Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-28
Political Sages All at Sea on New
York Campaign.
EVEN FAMMANY GIVES NO FIGURES
As the Fight Develops It Becomes
Harder to Gauge.
CROKER GROWS SAVAGE

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NEW YORK. October -. 1897
| Said Chairman Lemuel E. Quigg today.
after a conference with General Tracy and
| the republican city committee: From re-
| ports just brought in I have no doubt
| Whatever that General Tracy will carry
| every borough i'm the city" And then he
added: IF Henry George polls only 35ooo
| votes. the election of General Tracy is a
certa:ntv"
1t is this If that figures most conspic-
| Gously in the calculations of politicians
| almost on the eve of the battle. The IL
is George He is still believed to be the
| key to the situation. Low and George have
| both put ginger into their campaign; the
| former claiming gains from Tracy while
| the latter. IL signs go for anything is with
| out doubt winning friends and votes from
| the wig Sam. Witness last nights meet
| irgs. at which there were scenes amount
| ing almost to frenzy. The old-tirne poll
| tcians are puzzled by the drift OF the cam
| paiSn. The machine leaders sr, said TO be
| almost convinced that there is going to
be great revolt against both machines.
| Inside reports from the republican county
| committee indicate that in the downtown
| districts Tracy may be able to hold 66 per
! cent of the republican vote. The Tam
| many leaders are unable to estimate what
percentage Of the democratic vote George
| will get
Trmmnny Quits Giving Figures.
Broadly, there is the situation. But re-
| ferrng to the fact that Tammany has de-
| clined to make estimates at this stage i'm
| the campaign, this is novelty. 1t is 50 un-
| usual that 1t is believed ii will discourage
| the followers of Croker. 1t has been the
| custom for the campaign managers TO give
| out figures few days before the election
every year showing just how their candi-
dates are to be elected. In 1884 the man.
| ayers of ex-Mayor Grants canvass issued
| an estimate showing how he would win by
| 10000 majority. 1t is alleged that the
| whole Tammany campaign is becoming
panicky and that no statement OF the prob
| able vote is to he issued because the lead
| ers know that of necessity 1t would be pure
| Suesswork. The reports OF the campaign
| that are coming in from the districts are
not good basis for Tammany figures
| There are a few Tammany leaders who are
frank enough to admit on the quiet that
| the outlook for their ticket Is not SO fav-
| orable, and that 1t has all come this week.
| Leaders Ordered Ont.
Mr. Croker is said to have gone to Tam
| many Hall few days ago and found sew
| eral district leaders there talking with
| John c. Sheehan. He was angry and or
| dered the leaders to get out, go to their
i districts and go to work.
He has now made this order general and
| it is difficult to find district leader at
Tammany Hall during the day. MIR. Croker
| now spends part CT each day at the 14th
| street wigwam and is personally directing
every detail of the campaign. The friends
| who have stood by him all the time he was
| in England are amazed by his words and
actions. In the old days IL was difficult to
get him to express an opinion about poll
tics publicly, and he never gave out inter-
| views with himself or discussed political
| matters for publication. Now MIR. Croker
| is talking to everybody and talking all the
| time. He is getting personal. and replying
| to all the attacks on him. His friends say
| IT is not like him. They do not understand
the change in his method of conducting a
| campaign.
He Would Not Notice George.
| When Henry George first nominated
Croker said: "Oh, that don't amount to
! anything. 1 won't notice him." Mr..
Croker is now fighting Mr.. George as hard
as hard can be. Reports are coming from
every district that George is cutting deeply
| into the Tammany vote. Another disturb
| ing feature of the situation for Mr.. Croker
colsf All so over T 9he city ba
| man from Brooklyn who was put on the
| ticket for controller has not made any
| speeches in this city; he has not appeared
in public, his pictures have not been dis
| tributed. the bankers and business men
| who have had business with the finance
department do not know him. From the
Kill Won Kul to Mount St. Vincent the
cry goes up, "Who is Colery'
Tint Plait-Crokcr Deal.
And right here may be mentioned the
old story of a Platt-Croker deal From
a source, reliable to the extent that IL has
Seth Low bias comes this story: IL is
said that the day of the deal has arrived;
that the two machines are getting to-
gether. 1t is given common talk among
the politicians of the inner circle, both
on the republican and democratic side. that
Croker and Platt have come to an under
standing and that IL they can deliver the
goods they will divide up betweeh them the
patronage and emoluments of the Greater
New York. Report assigns the mayoralty
to Tammany Hail. the con;roiership to
Fitch, and the Offices of sheriff and register
to the republicans Ii is said that both
Sohmer and Dunn have made a most Wig
orous protest against the proposed deal. hut
that they have practically assented to II.
with the understanding that to them are
to be given commsslonerships under Van
Wyck. 1t is charged that the democratic
crowd in New York are getting ready to
slash Bird Coler whenever they get
, chance. 1t is said that last Saturday night
the big man of ramman, decided he could
not win without deal In all this talk
it is significant that nothing is said about
assemblymen. Why? Because the Tam
many Hall managers are said to be salts
fed that Platt will control the assembly,
and that the interior of the state is safely
republican. They are also said to con-
cede to the republican machine ten men,
bers of the assembly from the Greater
New York.
The George boom in the last days of the
campaign is said TO have alarmed Croker
and made the alleged Platt deal possible
Croker 1t is asserted. has been told that
the secret labor organizations have de-
clared for George: that the political situa-
ton has been openly discussed in their re-
spectiye lodges, and that they have de-
cided to support the single tax advocate.
Tammany Ripe for Revolt.
Croker's attitude in regard to Dayton Is
said to be making discontented leaders
within the wfgman. II 1t had not been.
for Croker, the discontented ones say. Chas.
W. Dayton would not be on the George
ticket and doing SO much damage to the
Tammeny cause as he now is. II was Mr.
Dayton who suggested the anti-Croker cry,
and Henry George has made the most of
it in his campaigning. Tammany Hall Is
believed to be ripe for revolt, and it only
depends on how long the George boom can
last, whether 1t occurs or not. II IL lasts
until the day OF the battle Tammany's po-
sition will not be as secure as its leader
fancies- ''landslide." he cries. "vai