The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-04
Political Fight in New York Car
ried to the Churches and Many
Ministers Advise Their Congre-
cations to Support Low
TAMMANY LEADERS -~,-
SURE OF WINNING
They Now Say Their Majority Will
be $4,000 While the Low
Campaign Managers Say Their
Candidate viii Have 10000
Votes to Spare

New York, Nov. 3.-The feature of the
local political campaign today was the
active part taken in it by the pastors
of the churches. Thirty one pastors,
clergymen and two leaders of indepen-
dent church societies advertised them
selvesto speak on the issues of the cleo
ton and all these clergymen took for
their subjects the alleged maladmints-
tration of the present city officers.
Rabbi Schulman the one Jewish
pastor whose sermon is reported, urged
his hearers to the support of the fusion
ticket because of the revelations con-
corning vice in the tenement districts.
All the Protestant pastors, with two
exceptions, talked for the fusion ticket,
asserting that vice and unsanitary con-
ditions exist here and a change was
needed. The exceptions were DR.. David
G. Wylie of the Scotch Presbyterian
Church and Rev. DIR. Vandewater of
st. Andrews Episcopal Church, who adj
Vised their congregations 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"
Rev. Father ]. 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
campaign has been the work of the
women's campaign committee. A re-
port issued today says this committee
had distributed several hundred thou
sand copies, in English and German, of
a pamphlet purporting to be an expose
of vice in the city. Democrats also had
a woman's campaign committee active
ly at work during the canvas but no
report of its labors has as yet ap-
peared.
While the fusion campaign practical
ly closed last night a few more meet
ings have been scheduled for Monday
and Monday night. Senator Depew is
down for a speech during the day.
Both candidates dropped campaign
work today. Mr. Low attending service
at St Georges Episcopal Church, of
which he is a vestryman, and Mr..
Shepard is thought to have remained
quietly at home.
The Democratic campaign was
carried on with vigor tonight,
the party leaders having engaged five
theatres and from the stages of these
the orators cheered their audiences
with predictions of victory. Democrats
intend to carry the work up to the last
moment, and today have not changed
their forecast, which is that Mr.. Shop
ard will receive a majority in the
greater city of about $4,000
Robert c. Morris of the Republican
county committee today repeated his
assertion of Saturday that Mr. Lows
majority will be 10000 in Greater New
York
Supt of Elections McCullagh today
addressed a letter to Police Commits
sioner Murphy informing him that it
had been ascertained that large gang
of repeaters had been organized in
Jersey City to come over to New York
to vote in the Ninth Assembly district
in this city, and he asked Col. Muir
phys assistance in preventing the re-
peaterS from voting.