The evening times., 1898-10-15
VAN WYCK'S STEADY GAIN
Croker Predicts for Him a
Majority of 100000 Votes.
ROOSEVELT MEETS A FROST
Expects to Address n Multitude and
Finds a Meager Crowd of Country
People to Greet Him-A Second
disappointment at a New York
Gathering.

dence in the election of Judge Van Wyck
is increasing every hour until now it
seems that only the question of the ma
jority he will have is under concern. This
is variousiy estimated at from twenty-five
thousand to one hundred thousand. Rich
ard Croker, who deservedly ranks
man able TO predict soundly on such mat
ters. asserts with no slight degree of en-
phasis that the Democratic ticket will
win next month by at least 10000. Others
are not disposed to be as liberal in their
estimate, but there are very few Demo-
crat students of signs in the political
heavens who will admit that their
majority will be less than fifty OF sixty
thousand.
The truth is that the disaffection in the
Republican party is surprising. The tide
began TO set against the machine with
the declarations of their standard-bearer
that State issues were to be ignored in
the canvass and all the subsequent evil
dences of disposition to swerve from
that position has not helped them to turn
the current of apathy and Indifference
throughout the state
Why Confidence Is Inspired.
But above all and beyond all the great
favor that has met the few speeches thus
far made by Judge Van Wyck. the high
personal regard felt for him and the
bringing to the front of the very things
that the Republican party desired >" ig
more have produced powerful effect.
The Staats Zeitung. which wields
powerful influence among the German
American element. not only in this city
but throughout the State, where IL has
large circulation. will support the Demo
cratic ticket with great vigor. The ven
erable editor of that journal. Mr.. Oswald
Ottendorfer, arrived here last night on
the Hamburg liner Fuerst Bismarck.
From the very few remarks he was will
ing to make on political matters it is
plain to see that while abroad he has kept
in full touch with affairs at home. To
reporter Mr.. Ottendorfer said:
LAS far as the candidates are concern
ed. | must admit that l do not know
much about Judge Van Wyck nor about
the platform on which he stands, but 4
fully believe, from what l have heard
about his career as a judge, that ne would
make a good governor.
Referring to Col Roosevelt, he remark
ed: Roosevelt is a -springinsfeld' "a big
boy), and, above all, sensation monser-
l do not believe that any German Will
support him, and if / am told that there
are many who will then l say that they
are not real Germans, or rather German
Americans"
1t is easy to see how the wind is blow
ing among this element in the New York
voting population.
Roosevelt Positively Shocked.
Col Roosevelt was hurried out of bed
at an unseemly hour yesterday morning
and raiIroaded off to Troy, where he eN-
pected to make a speech to about 2oOo
people. at county fair. Something went
wrong. however, and instead OF multi
tude only about 5000 were present to
greet him He was greatly chaSrined at
his reception and lost no time In hur-
rying back to this city where he attended
a meeting last night at the Lenox Lyce-
um.
The Republican copdidate's trip to
Troy, ending as it did in humiliation.
has caused snarl in the Republican
camp. Why had he been asked to go?
Gov. Black and his friends, seeing that
they would be under suspicion OF having
| failed in their duty to the Republican
| candidate promptly threw the blame on
! the State committee for having sent Col.
Roosevelt to Troy without notifying
them They pointed out that this was
| not the first time the governor had been
| sighted by headquarters. The governor
| claimed he knew nothing of the colonels
coming until the colonel entered his
| room.
At Republican State headquarters the
explanation was made that representa-
tions were made from Troy that Col
| Roosevelt was wanted at the fair, and
| a tremendous crowd would meet him.
| 1t was admitted that there was an over
sight in not notifying the Rensselaer,
County committee. When the whole thing
is sifted down it appears that John
Knickerbocker, who is interested in the
county fair, deceived the State committee
for the sole purpose of getting Col
Roosevelt to his show for advertising
purposes The incident will not do Col
Roosevelt any good, for the impression
has gone forth that he met a blighting
| frost at widely advertised mass meet
ing, and it will not improve the relations
between headquarters and the Black
forces.
Fiasco Number Two.
When Col Roosevelt returned to the
city he addressed a meeting of colored
voters in LenoX Lyceum. This also was a
failure only $50 persons being present.
Unlike the Troy farce this meeting had
been widely advertised. Croker claims
the colored vote.
The Lenox Lyceum meeting was held
under the auspices of the Republican
county committee, and was intended par
ticularly, according to the posters by
which it was extensively advertised, to
give ''Afro-Americans" an opportunity to
hear and cheer the gubernatorial candi-
date. All the people about, however,
Roosevelt's old neighbors. were invited to
attend by dodgers that We're widely scat
tered through the district.
Col. Roosevelt arrived at the Lyceum at
SIS o'clock The hall had been open for
nearly two hours. When he walked upon
the stage from the rear and glanced out
over the spacious auditorium his counte-
nance took on a look of blank amaze
ment which gave way to an angry frown.
NJ Iaolyoa oS though he had heen struck