The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-02
FIGHTING FOR sENAT0RsHIPa
Gen. NeMahon's Chances QooA-Oaly . Ques.
tioa or Majority In the Seventh.

| 0es. MeMahon's Chances QooA-Oaly Ques-
tioa or Majority In the Seventh.
The hottest lights in the city in this CAM
paiGn havo been in the Seventh and Eighth
Senate districts In tho latter. strong Ro-
publican district. the Democratic candidate.
Gen. Martin T. Mcmahon. has forced the night
ing. Pitted against him are Lspenard Stew
art, tho candidate OF the Republican machine.
who is backed by barrel OF money. and
William Travers Jerome. tho County Democ-
racy candidate. who is backed by nothing but
o purpose to keep the district an annex OF
Tioga county. Two years ago 357 OF the
1857 votes cast for the County Democratic
candidate in tho district would. II cast for
| Turner. have beaten Stewart. It is not be-
lieved that Jerome can poll anywhere near
1000 votes this year. and SO Gen. McMahon's
prospects are good.
The fight waged in the Seventh district by
! tho Democracy has been against combina-
ton Of boilers. dsgruntled County men. and
| Republicans. On paper this combination looks
formidable. but in fact they are a broken force.
| Senator George F. Roesch has left no stone I'M
| turned to bring them under tremendous ma
iority. That he will beat John A. Dinkel. the
| combination candidate. was assured two
weeks ago. but he wants to beat him by at
least 5, 900 votes and to accomplish this he has
worked like horse.
A reporter Of The Sun spent day with the
Senator last week. It was 8 o'clock in the
morning when the reporter found the Senator
In his headquarters at "a Second avenue. A
busneI Of letters had been dumped on his desk.
Among the letters was one written BY,
widow. who sent the Senator check. She
II am grateful to you for having secured the
passage Of the bill which enabled the widows
Of deceased saloon licensees to obtain q re-
Al Nf thofr Ia a n n
III guess can't accept this money" said the
Senator, Tho writer is evidently a poor
Then there was letter from the secretary OF
adopted S
ton approving the Senator's labor record and
Ing ahs of great
s mon ro 90 men they Mse 81 had TO te
upon s fit It that the greatest secrecy should be
observed. In the private room: when the
door was carefully looked. these requests and
statements were made:
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Finally. the. room was. cleared. and the Sem
tp tfkgoasR ths dstre cae G
keepers LAWYERS. families. in need. societies.
and FL aad a. and
wealthy families and was received with many
stepped into q saloon and got sandwich and
81 s1ss q
level head, ana the CempCAClOn6 IOr drinking
are so great around election times that to pre-
drinking entirely. II I we're to drink with one
ss% sss That ths safest course Is not to drink
Then the Senator returned to his headGuar-
tors, where he found another batch Of letters |
and another crowd Of men. After he had read
all the letters and talked with all the men. he |
started out to speak at q large number OF
meetings that wore held all over the district.
Late at night Senator Rocsch returned again |
to his headquarters. where he RECEIVED re- |
ports from the district captains. They were |
O." Il was III: o'clock before the meeting ad-
journed. The days work for the hard worked |
candidate was not completed. The chief lieu. |
tenants Of Leader Roesch remained behind |
for their daily private conference This littIe
William p. Mitchell. Assemblyman Sohmer.
ney Zimmerman. Lawyer John Fennel. and Otto
II was nearly o'clock in the morning when
the candidate came down the steps Of the club |
house. debating with himself whether he
should 60 home and sleep or attend one 81 the
half dozen balls which the social clubs OF his
district were holding. and where thousands
were awaiting him with eager expectation.
He finally decided to 10 to two. OF the dances
He reached home at o'clock in the morning
and WAS up and out again at 1880 looking rosy |
and bright, prepared for another day OF cam
paigning.
PLUNKITT FOR SENATOR