Evening star., 1901-10-24

were formerly allied with the WIlloughby
street organization and who four years
ago worked and voted for Van Wyck are
this year arrayed against Shepard. Nota-
biy Is this case in the Red Hook district,
which for many years was the Gibraltar of
the Kings county democracy. A republican
scampalgner prior to two years ago never
entered the district. Now the campaigning
for Low in that end of the borough is RED
hot. Michael J. Coffey, formerly state sem
ator, is at the head of the revolt against
the Willoughby street machine, ably as
sisted by the McGarrys, and is vaging a
warfare in behalf of Low that has s.lrrcf
the political history of the county. Thou
sands OF democrats in Red Hook will this
year, 1t is claimed, be weaned away for the
first time from voting the ticket, and these
are the voters that are confidently relied
upon to make Tammany's overthrDw coin
plete and crushing.
In spite of the careful suppression of the
campaign book, and its issue in a form
non-antagonistic to the Croker crowd, il
is also fact that, upon the average demu-
cratic voter in Brooklyn the me elti )n of
Tammany Hall has very much r,e same ef-
feet as the waving of a red flag at "A bali.
The Brooklyn democrats have been cdu-
Gated for many years by the Wlllnueh hby
street organization, which has always been
hostile to the tiger, into believing that
Tammany is the embodiment of all that
was corrupt and loathsome." A case OF
the pot calling the kettle black. Not only
Edward NJ. Shepard, but Boss Mclaughlin
himself has helped to push along This
idea until now it has become m ,-e han d
conviction.
The democratic campaign is spiritless
and without force. Shepard's silence on
DeVery and the police scandal has put the
Kings county democracy on the defensive
Their campaign is one of excuse, apology
and evasion.
Unknown Quantities I'm the Struggle.
While the power of money and corrup-
tion, the unknown quantity in this cam
paign, may work TO the ultimate benefit of
the Tammany candidate, there are signs in
Manhattan as we'll as Brooklyn that Lows
prospects are Frightening. These signs are
apparent in every election district where
strenuous efforts are being put forth to
"save the county and the borough OF
Manhattan. 1t is openly charged that while
there have been no orders to knife SRep-
ard, Croker has driven into his leaders the
one determination to save the county"
When the leading men in Tammany Hall
waver on any part of a ticket they arc
supporting that ticket is usually doomed;
and many of the best-informed and most
skillful politicians in that organization to-
day are beginning to believe that Shepard
Is beaten. At the instance of Tammany
there was created last summer a so-called
democratic city committee. Each borough
is represented in this committee, and James
j. Martin is chairman of it. That commit
tee has not been heard of since Chairman
Martin called the city convention to order
on the night of October 2 Tammany dis
trict leaders have been so disturbed by con-
ditions in their own districts that they
have actually forgotten the existence Of
this city committee and have overlooked
the fact that there is no such thing as a
centrally directed city campaign for the
Croker ticket. Chairman Martin and his
city committee have dropped out of sight
and have no more to do with conducting
the campaign than they had to do with Sc
lecting Squire Croker's candidates. Shep-
ard has been left to arrange his speaking
dates, and, SO far as known at Tammany
Hall, Colonel Ladd, the candidate for
controller and Judge Van Hoesen,- the
nominee for president of the board of alder
men, have not been invited to speak in
Brooklyn, Queens or Richmond Tammany
is talking in the open for Shepard and Sc
cretly working to save its county and bor-
ough tickets A similar condition prevails
in Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond. There |
and the Brooklyn leaders. The latter. like
the squire and his men, are working TO
save their own county and borough tickets
Manhattan Club I'm Revolt.
The Manhattan Club. which has been
famous a democratic stronghold since
the national campaign of 1876, win not sup
port Shepard and the Tammany ticket in
this campaign. The Tammany members
who wanted the club to indorse the ticket
found SO much opposition they did not press
the matter. The failure OF the Manhattan
Club to indorse Croker's candidate is con-
sidered doubly significant and important
in this campaign.
Superintendent McCullagh of the state
elections bureau asserts that Tammany has
made wholesale preparations for "coloniz-
ing voters in this city. and estimates that
the total of this attempted fraudulent vote
may reach 10000. Examination of the req
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