The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-05
THE RESULT IS IN DOUBT
Tammany and Reformers
 Counting Independents.
The Betting is in Favor of the Fusion Candidates, 10 to 2 Being Off,
 fered on Low and His
 Ticket.

New York, Nov. 4.-At midnight tonight six hours before the opening or the nolIs-both sides in the municipal contest were claiming the victory. The most strenuous talk came from the fusion leaders, who were more in evidence al their headquarters than were the Demo- crats at theirs-the latter, after the ois- tribution of campaign funds in the sIter- noon, having hurried to their several ieelction precincts to give their last orders to their followers.
 John A. Mason of the Shepard head quarters, placed the Democratic candi- dates majority at 40ooo.
 During the late afternoon Seth Low, the fusion candidate, said:
 "I think things could not look more rosy" and added: This has been most interesting campangn. The fight is now over and no matter who is elected am sure the city will profit by the agitauons of the questions which have been the main issues of the campaign"
 Robert c. Morris. chairman of the Re- publican Campaign Committee stuck to his estimate of 7O,ooe for MT. Lows
 Edward M. Shepard said this evening that he had no particular statement to make.
 cation as to what the count of ballots VIII show, the fusion candidates seem 10 nave the better of 1t by shade. Late to- night waRers were laid at 10 to on Low and the rest of the city ticket. There IS not the same confidence on the rusion side as to the county ticket ana preoic- ttons are made that all the candidates on tba Democratic county ticket in New York County will be elected with the pos sihle exception of Robert A. VanWyck for Justice of the Supreme Court, wno has had to bear the brunt of the attack and Henry ". Unger. for District 'At- torney. Possibly. on account or the wnlrl- wind campaign he has made, Wilhsm Trayers Jerome, fusion candidate, Tor this office was getting the benefit of pre- dictions that he would run ahead of his ticket. but the betting odds favored Mir. Unger.
 Richard Croker and John F. Carroll late tonight were positive of the election or the entire Democratic city and county tickets. MT. Croker also claimed that Kings County would go Democratic, while Lieutenant- Governor Woodruff and Otto Kempner talked of 10000 and 25oOO for the fusion candidates in that county. These estimates on the Brooklyn vote were the one discouraging feature Tn the fusion camp. The biggest estimates made hv the fusionists are based on zb,OOO majority for the fusion ticket in Brook ivn, None of the fusion leaders agree on inc majority the fusion ticket will have in Manhattan and the Bronx.
 At the Democratic club tonight Brook Ivn was claimed for Shepard and the Democratic ticket by 5000 majority; Queens County was claimed by l,50o ma iortty; Richmond by 1000 making the total majority claimed by the Democrats at the Democratic Club at 497SS.
 Notwithstanding the claims of the Denl- ocrats and those of the fustonists, the election will likely be very close one Both sides are counting on the independ- ent voters
 Superintendent of elections McCullagh addressed another letter today to Police Commissioner Murphy, in which he fur nished long list of election precincts In which he claimed frauds would be at" tempted. MT. McCullagh told Colonel Murphy that when the State deputies made arrests tomorrow the persons ar rested would be turned over to the po- licemen at the polls, and Colonel Mur- phy was requested in the letter to issue orders to the police to at once take such prisoners to the nearest magistrate.
 There was feeling of fear tonight that before election day was over there would be frequent clashes between the State deputies and the police.
 Following the time-honored custom. the district leaders of Tammany gathered at Tammany Hall today and received the money for the payment of poll watchers and to meet the other expenses incident to the election tomorrow.
 It was stated on good authority that between $700.Ooo and $500. 600 was set aside for the purpose. and that about $5OO, 900 of this money was disbursed during the day. It was said about $25O,00O was sent to Brooklyn to help the organization there