Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-11-04
LOW BY 10000
Is Claim of the Fusionists in
New York City.
Ohio Seems Safely Republican, but
Democrats Claim Gains.
Little Interest in Kentucky. Registration in
Nebraska Shows Decrease.

New York. Nov. 2.-William Leary.
who has been in politics over % years
who nominated Theodore Roosevelt in
the 2iSt Assembly District the first timr
Roosevelt ran for the Assembly, and
who was prominent in the management
Of the fusion campaign. sums up the
situation as follows:
In 1885, the total vote was 526, $50. of
which Low and Tracy received 253, 403
Nan Myck $685.. Prohibition. Social
lists ana others 81. 456. The combined
Low and Tracy percentages was iS.os
per cent. Van Wyck 44.1 per cent.
ana Prohibition. Socialist and Others
80 per cent.
The Low and Tracy vote over Van
Wyck was 1906. This year il is es-
timated that the total vote will be
81. 600
The following would be the vote
based on the percentages of 1897:
Low. 4s.C9 perc ent.. 216.51S. Shep-
ard. i4.il per cent, 30. 3i1 Prohibition
and others. 80 per cent. 43125. To
tai. $1,000. LOW over Shepard. 211Gl.
TO the Low Vote should be added the
! Greater New York Democracy vote in
. Manhattan and the Bronx. the Brook
iYn Democracy vote and the German
vote that was cast for Van Wyck in
, 1891. conservative estimate OF these
| would be 10000. This would make.
Low. 3l.a1 per cent. 295.5iS Shepard
1923 per cent, 23:,.33.,.. Prohibition and
others. -" per cent. i3.1"5 Total.
7''.0o'- Low over shepard. 6i.1Gl.
When ii is realized that the condition
IN this CITY are far worse than the,-
We're when Strong was elected over
Grant in 1894 ana that the moral sens.
OF the community mas been aroused ana
shocked rs never before, il is not vio-
lent to assume that the fusion ticket
will get larger percentage of the to-
tai vote this year than the Low Tracy
percentage Of 1897. All the Indication .
point TO the fact that the people are
not only ready but anxious to admin
lister such n rebuke to Croakerism and
Deveryism as will not be forgotten for.
many years to come.
New York. Nov. 3.-Thc feature Of
u,
the active part taken in it BY the pas
tors OF the churches. Thirty-one pas
tors. clerg! men and two leaders of in
dependent church societies advertised
themselves To speak on the issues of
the election and all these clergymen
took for their subjects the alleged NAL
administration Of the present city off
GERS. Rabbi Schulman, the one Jewish
priest whose sermon was reported
urged on his hearers the support of the
Fusion ticket because of the revelations
concerning vice in the tenement dis
triCts.
All the Protestant pastors with two
exceptions, talked for the Fusion
ticket. asserting that vice and unsani-
tary conditions existed here and
change was needed. The exceptions
We're DR.. David G.. Wylie Of the Scotch
Presbyterian church. and the Rev. DR..
Won De Water of st. Andrews Epis-
con2l church. who advised their con
grega lions to examine the two tickets
closely and vote for the best men on
them.
Henry Frank of the Metropolitan In
dependent church. advised his hearers
to vote against bosses whether they
came from this city or Tioga county"
The Rev. Father J. Ducey of ST. Leo's
Roman Catholic church was alone in
those reported who spoke on the cleo
ton for the Shepard side
one Of the features Of the Fusion
has been the work Of the wo-
mems campaign committee. \ report
issued. today, says this committee had
several hundred thousand
copies in English and German. of a
pamphlet purporting to be an expose of
vice in the city. The Democrats also
had a wonen's campaign committee
actively Ut work during the canvass.
but no report of its labOrs has as yet
appeared.
While the fusion campaign practical
" closed. last night. a few more meet
ngs have been scheduled for Monday
md Monday night. Senator Depew is
Town for a speech during the day
Both candidates dropped campaign
work. today, Mr.. Low attending service
1t st. George Episcopal church. of
which he is a vestryman, and Mr.
Shepard is thought to have remained
quietly at home. The Democratic
vas carried on with yigor
origh,, The party leaders having en-
aged five theatres and from the stages
II these The orators cheerod their SUD
'orters with predictions of victory.
Thcst Democrats intend to carry
work up to the last moment and. today.
iav" not changed their forecast. which
5 that Mr.. Shepard will receive a ma
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