Evening star., 1898-11-07
IN A POLITICAL MIST
Situation in New York Has Not
Cleared Materially.
MUCH DEPENDS ON CROKERISM
Question is Whether His Methods
Will Win Out.
VIEWS OF POLITICIANS s
Special from Staff Correspondent.

| Special from Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, November THE result of
the election tomorrow turns upon Croker's s
methods, which must be practiced in New
York politics in order to win Tammany
,, has been extending the broadest license to
all classes of people. Liberty in religion,
or liberty in vice. it is all the same to
croker DO as you please, and d-n the
fellow who interferes," is his motto, an
ne expects to get tremendous vote of ap-
proval. He expects all those people who
please to do things that are in ordinary
communities open to objection to vote for
Tammany, because Tammany doesn't OH
Ject. If his theory that vast majority of
people want license to do objectionable
Things, Tammany will carry Greater New
York by a large majority and will got q
bigger vote In the cities up state than
usual The vote here will come very near
being test of his theory that thu neonle
III thls community want to be relieved of all
moral restraint - ~
Ihe state outside of Greater New York
mas been pretty thoroughly canvass ad Tho
majority claimed for Roosevelt IN state nv
tne republican committee is not so great
that 1t might not be overcome if Croker.c
lheofy works out in Greater New York
N4AEi eesiiN e'SstS put Ine ngureS lower than
eio9e VI the committee, and the democratic
nSures far up the state are so low that If
'hey were known to be accurate there
would be no doubt about RooseyeIt's de-
feat. "
me democratic Statement
In the official democratic statement
fooseveits majority down to the Bronx is
put at 10000 1t is a fact. however that
lfie democratic canvass, according to dis.
tIICl reports. makes Roocav.oI,.c
up to the Bronx less than 5oooo ,rhey
probably added to it in the sta ternan+ to oro
vent this claim from appearing utterly in
credible ''ei'S iii-
me republican claim of 99,375 is in ex-
cess OF what a strict canvass aIone, tbeir
own lines warrants If Roosevelt bss tba+
ihucn majority to the Bronx-as he NAV
II WIZ surprise the republicans who make
.he claim as much as it will anybody Their
I!horfhaton warrants a claim of about
$4,000. and if some of their renorts aro ~ ~
c1taiteu lower figure still is indicated II
Is hardly safe for the democrats to count
Ih less lhan 10000 to be overcome AT +be
Bronx This is not taking into account tbe
possibility of landslide which is nn. 81
uieated by reports on either side These
neufes would make Greater New YorL tbo
~ ,lshang ground, and the fight Roosevelt
Is making for votes here indicates .,,et
he feels it to be such 'ii''
ne night in New York on the democratic
sue is IN Croker's hands. The state com
f ni.iee .ts Knows nothing about it, No member
OF the committee can give you a figure nr, r.
III is Crokers fight, and he is makino ~ -, -,
MS own peculiar way. He has nrohahi,
won the support of the fakir. VINO is pi,ran
unusual t; prlVlleges: of the people of Dues
tioiiapie aVocations, who are not unneces-
sarliy interfered with: of dealers who want
the use of the sidewalks for the disnlay ar
storage OF their goods, and in fact, of ali
.nose VINO want little more privilege thar
1t is usually thought the welfare of n go,
mumty warrants their having
Means Many Thousand Votes.
This means many thousand votes Hut
how far those people who do moi want sr,b
privileges for themselves will resent their
oeinS given to others at the "expense of
the good order of the community is 7
lhing very difficult to discover in advance
OF the vote. On the surface the people who
nave been preaching good government ana
VINO We're active in support of Strong for
mayor appear apathetic. If there really is
as much apathy on their part as appears
croker is likely to prove his theory by gel
ting a tremendous majority for The wide
open The only Indication to the contrary
Is that a republican in New York city who
is going to vote the democratic ticket is not
to be found, while there are MANY demo-
Gratis who declare their intention to vote
TOR Roosevelt. These Roosevelt democrats
are, however, without any head or organ
iZation belong to no particular class and
are acting individually.
III there had been any guiding force to
assemble into an organized body the dem
ocrats who are disguised with Croker it
would surely have resulted in a movement
that would greatly reduce Tanmany's pos
slble majority in Greater New York. How
effective VIII be diSorganiZed individual
protest is uncertain. Unless this individ-
ual desertion of the party is very general
1t will be offset by the fact that the gold
democrats, the most influential. as well as
those of the rank and file are going 10
vote for Van Wyck. The support of this
ciass ls SO marked to suggest the idea
OF an understanding between them ana
croker that the power placed in the hands
OF the New York democracy if so placed
Will be used to antagonze the silver senti-
ment OF the national democracy Yet this
suggestion does not appear to be alienatin:;
TO any appreciable extent the silver demo
Gratis.
Alignment of the Voters.
The good government" people don't seem
to care-are in the dumps with the repubIi-
cans; the sound money democrats are with
their party The bar association and indie
pendent individuals who are going to trv
thelr hand without organization are the
only allies of the republicans against
Croker, and Roosevelt's personality must
90 the rest, if it is to be done. That
Roosevelt's personality counts for son,e
thing was shown by his dash through the
Bowery Saturday night. The Bowerv has
never been an attractive place for a re-
pupilcan candidate for governor. The in
habltants are not such as want city ordi-
nances strictly enforced. 1t is a wide-open
place. Yet 1 doubt if Roosevelt has had
more genuinely enthusiastic reception any-
Wnere than he received there. He was
eheerea IN as many different languages as
there are spoken at Castle Garden I did
not want to be fooled by partisan newsns-
per accounts, SO I went to see it mvseIf[at
Ine RISK or being crushed and of forever |
forgetting my mother tongue 1t was easy
10 distinguish the merely curious crowd
from the crowds that were really entbu-
sfastie Some great throngs pressed for
ward to get look at Teddy without ut
tering sound others combined the efforts |
OF their many lungs and in many Ian
guages shouted for Roosevelt. Those who
shouted were enough to satisfy the expec-
tations OF most popular hero
A Republican Leaders Views,
Today talked with a well known re- |
publican politician who had just come in |
this morning from a tour of the state. He
has been skumping the state for the repub |
lican ticket, being part of the time with |
Roosevelt himself He said that he hoped /
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