Evening star., 1898-10-20
Proposed Carnegie BALL Meeting Non
Partisan in Character.
MUCH ENTHUSIASM MANIFESTED
Situation in New York Changing
in RooseveIt's Favor.
ALL URGING REGISTRATION
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

| Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
| NEW YORK, October 10. 1898.
Next Fridays ratification meeting in Car
| negta Hall bids fair to eclipse In enthu-
| siasm any meeting held thus far during the
| campaign. Secretary Herbert Noble of the
| committee on arrangements for this meet
I Ing said today that thousands of letters
| have been received earnestly commencing
| the purpose of the meeting and asking for
| tickets Of admission, These letters are from
| men prominent in every walk OF life and
representing every shade Of political per-
suasion The desire for an un-Crokerized
| Judiciary among the reputable portion of
| the community has been proven universal
| Apropos of Richard Croker's determine
| ton to get a certificate of character for his
nominee, David Leventritt 1t appears very
much, just at present, though those who
| had gone into the scheme are desirous of
withdrawing their names, and, incidentally,
| their regulations. 1t was said last night on
| the best OF authority that Croker had in
| duced Justice Truax to sign his own name
| TO paper certifying the excellence of
| Leventritts reputation, and to get other
! supreme court justices to do likewise. Jus
| tices Beach. McAdam, Smyth and Durgo
| were all said to have succumbed gracefully
and signed the paper. Whether or not 1t
| was decided by Croker at the last minute
to drop the scheme, it is not known. But
| certain it is that Justice Truax today de-
| MED the whole story and denounced the use
| OF his name in connection with it as a rank
| misstatement. So did Justice McAdam
| And even Mr.. Leventritt himself said that
such paper had never come within his
| knowledge.
Political Aspect Changed.
| The work Of the republican managers in
combination with the mistakes of Croker.
| have changed the aspect of things consid-
| erably. Every visitor to republican head
| quarters brings stories of defections from
| the democratic ranks in their neighbo--
hoods of prominent men. who had deter
mined to give their support to Col Roose-
| welt. With the homecoming Of Roosevelt
who tonight addressed enthusiastic meet
| ings in Brooklyn, with the judiciary as one
| of his texts, there was every evidence of
! earnest enthusiasm.
| That there is a deep-rooted enthusiasm
| for Col Roosevelt's candidacy felt In this
| city is a condition which cannot be con-
| tradicted." said Chairman Odell today.
| "and the best feature of it is that 1t is
| natural healthy and effective kind. 1t has
| rot been worked up for campaign pur-
poses. 1t is with US row, and will be with
| us on election day
Congressman Serene E. Payne, one of
| the active workers in the republican cause
| said today: 'Enthusia sm--why, there are
! bushels of it afioat. The real, genuine en-
| thusasm of the campaign Is with us, but
! that which is most gratifying to the
| friends of Col. Roosevelt is the fact that
| the great silent vote of the state is FOR
| him. The element Of independent voters is
| strong enough to hold the balance of power
In the state They recognize the difference
| between the principles represented by Col.
| Roosevelt and those which Tammany Hall
| puts forth Judge Van Wyck's. When
| the silent voter and the enthusiastic shout
| er travel together there is nothing to pre-
vent them from reaching their goal"
To Get Out the Vote.
The republican campaign managers have
| completed elaborate arrangements for get
ting out full registration on Friday and
| Saturday of this week, the last days on
which voters register for the Novem
| Der election.
Chairman Odell of the state committee
| has sent letters or kilograms to every coun-
| ty leader UP the state. urging the impor-
| tance of getting out full registration. and
| the responses received indicate that repub-
| licans in the country are fully aroused to
| the Importance of voting this year.
| The German-American movement in IA
| vor of Theodore Roosevelts election 20 the
| governorship continues to grow IN strength
| as the campaign advances. Since the
| meeting of the German republican central
| committee on Monday night, at which Col
! onei Roosevelt's nomination was iEdorsed,
| and Tammany Halls course IN refusing TO
| renominate Judge DAILY was condemned,
|
| cans in all sections of the city have been
! pouring into the headquarters Of the COM
| mittee.
| There was a noticeable decrease in ex-
| travagant claim-making at democratic
| headquarters today: in fact, there was al
| most a funereal air about the place, and
! the clerks talked in whispers while Senator
| McCarren conferred with visitors IN a Gark
| room. Having repudiated the Chicago plat
| form and all national issues, the democrat
| ic campaigners have now resorted to the
| old cry of ''16 to T. in making up the liter
| ature they are sending out from state
| headquarters They are sending out thous-
| and of cards, headed in heavy black type
| 16 to l.
The heading is followed by six para
| graphs, one of which reads as follows:
| Sixteen statutes enacted for corpora
| tions and private interests to one enacted
| for the peoples benefit
| Whether 1t is desire to hedge or not is
| not known, but this statement was made
| today by an influential democrat to your
| correspondent:
All Staked on Legislature.
| I'VE don't care anything about the gov
| ernorship. All we want, and all we expect
| to get, is the legislature and the consequent
! return Of Murphy to the United States
| senate"
| There are other interesting facts about
the campaign that came to light today.
| One is that the campaign managers and
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| liquor tax law a campaign issue, and
| the other Is that Croker, who is in charge
| of the canvass, is not making any cam
paign in the interior counties of the state.
| The democratic campaigners have dlscov-
| cred that the democrats of every small
| town and village in the state are just as
much opposed to the repeal Of the Raines
| law as the republicans. In almost every
| town and village the increased revenue
| from the liquor tax has enabled the local
authorities to build new school houses and
| make many local improvements, without
| increasing taxes. The law has worked so
well that every one is satisfied, and the
| democratic campaigners have been ordered
tto ignore the plank in the state platform
which demands the old system of local
excise boards.
Democratic leaders from the interior Of
I the state who have heard that the state
committee had an unlimited amount of
| money are coming to headquarters in large
! numbers. They say that the committee has
ignored the country entirely in the present