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Show SCOTT ON SITUATION, Gives Resume of Conditions in All Parts of tho Country. Special to The Tribune. NEW YORK, Oct. 20. Senator Scott of West Virginia, a member of the Republican Repub-lican National executlvo committee, gave a resume today of Die political situation throughout tho entlro country. Roosevelt's Roose-velt's election is assured, ho said Now York Stato ho considers safely Republican Republi-can for the National ticket by from 50,-000 50,-000 to 75,000 votes. New Jersey and Connecticut, Con-necticut, Senator Scott bclioves, are m safely Republican as Massachusetts. There is not a doubtful Stato in the middle mid-dle West, ho said, and ho gives Roosevelt Roose-velt 20,000 majority In Indiana. In Faciflo States. . c 1 1 Vin r.vnnrtpfl the Pacific States to register a record-breaking majority for Roosevelt. Senator Scott promises to .carry West Virginia, and says that tho Republican party has an even chance of carrying Maryland. Return to Old Love. "Tho Intermountain States," ho udded, rare narrowlv Republican and have returned re-turned to their former allegiance. Utah, Colorado, Idaho and Montana will surely cast their votes for Roosevelt. All my advices are to this effect, although It was thought somo weeks ago that Montana Mon-tana might bo carried for Parker. Briefly, tho outlook could not be moro encouraging. Predicts Bad Defeat for Parker. "I believe that Judge Parker will po beaten as badly as Greeley was In lSi-, and that was the most overwhelming defeat de-feat In recent political history. I shall go further and predict that Roosevelt s popular majority will be greater than that of McKlnlcy over Bryan In 1S06 or In 1000. All my Information from Democratic Dem-ocratic sources shows that for a month past tho Democratic leaders havo been hopelesslv discouraged and without the slightest ' expectation of carrjlng the election. Democrats Havo Funds. "It is a mlstako to bellcvo that they havo been embarrascd for lack of money. At tho outset, when they encouraged their .followers to bellcvo Judge Parker would be elected, campaign funds flowed In upon them In a general stream. As the campaign progressed and they saw the utter impossibility of electing their candldato, tho supply of money quickly ceased. Parkerites Admit Defeat. "Democratic lenders privately admit that they aro beaten, and they would gladly retire from the contest wero they not compelled to maintain an appearance of actlvltv until election day. As a matter mat-ter of fa'ct. their campaign has degenerated degen-erated Into a joke and no one now takes It seriously." |