San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-02
ELECTION NEWS.
Chief Interest In The
New York Contest.
THE VOTING IS HEAVY AND
A LARGE POLL IS
EXPECTED,
Nebraska, Iowa, And Other States
Stirred Up Over Election Con-
teStS-Weather In General
3ExceFt, In New York;
Is Very Nice,

New York, Nov. 1.-The first mayor
of Greater New York will be elected
today.
For bitterness and complex situations
and uncertainty, the campaign has
never been excelled in National of mu-
nicipal elections. The dramatic fun
eral and death of Henry George, the
nominee of the Democracy of Thomas
jefferson, and the author of Progress
and Poverty" on the eve of the election
was an unprecedented event in the
political history of the country, if not
the world. and the selection of his son
Henry, as his political heir, may in
case the unexpected happens because
of sympathetic and sentimental con-
siderations, have a great effect upon
the general results.
It is difficult. if not impossible. to
make any estimate in this regard be-
cause of the absolute lack Of preced-
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man, however, appears to be of the OPP
inion that the votes that would have
been cast for the late leader Of the De-
mocratic party of Thorsas Jefferson
will be scattered among the candidates
now existing, on conditions in a man.
ner which, while they may alter the to-
tails received by the various nominees,
will not effect the positions of the lead
ers at the conclusion of this municipal
race.
With the dawn of day came prepara-
tons of opening the polls. Skies were
dark and lowering and falling rains
presaged a long and disagreeable day
for the workers at the polls. The po-
litical leaders early commenced the
| struggle for the control of the second
greatest city of the world for the pri-
vileges involved in the expenditure Of
perhaps $500, OOO, 900 during the next four
years, and for the patronage involved
in the appointment of at least $4,000
men to places under the next munich
pal government.
A full vote will mean probably 529,-
900 and this is the estimate arrived at
by taking total registration of SOS, 5SS
and deducting therefrOm the usual D
per cent allowance for defective ballots
stay-at-homes, and ~non-vOters for
other causes.
Deaths, splits. and straddles and
Withdrawals have drawn into an al
lignment four prominent political par
ties with the following as their mayor
aIity standard bearers:
Democratic, CTammany,) Robert A.
Van Wyck.
National Democratic and Citizens
Union, Seth Low.
Republican, Benjamin f. Tracy.
Democracy of Thomas jefferson.
Henry George, Jr.
Patrick Jerome Gleason, the present
mayor of the Island city is running as
an Independent candidate and may poll.
10000. The official ballots show that
there are three other candidates for
mayorality honors. There are Lucian
Saniel, who is head of the Socialist
party and who will possible receive
5000 votes; VIM. T. Warrell, leader of
the prOhibitiOnists, who is not expect
ed to poll more than 5000 votes at the
maximum and Alfred B. Cruikshank,
less than 1000. The scattering total,
therefore, for Gleason, Saniel, Ward
well. and Cruikshank would be "A, 900,
which. deducted from the estimated
number of votes that will be cast,
would leave about $4,000 to be divided
among the candidates, Van Wyck,
Tracy, George and Low. If this calcu-
lation is accurate and if the candidates
s'break even,'' the man who receives
126 26O will be the first mayor of Great
er New York.