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Show The review of tho political situation by Senator Scott of West Virginia, la most cheerful. It shows President Roosevelt a winner without a doubt. The Senator is in an excellent position to Judgo of the situation; his sources of information are comprehensive; he is on the Republican National Committee, whose business it is to have full knowledge knowl-edge not only of the general trend of events, but of the special factors that In the different localities make for parly advantage or disadvantage;' and the campaign is So far along that matters aro settled. When, therefore, : Senator' Scott cays that New York, New 'Jersey, Indiana, and West Virginia are safely Republican, that means that there are "no longer any doubtful States, and we are prepared to accept hia final conclusion conclu-sion that Parker will be beaten as badly as Greeley was In 1S72. And to that result re-sult Parker himself, by his vacillation and timidity, has largely contributed. |