Show SIZING UP THE SITUATION On the morning of the most important Important Important tant election held beld since first candidacy the th outcome of ot the days das voting W b g as uncertain as it was in when Cleveland carried the na nation nation nation tion by a very verJ narrow margin in New Yorks vote ote and the Issue was vas in doubt for some days This year the Democrats have bave every er reason to believe they will win and ana that Bryan BrUn will be elected by an over oer overwhelming overwhelming whelming majority in the electoral col college college college lege They The appreciate the enormous odds against them but they also know the currents in their favor and they have facts that Justify their th k confidence It is conceded in advance ce that New Torto Yoni and possibly one other northern stat state may determine the final SinaI result Careful observers believe that some of ot S the tb states which are not n t counted count d In the Bryan column will go for him in the th landslide that th early In the cam campaign cam campaign but it is probable that the Em Empire pine pire state will be the pivotal point of ot battle Indiana Is counted In the Bry Bryan Bryan an column certainly so Is Nebraska Colorado is believed to be Democratic Montana likewise and Nevada seems safe for the Democrats The more san sanguine sanguine sanguine guine leaders believe Ohio will be against Taft Taft t but if It it is the unbroken record of ot presidential elections since 1852 will be broken Counting the south solidly for Bryan Chairman Mack of ot the Democratic national committee de declares declares clares dares Bryan will have 33 electoral votes He bases his claim on advices from every sate and the advices are based on careful polls particularly In Inthe Inthe inthe the doubtful states i iOn On the other hand Chairman Hitch Hitchcock Hitchcock Hitchcock cock declares Taft Tart will have 25 votes and he counts In these Ohio Indiana and New Jersey all aU of ot which are also claimed by the Democrats The rho one doubtful factor In the situ situation situatIon atlon Is the labor vote which for the first time in a national election has been considered as a unit For ten days the Republicans have been bOOn direct directIng directIng directIng Ing their efforts toward this vote Mr Tafts the presidents letters l the literature of oC the national commit committee tee and the money appropriated for the crisis of or the th campaign have all been bee concentrated on the labor abor centers centI c nt r This This can i an n only mean that the Republicans are a e alarmed at the sentiment against Mr Mi M Taft Tart among the tf e laboring l If I labor follows Its leaders the vote in industrial states like JIke New eW York New Jersey Jerse Ohio Indiana Illinois Is I likely to be a tremendous tr surprise for fir the politicians One complication that has disturbed the Republicans Ret Is their inability to gauge the sentiment of ot this vote ac an accurately In every other class of ot voters it Is not difficult to get set an open expression expression sion son of opinion among laboring men who value their th lr jobs and have felt the pressure of ot employers in behalf of Taft it is impossible to get an outspoken declaration that would serve as a guide for estimates That is why there is such a wide dif difference difference difference ference of ot opinion as to the result and it explains why the Republicans have exhausted every argument to discredit Mr Gompers Compere and convince the labor men that Taft Is 15 their friend The most discerning newspaper men who have studied the conditions in the doubtful states admit they the are puzzled d by b this element and the ablest of ot them declare no man can tell what the labor vote will do Yesterdays estimates In New York brought no light on the thes situation The New York newspapers admit that the state is in doubt except that Chanters election seems assured It Is almost certain therefore that the presidency for tor the next four tour years will be deter determined determined determined mined by b New York and that the the re i suit there hinges upon developments develop on election day which no man can |