The age-herald., 1901-11-05
Democrats Claim City by 4O,- 900 Majority, Republicans
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TAMMANY SPENDS $8OO,OOO
District Leaders Gathered at Tam many Hall Yesterday and Received Payment for Election Expenses.
 Richard croker Confident.

New York, November 4.-At midnight tonight-six hours before the opening of the polls both sides in the municipal contest were claiming the victory, the most strenuous talk being from the fu- sion leaders, who were more in evidence at their headquarters than were the Democrats at theirs. the latter, after the distribution of campaign funds in the af- ternoon having hurried to their several election precincts to give their last orders to their followers.
 John A. Mason of the Shepard head quarters placed the Democratic candi- dates majority at 4o00o.
 During the late afternoon Seth Low, Inc fusion candidate, said:
 q think things could not look more rosy" and added:
 This has been most interesting campaign. The fight is now over. and no matter who is elected, l am sure the city will profit by the agitations of the ques- tions which have been the main issues of the campaign"
 Republican Claims.
 Robert c. Morris, chairman of the Re- publican campaign committee, stuck to his estimate of 10000 for Mir. Low.
 Edward M Shepard said this evening that ne had no particular statement to make.
 If the betting on the result is any in- dication as to what the count of ballots will show the fusion candidates seem to have the better of 1t by a shade. Late tonight wagers were laid at 10 to on Low and the rest of the city ticket. There is not the same confidence on the fusion side as to the county ticket and predic- tions are made that all the candidates on the Democratic county ticket in New York county will be elected with the pos sible exception of Robert A. vanWyck for justice of the Supreme Court, who has had to bear the brunt of the attack and Henry w. Unger for district attorney. Possibly on account of the whirlwind campaign he has made, Wm. Travers Jerome, fusion candidate for this office, was getting the benefit of predictions that he would run ahead of his ticket. but the betting odds favored MT. Unger.
 Richard croker Confident.
 Richard Croker and John F. Carroll late tonight were positive of the election of the entire Democratic city and county tickets. MT. Croker also claimed that Kings county would go Democratic. while Lieutenant Governor Woodruff and Otto Kemper talked of 10000 and 25000 re- spectiveIy for the fusion candidates in that county. These estimates on the Brooklyn vote were the one discouraging feature in the fusion mp. The biggest estimates made by the fusionists are based on a 25 50O0 majority for the fusion ticket in Brooklyn.
 None of the fusion leaders agreed on the majority that the city ticket will have in Manhattan and the Bronx.
 At the Democratic Club tonight Brooklyn was claimed for Shepard and the Demo- cratic ticket by 3O,00O majority; Queens County was claimed by 1500 majority; Richmond by 1000 making the total ma jority claimed by the Democrats at the Democratic Club at 49733.
 Notwithstanding the claims of the Dem ocrats and those of the fusionists, the election will likely be a very close one. Both sides are counting on the inde- pendent voters.
 MccuIIagh Charges Fraud.
 Superintendent of Elections McCulla th addressed another letter today to Police Commissioner Murphy, in which he fur nished a long list of election precincts, in which he claimed frauds would be att tempted MT. McCullagh told Colonel Mur- phy that when the state deputies made arrests tomorrow the persons arrested would be turned over to the policemen at the polls. and Colonel Murphy was re- Quested in the letter to issue orders to the police to at once take such prisoners to the nearest magistrate. There was a feeling of fear tonight that before elec- ton day was over there would be fre- quent 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 expenses in. cident to the election.
 It was stated on good authority that between $700.000 and 1000 was set aside for the purpose and about $500, 900 of this money was disbursed during the day Il was said about s25o. 900 was paid to Brook. Iyn to help the organization there.
 The sharpest contest of all the bitterly contested campaign is between Justice William Travers Jerome. fusionist, ant Henry Munger, Democrat for the i'm portant office of district attorney of New York county. Each side claims success for Its man with equal positiveness.
 The weather indications are favorable