The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-11
GOTHAN's TRIANGULAR FIGHT.
Three Candidates for Mayor Of the Metro
polls. The Contest Does not Affect the
National Campaign.

New YORK, October THE local
CAMPAIGN has opened in earnest, and
it is a three cornered fight, as your
correspondent had already foreshadoW-
ed. The citizens and county Demo
cracy candidate for mayor, Abram 5.
Hewitt is pitted against Hugh j. Grant,
the present sheriff of New York, as the
candidate of Tammany, and a Repub-
lican yet unnamed. That the Nigwam
will make desperate fight to secure
the mayoralty prize, which will next
year be richer in patronage than ever,
is certain. Strenuous efforts were made
by number of leading Democrats here
to avert triangular contest, but appeals
to the Tammany chiefs were futile. 1t
was with them all open secret week
ago that this time Tammany must
have the mayor, else there would be no
union, and while they were sturdy in
their protestations of loyalty to the
national ticket and prompt in contra
dieting all rumors of trading and other
practices as liable to be INDUCED in
during q three-cornered contest, they
never allowed their attention to he
diverted from the goodly prize that was
seemingly within their reach and
which they had vainly endeavored for
decade or more to possess.
HOW GRANT WAS BEATEN BEFORE.
1t is clear to the minds of those most
experienced in local politics, that un-
less some Unforeseen luck attend TAM
many this time itmust again be content
to face defeat as the result OF its political
course ut this time. In 1854 Hugh J.
Grant ran as the Wigwam candidate
for MAYOR against William r. Grace,
the citizens and county Democracy
nominee. 1t was a bitterly contested
fight. On the Republican side was
Senator Frederick S. Gibbs, who polled
strict party vote. Grace won by q plu-
ralitv of 1892. the vote standing:
Grace 81, @293, Grant S5,39l, Gibbs II 3Sl.
Clevcland's plurality In the county was
43, ,O64, a loss, it was estimated of prob
ABLY 5000, caused chiefly by the intense
interest which centred on the mayor
atty battle.
DEFENDING on BEER AND WIIISkEi.
Tammany's chief reliance for success
is upon the Germans and the beer ana
liuuor interest, the latter constltutlnga q
very liberal portion of the normal yot-
ing strength of its organization. The
States Zeitung has declared against
Hewitt and its influence may be ex-
pected to be eXertedsin Grants behalf.
1t was disappointment to many that
Tammany did not choose Herman
Oelrichs as its candidate. Oelrlchs IS
leading club man, a great 1avorlte
with everybody and especially with
his German fellow countrymen. He IS
quite popular too at Democratic ma
tional headquarters and although ne
has never taken an active part in poll
tics till now, he has shown remarkable
attitude and ability. He is, besides a
good deal of Tammany man and a
warm admirer of the Wigwam. But
like number of other very promising
candidates he has apparently been
shelved in Difference to Tammany's
well known practice Of nominating a
beaten candidate again and again I'LL
he finally succeeds in being elected.
WILL NOT HURT CLEVELAND.
The democratic campaign managers
regard the local situation with COM
placency. They are not at all appre-
hensive that it will have any preceptl-
bly bad effect on the Presidential vote,
which may be scaled few thousand,
but not enough to impair the hand
some plurality that is assured for
Cleveland and Thurman in this coun-
tv. In view Of the increased repre-
sentation and proportionately increased
vote in November, Col. Brice and MS
associates believe they are fairly within
the mark in placing Cleveland's plur-
ality in New York city at $1,000 to 6o,-
900, which, with similarly augment
ed vote in Kings, will carry the ticke-
handsomely through to victory.