The record-union., 1894-11-06

Chairman Hackett at the Republican
State headquarters in the Fifth-avenue
Hotel, who. having paired votes with a
friend In Utica, will remain here until
AFTER election. He said to-day that noth
ing mad occurred to change the estimates
OF Republican success already made pub
llc. On the other hand, Chairman
Ihacher, at the Democratic State head
quarters. before leaving for Albany this
afternoon, gave out an estimate that Nor
ton would not have more than 10000
plurality above the Harlem River, and
that to overcome this Hill would have ii
plurality OF over 10000 in this city, at
least 10000 in Kings and from 1,O00 to
], 200 in Richmond County. Thacher adj
mitted, however, that Erie County,
which the Hill men have been claiming
by some 5000 votes, was at best doubt
ful.
Confident claims are made on both
sides on the local issues. The support
ers OF the Committee OF Seventy make
the prediction that Tammany will be
downed by tidal wave" aud say that
Tor this reason all estimates of figures on
the result are worthless.
At the headquarters of Hugh j. Grant
this afternoon, the Ta:nmany candidate
Tor Mayor issued a statement in which
he says that Tomorrow the Democrats
OF the city Will give an overwhelming
plurality ior the State ticket headed by
ID. b. Hill and the city ticket headed by
myself" DE continues: Il shall as
sumo the Mayoralty on January 1st,
pledged to give offices only 10 men who
can and will administer them Tor the
public good" He adds: being DEM
ocrat, l shall use Democratic means to
Go whatever the public needs to have
done" Mr.. Grant declares that tho
LeXoW committee 'has finally thrown
aside the cloak of anxiety for the public
1 Il
sett committee appeared i'll the week be-
fore election day in 1890, as an utterly
partisan Republican body"
Among other statements the Grant
headquarters made to-day was that the
memb bers of the Hebrew Ord Ell of B'nai
Birth were working against Mr.. Beck
man, the Seventy's candidate for Judge
OF the Superior Court, on the ground that
he had cast slur on their race by say
ing: The action OF such people is con-
tenptlble," when a committee of the
order appeared before the Legislature last
year to ask that the Home OF the Aged
and Infirm Hebrews in Yonkers be eX-
.empted from taxation.
In predicting to-day the success of the
anti-Tammany ticket. Campaign Mana
ger Jerome OF the Committee OF Seventy
said he believed the voters would to get
the polls early, and he was sure that in
this event the Seventy candidates would
win by Overwhelming maJoritles.
Great interest is taken by all politicians
and voters generally in the subject of
weather tomorrow. Despite to-day's
storm, the Weather Bureau predicts
clear and cooler weather for election day,
and it is the tulfillment of this prediction
which is worth thousands of votes to the
Republicans.
An important step was taken to-day by
Superintendent Byrnes, who ordered
that all the policemen on duty at the
polls tomorrow shall be detailed to pre-
cincts where they do not regularly be-
long. This, it is believed, will prevent
improper acts by the police under the in
tiuence of election officers and others
with whom they are personally familiar
and friendly.
There was good deal of heavy betting
at Lhe ST. James and other uptown ho-
tells to-day, and also in the Stock EX-
change circles. The general odds were 5
To z on Morton as against Hill, and about
8 TO in favor Of Strong against Grant.
OF course there was considerable varia-
ton in the terms of the various wagers.
butAElie odds noted were about the aver
ages. There was little betting on plurali-
ties.