Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-02

ole political guards, men who sleep stand
ing up on the night preceding an election
day, argued their favorite candidates
chances until the time for the opening of
the polis-until the arrival of the hour for
action. rather than discussion
WIN the dawn of day came preparations
Tor the opening of the polls. The skies
were dark and lowering, the falling rain
presaged a long and disagreeable day for
the workers at the polls. Political leaders
early commenced the struggle for the con-
troll of the second greatest CITY in tho
world, for the privileges involved In the ex
penditure OF perhaps $500 900 900 during the
i next tour years, for the patronage involved
IN the appointment of at least a. 600 men
70 places under the next municipal govern
ment. eo'eiH
significance of the Weather.
Ihere Is weather tradition attached to
New York state politics which is believed
ny many to hold good in this municipaI
81 ussie. fa1r weather is called "repub-
nedh weather.. And there Is another DO
hticai tradition which says that the dem
ocrat, especially the organization demo-
Srat' the man who votes his ticket straight
b buta use II IS his party ticket. who makes
pu. one mark on his ballot and that at the
hsad OF the column, will brave any freak
OF the elements to deposit his verdict in
tne box. The independent voter is sup
possa 10 vote upon principle. He is re-
sarded as an enthusiast and his vote can
generally be depended on
Iuil vote will mean possibly $4,000.
and this estimate is arrived at by taking
ing therefrom the usual per cent allow
ance for defective ballots, stay-at-homes
ana non-voters for other causes
..s gu. OF the tangle OF alleged deals" and
splits and "straddles" and withdraw
ais nave been drawn into alignment four
prominent political parties with the fol-
lowing as their mayoralty standard bear
ers:
Democrat Tar,,oon,, pohort Wow
Wyck
National democratic. Independent repub-
hcan and Citizens Union, Seth Low.
Republican, Benjamin F. Tracy.
Thomas Jefferson democracy, Henry
George, jr.
Gleason and Others Run.
Another aspirant for the honor of being
Greater New York s. first mayor is Patrick
Jerome Gleason. the present mayor of
Long Island City. He is running as an in
dependent candidate; his emblem is bat
tie ak; his motto, Neither tea nor tiger"
and he is expected to poll 10, 600 votes. The
official ballots show that there are three
other candidates for mayoralty honors-
Lucien Saniel, who leads the socialist la
Dor party and who will possibly receive
5000 votes; William T. Wardwell, the lead
er of the prohibitionists, who is not ex-
pected to poll more than 5000 votes at the
maximum, and Alfred b. Cruikshank the
candidate of the united democracy.
In regard to the latter, 1t may be said
that it is understood that the only votes ne
will receive will be cast in error. The
united democracy, since the nominations
closed, and when it too late to take
the name of its candidate off the ballot
practically Endorsed Henry George, and all
the followers of Cruikshank have been ad-
monished to cast their votes for the repre-
sentative of the Thomas Jefferson democ-
raoy Through a misunderstanding of these
conditions or for other reasons. it is cal
criated that 1000 united democracy votes
may be found in the box for Cruikshank.
The scattering total. therefore-for Glea-
sen. Saniel, Wardwell and Cruikshank-
would be $4,000. which, deducted from the
cast, would leave about JO5, 900 to be divid-
ed among the candidates-Van WICK
tracy, George and Low. If the above cal
culation is accurate, and if the candidates
12G.25O votes will be the first mayor of tha
Greater New York.
Ante-Election Claims
The ante-election claims of the chair
men of the four leading campaign commit
tees are follows:
Democratic estimate gives Van Wyck 81
majority over all other candidates combined
OF 2o,OOO. and plurality over Low. the next
highest. 10000.
Republican estimate gives Tracy a nh,
rality of 5000.
Citizens Union estimate of1es
plurality of 10000
of $3.50. Pi"A" amy
There are 1.522 election districts, and. of
course. as many polling places in Greater
New YORK. divided as follows:
Boroughs of Manhattan and the Rronx
oso; borough of Brooklyn. so; borough of
oT T 90 borough of Richmond, A.
10 reach a total of so 900, an AVERAGE of
neaIy 500 votes for each district must be
attained. In 1896 the total vote in tb;
same territory was $780, 254.
Four Expensive Voters.
Inc polls opened at o'clock, and within
two hours good third of the votes had
been polled In the residential sections of
New York ard Brooklyn.
In the suburban precincts the voting was
little behind 1t cost $1,000 to vote four Of
the seven registered men residing in Gem
Ia nal fark today. These four men voted at
loIst street and Sth avenue, where spe-
cal booth had been built for them In
spectors, ballot clerks and police had to he
furnished for the four voters The men
1--we in McGowan's Pass Tavern
BY $50 O'Clock all had voted and the
inspectors and ballot clerks were free to
discuss politics or anything else until sun
GOWn, but the booths must be kept omen
IN accordance with the Law until O'Clock
Inc other three voters in the park are
James Conway, the shepherd, and his two
sons, who live at the Sheep Fold and vote
at Sth avenue and seth street. where there
is a big district
Candidates Mt the Polls,
Robert A. Van Wyck, democratic nom
inee for mayor, voted at GAO O'Clock, cast
ing ballot No. 10. He spent thirty seconds
in the booth. There was no crowd at the
polling place and there was no demon
stra ton.
1t was nearly two hours later when Seth
Low appeared at the precinct where he was
registered. He spent two minutes In the
booth. His coming and going were not
marked by any demonstration.
RURAL VOTE WILL BE LIGHT.
Roads In the Mohawk Valley Are
Very Muddy.
UTICA, N. Y. November 2.-The weather
in the Mohawk valley has been very I'M
pleasant since Sunday night, but 1t is
clearing this forenoon. The country roads
are muddy and the rural vote will be
lighter than in several years.
In some towns the vote will not run
much over half the vote of last year. In
this city 1t is generally conceded that John
G. Gibson, democrat, will be reelected
mayor. The vote here Is heavy.