New-York tribune., 1901-11-04
THINK VICTORY Is SURE
FUSION CANDIDATES AND LEADERS
CONFIDENT OF TRIUMPH At
THE POLLS

CONFIDENT OF TRIUMPH AT
THE POLLS
SETH LoH-i am sanEufnc of succe.x
| Never have 4 seen such enthusiasm
EDWARD VI GROUT-The ~ict,rx will n.
over'vhelminE- The greatest bull. of vote,
VIII come from the poor people.
CHARLES v. FORNEs-The fus;o,tx,s ,xt.,
elect N majority of seven or eight member,
on the hoard of Aldermen The ticket will
sweep the city by 10 less than ,o.0oO
JUSTICE JEROME-The county tickc, will,
be elected. The peoples Will will be done.
JACOB a. CANTOR-There can be no doubt
ns to the result We will win.
r. FULTON CUT-ING-The fusion ticket will
! run ahead of the Republican ticket of 1900.
Low and jerome will be elected.
SENATOR PLATT-I I'm certain of fusion
victory.
ROBERT C. MORRIs-Mr. Lows majority
will be not less than 10000.
JOHN c. sHEEHAN-It looks like a land
slide. As n conservative estimate Mr..
Lows majority viii exceed 43ooo. The
county ticket $
CHARLES sTECkLER-Low's election q.
practically certainty. The fight the
. county ticket will be close.
nights sleep and a day of rest left the
fusion candidates yesterday just as confident Of
success Tomorrow as on preceding days amid
the din and applause of the campaign There
was feeling of victory in the air wherever
two three of the fusion leaders were gath
cred together.
It's going to be a landslide said John C.
Sheehan at the headquarters of the Greater
Ney Ynr Der erda afra
We've gct them on the run ecfroed one OF
the crowd around him. And then hearty
laugh went round.
At the headquarters OF the Citizens Union the
same cheerfuIness was shown by all who came
in to talk with Mr. Cutting and the other lead
ers of the organization. Mr.. Cutting himself
said that victory in sight. and that the
election of the county ticket. which Tammany is
fighting for hardest. in order to keep up the
barriers between the District Attorneys office
and those officials who may be called TO ac-
count should Justice Jerome be elected now
secure for the fusionists
After weeks of almost incessant toll. in
the course of which he had not been home for
single meal. Robert c. Morris sat his desk
at the headquarters of the Republican County
Committee yesterday and told his friends that
he had not the slightest doubt that victory was
inevitable. I've done a lot of worrying" he
rying any more 1t will all come out right
now"
PRACTICALLY CERTAIN OF WINNING.
Those candidates who have made active
canvass were seen by Tribune reporters. and all
expressed themselves practically certain OF
winning ct the polls Tomorrow.
Seth Low rested at his home. Sixty -fourth-st-
and Madison-ave.. yesterday. He would make
predictions TO the result of the election
other than to say that all reports that he had
received were extremely encouraging, and that
he hopeful of victory
II have been engaged in four campaigns he
said and never before have 1 seen such multi
tudes and enthusiasm l deeply gratiied by
the treatment accorded to me both by the press
and the public. The campaign has been singu-
IarIy free from mud singing. though Tammany
has, occasions, resorted to lying 1 rejoice
that the issues of the campaign are about to be
passed upon by the entire citizenship OF this
city. / have always believed in universal man
hood suffrage the greatest force ever set at
work in society for the education and uplifting
of the masses of men,
Jacob A. Cantor candidate for President Of
the Borough of Manhattan. said:
There is no doubt in my mind that the fusion
ticket will win in city and county and borough
There is every evidence of landslide. I have
to this conclusion not only from the
wonderful enthusiasm which has attended the
meetings. but from reports that coming in
from all quarters. There are thousands of men
who are wearing Tammany buttons who
going to vote throw out Croker and his gang.
They are afraid to express their conviction
openly because of the persecution with which
they would be afflicted and the financial loss
that they would suffer. Jerome has touched
the hearts OF the poor on the East Side, who
have been too often forgotten In former fights
for civic independence and purity The big
silent vote will be for Low, and
knows that better than the Boss of Tammany
Hail.
Charles V. Fornes, fusion candidate for Pres
ident of the Board of Aldermen. was resting yes
terday and paying no attention to politics II
feel assured" he said that Seth Low will be
elected by not less than $4,000 majority. and
that we Will have a majority in the Board OF
Aldermen Of seven eight. The county ticket
ui1 win by from 5000 to 10000. and I think
that Justice Jerome will run ahead of his asso-
.ta,e. not owing entirely to his energetic work
n the campaign, but because his opponent, Mr..
finger is an extremely weak candidate"
Edward NJ Grout. fusion candidate for Con-
roller safd II absolutely confident Of the
complete success of the entire fusion ticket In
nv opinion the greater part of the newspaper
Pueblo only two nights from New-York by the
Sew-York Central Inquire OF dcket aSents. Us or