The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-11-05
A 100000 Morton Victory Wouldn't
Surprise Manley.
DEMOCRATS OF COURSE CLAIM THE
STATE FOR HILL.


for Mayor.
New York, Novem ber 4.--Chairman
Joseph H. Manley, of the Republican
National Executive Committee, says:
II shall be greatly mistaken in.my judg-
ment if Morton fails to get less than
$4,000 plurality, tand I shall not be at
all surprised if he beats Hill by 100, ,nOO.
The same influences which !. brought
about the Republican landslides in
Maine and Vermont are at work in New
York. If your Republicans here do as
we'll as our Republicans did in Maine,
Morton ought to be made governor by
100000 plurality.
"A political revolutionn issthe predic-
tion OF Chairman William Brookfeld, of
the Republican committee of this..coun-
tv. He further adds that the Repu bli-
can vote in New. York county, which
means the city Of New York, will be
the largest ever cast in it's political
history. The New York Herald editori-
ally says today: @The unprecedented
registration portends revolution"
Not less sJriking indications of the
trend of sentiment are the performances
of the betting men, who do not pretend
to be actuated by party feeling or the
illusions of sentiment: The wad of
Republican money that has been afoat
in the town for two weeks beat down
the betting odds yesterday to $1,000 to
$3.50 in favor of Morton, and $1,000 to
$500 in favor of Strong. Wall street, the
centre of the days betting, was flooded
with money. The Democratic end went
up at a report that Hubbard, Price
& Co.. of the Cotton Exchange, had
$4,000 commission to lay against
S100, ,00O0 of Morton money. A set was
made for H ubbard, Price Co. to get
share of it and .he firm said they had
merely been asked if they could place
the money. They had replied that they
thought they could, but had heard moth
ing from the syndicate that was to put
it up.
FIT. Adams bet $1,000 to 500 with j.
O'Connor, that Morton would have $4,000
plurality. Warren James bet B. G. Will
liams $1,000 to 5000 that Strong would
be elected, and he announced that he had
$4,000 to bet against $3.50 the same way.
Adams announced that he had 5000
to put up against Ssuu0 of Hill money.
Up town last night, at the Fifth Ave-
nue. Hotel, there were two or three men
who declared that they had plenty of
Mor6on and Strong money. The crowd
told them where they could get Hill
and Grant money, but they said they
had been chasing it all day and had
given it up. Z
Careful and apparently unprejudiced
investigation of the whole state field,
made largely from the reports of county
chairlnen, show that the Democratic
leaders hope to carry the state for Hill
by 25,125, whilelathe TRepu blicans are
confident that Morton will carry the
state by 51,95o. ,Hhss figures are. very
Thacher and Hackett. The Democratic
chairman estimates the minimum pIu-
rality for Hill at 10000. and the Repub-
lican goes on record with guess of
$4,000 as the minimum plurality for
Morton.
Chairman Hinkley says Hill will have
Y, ,00U in New York and Kings, while
Chairman Hackett says he will not
admit plurality of 46, s75 for Morton
outside of New York, Kings, Queens,
Suffolk and Richmond counties. while
the Republican figures show a plurality
of gs, a90.
Some OF the leading Republicans of
New York are even more confident than
the committeeman.
Mr.T.C. Platt, while he gives no fig
ures, looks for a repetition of the tri
umphs already achieved in Vermont
and Maine. William Grace says Strong,
independent candidate for mayor of New
York city, will nave at least $4,000 plu-
rality over Hugh J. Grant of Tammany.
Ex-Governor Alonzo B. Cornell thinks
it would not be remarka BILE if Morton's
plurality should reach hundred thou
sand in the State. Edwin Einstein. Re
saws 15O. O00 plurality for Morton in the
state. Patrick Egan says the A. "A.
cry has been boomerang, and Morton
will surely be elected.