Evening star., 1900-10-10
IN NEW YORK STATE
Both Parties Now Ready for Big
Fight.
CAMPAIGN Is WARNING UP
Bryan's Proposed Tour of State
Regarded as Mistake.
WILL MAKE M'KINLEY VOTES
WILL MAKE M'KINLEY VOTES
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star

| Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
| NEW YORK, October Q, 1900.
| The campaign is growing hot. A number
| of political authorities will have it that this
| state is to be the battle-ground of the ma
| tional campaign. but that the state will go
| republican seems generally accepted as a
| foregone conclusion. Both camps are walk
| ing up for the big struggle of the next two
| weeks. Chairman Odel of the republican
| state committee and his assistants have
| completed arrangements for two weeks of
the greatest campaigning in the history of
| politics. Gov. Roosevelt and Senator Depew
are to be the chief orators of the final dem
| onstration of the campaign, but many other
| prominent men will take part, and it is eX
| pected that eX-Presdent Harrison will
| make one or more speeches in the state
after Mr.. Bryan has completed his tour.
| Beginning on October 22, Gov Roosevelt
| is to go through the state on one special
| train and Senator Depew will swing around
| the other side of the state on a special
| train at the same time All the large cities
| and towns to hold monster mass meet
! ings. and fully 300 orators will be at work
| every night. EX-Gov. Black is to make
| number of speeches in the chief cities. Rep
| resentatives Payne and Sherman and Lieut..
| Gov. Woodruff are to be at work at the
| same time and the speakers from other
| states who are TO help out in the grand
| rally include Senators Lodge or MaSSdchu-
| setts and Foraker of Ohio. and Representa-
| tive Dazell of Pennsylvania. Every nook
| and corner of the state is to be canvassed
| and the voters aroused by big meetings and
| plenty of good speaking.
| Democrats Losing Hope.
| While the republicans are leaving no
| stone unturned to complete their campaign,
| the recent statement of Frank Campbell,
/ hal nj the Democratic state commit
| tee would seem to indicate that eXtraordi-
| nary effort is unnecessary. This statement
| of Campbell is regarded as a practical ac-
| acknowledgement that the democratic national
| and state tickets are not likely to carry in
| New York, and seems to be also an effort
to throw the responsibility for disastrous
| results Richard Croker. When question:
| ed a bout the outlook Mr.. Campbell said:
| I'VE will carry New York, l think, if the
| democrats of New York city pile up a ma
jority of so,0n for Bryan. Everything up
| the state is all right. We will make gains
| there. From all the interior counties come
reports that gold democrats and republicans
| are going to vote for Bryan and Stanch-
| field, but we may need about So,pp ma
iority in Greater New York Don't you
| think get it?'
| Mr.. Campbell asked the question with a
childlike smile. When his attention was
d called to the fact that in 1896 what Is now
; Greater New York gave Mckinney ma
| jority of more than 10000 he seemed mildly
| surprised ana showed no disposition 10 puf-
| sue the subject further. He made II plan,
! however. that it 'up to- Croker to
produce the $4,000 majority in this city, and
| that if 1t were not produced the chief of
| Tammany Hall would be held responsible
| for the defeat of the democratic national
and state tickets.
Mr. Croker. it is asserted. does not ex-
, pect a majority of more than 10000 for
! Bryan in this city, and some of his shrewd-
est lieutenants do not count on more than
$1,000 or $1,000, so the call for $4,000 ma
jority below the Bronx is not likely to be
met. When Croker was informed about the
! statement of the chairman of the state
, committee he was not pleased.
Il have nothing to say he growled at
| is too early to make canvass or give fig
| ures. Anybody who wants to do figuring
| can do so. | won l..
tCroher Questions Republican Figures.
| Croker was asked what he thought of
| poll made by a morning paper, showing
2o5 electoral votes for Mckinley.
Its wrong-all wrong he answered Il
| won't discuss details, but l know it is all
| wrong. Bryan will be elected
| If he won't talk figures he is not back
| ward about putting up big hustle. begin
| ming with the Bryan meeting on October
| Ii. II is learned today that Tammany has
| hired every available vacant hall from the
| Battery to Harlem for every evening from
October 1G t. election day Hundreds of
| speaker are being drilled and prepared for
these meetings. Great quantities of fire
| WORKS ana req IRE nave Deen con ractGu
! for Two hundred huge searchi!ghts and
| stereopticoas nave been obtained. Every
| big building up town viii be swept by
| searchlghts ana plastered with Tammany
| notices by StereoptcOns. Five hundred
| young orators Will be turned loose to speak
| from plai forms. cart tails and stands
| street corners. District leaders will be
| warned that they must not show the Slight
| est sign OF cessation. No brass bands will
| be paid for by the main organization. ex-
| cept a the big meetings. If there
hFsl frEl~1 f9. a. n .t1Ff fi,ey-
| trict leaders mus: pay for them out of their
| own pockets. Fireworks are also for the
| big meetings alone. There will be no torch
| light parades tered by the main organ
| iZatiOn, but doubtless there will be many
| district leaders who will arrange for pa
| rades of their own.
| While all will be hustle. hurrah and red
| fire IN the city, ii is quietly reported that
| the Bryanite campaigners are at logger
heads again over the arrangements for Mr.
| Bryans tour of the state. The dates for
| this state junket Were fixed by ,ne ma
| tiOnal committee Croker has declined to
| be responsible for any part of the tour ex-
cept the city, Chairman Mcclure has billed
! hippodrome for some forty cities and
| towns, with Golden Rule Jones as one OF
the slar attractions, and now some of the
| upstate leaders are saying that the trim
| will do more harm than good
1t is n Gigantic Bluff.
| Every Bryanite in this section of the
| country understands fully that the visit
| of the candidate to New York late in the
| campaign is part of a huge game of bluff
He is to come here and speak to the big
| gest crowds that can be drummed up, and
| then his managers are to send all through
| the west a story to the effect that New
| York is ablaZe with enthusiasm for Bryan
| This bluff is expected to influence q few
hesitating voters in the west. Thus far
the Bryanite campaigners are agreed on
| the game, but some of them say that the
proposed trip through the state with bands
l al yarya
Jones will be a big mistake. These men
| insist that to make the bluff effective Mr.
| Bryan should speak only in this city to the
| big crowds that Tammany can produce,
| and then jump right back to the west and
tell the voters there how all New York had
promised to vote for him. These thought
full Bryanites say that If the candidate
| goes on a flying trip through the state, and
| the crowds should be small, the enthu-
siasm mild, the entire effect of the bluff
| would be lost. They also argue that If the
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