Birmingham age-herald., 1894-11-06
CHAIRMAN TEACHER
Says Hill Will Meet Morton at Harlem With Votes to Spare-Bets
 Against Hill.

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-The work at the state headquarters of both parties has been finished, and today was practically devoted to moving out. Nearly all of the leaders have departed for their homes to vote. Chairmen Thacher and Hackett were still in town this evening, but the former left tonight for Albany, where he will vote toe morrow. MT. Hackett has paired with a democrat, and will remain in town oyer election day.
 Chairman Thacher today gave out the fol- lowing summary ofthe campaign: 1T think can truthfully say that no political party ever started upon 8 campaign in such bad shape as we did. The opening odds were bitterly opposed to us, but now l think we have overcome all of them. It has been clean and decent battle.
 ''The republicans relied entirely upon the tendency of sheep to follow sheep. Be- cause there were large republican victories in Maine, Vermont and elsewhere, they naturally assumed that there would also be a republican victory in this state. think they are wrong.
 five have found that the passion for the democratic party is stronger than any prej- entirely upon the city of New York. Mir. Morton will certainly come down to the bridge with majority greater than 40 GOO. Senator Hill should have no difficulty in overcoming that south of the Harlem.
 ssraking the last twenty years as an ex.
  ular democratic vote in this city is about 63h per cent of the total.
 "Allowing for a slight decrease in this, Senator Hill should in this city alone have a majority of over 50, GOO. In Kiugs county we look for him to have at least 10, 900.
 sRichmond county, l think, we will carry by 1000 to 1900.
 Erie county, I think, we will carry, but it is doubtful. However, the majority against us there, if we lose, will be but s"Senator Hill, since the beginning of the campaign, has talked to over 150, ,000 people, which will certainly operate in his favor. If we lose the battle it may be. said of the democratic party as 1t was said in the Bible of a certain old woman: sShe had done what she could.'
 i've have certainly made every effort, and think we will win. am not In the least worried over the betting odds offered against Senator Hill, because the best ele. ment, men who have the best intellect, do not go into the betting.
 "As general rule, betters are carried away by what they conceive to be the att mosphere of the day. l am confident that we will win.''
 REPUBLICAN, STANDPOINT.
 Republicans at headquarters in the Fifth Avenue hotel this morning figured that Morton and Saxton would have plu- rality of from 40 1000 to 50, 900. Chairman Hackett, who has not hitherto been doing much guessing, places his estimate for Morton at 50 1000 in the state. He would not risk his reputation by making any guess about the vote in this city or Kings county.
 Others at republican headquarters gave it as their opinion that Hills plurality in New York county would not be over AZ, 900 and that in Kings county the democratic plurality will be kept down to 4000, if not wiped out altogether.
 The big betting at the uptown hotels, which has been feature of every cam- paign, has been begun at last. Up to last Saturday night few bets of any considera- ble size had been made outside of the stock exchange circle, but since then all this has been changed, and thousands of dollars have been put up at the hotels on the re- suit in the state and city.
 The excitement began with the appear ance on the scene of Joe Vendig, betting commissioner for the Dwyer Bros. George Wheelock and other well-known book makers. Vendig had about FAC, 900 which he wished to bet, and he has thus far suc- ceeded in getting Q good portion of this money covered. The bets were made at odds of 5 on to Morton for the most part. --~--------~--ec-----~
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