apply a syste mtQ a. aaiionai cara ' t Ialgn. ' ' "- f i - I . "if conditions are normal through " i j out the country to-morrow, expect : i to see ,my-lore cast vennea. xi cow J riitiona are otherwise in certain sec .: tiona mr forecast may be reduced. but. v. I rather-: expect It will be , v Increased.' . '. . uips'tprivrM PIT. 1 Before leavlns; for Buffalo to-night - i Democratic Chairman Mack gave out i a final statement, claiming victory for Bryan and Kern. He asserted that fjKvr Vork-' Ktat Would ClVO th BS ' tlonal ticket a-plurality of 66,000 and i chat nhlo and Indiana will surely go Democratic, h He declared that the ' fparty would carry most of the doubt ful States and in addition would car ry some States they ave not clalmea .Ha adheres to his forecast f 83 S votes for Bryan and -Kern. 4 During the day Mr. Mack talked, with amuel Oompers, and as a result of their con ference the national chairman said that he was convinced that the la - tor vote swould-remain true to the - ! giariy. , -. . i - -v "All that Is needed to win, said - Wr. "JiacK "is to poll our full vote and ee that it Is honestly counted. "T . -The chairman -announced that reward , of $1,000 would be paid by the- national committee for the' detec- , lon and conviction of any person en- cajred In election frauds-- Secretary Loudena'ager, of . the Re- "Publican congressional committee. rlosed Tils headauarters here-at noon to-day. He said he was confldeht that the returns would , verify his . prediction ' to the next, ' Congress. This forecast, -given out last week. Is: Republicans, 227; Democrats, Hi v- , GOV. HUGHES-BUHT. The Kew Tork Btate campaign did : tiot end until well toward midnight to-night. Governor Charles E. Hughes , , fnakiny ten speeches In -Greater JS'ew - York during the day and eveninar. His . ' Democrstlc opponent. Lieutenant Governor Chanler, spent the day la ' -lils home county of Dutches, and tnsde a number df speeches to iiis - " neighbors. - The puzzta a to the outcome of the fctate cortn.-t ii e-"ifently no riearer f"I.::rn (-: M i -..in at the becinnii J ft t: t at 3 bith siiics c'rf " " ' ' - " i y ovt-r- $3.00 A YEAR. Tork would go for Bryan and Kern and Chanler. ' v - Chairman woodruff, of ins etaie Republican committee, said to-night: "I believe that Taft and MUgnea.wm win by substantial pluralities.", , ALL MERE WORK, -v Xothlngr Tanp-lble on Vlil l Itlmate of KsuU To-Day t an urn usncci ' Betting Stories Kx-ivo Jfo Cred enco ataUU-to. ' . Observer Bureau. ' '!' ' - 12 Post Building, ;v ,' ..- , Washington, ,Jov t.' i There is absolutely no new develop ment In the situation in any State which furnishes any (basts -whatever for estimating to-morrow's result. Tha campaign managers have less to make their estimates upon than they have ever bad the day before election since Ittt. All the newspapers - la this vicinity and all up as far as Boston, with three exceptions, are Republics n. and, they are making their estimates upon the figures of 104, of course claiming Taft's election. They havs nothing to go on, and ' neither have the Democrats prognostlcatora, i The reports of betting in new I or, wHh long odds on Taft, aro not be lleved hers by anybody. There may be odds offered, but there is no bet tins to speak of, either- with or with out odds. The stories of tha bets are sent out to boost up the Republican ticket and catch the band-wagon vote. ZACK M'QHEB. - John T. HcGraw Claims West Virginia . - ' " vat nr .-. t-VifK Wheeling. W. Va Novl J. Demo cratic Vice-chairman George L Now and National Committeeman John T. McOraw both, declare the Stats wilt be found la the Bryan column by a subsUntial .-'plurality. Republican fctate Chairman 8. V. Mathews claims th etate for Taft by 45.000. and for the etate ticket by 0,000. He also claims the election of the five Re publican congressional candidates, and, a Republican Legislature by a large majority. 'Two thousand members of Republican and Democratlo marching clubs Joined here to-night la a parade la unique and ridiculous costumes, - Pennsylvania Sltuatloa, Philadelphia, 'Nov. ' .-Cha!rmaa Andrews, ot the Republican SUte committee, stands oa his prediction that WUHam H. ? Tart , wili . hav a plurality of more than one-quarter of a million In Pennsylvania Chair man Dlmeling, of : the Democratic Btate committee, says his raporta in dicate that the Republican plurality will be greatly reduced If not entirely wiped out, Ths Democrats expect to win several districts from the Repub licans -in the congressional fight There is muph Interest bt the local opuon tight, . . r ', - ; v. Republicans Frei af as to the Ba - ; suit in wisoonsuu Milwaukee,'. "Wis., -Nov. I. Repttb4 llcsns,. Democrats and Social JOernc crats alV claim that they; will win la the mala battle-ground . of Wisconsin 'Milwaukee county. The Republics chairman to-night claims that Taft wilt "ava rlOO.tOO plurality, and the Democratic chairman says Bryan will win, with 50,000 votes to spare, The. 51 Republicans are reasonably certain o: electing six Congressmen," the Demo crats one,, leaving four ' districts In Itepnbllcans Mske laughable Claim - in xennesseo. Nashville. Tenn.. Nov. 1. -Governor Patterson, Democratic, candidate - for re-election, who canceled many of bis engagements to glva his attention to the night-rider situation In the lake region, spoke to a large'" crowd at Clarksvlilo to-day. Democrat alaim the fat y 15.000.- . t . .' ; Republicans say th 'situational well In -hand. - t . -. -.-,. Many negroes will vote the Demo- crauc ticaet tor tne nrst ,um. -f ' Mixed Situation In Iowa. ; ' Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. J. The Re publican manager to-night claimed that Taft will get plurality f 75, 000. Both Governor Cummin ' and former Congressman Lacey ar claim ing tha nomination In th Republican primary for United state senator ny a majority of ten thousand to twenty thousand. ln the congressional dis tricts Democrats are making a hard fls:hf In the lrst, ' second and Sixth. The Democrat express hope of elect ing their, candidate for .Governor, Massachusetts W1U Be For Taft '.Boston. Nov. J. Republican man agers claim that Taft will hav f a plurality to-mormw of : upward of S 0.000. and that Draper, Republican, wilt defeat Vahey, Democrat, for Gov ernor bv over- (0,000.- Th Democ ratio leader concede th etate to Taft, but claim, that Vahey has a rood chance. The hardest congressional . fight hav been made In th fourth, fif thy ninth, tenth, and eleventh districts. South Dakota, by Conservative ,,3Btf- auate, Wiu uo tw inw- Sioux Falls. & D. Nov; J. Tha Re publicans: to-night expressed , conn dence in their ability to sweep the State, -.-while - the Democrats , wer equally", confldentc of . electing .their State ticket, and' especially the Demo cratio nominee for Governor.j'Con- servatlv estimates give, the Stat, to Tan, Mwh TTxrltftncnt In COnnortlcut In dioations Point to Taft and Lille y. . New Haven, Conn- Nov.' I. Amid the greatest excitement , known ! la Connecticut politics, the campaign closed to-ight. -The . Republican claim that Taft will carry .Connecticut by 25,oo, and thatUUey for-Gov ernor will win by at least 10,000. Th Democrats claim Bryan has a chance to -carry the State, and that Robert' son will be elected Governor by 10,' 000. , . Doth Claim M'ontana. . Butte, Mont, Nov. J. Republican, State chairman Lanstrutn . to-day claimed "that Montana would- go for Taft and Sherman by not leas than 2,000, with 6,000 for Donlin for Gov ernor. . ' - Democratic tnairrnan Georse'e es tlmate to-night is that LJontan will give Bryan a T'lurai'fv of at least 10,000 ar pluralities i at least fi.OOO for the State ticket, - : , Republicans 5 sire rf Kansas." Tor-oka, Kjs. :.-y. : "With the actual clo" cf t" r ' t In Kan sas, R.-r-.t 'i'ji h k ,an lio !y increafM.-a h.a c t t s RppuS. lican State and rv ! i tvou.l t - elected bv plur,.;;-s r-r tins, to 35.000. and that a.l o -,t T . , ' -t ton press men, ere 1 c-f. - Chairman lUr n r- ' : .'-- mFrt that t' ' . nr tii et woall t" i-i ' -. " 1. K-..e Out c( Tn I . 1 i I : : t Vi , i l 'X l- 5 1 t i CHARLOTTE; N.. CM IAFI WISDS.UP HIS IOCS - : ' ' r D5SUES AX. APTE-VL TO YOTKKS. Tbe' Republican Candidate Completes , lUm Day With Three Bpoettcs the Review f a Giaut political Iarade at YoungMown, Ohio r Crowds That Hear Him an Indlta Utm That Interest is on the Iiicrease 'Instead of W siiiii fi -M r. faf t Joins tha . CandidatO at . Buffalo In His Concluding Remarks Sir. Taft Takes a FaU, Out of Mr Oompers, to . Whom Ho Devotes Conslderablo "Attention Leaves Before Midnight 'For Onclnnaa to Cast Hi Vot. Touiiiretown: v; o.;.,k Nov. William Howard Taft is now speeding to Cin cinnati to cast his vote to-morrow. Vot ths RepubUcan ticket ana preservs - prosperity, protecuun Amerlcan: maustrien,- ominKw v; rity and the rights of labor. ?' This was tho message wnn waiuu Mr. Taft finished his -fight.-- V-v', f i Tha rhw of tha nrnDlldl ill this City to-night was a fitting climax. Th Urn spent by Judge Taft In Toungs- town. was crowaed ,wnn pouww venta. ' -. - f ; - 1 j --vv..?.. Thre speeche wer required ot th candidate at Park Theatre, th Grand Opera House and in th publlo square. Preceding these," ths candi date reviewed a' parade miles In lensth. and was , composed of many thousand n uniformed marchers.-y He wssvth guest of th prominent Re publicans at tbe.Toungstown viuo fr dinner. --.ia A. Af.- I ENTHUSIASM; TJNDIMINISHED. Th last day, of the campaign trlt- nesaed an .increase - rather than a diminishing of th crowds and n- thuslasm wherever Kir. u ait .""uu Beginning hi work- at -iuBitira, . Y thia nornlna h addressea -Dig crowds at Weetfleld, N. Y.; Erie, P.j Ashtabula, oarretisvui,: vieveisnw snd" loungstowiv : -?y :-:;vy' Mt -f - The Cleveland meeung was a ster affair and was preceaea or a v rA.rat minv, marcbins .C1UDS wom was reviewed by , th ' candidal Vum Mrs. Taft. who Joined him at uunaiow - Tha tfanundoui v meetine lnr ta Cleveland, armory was presiddd oer y A. u. r auiKner, presiaoju. wizi-i National Orders of Wlndow--TJiass Makers. Judge Taft look- aavtraiage of tha oDDortuntty to emuhaslse. ha has done throughout tne aay. inai notwithstanding th opposiUoato him and th Republican party by Bamuel Oorantn. If elected, he will maintain hi great sympathy for -ana niret in th welfare- ef-organisen ana un organised labor, which ha .maintains his previous record sustains. . . ATTENDS "TO MR. O0MPER8. If -l want ta aav." b said, ."tbstt K Atxm iint mika i an.. (II9MtlM,M.W much Mr.' Oompers may misrepresent! my position; it oona i sum ference how much n misrepresents the ooslUon ot the HuDreme Court of the United Btate I suppose I ought not to feel hurt because I ta run nins for office. . If the same gentle men had had th vatience ana justice to read my decision when I was on tne bench and when I bad net tn sugnt- est Idea ot vr-yielding t th weak g. t runnlna- .lor : th "presidency, they would hav found that 1 nav not chanssd 'from th4' urlnclples I stated then. ' I hav. not turned an lota from the urtnclDles I there estaoiisn- ed. and those .principles Jtloa are the "basis upon which trades unionism, csu flourish in. this eountry." " , . V Mii.rfU.'iif n-Am- 't K. ajtrfd. "Is bow far Mr; Oompers Is able by deed of grant executed to - transfer what h has not got. Every, attempt mad bv mlsreoresentation and other- Wise as to the attitude or tn ttepuo- llcan party Aa been made topreju-' .-AaMA hf .AlinHMT against ths party and its canaiaate. In this connection, It was mad known that- Renresentatrv Burton nad in formation from Daniel Keef. presl- dent f ths Longshoremen's Union, that a telesram aubllshed this morn ing- from John Mitchell to Samuel Oompers in which Mr. Mitchell de clare himself in sympathy and ac cord, with the policy ef She American Federation of Labor. la garmea. in as much as H leaves out two importar. words.- :Th -telegram v read --non earttsan nolltlcal" uollcy.- " - - ' i The city was alive witn political activHy 'throughout tb flay ; "" Judrre ' Taft's thre speeche here to-night dwelt largely with' the tabor question and he emphasised bis denial of charges against htm of unfairness and asserted his friendliness to laoer. His special trala left shortly before H o'clock for Cincinnati. ?-'-h-,'2- ROOSXrVELT AND. TAFT COMT5Q. WIT1 Spend Some Time In Vicinity of AMtevtiie usnung Bear 'tart no to Remain in Waatiincton During Ses sion ot -congress., t ; .' " - - ' v Observer Bureau. " t Post Building,' , ..'..Washington, Nov. . "If" Taft ta elected to-morrow, then North Carolina will bav in .lt mMst 6m time during th winter a Frasl dent and a president-elect- , So it ta announced at the Whit House -to-day. The Statement is mad that My, Taft would not remain In Wsshlngton dur ing th coming--session of Congress, bat would pot get -without th .full rang of hi leader mind? for Presi dent Roosevelt contemplate taking hIm,on a. bunting trip m the.viclnlty of Ashevnie, ; probably the ' Mount PJsgah preserve. .Wbether, or not th throwing but of this bait for th North Carolina electoral vot win catch any fish -Is a matter 'of conjecture.' If they go, they wilt go loaded for bears tend the plan la to go th latter part of November when th bear ar fattest- . ZACH MOHKK. . - Swallowed Tp. by tb Sesv Norfolk. Va., Nov. . Csptaln J. A. Goodwin, of th tug Prudence, pon his arrival her to-day from, BalU mors, reported having, made an .un successful effort off low Point . in Chesaoeaks Bay Saturday night to - 1 r "jr' v.r -T I "T- n Z, tiTJZ. Zlil dently lashed to th top of the mast head of a small vessel.. "Captain Gomiwln putUng a tope ; around his body Jumped overboard and swam to the man who appeared erased. H unable to move h'.Tft, another rope si tied about the man. In th. bad weather snd darkness the rope was last ani the man disappeared. , lloTlvers Tor Southern Life and Ac . t-iJ-'nt t'iniany. Norfolk, Va., Kov, t. Cpon suit i in the United Sw'i Circuit Court ry t .:r i. i . -1 .nt-r v 1 A ' . r.a of ! ary.ar !, s i of rw.frs In --rt L'f-i an i Af . '"I ": . 1V, Jn ' -tner, K. h.. i i;. ::o:,.k't 1 r t e - point " v. for the - ' t i pursnc . t ! v c I v i - e r I '-re ; ; J . ! ( -TUESDAY: MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 4908. j pETTIlSa: ISVm LIGHT NOTICEABLE. - 6HIPT, , XS .ODDS Taft Closes 'at Five to One hi Wan Street, While tlie Odd on nugnea Are . 10 to a A I'avorite Medium of Speculation the chanler Plurality ;.Het isV $30,000 Agalnitt, $5,000 on '-, Taft Several of $10,000 , Each on - tbe Stale Result, Tte Being Placed at Even Money Professional Jlen Inclined to Side Bet Not a Fourth a Much Money a Usually Pat. Up. gpsclal to Th Observ-1 - New Tork, Nov. 1. Floods of cash to bet on the resulU of the national and Stat election poured Into th Hoffman Hons and other centre for such speculation to-day and to-night. bu.t th 'total ws not one-fourth of th'um usually- on tap .on thiv of th choosing of a President. -' ;. Noticeable ahlf u In ' tb odds de manded wer apDarent the Hoffma Houa. th principal gathering. for, thos vlneMnedto back pouticat opinion -witn tneir DuringFthday'H;andin tfiV early evening 10 ; against demanded and found in " plenty b dos favored, the Democratic Governor, ,' ndldat MUCH MONEY ON 6 B IS Thar war many, bet Issues and a few large on presidential result. In est singl bet mad 1: Hoffman Hon was that ot tlnst $5,- 000 that Bryan elect- ed. ' ut. favorfWvrnedlur speculs- tioh wasnhe Chanler ln this city, with 100,000 a th agure, praoUcally all bets wi , i . even money' tes-1 tonal petting . men men et rather than to- a atrkig on Chanler' succeas in this Stat. men argueifeaTTftar will) ban nous number : ci tnw that and vot, for , reduc- and- Chanle two, as It WUI taJta one from the; KepuDiican vote a for Taft and add on Xor-tbe Democrat! c vote Cor Chanler. Of the large sum wagered next in sis - after the. 110.000 ' bet on Taft, there - wer seysral $10.000 . each on the Stat reult Two of ths wr placed at even mny and on at $10, 000 against $8,000. From St. Paul $10,000 was received to b placed on Chanter's chancss and a person, with $10,000 and a belief jthat Hughe would win was sooii found. hi v5 FLOOD, 0F.CH4NLKR BETS. There was a flood of Chanler money la th Wall Street diatdet which forosd th odd' oaTrlughe tpsm 1 n v to v, -at wiucn ux wubw u w v v... - -On the stock exohsns g,ow to ftaww oa Hugh wss wagered in tot of $2,000, $3,000 asd $6,000., . a ,,. .i Taft elosed a i to I lavont in wau Altusd t. Koha, of No, Broad street; ea.seiisJf of a-client of a stock xchsjure house, , offered to bet any part, or saw.ww la hiook of IM.0OO on Taft at odd o $ to Ju -There was practically no batting on the Taft-Bryaa contest THK HERALD.. Steamer Ha a Harrowing Experience ' ; Storm., : v , v ' -urnhlla. v.AlaJ- No. J. Th V steam shin Thelma from . Cristobal Colon, arrived in sort this' morning battered from an xserlsnc with a - terrlflo burrican on: October Wth and f 17th near Saint Andrew Island. . captain Kamtiiford report - the atorm the moat . sever hs ver experiences Every movable portion of the vessel wa swept overboard and tbe lifeboat tov tm The deckload of lumber wa securely fastened and was saveo. . a.vai i '! i .in-1 fl-srt - Destroyers of Sign Arrested. ' ceclal to Th Observer. . . BDarUnburg. fi. C-Nov-l--Bveral well-known young men were arrested yesterday afternoon by tn polio on the charge of destroying a sho sign at Rock Cliff Spring and, throwing a rock , at ? Mayor Floyd. Th -..boy wr out fcavlnr a good tlm,' ao It is said, and wer eaaaing away a few spar moments, by throwing rocks at a shoe sign, Breaking it up. it is aiso charged that they threw rock at Mayor Fioyo. u - -. : 1 - fnM -,vi'e . aw J IUn.1 luilj . , From the top of tbe Tosnp . kin tower The Obeerver .win ' announce" to the people of Cbarlotto and . Mecklenburg -' county at, midalgbt th result ," or the aatioaal elootioo. At' 1$ ' o'clock, midnight, the powerful searchlight at the top of th tower will be directed- toward the South , If- Mr. . Brysn ; elected, and toward th North . if Mr.iTaft 1 tho ' cholce of A the people of tbe country. In 5 the event that tlie election b J t-ioH or tha returns slow, and . di -finite new consequently de layed, tbe final. result will be : : made known la H the manner inttlcatrdt above a soon after ' midnight as definite return . are obtainable. The search- . . lisht will be fixed toward the k Nortlk or the South, as the , ran may be, for a period of . .- SO minute, so tba Uie people ' of the city and county may b - fully pprteed of the result. pu-lier bt the night as soon t " a the teura begin coming t , In tbe -earchliglit will - be ; lifted to Indicate tlie drift of l),e election. For- instance if ' , the new from Ohio I to tbe . 1 effect that Bryan Is In the lead , , ta that State or will probably. carry If, the- er'iIifiht will , be directed toward the SooLh; If Taft' 4 star 1" tat the - aa ; eendeney tho llt;ht will shine toward the North. In the tneii- . ration of these trwiwrary ad vantage the seaixhUcht will stand at the given jjoiut. North . ' or South, : for- i mliutes; , daring the lulls In the huiw-tin. Indicating that there is "noth ing doing," the 1'rht will be pfrpeadli-ular. V hen tlie re sult I definitely known, prob- . shly at midnight, the light wi'I be directed toward tlie Sana ' or the Sooth for SO minutes, so t! rre need be no mistake ss to t ie outcome of the day' b: ie. '.. . -v. - -; : ;j . r , i-'H. KITCHIK ATSTATE CAPITAL OPEW-AIR TALK TO BIO CROWD. The DemocraUo Candidate For Igov- ' ernor' Has a Typically Busy uay a ? Finale to Hi Campaign Meeting . Held la Moore quare ami Tliou- simIs listen to tbe Barnlnj. Word of JUs Appeal Big Prooestdoa corts Speaker From Uie Union Sta i :., flon Republican ., Confesa That . . They Are - Beaten, But They . Say They Ar. Working For Two and . ' lnr Years Hence It I Claimed That Negro Vot WUI Be ft.000. u . ')',' Observer Bureau. . v. Tb . Holieman Building, i , v t . . Raleigh,. November . $. . The feature here to-day wa th re ception given -to v Hon. William W Kltchln by the Raleigh Democrats and his speech, which' was mad In the open air from a -platform in Moor Square, In the, easterd, part of the city. - There was procession in bla hoot and he was met at ,tn . union tapen ana escorted to tn speasiiia- ce. v in tne procession were auto mobile,, many carriages, mounted-r police and many other ridera4lusiq was furnished Ay the banfrt the Third ReglmanL;. Thra-wa close at tention to in speaacr. ana aus uu ence numbereijuseveral thousand, in- roatry ladle. ----,;,,,-):- :, , ' Ul Republicans,. Ilk the Demo- put lnth day working On em confessed that bis people beaten, hereand laewher over tats but that they were working twoears hence d four year :. A great amaunt of work has been done among the negroes by the white Republicans strictly on tn quiet during th- past, f ew daya They aomit to negro vote- win - sput ana say not half ot them will vote the Democratic ticket: buttheaav that mada-jrnare negroes will vote nowthaa bav voted sine Hit nerwrps. Th num ber heretdfor naw been some 4,000 in the State, but ths v savrthat this timertbousand mora wllLvot, hi county ha been on of th t- to handl in h etate. Th Republican bav apent a good deal of money., her and aet their heart on trying to carry was. - it v cer tain that they bav not worked o hard her In. ten year or more, and the took every advantage of the antt- proniDiuon senument. I CRAIQ CLOSES' IX HEXDERSON. f . it , v f Greai Democratic Rally at Header- -- son villa on Eve of the Election, v . Spsclal to Tb Observer, j ; ''' Hendsrsonvllle, Nov I. A great Dsmooratio . rally marked th eve of ejection day In Hendersonvllle. Lock Craig; with th First Regiment Band ot Ashevitle, arrived In town early. In th morning. After a street, parade, during which th crowd lining th sidewalks .Cheered themselves hoarse. Mr. Craig 'spoke at the court iious to ths largest audience ever assembled la thst. building. ' - - M, It. Shipman, . nomine for Com missioner of Labor and. Printing. spoke briefly predicting a Democrati Stat and district victory, Mr. -Craig then delivered probably th finest pa Ilticalvspeech ever heard in this part ot th. State- Th cheering and sp plauss dt times were deafening, " and th speaker was obliged to; cease many time until the enthusiasm of ihls great audience bad exhausted It self. - Mr. Craig reviewed tb record of th Republican party in- North Carolina, scathingly denouncing-It for misrule and corruption j, while in control of this t3tte. He . paid his respects to th tariff policy of the national Re publican party and to th -Standard Oil Company V HI reference -w Zeb Vance, Bryam Kltchln and Corfgress man Crawford set the crowd. wild, and he ended a really great speech in a matehless burst of eloquenc In which he paid a trlbut to th great com coner which will long remain In th memories ot hi bearer; . . ' UIAIRMAN SEVIERJ ASSAULTED, Leader 'of Bummb Democracy At h, tacked In Hi Headquarter by In - furlated Republican. Aspirant to Of flee Political SituaUoa ln Asbe MVUlO, Exiting. r, i t,; , t Special tO Th Observer, - '..V? I i iAshevilla Nov. 9. Th political ait nation her to-night is Interesting and In instances intense. 1 Th natural ex citement of the campaign wss intensi fied thta afternoon . when Robert Greenwood,' Republican candidate for a place on th county board of edu cation, assaulted County. Chairman D. E. Sevier, of th Democratic execatlv committee, in Democrati headquar ter. Greenwood struck Sevier under th ey, Infllotlng a severe ciit Th troubl grew out of a publication this afternoon by Frank carter ana T,: F, Hunter, Democratic candidates tor ths State Senate and sheriff, respectively, In which Greenwood was involved.-' It is said that Greenwood 'went to headquarter looking for Carter: that he was cursing end ' that Chairman Sevier told him to bush; that ther was a lady iath ., offlc. Emersoa Eve, who was there, says that Green wood struck Bevier and th . vmn clinched but'f wer separated. Th contention of some of Greenwood' friends I that the county chairman struck first,; ..Thi,. however,. 1 tie niod. - - - - . ' " ' Ther la considerable indignation xpresssd ' to-night by Chairman Be vler's friend over - th - occurrence, they taking th position that the at tack on bevier was unprovoked. , POT MAKES VXPOSVKE. , RMubIlon Insincerity a to Whiskey j te vesica ra pee(.'n at bmitnneia. Spetial to Tn Observer. - - . ' s . Setm'al Nov.. I. Amid th cheers of about one thousand people at Smith field to-day, Chairman C. W,r Rich ardson, Congressman K.-W. Pod and Mr. . J. T. Ellinxtoa brought -. to -a elose- the hardest fought campaign in the history, of Johnston county. Chairman Richardson in Introducing Mr. Poo claimed that .th county would go Democratie by A lrg majority in spit of Republican mis re presentation..- s :-y stv ' ' Mr. Poa for on ndur dealt blow that Put tb Republicans to shame. H stated that la all hi political ex perience h has never known Repub licans to stoop to such low means in order to carry ths - county. After showing th hudienc that- whiskey ha ceea a KepuDtican campaign cry, he read a petition sent from John ston county to. the last Legislature to pass a law prohibiting the manufac ture snd sal of whiskey , in ; tha county without. putting it to a vote of the people, showing th second name en th petition to b that of J, II Parker, candidate for tb Senate on the Republican ticket... This expo eur bronrht cheer from the au 51- fsca. afierward d-jcUred tfca wsrea of auch' Insincerity Would ' be death to the Republican party Toes- day. . ' v. After th speaking in cro wa r paired to a table to take part in an old-tlm Democrati picnic " ALL ETBS OX JVKOAM.J : .... . . ' Fiercest FUrti tBwf Known In That Coonty Knded Last Bwrag wwh Monster Rallies by Both Partle Kltotiia and Ryaam the Respective Speaker, , v 5 ' . ' Special to Th Observer. t f Durham,' Nov. ' lMontsr raUIe wer held to-night with Governor Kltchln leading th Democratic bosU Im T1a Aiani o MnSiO and Judg W. P. Bynum addressing th Repubf lican in the parnsn warenotiev.. . Republican suffered great disap pointment in th wrecli of thojraln which wa to - bring ' A. ' A. r Wbttmer and Judge Bynum. Fiv hour, de wy put their appearance ou m w questions A special wa hastiry wiaa upa oreensuoro ana. orougn Bynum almost en tlmev,-, via point k. of number moving aim lessly about, Bynum perhaps had bun- At Am m Kltehln. hut it WS noisy crowd that appeared to care nothing for Decnes. -v lutcnm auoiw maised and evsrv man that th A ayiw mwM Tnnld was there. It J"Sthe greatest rwthaJU--aweigathsred tber '- jtf.s-Zr- ) PracedfnV sT ehlf addres. t out "war TmocrAW-discussed th issue rii'teo-mlnute speechea Solicitor Jlone Fuuer wringing down me nouse in n of tba most beauUIul tribute evr offered to Bryan, r ' . 1 ' etate attention centres upon Dur ham. All record for flsree fight have bean broken.- Late to-night Re publicans ar begging for cancella tion of their' bets, though th leaders don't admit defeat Th eontest ha waged around Eramham, Republican, againat Smith, Democrat, for th lower bou; Th -featura , ot- to blKhfa two rallies was th ovation given Smith when h entered th hall, Tba eouuty la believed to be saf. -. , WIXP-UP AT GREENSBORO. Brook Ha Magnificent Audience In Grsuid Opera House ana declare Hi PosiUoa Introduced by Mr. Jnstlce, Who spealta Briefly. 2 . Observer Bureau, - 4 1 " ' The BeviU Building. ". , Greensboro, Nov. I. Thai campaign here wa closed with a speech to-night by A- L. (irook, the uemooratt candidate for imgrsss. Althoush Oroensboro . ba been sur feited with politic for several weeks. tn orand upera jhous wner' me meeung was held wa filled witn a msgniflcent audience,, th large num ber of -ladles present being especially noticeable. Mr. Brooks was at hi best and discussed with power and eloauenc the lssu of the campaign. H - declared his position tally; and asserted that he did not want the vot of any man who does not believe in tb principle he represents. Referring to , th threshed-over charge in relation to bl conduct a solicitor. Mr. .Brook declared:. "It is a sorry Democrat who will question my character or integrity wnea no Republican,' -not even' my opponent, has done so." Thi statement elicit ed .vociferou ' applause.- Hs .closed hi speech with a concise statement of th Democratie party' position on th tariff, tb trut and the labor que-, tiona, ... ' ' i-i " . Mr.- Brook was presented by Mr. E. J Justice.' who dlscutsed briefly th issues that dlvld th parties. No mora enthusiastic meeting has seen held, in Greensboro this year, , f'TOLSXSRAM FROM MACK," f He Savs Kewl York Will Give) Bryan 00,000 uajonty ana ana anuisna and Ohio Are awra. . , - Epeolal to, Tb Obssrver. ; - ,-' . - ' Ralelsh. Nov. 1. A. H. KHr, chair man of th xcutlva commute, r PAiva at "ta e'olock to-night a tele gram, which sneak for Itself and which confirms th confident and as suring statement which Mr. Mack has made previously, .na iev m i mind of tho who ere posted with the drift of th landslide In favor of Bryan no further reason tor aoubt. Ths telegram is a roiiowsj . . - T4w Tork, Nov, Id. 101, To Al H. Eller. Raleigh. N. C. "Tba flsht u enaea ana tn victory Is won.; Nw Tork -will give S0.00O majority for . Bryan and Kern, oni and Indiana ar sure.- W will carry moat ef th other doubtful State and In addition will carry aom State that w bav not claimed. All that 1 now reeded is to poll out a full vote and stand firm, and see -that tb vote 1 counted honestly and tna-. people srs not deprived of the fruit of the vlctorv lhv - hsvs won 1 under the splendid leadership Of th matchless Nebraakan, - - i .'''. - . 'WORM AN. B. MACK. . "Chairmen Dsmocrstlo National Com ,-mitt." . -', i '' Interesting; Fight In Xh County, Special to Th tbrvr. - . ''; ' 6pring Hope."Nov.; 1. To-day fwa "first Monday" at NaahvlU and th clan gathered in great numoera There ws a iolnt debate between J. CV Matthew and S. O. Braswll. R- Dublican and Democratlo candidate for th Legislatars.' : Elector-nt-Large J. W. Bailey mad one of the best speeches ever heard In Nash county. Great' enthusiasm prevailed. Nash county Is fighting ground with th odds in favor of the Densocrata New interest has been injected into th campaign .by E. T. Griffin, of Spring Hope,, who:, naa announced himau.! as an Indenendent eandidatn for register of deed. . J. B, JBoddie had 'been endorsed . by noth Demo crats and Republican. - The fight be tween these two men promise to be th most interesting ' in Nash - thia year. - '.-- Davidson County ta the Close Class. Bpsctal to Tn,t.ssrrver.; . , i . 'Lexingtoa. Nov. i. Davidson la one of th dos counties in ths piedmont section and ths worker oa both aide hav .been bard at It during the past few day. -The election will be Very close, but indication now point t a Democratlo victory from - sheriff down. Tbe Republicans are not car ing so much about register of deed and treasurer,, but have concentrated their1 efforts on sheriff snd House ef Representatives, th candidate being Delap and McCrary, ; respectively. Democrat are more united than, they have been In several elections, Mr. Herbert O. Sink, private secre tary to Congressman Page, arrived in Lexington to-day for 'ths purpose of voting to-morrow. Lest Rally ta Robeson at Union dispel Special to The Observer. Lumberton. Nov. S. The last grand Demoo ratio rally, of th ct.i" i t,rn it (Continued ft 1. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FIGHT IS WOS. SAYS BBYAX FlXAXCIAL PIRATE3 FOR TAFT. lit the Closing Speecti of III Csmpalrni Mr. Bryan Ieelre , ita tMnt nes That He "llu Not Lived la Vain;" That He "Ha Given an I'" pub4 to IIonet Politics" Would Itatber Ilsve, lie Says, Affection of the Multitude Than to Hold Any Office As Preslfien WOl Be Free to Keep AU Pledge Greatest Non partisan DetnonMrsUon- In Uifftory of Lincoln -Await DeroocraUo.Can didate on Hi Return. Home. -Maryavflle, Kan., Nov.t J-WHliam J.. Bryan concluded bis campaign be fore an nthusiastlo audience her to night., It was hi last political speech, th address at Lincoln being non partisan His perloraUon was da , livered with all th earnestness at hi command, snd, a h declared that be had given sn-impulse to bohph politic, and helped to create a senti ment In favor of reform, he wa wild ly applauded. - - - Mr. Bryan said In part: "Ladies snd Gentlemen: I am now 41 years old. It is eighteen years since I began my political career, a- a candldate-for Congre. ; I told tho pespl of my district that, if .elected, I would net try to get their hands Into other people's pocket; thst I woui 1 simply try to kep-r y6ther people s band out of their pocket. For it tea ... years thi nought has rut through my s veryspeech and act I hav tried to apply to government th Jeffersonism maxim of . 'Eaual right to alt and speotal prrvliege to none.' J hav tried to help make this gov ernment a government of th people, by the people and for th people.! HAS NOT LIVED DM VAIN. Tor--eighteen year yoa hav ha I a chance to scan myevery speech and act. 5 WhJJeftepubltcan ' leaders have disappeared, a Uief result of in vestigations, I hava laylted th scrutiny of -nty opponents, aodbaw outlived their criticisms and their mis representations. I know sot what the future ha for ms, i know --not whether It is th people wish, tht I - shall - be ' their -spokesman In th White-House, or continue te perform the work, which Jfc have tried to per form, a a privet citizen.. But I hav not llvd Invaln.'"1 ". Commencing at Kansag City. Kan.. Mr. Bryan talked to-day in town sn i cities through the Stat, r In very speecn a delivered. n referred to the ffort of th President, and Taft, to deny th upport ot Mr, Rockefeller and the trust magnate , and quoted from a- fae simile confi dential letter- Issued by th Standar I . Oil' Company, ordering ths employot of it New Tork Offlc t march in the parade held In that city last 8atur,iv night, and published In a New Yv paper. : He also "'aid that Mr. '1 , had claimed th votes of Mr.' Mltcln- . Mr. Duncan and Mr, Norrls snd ot - tabor leaders, and quoted from - - Oompers speech of Sunday, In w- tne president - ot tne American t -ration ef Labor read telegrams tm each stating that they were not r porting Mr. Ts nut wers witi . Gompurs in hi support of tb Demo cratic ticket. r FINANCIAL PIRATES -ARB FO:. -i . r . TAFT. - -At" Kansas City Mr: Brykn address ed an audience composed chiefly of laboring people.' He went into an extended discussion of ' the lat-i issues, end also denounced the Ret ;: -licaa party for It alleged trust lean ings, saying that, ther Is not a financial pirate in this country th.it is not supporting Mr. Taft i there ! not a commercial .nedouln In th United State that Is not supporting Mr. Taft." - Speech wer - mad at Leaven worth, Atchison, Everest, Hiawatha, Sabetha. Seneca. Axteli and Marys- villa, to gatherings said to be tho largest ve assemDiea in tnose ciu-. In each Mr. Bryan also discussed t;i guarantee of bank deposits, the tariff. th labor pianKs or tn uemocrnt platform and th panic. At fari place the audience waa enthuslaMi". and considering th sis of the ctni th largest th candidat ver a t drcssed. v j- - .- .. ' BRYAX'8 FIXAL STATEMTTtT. Lincoln, Nov. X. Mr. Bryan lssu I to-night th following . signed stau- msnt: - ; "Our fight 1 won, and w awn it th verdict with confldenc. Ti people will not b deceived by tn padded straw vote, published by t partisan newspapers, by ths ehnm bets of Wall Street gamblers, or t ;-. boastings of , th panic-atrtcken 1.-;-publlcaa leaders. - ' v 'Th Republlcsn candldats bss V bind him an array of oflic-hoU-r trust magnates, most of th leadinj newspspers,, snd. an enormous cam paign, fund,' so tainted that he , cUr not let th people know where it comes from, anUl after they hav voted, and that part of! it that H Contributed, to the Republican con gressional commute will not t known ven tfien.' . '"I bav. behind me mthe awakened consclenc of tha country, ,and ths Mntlment la favor of popular govern ment, .which demands th election cf United States Senator by direct vot. T hav behind me the victim of th trusts, who are pleading for re lief; the laboring men, whose petltioo hav been rejected by th Republi can party; ' the depositors, . whoaa saving ar Jeopardised by th care lessness of bank officials; snd th consumers, who have been exploited by th benefielarie of th high tarlS.' . "All of these people see in a Dem ocratlo : victory their only hope - cf relief, and they know that with the eleetion ot a Democratic Presi I-nt, and a Democratlo Congress, backed by a popular verdict In .behalf of tha Democratic policies,' th way is open for remedial legislation.--- x - 'The Republican leader hav been weighed in th balance and hav beet found wanting: they hav bstrav -i the rank and file of their own par... and hav left the Democratic party to voice th honest sentiment of .-. honest citizenship of tha country. li publican and Democrstic. "And. I may add. w expect la th campaign, the vote of all reformer ? for the Democratic party is the c party, that can bring at once, i reforms which tha peopl need. 1 Republican party is the open f.v labor and, having posed a en of tb trusts, now Joins han u v Rockefeller, Harrlman and Cirr in supporting the- Republican i which , is to-day the champsoa bulwark Of all tbe trus s "What a spectacle t r -.:-: campaign presents st i ' t RepubUcaa leader tr.v-. .-. t rp;--; th upport of the tru-J r-,.-who ar coming out f -'- " c" and annouucinir their lyary and, at the sans s ' - the support ef labor lea .., Mitchell snd Duncan and X.;--r - openly rpu. ;- t:if tie hour has c : r a tv govvrn't' ! ' " "
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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