Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-02
GREATER EEW YORK CONTEST.
r.r uETTING SEEMS TO BE IN
FAVOR OF VAN WICK.
THE FIGHT IN MARYLAND
Ante-Eicction Arrests at baltimore
On Charges OF Fraud-outiook IN
ohio. Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado,
pennsylvania, Etc.

sensational political campaign In the hiN-
,orv of New York ended tonight. NOT
aav for the past month has been devoio
of exciting incidents. A few months "e0
4, seemed as though there wouid De "
s,raisht fight between the kepuDi'ca"'
.pa Democrats. with the odds IN favor
80 he latter. on account Of the opposition
,o Ire Raines liquor law, a Repuohean
measure. which requires saloons to pay
"a high license. to remain closed ITO"
to 4 o'clock A. NJ. and 10 remain cioseu
., Sunday. The law is highly unpopulAi
.r,orS the forelgn-born inhabitants oi
this city. 49,, No,e
rour events have occurred which hdFe
g., t,,rn unset the calculations OF the po-
,,,,oat leaders. The first was the forma-
,ion of the Citizens Union, wnioh ui'"
Cts strength chiefly from the Repuohcah
,artv and whose leaders were so heios'
hostle 10 Senator Platt and his methous
nj directing the regular kepuphcdh
,,a,,tza.ion that n coalition OF all the
apt,-Tammany forces, an end that MI
x,s,t reneatedly declared he desired was
impossible The Citizens Union ie"oe
asserted that the regular Repuoncah %
.an,zation and its managers were p"''o
as onensiye to good citizens as tho.e u
Tammany. -
nh socond startling incident was the
.o,,,~oad from Europe OF Tammany oiu
,ooder Richard Croker, or rather ms III
mediate assumption Of the management
NJ Tammany Hall. He swept asioe ''l
onposltion. dictated the nomina'ion "a
pobert A. Van Wyck for Mayor ""i
carried matters with such mgh hauu
90 70 lead TO serious defections from 'he
Wigwam.
GEORGES FIGHT.
The third incident of the campaign DC
can with the call of Henry George 10 'ne
Democrats who believed in Thomas 'ei-
forson TO Join him in a fight Tor honeS'
government ,Ooe
His veterans in the campaign OF hooo'
uhen he polled 6s,1OO votes, fiocked TO MS
s,ondard as the soldiers of France did
20 the banner of Napoleon returned from
FIba. and in a few days Henry GeorEe'
snparentiy lacking none of the resources
of war. was waging fight that ann'@eo
all the other political parties.
From the Battery to the Bronx, lIoii,
etaten Island 10 Rockaway, he preachea
the rights of man and denounced the s"-
called party bosses" with herce energy
that electrified the city
= .sst Thursday night the tide seemed to
be flowing irresistibly to George. oI
Friday came his death, an event that
moved New York as nothing else mas
done since the civil war.
BETTING FAvoRs VAN WICK.
AT the campaign headquarters tonight
each party processes the utmost conn
dence in victory tomorrow. The pettiIis
favors Van Wyck, the Tammany cahui-
date for Mayor Seth Low ranking next.
Old politicians are quoted as saying Una,
the vote for young Henry George VIII
not be large
A few of the faithful still fingered III
the Citizens Union headquarters tonight.
Others went to the Fifth-AVenue hoiei
ia keen an eve on the Republican leaders.
The Hoffman House lobby was filled with
politicians and betting men. The odus
on Van Wyck, whose supporters seemed
10 have money 10 burn, were to l, with
occasionally a better offer While the
Republicans were accepting bets now ana
then. they made none Low men were
on hand. and placed several wagers..
STATEMENT FROM TANiMANY.
John C. Sheehan, leader of Tammany
Hall issued the following statement to-
night;
'"The great municipal political contest
IS about 20 close 1t will be memorable
in the history OF American politics. 1t
will result in a great Democratic VIC
tory. AS in the days of Thomas Jeffer-
SON. the Democratic party in this contest
has been arrayed against the party who
believe that the masses of the people
should have no voice IN the selection ol
their officials. II has had to fight against
the party of monopolists, with the Fede-
raj administration at its head. For tbs
mast three years the city of New York
has been governed by the party which
has had for its motto. i am holier than
thou and which has given US the most
wasteful extravagant. and corrupt ad
ministration that the city OF New iorl
has ever experienced.
"Unquestionably, the results to-mor
row night will verify the claims made
during the canvass, and VIII result In
crushing defeat for the enemies of the
Democratic party and the enemies OF th'
common people. and in the triumph o.
Robert Van Wyck and the rest Of the
Democratic ticket.
HENRY GEORGE CLAIM.
The Executive Committee Of the Jeffer
son Democracy met and issued the fol
lowing
THE spontaneous and grand tribute
paid on Sunday night 10 the deat
tribune of the people has demonstrates
beyond the shadow Of a doubt tina
Henry George. the father, would, hac
God spared him 10 us, have been elected
10 the mayoralty Of our great city.
more than this. II foreshadows with
equal certainty the complete victory o.
Henry George the son, who now leadi
the hosts his father marshalie1. I'M
is as " should be.
',rhe struggle OF the people agans
bosses must still be, as IL has been,
battle for real Democracy within IN
Democratic party. The death Of the grea
leader no more closes the contest 10
eoual rights and the attack upon specia
privileges than did Warrens fall a
Bunker Hn end the domination o. on
land by a British King"
TAMMANY LINES DRAWN.
Tammany Hall was dark and deserte'
to.nieht. The lieutenants had receiVe
their dnal instructions during the aftei
noon. and the lines were closed up 10
the battle OF tomorrow. From Chie
Croker 10 the huInblest worker OF IA
LOT Tammany Hall was confident OF
sweeping victory for its candidate.
The George headquarters were desefte
tonight. save for the presence OF severe