Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-01
Result in New York Narrowed Down
to These Two.
BETTING ALL fAVORS The FORMER
Rumors of a Deal Between Repub.
licans and Tammany.
NO CHANCE FOR GEoRGE
Special Dispatch 10 The Evening Star.

NEW YORK, November lit is now con-
ceded that the fight is between Low and
| Van Wyck. Both sides are claiming land
slides with great vehcmence. but IL the
betting is any criterion Judge Van Wyck's
chances of becoming mayor of Greater
New York are improving hourly.
AS result of the fierce personal attack
which Henry George made upon Richard
Croker last week the betting, though in
favor of Van Wyck as against the field.
| was slowly showing the disposition OF
sporting men to hedge" by taking chances
| on the field. There was feeling of in
| security. even among Tammany Hall man.
ayers. Betting men were disposed to fear
| the inroads made by the bitter attacks of a
candidate who eleven years ago obtained
| 66.c0o votes in spite of the fact that the
New York Sun the night before the elcc-
ticn had predicted that Henry George
would not receive 5000 votes
With Henry George out of the way the
possibilities of the unexpected happening
have greatly diminished. thereby dimin-
| ishing the chances of the field against
\ the favorite. Already the bookmakers
are offering 3 to 1 Van wyck. and IL
| is possible that the odds may change to ;
to before the night is over and 10 to l
| before the election is determined
If Seth Low and the Citizens Union or
General Tracy and the republican organ
ization should by any possible combination
| of circumstances win some of the plungers
on this election will go broke. and will
have cause forever afterward to doubt their
political sagacity.
Basis Of the Betting.
The chief cause of this feeling among
sporting men the city over that the Tam
many Hall candidate is the winner is the
death of Henry George. There are second
airy causes, Of course, but there are few of
the talent who believe thst the chances of
Tracy or Low have been improved by the
death of the great single taxer Of course,
cold-blooded men Of affairs and sporting
men accustomed to discount futures may
make mistakes. In this particular case
they may not have made allowances
enough for the feeling of sentiment arous-
ed by the death the funeral of Henry
George. 1t may be pleaded in their behalf
in case they have made a mistake that
the conditions are unparalleled: that never
before in the history of the country has a
tragedy of this kind occurred just on the
eve of election, and consequently ii is i'm
possible to accurately analyze conditions
or estimate results.
1t is pretty generally admitted even by
the men who are rallying to the support Of
Henry George, jr., that the chances of the
son and political heir amount to almost
nothing. Reduced to the lowest terms in
betting circles ii may be said that sporting
men do not consider his chances worth
laying odds or exchanging wagers for or
against. If any Independent is to profit by
the tragic events Of the last few days II is
Seth Low. But with city naturally demo-
ip bx bar "a NM M
and with two republican candidates in the
field. for Seth Low claims TO be a republi-
can, there must be doubt to figures CIV
ing a majority for the Citizens Union nomi-
nee. The vote which the younger George
is expected to draw away from Tammany
is said to be hardly worth second thought
in the swirl of the forces going to make
up this election. There are those who are
even willing TO wager that the candidate
of the Thomas Jefferson democracy will
run behind Mayor Patrick Gleason of Long
Island City, the indepenie democratic
candidate whose sign is the battle AK, but
this is believed to be going too far.
Rumors Of Deals.
Rurlors of deals and counter-deals,
charges and counter-charges have been
going on for the last twenty-four hours.
and may be expected to continue during
the next twentyfour hours. The Citizens
Union is accused of attempting to capture
the vote which, 1t is asserted, rightly be-
longs 20 the Georges. father and son.
On the other hand. it is claimed that
there is treachery in Brooklyn and some
of the other boroughs, and that an at
tempt is being made to sell out TO Plat
and the republicans for the purpose of
aiding the local county tickets.
Chief among the accusations is the asser-
ticn that the republican leaders intend to
throw that portion of the organization vote
which can be controlled to Judge Van
Wyck for the purpose of beating Low ana
the Citizens Union nominees. 1t is assert
ed that Senator Platt cares little or moth
ing about the greater city, provided he
can maintain control of the state and the
state legislature.
The Citizens Union has been harping
upon this subject for the last three days.
j. Augustus Johnson a lawyer. says that
he is willing to make affidavit that a
mac kine republican in the tenth assembly
district told him Tim that that he ,. had h been ordered
votes for Jerry Sullivan, republican as
sembly nominee.
Fairly analyzed. this particular segment
OF the political situation is about this:
While there has been no official order to
that effect. and while there has been no
advice from headquarters looking to the
bringing about of such result IL can be
said with almost certainty that large
number of republicans will vote for Robert
A. Van Wyck.
The movement is voluntary, and since the
death Of Henry George your correspondent
has had at least a dozen declarations to
this effect from men, who, UP TO that tragic
ending of the Jeffersonian campaign, were
strong supporters of Benjamin f. Tracy
ard the straight ticket. They say they
recognize that their candidate cannot win.
but that there is a possibility Of Seth Lows
election. This they will endeavor by every
effort to prevent. Low. they say. cosld. as
the republican candidate. have been elected
without question. Instead of being their
standard bearer, he decided to affiliate win
a class of men who have abused everything
in the party and have sought to disrupt II.
This they cannot overlook and as the death
of George renders Lows chances better the
word is quietly passing around to vote for
Van Wyck. A number Of republicans pre-
fer Tammany to the success of the man
they allege has made republican success
impossible.
MysterfOus Circular Out.