Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-03
LATE NEWS BY WIRE
Democratic Prospects in New York
Brighter.
GENERAL BELIEF IN MORFONS SUCCESS
The Grace Democracy to Be on
Trial.
BETTING ODDS THE SAME

Special Dispatch TO The Evening Star.
NEW YORK November 3-There are
some strong surface indications today of
an Improvement of the democratic pros
poets in this state. To start with, however,
IL must be remembered that there has been
very great room for Improvement The re-
publicars have modified their claims 10 ma
jorities, and their former extreme conf
dence is now tinctured by anxiety lest
something should happen to accomplish
the overthrow of thei: calculations. Their
claim for Morton above the bridge has fallen
from $1,000 to 5000. which would prob
ably be sufficient if II were made good, but
It Is Gle ser to the danger line than is con-
sistent with the confidence which they have
Internationally felt all along. This may be
caused by nothing mere than the natural
desire to get on the safe side of the predic-
ton column just before the final decision
comes rs.-.-
Certainly public opiricn still holds TO the
conviction that Morton will be elected. and
the betting odds as strongly in his
favo-.
The democratic managers are more hope
full than they have been heretofore. The
campaign closes tonight. They have re-
ceived their reports from all over the state,
and their hope Is caused by those reports,
which claim good condition OF Affairs and
q large democratic vote in the upper part
Of the state. While there is no evidence of
the pacification to any degree whatever OF
the moral sentiment against Tammany IN
New York city, the machine on which the
democrats must depend for their vote has
been put into good working order. The
question Is how far the machine can be eff
fective In such a crisis-a revolt against the
machine.
1t is thoroughly established that as far as
Grace and the organization can influence II
the state democracy vote will be cast Tor
Hill The future power of that organiZa-
finr
they can now make. Their votes will be
cast soidly against Grant. and the measure
of their strength (and. the consequent In
nuences In the future) Will be taken by the
public to be the difference between the
vote for Grant and that for Hill. All the
Hill vote In New York city in excess of the
vote for Grant will be counted as the
Grace vote.
factor in the general party organization
hereafter depends upon their making this
difference as great as possible. They may
be depended upon to make every eNertOn
to that end and of course this all tends to
improve Hills prospects.
There are more people today willing to
admit the possibility of Hills election than
heretofore. Yet, IL he should be elected, 1t
would cause a most widespread feeling of
surprise. Hill himself expresses confidence,
and IL Is said that money is getting a lit
tie freer in bets on him, though the odds
against him are insisted on.
Democrats are claiming from sixty to
seventy thousand for Hill below the Bronx,
and that he will not have more than 1000
against him above the Bronx. This Is over
sanguine. and can hardly be sincere.
The republicans, in their most liberal esti-
mates. do not give Hill 10000 in the demo-
cratic stronghold, and claim IS 900 for Nor
ton above the Bronx. Their real expecta-
ton seems to be that Morton will be elected
by about 2O,OOO. 1t would cause surprise,
but IL is not impossible, that Hill may pull
through with 5000 plurality.
In the city the moral sentiment and
through the state the surface indications are
In favor of Morton's election.
To sum up. the republicans are united and
the atmospheric" conditions are with them,
the democrats seem in a badly shattered
condition in their strongholds. but are rely
ing on extraordinary campaigning. JPN.