The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-30
POLITICS IN NEW YORK
Both Parties Seeking Every Point
Of Vantage.
THE CONTEST GROWING WARNER.

An UnusuRs Number of Speakers on Both
Sides of the Political Fence Stamping
the state-some of the wagers on the
Result Of the Election.
New YORK, Oct. 0.-NotwithstandinR
the quiet appearance Of the different polit-
ical headquarters in this city during most
OF the day, great deal Of active political
work was in progress both there and out
side, and there is no doubt that the leaders
OF all the organizations arc fully alive to
the fact that only a week remains before
the day of election. All still express the
utmost confidence in the success Of their
respective tickets. So far as the city is
concerned the Tammany men place great
reliance on their thorough organization,
and even their opponents admit that the
full Tammany vote will be polled. The
adherents of the committee Of seventy
ticket base their firm belief in winning
upon the conviction that there will be, re-
gardless of ordinary political methods, an
uprising Of people" such as overthrow
Tammany rule In 1871.
Men who seldom take an active part in
politics are laboring to make converts of
personal friends, and there has seldom
been campaign in which there were
more private political discussion Perhaps
the most important incident of the day
was the attempt of an evening newspaper
to implicate Colonel Strong in an old mat
ter involving leanings towards the A. p.
A., and his prompt denial of any inten-
tional participation in IT..
Among the speakers from other states
whose services have been secured for the
closing efforts of the Hill Democrats in
Nnrlr 10,
latest Democratic lieutenant governor of
pennsylvania, and James Kerr, clerk of
the house of representatives The speaking
campaign is to be continued up to Satur-
day night all over the state, and the num-
Der of meetings held in small places up to
that day will be beyond precedent in any
state campaign of similar duration.
Last evening the Democratic committee
gave out a statement which declares that
"at the last session of the legislature the
Republican majority refused to pass bill
appropriating sufficient money to CON
tinue work on the state capitol at Albany,
although persistently importuned to do SO
by hundreds of unemployed workmen be-
sides various trade and labor organize
lions of the state, " and goes into long de-
tails in regard to what is termed the in
justice of this action.
1t was at state Democratic headquarters
that John NJ. Sheehan, president of the
Sheehan club of the Twentieth assembly
district, had sent in his resignation from
Tammany Hall, and he and the members
of his club, 11s in all, have Joined the state
Democracy organization of the district. P.
w. Cremin is chairman. 1t was also an
nouneed that A. j. Reilly, of the same
district, has resigned from Tammany
Hall, and with twenty other voters had
Joined the state Democracy organization.
A statement was issued from the state
Dcmocracy's headquarters quoting Will
lam X. Grace In regard to Colonel StronQ's
present position in the question of the A.
=, A, and secret societies in politics Mr..
Grace says relative to this:
Colonel Strong assured me that he was
infiexibly opposed to the influence of secret
societies in politics; that he had no SYM
pathy with those who desire to disfran-
chise voters, or to prevent the election to
office of citizens on account Of race or relig-
ious belief. | recall also that in CONVEX
sation with Colonel Strong in regard to
the public charities of New York he told
Inc that he had written letter to the late
constitutional convention opposing an
amendment to the constitution which in
very unfair way proposed to deprive Cath.
Ole and Hebrew charitable institutions of
their appropriations, for the reason that
they are under sectarian control"
At n meeting of the Real Estate Ex-
ehagc Honest Government club last even
ming resolutions were passed severely ar
raigning Tammany. President Seth Low,
of Columbia, and General Stewart L.
Woodford, General Wager Swayne and
exSecretary Fairchild were among the
speakers A letter from Levi p. Morton
was read, in which the Republican nomi-
nee for governor declared himself in full
sympathy with the aims and PURPOSES of
that club. He thought ii would be wiser,
owing to his candidacy, for him not to be-
come member of any political organiza-
ton,
Comparatively little betting on the re-
suit of the elections is being done except
on the Stock Exchange There odds of 10
TO We're given that Mortons plurality for
governor will exceed 25o00, F. T. Adams
placing 1000 against 81 GOO of E. H.
Myers money. An offer was made by one
of the Wormsers to put up 81 600 to 500
on the plain proposition of Mortons cleo
ton, but there was no taker A few bets
have been placed on the mayorality issue
at 500 to $50 in favor Of Strong. As rule,
though Republican money is held for bets
on better terms.
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