New-York tribune., 1881-11-07
THE NEXT MAYOR OF BROOKLYN.

CONFIDENCE THAT SETH Low WILL BE ELECTED
THE HARD WORK HE HAS DONE IN THE CAN
yAss-REyIEW or THE FIELD IN EINGN COUNTY.
The short but exciting canvass for Mayor III
BROOKLYN ended practically Saturday night, and only
f. remain to be attended to-day 10 have every
thing In readiness for tomorrow. On the RepnDho'h
side the canvass ended brilliantly with the Immense
and enthusiastic meeting in the Academy on Saturday
eyening which was attended by many Democrats as wei
as Republicans. 1t the utmost hope to all who e1
pect that the ballots of tomorrow Will redeem the cly
from the evils which 1t has been so long subjected
After the meeting Seth Low received perfect ovation
when be left the Academy and his carriage was followed
with three cheers for the next Mayor of Brooklyn
On the Democratic sde tho failure Of the meeting In
The Academy Oh Friday night, where Mayor Howell dld
not appear was followed Saturday night by nzie In
the attempt get enough Independent Democrats 10
rether in Music Hall to approve him This MADE II
clearly apparent that the strength oi the ldepehuen
Democrats Is gwen to Mr. Low
The canvass has been in many respects the most ex
citing that Brooklyn has ever Known ana almost hercu
lean efforts have been put forth on both SIDES MI 10"
has spoken from five 10 eight times every nght curing
the last week. delivering upward OF forty addresses he
closed his work with the final speech in the Academy
Saturday night reerating his perfect Independence and
his desire to give Brooklyn good government u made
Mayor In hls behalf the campaign conlIntiees nave
put forth great efforts and the Young Republicans nave
canyassed the whole city MI Low has visited most OF
the large factories and hs appearance has been warmly
greeted everywhere His friends do not estimate ms
majority at less 5OoO and event Of the last
few DAYS tends TO increase their confidence prom
Inent Republican said yesterday:
The prospect brighter and brighter There Is no
ouestion of the election of Mr. Low and the only cues
fion ia one Of his majority should not he surprised
n vastly exceeds the most sanguine estimates Hon
aont know what the good people Of Brooklyn can do
when perfectly unexcepuonaoe oanuuate Is gwen W
While Mayor HowelPs friends express hope that he viii
be elected they not sanguine az they were al the
beginning last week Some OF Leln say that the haIoI
itY Will be which giving very narrow margin as
the change half Of this only 900 votes would make
the result tie. The amount OF campaign iteia sent
forth on botb sides this enormous ana circulars
asseng facts and others denying them are 10 De seen
eyerywGa Tie MayoralIty contest Is felt to be de
cisve only for this year but for several years 10
come =, - ,,...,,.
will elect Colonel Lewis X stegnan Tor SherlI, ana
William o. Fritz, Tor supervisor d-ii@Ige OI h!nsss
County The Sherl's office is so largely personal that
the contest il partakes of that nature ana hoth
Colonel ste guam aud his opp nent, f. H. WInte, nave
carefully camvassed the whole tOnnty large majority
cannot be hoped for.
m s hoped that every Republican, who is registered
will appear the polls tomorrow BON the Young he
pnbicaIs and the Young Democrats Will be represented
among the watchers the polling places. The usual
arrangements have been made for telegfaphng the re-
furus from the Precinct Stations by the police 10 the
Ing order state Judiciary Senate, Assembly, County
City and Ward All the policemen except those especf
ally detailed will be duty from bali hour before sun
rise and the several police captains are nder orders to
visit the polling places their precincts at Intervals and
see that every arrangement II carried OUT
The moral issues involved in tOmOrrcw's election
discussed at meeting IN the Baptist Tempe yes
terday afternoon at which addresses we're made by The
Rev DR. j. d. Fulton, the Rev Duncan McGregOr, T. X
Kennedy g. Duryea aud J. T. Jones, and the election
pf Seth Low for Mayor was urged