The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-11-02
FINAL ESTIMATES
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Gotham Politicians Revise Their
Election Figures for the
Last, Time. H..
All Parties, With the Exception
Of the Jeffersonians, Claim i.
Sure Victory.
Result of the Legislative Election
in Ohio Considerably lin
Doubt.


NEW YORK, Nov. "A battle royal
tor the political control Of the second
largest city municipality in the world
il now in progress. The potent candi-
dates for the office Of mayor are four in
number, although there are two add.
tional candidates for the peoples sui.
frages. Benjamin F. Tracy, secretary
Of the navy in the cabinet of President
Harrison, is the Republican nominee;
Robert A. Van Wyck, chief judge Of
the city court, Tammany Democratic
candidate; Seth Low, presidents Of Col
umbia university, and twice mayor of
Brooklyn, the candidate Of the Citizens
Union, and Henry George, son of the
late advocate of the single tax theory,
the Independent, or Thomas Jefferson
Democratic nominee.
Besides the mayor, comptroller and
president of the council, the officers of
the municipality that are to be chosen,
there are to be elected members of the
state assembly, county officials, borough
officers and members Of the judiciary.
In addition there is to be elected q sue
cessor to Francis H. Wilson, who re-
signed his seat as representative in con.
gross of the district to become postmas.
ter in Brooklyn.
The nominees are William H. Prem.
dergast, Republican,; Edmund H.
briggs, Democrat, and Horatio G. Lang,
Independent Democrat.
In the state there will be an election
for chief judge Of the court of appeals,
the leading candidates being William
j. Wallace, Republican, and Alton B.
Parker, Democrat.
The Last Estimates.
The last estimates and claims of the
various parties i'll the Greater New
York campaign have been given out.
Chairman Quigg, for the Republicans
saps the county committee confidently
expects the election of General Tracy
and feels absolutely confident that Seth
Low will not carry a single assembly
district in the present city of New
York. According to MI. Quigg the
ratio of votes as between Low and
Tracy will be 81 to l and he expects to
poll a total of 200, 600 votes.
Ex.Mayor Hugh Grant, who is Judge
Van Wyck's manager, issued a state.
ment in which he estimated the Demo.
cratic candidates. vote in Greater New
York at 100000. OF these he expects
$4,000 in the present city of New
York, 81, 500 in Brooklyn, and 1915 in
the boroughs of Queens and Richmond.
Mr.. Grant in his forecast places the
George vote at from 10000 to 20, 900 and
gives Tracy and Low 225, 800 to divide
between them. Charles Steckler, for
the Citizens Union, claims a plurality
of $1,000 for Low over Van Wyck in
the present city of New York. In sup.
port he gives figures from assembly dis.
tricts which he said are based upon
actual canvasses made by Citizens
Union workers. He added that cert.
ficates and vouchers, signed in all cases
by the men who made the canvass, are
on file at Low headquarters. At the
George headquarters a detailed state.
ment by assembly districts was given
out to show that George will have g..
600 votes in the boroughs of Manhattan
and the Bronx. No estimate was made
of the Brooklyn vote but unless an ex.
tremely large George vote is expected
from that quarter it would appear from
the 81 1000 estimate that the Jetfersoniar
Democracy leaders do not claim the
election of their candidate.