The herald., 1894-11-05
A DULL DAY IN POLITICS.
The Calm That Precedes
the Storm.
Politicians Hieing Themselves
Home to Vote.
Speculation as to the Outcome Of
the Elections.
Republicans, a. Usual, Claiming Evsrys
thing In sight-Democrats Face
the Situation With Serene
Confidence
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
New YORK, Nov. 4.-The last Sunday
of the campaign was an exceedingly
dull day at the headquarters of the
various organizations. John Boyd
Thacher was in charge Of the Demo.
cratic state headquarters At the Park
Avenue hotel, but he is expected to
start for his home in Albany tonight.
OF the other managers who have been
prominent there Major Hinkley will
vote at Poughkeepsie, Mr.. Huston in
Pen Yam and LieutensntGoverno Shes.
han in Buffalo. Chairman Backett will
probably remain at the Republican
headquarters at the Fifth Avenue hotel
until after election day, having paired
his vote with some one at his homo in
Utica. Most Of his lieutenants, includ.
ing Mr.. Kenyon, have already gone to
their home districts.
The headquarters of the Seventy'a
candidate for mayor, Col. Strong, was
closed today.
At the headquarters of Hugh J. Grant
number of visitors today and the usual
Democracy were given out. Importance
seemed to be attached to the assertion
that Colonel Strong had written letter
to police captain, asking him to have
his men examine the registers OF the
lodging houses in his precinct that in.
tending voters claiming residence there,
whose names are not on the registers on
election day, may be arrested.
At the state Democratic headQ dQuarters
on East Twenty-third street denial was
made OF the statement which has been
generally made that the Tammany oan-
didates for aldermen and assemblymen
in the Ninth assembly district have
been endorsed by the state Democracy.
The candidates OF that body, it is de-
clared, are ]. A. Cooper and G. W. Miller.
A summing up of tho constitutional
convention controversy. condemning
the work OF the convention and the
course OF its president, j. 81. Choate.
WAS issued this evening at Democratic
state headquarters. Several open let
ters were given out.
Considerable interest has been evinced
in the debate to be held in Scottish Rite
hall tomorrow evening between George
Walton Green, the state Democracy canc
didate for congress in the Twelfth diss.
trict. and his Republican opponent. r..
A. Cheesebrough. Mr.. Green is the
challenger. All the party leaders are
claiming the success OF their respective
tickets by large majorities. The Repub.
licans are especially desilous OF fair
weather Tuesday.
The committee of seventy tonight is
sued an endorsement of the Strong
Gof ticket. signed by large number Of
prominent men. They also gave out let
ters to show the support of the aeventy'a
ticket by German-Americana and by the
Retail Grocers' union.
A number of clergy men in the city
today preached sermons denouncina
municipal corruption and urging oppo-
sition to Tammany hall at this election,
not on party, but on public and moral
grounds. Among them were the Rev.
DR.. Parkhurst at the Madison Square
Presby terian church and Rev. Thomas
church. The Rev. Father Sylvester
man Catholic church. Brooklyn. iseued q
ing among other things that Tammany
already stands convicted before the
people.
At Republican state headquarters to-
night a dispatch from Albany was res
ceived announcing the attorney general
had decided that under the election law
no voter may occupy the voting booth
more than 10 minutes, instead of 40, as
claimed by some also, that any person
wilfully obstructing or delaying other
voters by occupying q booth q longer
time than the law permits 10 guilty OF q
criminal offeuse.