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Show Section forecasts. jaHf The election prophets for 1904 have gone Into mirement. They do well to get under cover. HSme of their forecasts are most amusing. Ten II WM ii ii i i i ii i i i days prior to election" the New York Herald figured fig-ured out 257 votes for Roosevelt, 159 for Parker and made Colorado, Montana, Delaware and West Virginia uncertain but probably Republican; Nevada Ne-vada and New York uncertain but probably Democratic. Dem-ocratic. And it took pains to explain that its iigure3 wore not mere estimates but the results of careful investigation. The Brooklyn Eagle printed on indication that Parker's plurality would be 182,000 In Greater New York. The Brooklyn Citizen was sure that New York would go for Parker and noting Mr. Bryan's superb work in Indiana considered that state certain for Parker and Davis. But the betting men wei e not deceived. They, all the time, offered heavy odds on Roosevelt. Our belief is that the best way to roach a clear, conclusion on a Presidential election, is, a fow days prior to election, to make a poll of tho passengers, on the different passenger trains. In half a dozen of the great states, for about three successive days. All classes of people ride on the cars. To make a poll of all tho passengers leaving half a dozen big cities, every day for three days just prior to election, would be a mighty Indication of tho result. If tho vote was nearly the same on each of the three days it would be almost conclusive. But all signs failed this year. Roosevelt's election was in tho air, but tho shrewdest could not seo tho signs The Fates by wireless telegraph touched the souls of men with a message that bade them voto for Roosevelt. |