Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-06
WATCHING TAMMANY
Young Reformers at the Polls in
New York.
STORM CAUSED REPUBLICAN FEAR
It Has Passed. Leaving the Weather
Clear and Cold.
POLLING A BIG VOTE

Special From a STAFF Correspondent.
NEW YORK. November 6.-The election
opened this morning with every indica-
ton OF very heavy vote. The weather was
clear and the air crisp. Early voters came
out with thick overcoats buttoned high
about their necks. The good government
watchers, with an ardent enthusiasm, were
at their posts at the hour of the opening
Of the polls their blood warmed by conf
dence Of victory. The election is proceed
ing in the most quiet manner possible, and
there Is evidence of intense earnestness
Apparently but few men entitled to vote
will fail to do so, and 1t is almost impos-
sible for any sort Of fraud to be perpe-
trated. This Is the first election in this
city without federal election officers at the
polls.
The places of the federal marshals are
taken by enthusiastic young reformers
There Is every reason to believe that the
work Of these watchers will be much more
effective than that Of the marshals ever
was.
1t was an open secret that the marshals
in the down town districts watching Tam
many workers In '92 were Tammany men,
or men who feared Tammany. The young
EclOEIncIS now Ou manu- arc earliest IL hOt
skillful. No one ever saw more persistent
and determined effort than the Tammany
workers are making to keep up the courage
Of their followers and to get every Grant
vote into the ballot box.
Grant himself assured his people last
night that he was confident of success and
urged them not to let any thing discourage
them during the day, but to keep up their
rlr ho no A.
dence which the republican state commit
not possess either republicans or indepen-
dent reformers In the local contest. Feel
ing that they are surely going to win. they
are working as IL their lives depended upon
getting every possible vote. On account Of
the great multiplicity Of ballots ana the
difficulty which even educated men have
in making up just the ticket they want out
of the miscellaneous bundle of ballots, the
voters are hurryirg to get into the booths
as early as possible.
The reports of bad weather and muddy
re ads in the country render the republic
cans a little anxious that they may not
get out quite as full a vote as they an
ticipated but II intense interest in the re-
suit can draw men to the polls there Is
no likelihood that any amount of bad roads
and bad weather can greatly reduce the
vote this year. There was cOnshhra-
BILE activity In betting last night and
there is again today, but it is nothing AS
1t was In o. The odds against the demo-
Gratis instead of growing less have been
made greater under the pressure Of bet
ting. Many of the men who are In the
habit of betting on the democrats, some
VINO made large winnings in '02 and never
quit betting as long as they could find
takers. are not at this time making any
BETS Some of the race people who came
on from Washington to bet on Hill and
Grant have wound up by betting against
them or not betting ut all. A few men
like Dwyer are promptly putting their
money on Hill and Grant at heavy Odds
but they appear to do 1t under the true
gamblers instinct to make a venture on
odds. The democrats who have had the
direct management Of the campaign insist
that Grant and Hill will be elected. ~,
The Tammany leaders seem to have more
confidence in this claim than do the state
committee men. Outside the upper circle
Of democratic management the very gen.
eral feeling is of expectancy or fear Of
republican victory The rank and file of the
democrats. men who simply cast their votes
and put their faith In the manipulation
.,
express confidence. q,
basis of former votes that the democrats
will be defeated in the city. but the prophets
are all affected by the feeling that the gen.
eral atmospheric conditions" are unfavor-
able to democratic success. There is some
apprehension among democrats who have
to take the say-so of their committee OH
faith without knowing the information on
which the statements are based that maybe
the committee have overestimated Hills
vote in the state above the Harlem. This
apprehension is excited by assertions of
some travelling men that all along the line
of the New York Central through the state
they have found great dissatisfaction
among democrats. The fact that the vot-
ing is now in progress which is to decide
the soUndness of their judgment causes the
prophets to suddenly become conservative
o j. p. NJ.
Favorable for u Big Vote.
NEW YORK, November 6.-Conditions in
eastern New York are favorable for the
polliI Of large vote, the storm which
ragged all yesterday and last night having
passed over. The weather is cold and the
day clear. with a sharp wind blowing Re-
ports received up to noon show that In
central New York the weather is fair,
though cold, while in the western part of
the state there Is some snow, which may
affect the vote.
At Troy voting Is progressing rapidly and
without special excitement, even where at
the municipal election last spring, there
was rioting and bloodshed. In this city the
interest in the state and municipal contests
overshadows that Of Congressman. Divi-
sions In the democratic party in New York
city and Brooklyn may possibly result to
the advantage of the republicans in some
cases. Two years ago a soldly democratic