The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-08

Colonel A II. Goetting, chairman of
the republican state committee said
tonight:
I'VE h be satisfied IL Governor
Crane receives a plurality Of SOL 900. |
The difficulty will be in getting b vote
out.
IN KENTUCKY.
Louisville. KY, November lit ap- |
pears tonight that the special feature OF
the election in Louisville tomorrow
when a mayor and full city and county
and legislative ticket will be voted for,
will be the attempt Of the republicans
Il challenge democratic voters whom
they suspect OF being illegally register
ed. Tbs managers Will have men at the
polls in each precinct with a list Of
names Of persons whom the republicans
allege are illegally registered. They
declare they will challenge the vote or
any person on the list who offers To
vote. The republican manafierS sent
circular letters through the mails to the
persons in question and claim a large
number were returned by the letter car
riers with the endorsement that the per-
son to whom the letter was addressed
was not to be found at the address
given; and as this address was the adj
dress from which the person in question
had registered, the republicans regard
the non-deliyery of h letters as pre-
sumption of illegal registration. They
threaten that il UGH persons offer to
vote they will be arrested. The demo-
Gratis deny all charges Of illegal regis
tration and charge the republicans with
attempted intimidation. They deny
that any of the voters on the republican
managers lists can be arrested for Of
fering to vote and say any challenged
voter can by affidavit establish his right
to vote.
The weather promises to be clear and
cool.
Chairman c.. c. McChord, of the dem
ocratic state campaign committee, to-
| night gave out the statement in which
he claims the democrats will have q
or % out of the 80 members Of the SEN
ate in the next general assembly and
from 81 to So of the 100 members of the
lower house. This general assembly
will elect a United States senator to
succeed William ]. Deboe.
NEW YORK.
New York, November AT midnight
tonight-six our before the opening
of the polls, both sides in the municipal
contest are claiming the vicotry. The
most strenuous talk came from the
fusion leaders,, who were more in evil
dence 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 headquarters,
said he felt confident of the result and
placed the democratic candidates ma
jority at 10000.
During the later afternoon Seth Low,
the fusion candidate, at his headquar-
ers said: II think things ould not look
more 1osy," and added: ''This has been
a most interesting campaign. The fight
is now over and no matter who is elect
ed, I am sure that the city will profit by
the agitation of the questions which
have been the main issues of the cam
paign.
publican campaign committee stuck to
his estimate of 70, 900 for Mr.. Low.
If the betting result is any indication
as to the count the ballots will show,
the fusion candidates seem to have the
better of it by a shade. Late tonight
wagers were laid at 10 to Z 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 predictions are made that all the
candidates on the democratic county
ticket in New York county will be elect
ed, with the possible exception of Rob-
ert A. VanWyck for justice Of the SUI
preme court who has had to bear the
run of the attack, and Henry w.
Unger for district attorney.
Richard Croker and John f. Carroll
late tonight were positive of the election
of the entire democratic city and coun-
ty tickets. Mr.. Croker also claimed
that Kings county would go democratic,
while Lieutenant Governor Woodruff
and Otto Kempner talked Of 10000 and
5000 respectively for the fusion candi-
dates in this county. The estimates in
the Brooklyn vote were the one dis
couraging feature in the fusion camp.
The biggest estimate made by the flu
sionists are based on a $1,000 majority
for the fusion ticket in Brooklyn. None
of the fusion leaders agree on the ma
jority that the city tick will nave in
Manhattan and the BronX
At the democratic club tonight Brook
Ign was claimed for Shepard and the
democratic ticket by 5000 majority;
Queens county was claimed by 1 500 ma
jority; Richmond by 1000, making the
total majority claimed by the democrats
at the democratic club of 49, 1888.
Notwithstanding the claims of the
democrats and those of the fuSioniStS
the election will likely be a very close
one. Both sides are counting on the in
dependent voters.
superintendent of Elections McCul-
laugh addressed another letter today to
Police Commissioner Murphy in which
he furnished a long list of election pre-
cincts in which he claimed frauds would
be attempted. Mr.. Mccullough told
Colonel Murphy that when the state
deputies made arrests tomorrow the
persons arrested would be turned over
to the policeman at the polls and Col
onel Murphy was requested to issue or
ders to the police to at once take such
prisoners to the nearest magistrate.
There was a feeling of fear tonight
that before election day was over there
would be frequent clashes between the
| state deputies and the police.