The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-30
HUNTINGDON FRAUD
WATCHING EACH OTHER FOR LILLE
GAL REGISTRATIONS.
New Workers Making a Desperate
Fight in All Quarters-Heavy De-
fections From Tammany-Number
of Meetings in Excess of That Of
Any Previous Campaign.

NEW YORK, Oct. MISUNDERSTANDING
the quiet appearance OF the d fferent poiiti-
Gal headquarters today, great deal of ac-
live political work was in progress both
there and outside and there is no doubt
taat the leaders of all the organizations
IRE fully alive to the fact that only a week
remains before the day OF election. All
Express the utmost confidence of success.
SO far as the city is concerned the Tam
many men place great reliance on their
thorough organization aud even their OPP
ponents admit that the full Tammany
cote will be poIled. The adheTents OF the
Committee of Seventy's ticket base their
belief in winning upon the conviction that
there will be, regardless of ordinary poIiti-
cal meth, d., an ''Upri-iug Ot people" such
as overthrow the TammaDy ruIe al 1871.
Much Of the quiet work done today was
dir c. ed toward detecting frauds III regis
tratlon aud towards arranging To get 20
the polls without fail al who are
duly registered. Men who seldom take an
active part in politics are labOrlng 10 make
Converts of personal friends AMI there has
seldom been ii campaign In which there
were more private poiitlca. DISCUSSIONS
Perhaps the most important incident OF
the day was the attempt Of an evening
newspaper to implicate Colonel Strong IN
an OLD matter involving leaulngs towards
the american Protective association, and
Iii prompt denial OF any Intentional par
tlcipaiiou IN u.
UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF MEETINGS.
here were many D-mocIatic poll icians
at the state headquarters, especially from
the Hudson river and seaboard.
Among the speakers from other states
whose services have been securing for the
Closing forts OF the HUI Democrats in
York, are Chauucey L. Black, The latest
Democratic lieutenant governor OF Penn
syIv. bia and James Carr, clerk OF the
house of Representatives. The speaking
campaign is 30 be continued up 10 Satur-
day night all over the state ani the u up-
Der OF meetings held ia small places up 10
that day will be beyond precedent IN any
state campaign of similar duration.
IL WAS announced at state Democratic
headquarters thai John NJ. SEeeh'n, presi-
dent IF The Sheehan club OF the Twentieth
bly, district, had sent In his resIgua-
ton from 1ammauy hail today, and that
he ana the membelS oil his club, lis IN all,
have Joined be state Democracy organize
tiol OF tie district of " hlcD L. w. Cremry
is chairman. IL was also announced tnaC
Austin j. Reilly, # the s me ASSEMBLY dis
trlct. has resigned from Tammtny hall
sud, with twenty other voters, has Joined
the state ID mocracy org ,nIztiion.
TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES.
The attention OF Mr.. j -roIne, campaign
manager ii tue headquarters of tie COM
rniitve of seventy, was directed this after
noon To a report emangtlDg from The Grant
HEADQUARTERS TO the tfiec5s that
the committee had violated tie statute of
1882 10y s-nuiug circulars appealing for
funds 10 the city anu judicial officers. His
Inly comment was: Tine members OF the
Committee OF Seventy are quite well able
10 take care of themselves 80 far As any
violation ii the election laws Is concerned.
They are not at all disturbed by sucn re-
ports as THIS"
a. the meeting of the Real Estate Ex-
cha. z. Homes. Government club this
EvenIug, resolutions were passed and Tam
many hail was vigorously assalIed.
letter from Levi p Morton was read
in which the Republicans nominee for
governor declared himself in full sym Dathy
will the aims and purposes OF the cIn0.
MONEY PLACED on MORTON.
Comparatively little betting on the re-
sult OF the election Is being done except on
the stock exchange. There are offers of
ten 10 eight given that Morton's plurality
Tor governor Will exceed p. 600, L. L.
Adam, placing -, 90 agains Sl.6J0 of T.
H. Meyers money. An offer was made 10y
one of he " ormsers To put up 81 QUO 10 $500
Oh the plain proposition of Mortou's cleo
ton, but there was no Jaker. y few bets
hav- b. en- placed on tie mayoralty issue
at 500 to $50 in favor OF Strong.
As "a rule, though, Republican money
IS held for bets on better terms.