Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20

work have been finished, and would be
ready for the hoistipg tomorrow morning,
while others will be finished later in the
week. Each is to be forty by thirty feet in
dimensions, and emblazoned with a top
line: What Benjamin F. Tracy will do II
he Is elected mayor of the Greater New
York" Then will follow a lot of promises
in behalf of Gen. Tracy.
Battle of the Cartoons.
The days Of the old, loId-smelling torch
lights and the transparency have departed.
Even the banner is, regarded as insignifi-
cant, compared with the picture fight now
being waged in the display portion of the
campaign. The managers have apparently
appreciated Tweeds famous saying that
pictures hurt most, and now stereopticunS
and vitascopes are being directed gainst
one another with fury never before
shown Ill political fight. The Citizens
Union has decided to abandon Its series of
educational lectures" and in its stead
have instituted cartoon exhibitions in
which Tammany, Platt and George are
shown as political dictators and destroyers
OF good government. The citizens are go-
ing into the cartoon fight with great zeal
for they will give Stereopticon exhibitions
in sixty different localities nightly Until
election day. The educational lectures
cost the Citizens Union $lUO,UoO and it is
likely that their cartoon fight will cost
them even more. They have been renting
halls and screen space on corner buildings
in every part of the city. Col. Gardiner s
recent expression about reform is going to
be made point for attack by the Citizens
Union. Twentyone different slides, show
Ing Gardiner in various poses and bearing
the inscription, ITO HI with REFORM" have
been prepared.
screens are directly at variance with those
suggested by the moving pictures of the
Tammany Vitascope. The citizens put
much stress on the improved police force
hoh xxyif
icemen were pictured by the citizens saw
ing women and children from the boots CT
runaway horses. The Tanmany pictures
showed these same police insulting re-
spectacle. women, accepting hribes and OBJ
livious to bold daylight rooberies. These
police are called the reform: police
Republicans Not to Be Outdone.
Cutdone in the stereopticon fight They
have entered the field a little late, but say
they will make up for lost time. Chairman
Quigg states that he has secured scme Of
the best sites in the city for screens He
also says that he does not think he will
throw any caricatures on the screens. He
says the pictures will be of more diynf-
Hed character He prefers to deal with
sGiemn facts he promises to give SOME
attention to Croker.
There is q new feature in the betting.
Col. Henry L. Swords, formerly sergeant
alarms OF the republican ma tional commit
zee ana now secretary of District Attorney
oicott, has announced that he will take
any and all bets offered at even money
tnat Low would poll more votes than Ira
cy. Swords bet enormous sums on the
presidential election in 1888. backing Har-
rison. and won. He bet.large sums IN 1902
anu iast year offered odds on Mckinley
without finding takers. The tip that Tracy
was to be backed against Low leaked out,
ana several Wagers were recorded.
1t Is said that the Citizens Union has dis
covered number OF Illegal registrations
and an attempt at colonization They are
SAID to reach 300 and to oe made ly men
VINO were brought on from Chicago. Tam
many is charged with being The father of
the scheme, and steps have been taken to
prevent the alleged fraud.