THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11404, 8 November 1904, Page 5

THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

Betting 5 to 1 on Roosevelt:.

P>ess Association. — Telegraph. — Copyright Received November 7, 11.57 p.m. NEW YORK, November 7. Mr Justice Parker denounces the 'Republicans for accepting the Trusts' assistance in the election campaign. He asserts that the Democrats retuscd to accept Trust assistance, and would rather lose the election than bo fettered respecting needed and economical reforms. President Roosevelt characterises as a falsehood the statement that he and Mr Cortelyon blackmailed the Trusts through the knowledge Mr Cortelyon gained as secretary to the Commercial and Labour Association. • Received November 8, 12.23 a.m. v NEW YORK, November 7. President Roosevelt, in an explosive manifesto, declares ,that Judge Parker's statements are unqualifiedly and atrociously false. If elected, he will be unhampered by any pledge, promise, or understanding, save a promise to see that every man has a square deal. Cortelyon declares that he has conducted a clean compaign, and that nothing has been done to discredit the candidates, the party, or the people. The New York Tribune awards Roosevelt 314 electoral votes, and Judge Parker 162. . . . -. The betting is 5 to 1 in Roosevelt's favour.