The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-02
Campaign lust Closed Has Bcsa NV
Extraordinary One. 81
EACH PARTY PROCESSES CONFIDENCE
Betting Favors Van Nyck With Low
Second Choice,
SOME CAMPAIGN LITERATURE
TammRny and Gcorgeitcs Set Forth
the Reasons Why Their Man
should he Elected Mayor.

New York. November THE most sem
saaional political campaign In the history
OF New York ended tonight. Not day
for the past month has been devoid Of ex-
citing incidents.
A few months ago 1t seemed as though
there would be straight light between the
republicans and the democrats. with the
odds in favor Of the latter on account Of
tho opposition to the Rpines liquor law, =
republican measure. which requires saloons
To pay high license and to remain closed
from / to 8 a. m. and to remain closed
on Sunday, The law In highly unpopular
among the foreign-born inhabitants Of the
city.
Four events have occurred which havc in
turn upset the caloulations Of the political
leaders. The nrst~was the formation OF
the citizens union. which drew ats
strength from tho republican party and
whose leaders were fiercely hostile to Sem
ator Plat and his methods OF directing the
republican regular organization, and de-
ciared than coallti~n of all the anti TAM
many forces. an end that MT, Platt re-
peatedly declared he desired. was lmp,ssi-
Bile Tho citizens union leaders asserted
that tho regular republican organization
and It's Manager were quits rs offensive to
good citizens as those of Tammany.
The next startling event was the return
| from Europe OF Tammany's old leader,
Richard Croker, or rather his immediate
assumption of the management Of Tam
many Hall. He swept aside all opposition
and dictated the nomination of Robert a.
Van Wyck fer mayor aud carried matters
with such a high hand as to .,se.o :
| defections from the wigwam.
The third epoch CT the campaign began at
the cfl Of Henry George 10 the democrats
| who believed In the doctrines OF Thomas
Jefferson to Join him in a fight for honest
government. His veterans In the campaign
OF 1886. when he rullcd $4,000 votes, flocked
J 10 his standard an the soldiers of france
lhIl to ti.e hsnnor Of Napoleon 4surninSs
| from Elba, and In a few days Henry George,
apparently hacking none Of the resources
of war. was waging fight that amazed
all tho other political parties From the
Battery to the Bronx, from stitcn island
to Roelulway he preached the rights
OF men and denounced tho so-called
| party bosses with fierce energy that cleo
trifled the city.
| Last Thursday night the tide seemed TO
be flowing rrcsstibly to George. On Fra
| A, md hat moved
New York as nothing has since the civil
| war.
| At the campaign headquarters tonight
zach party processes the utmost confidence
| Of victory tomorrow. The betting faycrs
Van Wyck, the Tammany candidate, for
| mayor, Seth Low ranking next. Old poll
ticians are quoted as saying that The vote
| for young Horny George Will not be large:
Tammany Hail was dark aud deserted
tcnieht The lieutenapts had received
tbet final instructions during the afternoon
and the lines were closed up COR the battle
| tomorrow From Chief Croker TO the hum
blest worker of the lot Tammany Hall was
confident Of sweeping victory Tor every
candidate under It's standard. M
The George headquarters we're deserted
tonight save for the presence Of several
members Of the campaign committee. The
general feeling was cns of confidence
at is our belief" said member OF the
campaign committee. that our candidate
will poll all the votes that would have
gone to his father and many besides. |
don't think MIR. Low will profit much, II
at all, by Mr.. Georges death. We are not
making predictions, but from that conf
dence gained by close touch with the plain
people we feel that this city Will give the
politicians big surprise, as, too, will the
borough OF Brooklyn
kt.f. -.
William II. Rainford clergyman. and
Richard Watson Glider. the poet, adj
dressed ono of the most interesting meet
ings of the campaign tonight In Apollo hall
In the lower east side Five hundrsd men
and few women, mostly Hebrews, were
damned into the hall, filling the seats.
Down stairs was niee Ing of clothing
workers who wanted to hear about Seth
Low. The majority Of the upstairs meet-
ing was composed OF working men. but