Show such is the assertion of gov odd reports from many states give roosevelt Roose veit and fairbanks an overwhelming majority GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER PROMISED washington nov 8 the weather bureau today issued the following special forecast for election day fair weather and seasonable temperature pera ture is indicated for all parts of the united states tuesday except some cloudiness and showers or snow flurries in parts of new york northwest pennsylvania and new england and rain on the extreme north pacific coast new york nov 7 both parties entered upon the last day of the cara 1 laign with expressions of absolute confidence in the success of their respective candidates the members of the democratic committee were at headquarters quite early alce chairman delancy nicoll Nl coll was in charge at the democratic headquarters and urey woodson secretary of the committee ami J G johnson members of the committee tor kansas were also there secretary woodson entertained a number of newspaper men with stories to illustrate his confidence in the result mr nicoll in a more serious framo of mind expressed the opinion which has heretofore been given that the democrats would have a sufficient number of electoral votes to elect judge parker vice chairman sheehan of the committee did not go to headquarters but went to the rooms in the astoria where he has directed his part of the campaign for tho past six weeks abo chairman of the republican committee camo to headquarters about 12 activity was observed around tho headquarters A great many men who had been making speeches an d who had work in the campaign were in the committee up their business with the national committee A statement was prepared and issued by the representatives of the sound money league of tour years ago governor odell just prior to leaving the republican headquarters for his home at newburgh expressed his absolute confidence that the republicans would carry new york state asked as lo 10 how far higgins would run behind NEW YORK FOR ROOSEVELT liean N Y nov 7 gov higgins returned home today from a speaking tour in an interview he said 1 I believe roosevelt will carry this state by over and that the republican state ticket will be elected i roosevelt ho said thirty or forty thousand will the national ticket have enough votes to pull higgins through oh yes he responded we will have margin enough murphy referring to the leader of tammany hall will have to carry greater new york by more than in to beat us secretary woodson who remained at the democratic national headquarters all day had a long distance telephone conversation chairman taggart who assured him that he was confident of carrying indiana A telegram from john G mcgraw of west virginia of alie national committee assured mr woodson that that state bould be in the democratic column at republican headquarters confidence of success was expressed mr brooker the connecticut member of iho executive committee and governor murphy the new jersey member were at headquarters for some time and expressed absolute confidence that their states would be carried by the republicans bitterness IN SALT LAKE salt lake city nov 7 additional bitterness was inject into the campaign state today by american party managers who claim that in many mormon district meeting houses yesterday church leaders gave doting instructions to the congregation ii those charges are strongly denlid by the cormons mormons Mor mons A number of of illegal registration in this city have also been made and all three parties have taken active steps to prevent illegal voting EACH SIDE CONFIDENT new york nov 7 with fair weather promised for tomorrow tor the greater part of the state a large vote is expected in this city and state both sides continue to express tho utmost confidence in the result the democrats have been encouraged by the brooklyn eagles forecast and the statement by charles F Murp hythe tammany leader that he expected such a large plurality for parker and her alck in greater new york that he hesitated to give out the figures governor odell who is chairman 0 the state republican committee and william halpin chairman of the county republican committee declare the democrat in the city mill be overcome with a good margin to spare by the republican vote in the upstate up state counties WATSONS CAMPAIGN A FEATURE an interesting feature of this years campaign is the canvass made by thomas E watson the populist nominee for the presidency and some attention was attracted to the claim of melvln G the populist Pop ilist state chairman that watson will poll from to votes in new york colonization CHARGED As is usual the day before election brings out stories of colonization and alleged attempts to force through the votes of men not entitled to cast a ballot but there is nothing to show that the quiet of the city is likely to be disturbed there will be a full force of poll watchers for each of the parties every policeman in the city will be on duty and the courts will sit all day to settle whatever disputes may arise to prevent illegal voting at the election tomorrow have been made on a scale that eclipses all former efforts more than ten thousand arrests have been asked for by george morgan state superintendent of elections provided the men concerned attempt to vote about 1000 election deputies will bo at work also the largest n amber employed by the state election bureau there is another departure from past practices in that a large force of secret service men will be actively engaged in preventing voting on fraudulent naturalization papers bupt supt morgan announced today that ho lias unearthed wholesale plans of colonization in this for thirty days past he has had special deputies at work with repeating gangs these deputies have become regular members of the gangs havo registered with them lived with them will start out with them tomorrow when they begin the work of voting on the names furnished by their employers mr morgan says his deputies have warrants for the arrest of about men who have registered from places found to be disorderly houses pool rooms and gambling houses the police have in addition nearly 1000 warrants ready to serve procured as a result of their own investigation of the registry lists OHIO MORE LOYAL THAN EVER cincinnati nov 7 republicans adhere to their claims that ohio will give roosevelt the largest plurality the state ever gave a president and even predict that their average plurality of at state elections for the past ten years will be maintained it not exceeded and that they will hold 17 of the 21 congressmen and possibly gain ono or tv 0 the democrats claim the reports are much more favorably favor ablo than when tho forecasts were made last saturday they have been conceding the state by sixty thousand and now say the republican plurality will be less than eight years ago when mckinless McKin leys plurality was the democrats have been claiming six congressional districts NOW they say it the drift of the past two days continues they will elect eight congressmen and double their present representation sen tation MAY BE FAIR AND HONEST ELECTION IN DENVER denver nov 7 the rc will close a whirlwind campaign tonight with a rally in this city when former senator wolcott will make his only speech of the campaign many other rallies will also bo held tonight throughout the state both republicans and democrats are confidently claiming victory for their entire ticket state and national the indications are ahat the weather will be pleasant and the vote heavy the supreme court today completed its list of w tor precincts in denver as according to evidence taken in the bonynge congressional contest gross frauds perpetrated at the election two years ago this unusual action it is expected will ensure a fair and honest election in this city ILLINOIS conditions chac ago nov 7 with tho activities of the campaign practically at an end today was devoted by the state leaders of both parties to revision of tho forecasts on the latest reports from the state and in preparing to bring out the vote in chicago nothing contained in the state reports materially changed the outlook for either the na dional or ticket republican leaders claiming a plurality of for charles S deneen candidate tor governor while the democratic managers do not bind to figures but reiterate their confidence in democratic success laying more stress on the presidential campaign than on state contests there is every indication that the contest in the vicinity of chicago will center about the county offices and to this phase of the fight both lawrence B stringer democratic candidate tor governor and mr deneen directed their final efforts republicans WILL HAVE MICHIGAN BY LARGEST MAJORITY EVER ROLLED UP detroit nov 7 michigan is conceded to roosevelt by probably the largest majority ever given a presidential candidate confidence was expressed by the chairmen of both committees today as to the outcome of the contest tomorrow for governor the republican state committee is still confident of electing a full congressional delegation democrats however claim the election of their candidate in the first district possibly others DEMOCRATS CONCEDE IDAHO boise idaho nov 7 interest in the election in this state tomorrow is largely centered in the gubernatorial race republicans claim the state by for roosevelt democrats concede the state but not by such a larga plurality the polygamy question has been brought to the front by the democratic leaders who have made it the main issue of the campaign and considerable deflection of mormon democratic strength is looked tor in the southern counties where the mormon vote is heavy CAMPAIGN CLOSES IN california san francisco nov 7 the campaign has practically closed in this state although a few meetings are to be held tonight the contest has been conducted quietly and no exciting incidents have occurred much interest has been manifested however and the speakers of both the leading bartles part les havo addressed large audiences the only state official to be elected dorala alsa justice of the court but in addition to the choosing of presidential electors and congressmen the voters will decide on several constitutional amendments the weather promises to be fair and it is believed that a full tote bo cast republican chairman stone claims california for roosevelt by at least while secretary walsh of the democratic state committed commit teo says his party expects a plurality of washington WILL GIVE ROOSEVELT PLURALITY seattle nov 7 the campaign closes in this state tonight with the state conceded to roosevelt by from to the democrats however are confident that turner will be elected governor and deno cratic chairman godwin today expressed the belief that the popularity 0 the democratic candidate will carry along with him many independent votes INDIANA republican BY indianapolis nov 7 indiana wilt tomorrow elect a full set of state officers and a legislature which will choose two senators if the republican ticket is elected the prohibitionists are making large claims on the increase in the vote the republican managers are confidently claiming the state by from to weila the democratic managers are making claims they are using no figures DEMOCRATS AFTER massachusetts SOCIALIST VOTE boston nov 7 the campaign managers of both parties the day before election expressed confidence as to their respective tickets tho democrats devoted continued energy to making sure of a solid vote tor their candidate W L douglas of brockton final efforts also were being directed to turning the socialist vote gating about into democratic channels governor bates statement issued last night to the effect that he felt certain of tho normal republican gubernatorial bernat orial vote was endorsed at republican headquarters today APATHY IN MAINE portland maine nov 7 neither of tho leading parties will make any particular attempt to bring out the vote the republicans are satisfied that the state Is safely republican and democrats who made a hard fight in september are willingto wait for another state campaign in which they believe energy could be expended with better effect USUAL THING IN ARKANSAS little rock ark nov 7 the democratic leaders assert that tho state will civo the usual large majority for both the national and state candidates continued on page 6 republicans WILL CARRY NEW YORK continued from page one NEW HAMPSHIRE SAFE concord N H nov 7 the cain laign in new hampshire will not close until late tonight this activity ai the last moment is said to bo partly due to quietness earlier in the campaign chere seemed to be no doubt today but that a big vote will be polled tomorrow with abo result for governor in doubt the state was generally believed to ho safely republican NEW JERSEY FOR ROOSEVELT trenton N J nov 7 the campaign in this state has been so healed that the respective gubernatorial candidates will not cease their speechmaking until tonight claims from the rival headquarters lead to the belief that roosevelt and fairbanks will have at least majority and that stokes republican will probably be elected by a greatly reduced majority republican CLAIMS IN KENTUCKY louisville nov 7 chairman hager of the democratic committee maintains that parkers plurality in kentucky will not be less than and Is likely to reach chairman ernst of the republican committee claims the state tor roosevelt but many republicans public ans declare it the national alck et is not successful in the will materially reduce the plurality given bryan four years ago republicans IN connecticut new haven conn nov 7 the republican party leaders express the confidence of carrying the state for both national and state tickets each chairman also stated that the success of liis party will depend in a largo measure on the size of plurality the given by the city in which the so called labor vote will bo heavy BOTH PARTIES CLAIM MARYLAND baltimore nov 7 although the campaign in maryland practically closed saturday meetings will be held today in a number of counties and in baltimore there will be conferences of the leaders in reference to important details of tomorrows election both parties claim the state DAVIS SENDS democratic CLAIMS FROM WEST VIRGINIA wheeling W va nov 7 democratic confidence in the outcome of tomorrows election is increasing state chairman mckanney predicts corn wells election as governor by a largo majority and tho success of the ticket on a close margin henry G davia sends most encouraging reports to headquarters FAVOR republicans parkersburg W va nov 7 the state tax issues have influenced the people of alie entire state and probably the largest vote for many years will bo polled this will be favorable to the republican national ticket the majority of which is expected to be nearly as large as tour years ago the republicans will certainly elect three congressmen and probably all HEINZE MAY WIN IN MONTANA butte mont nav 7 both democrats and republicans claim montana today chief interest in the state centers in the fight between the amalgamated copper company and the heinze interests heinze Is supporting the democratic state ticket while the amalgamated copper company is nonpartisan non partisan betting odds favor the success of the republican electors and the democratic state ticket DEMOCRATS MAKE BIG CLAIMS IN MISSOURI st louis nov 7 at democratic headquarters it was given out that reports from all sections of alio state confirm the estimated democratic victory of to majority similar reports received at republican state headquarters it was said show the republicans united as never before and a close republican victory Is anticipated the socialists expect to draw largely 1 from the populist vote prohibition and socialist labor votes are expected to be comparatively as la former years KANSAS CLAIMS CONFLICT topeka kan nov 7 the state of kansas Is conceded to the republican electoral ticket by a |