The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-05
Notwithstanding Any Claims Election
VIII Probably be Close.
MUCH DOUBT AS TO MARYLAND
sew Election Law Disfranchising llliterats
Nagro Voters Has Both Sides Guess>
ing-There Will Be Much Chai-
langing in Kentucky = Little
Interest in his
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NEW YORK, Nov. AT midnight to-
night-six hours oesore the opening OF the
-polls-both sides in the municipal contest
were claiming the victory. The most
strenuous talk came from the Fusion lead
ers, who were more in evidence at their
headquarters than were the Democrats at
theirs-the latter after the distribution Of
campaign funds in the afternoon having
hurried to their several election precincts
to give their last orders to their followers.
John a. Mason, of the Shepard head
quarters, said he felt confident of the
result, and placed the Democratic candi-
dates majority at 10000.
LOOK ROSY.
F During the late afternoon Seth Low,
the Fusion candidate, at his own head
quarters, said: II think things could not
loGl. more rosy" And added: This has
been most interesting campaign. The
fight is now over. and no matter who is
elected. am sure that the city will profit
by the agitation of the questions which
have been the main issues of the cam
paign.
Robert c. Morris, chairman of the Re-
publican Campaign Committee. stuck to
his estimate of 10000 for Mr.. Low. Ed
ward NJ. Shepard said this evening that
he had no particular statement to make
and nothing to say of the campaign be-
yond what he had already said and no is
sues to discuss any further than he had
already discussed them.
If the betting on the result is any ind.-
ca ton as to what the count of ballotS will
show, the Fusion candidates seem to have
the better of it by shade. Late to-
night wasers were laid at 10 to : OH Low
and the rest of the city ticket.
IN THE COUNTY.
There is not the same confidence on the
Fusion side as to the county ticket, ard
predictions are made that all the cand-
dates on the Democratic county ticket i'll
New York county will be elected with
the possible exception Of Robert A. Van
.Wych. for Justice of the Supreme Court.
who has had to bear the brunt of the
attack and Henry w. Unger, for dis
trict attorney.f
Possibly on account of the wtiirlwinl
campaign he has made, William Irav@rs
Jerome. Fusion candidate for thi; cflice.
was getting tho benefit of pr, I:ctipns that
he would run ahead of his ii: set, bt:t the
betting odds favored Mr.. Unger.
CROKER. COCk-S;JRl;.
RichardCroker and. John Carroll late
tonight were positive ct tie election OF
the entire Democratic ct t. aud county
tickets. Mr.. Croker also clalmcI shat
Kings county would go Democrats. while
LiutenahI-GCvernor WooIrUfs ana Otto
kemper TAXED Of 10000 and $1,000 respec-
lively for the Fusion candidates i'll that
county. These estimates on the Brooklyn
vote were the one discoura g!ng feat
in the Fusion campaign. The biggest es-
Inmates made by the 4,'usionists are based
on a, ., coo majority for the Fusion ticket
in Brooklyn. None Of the Fusto Ieau-
ers agree on the rlajority that the. city
ticket will have in Manhattan ara the
Bronx.
At the Democratic Club tonight Brook
lyn was claimed for Shepard and the
Democratic ticket by 10000 majority.
Queens county was claimed by $1,000
majority and Richmond bys1O, 600. making
the total majority claimed by the Dem
ocrats at the Democratic Club $500.
WILL LIKELY BE CLOSE.
notwithstanding the claims of the
Fusionists the election will likely be a
very close one. Both SIDES are counting
on independent voters.
Superintendent of Elections McCul-
lagh addressed another letter to Police
Commissioner Murphy.in which he fur
nished a long list Of election precincts in
which he claimed frauds would be at.
tempted. Mr.. McCullagh told Colonel
Murphy that when the State deputies
made arrests tomorrow these persons ar
rested would be turned over to the police
men at the polls, and Colonel Murphy was.
requested in the letter. to issue orders to
the police to at once axe such prisoners
to the nearest magistrate. There was a.
feeling of fear tonight that before, cleo
tion day was over there would be frequent
clashes between the State deputies and
the police.
BIG FUND DISTRIBUTED
@ Following a time-honored custom the
district leaders of Tammanys gathered at
sTamnany Hall to-day and received the
money for the payment OF poll watchers
and to meet the other expenses incIden-
tai TO the election tomorrow It was
stated on good authority that between
100000 ard ssGo, COO, was set aside for tha