The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-05
WILDE VERY CLOSE.
The Result in New York Still Much
in Doubt.
THE BETTING FAVORS LOW
WagerS Were Laid al 10 TO I With
Odds on Him.
CROKER CONTINUES CONFIDENT.
lie Claims That Kings County Will Go
~ ~ Democratic.
1Atii %
COuNllSIao,Iso, rNDENT VOTERS.
CROKER CONTINUES CONFIDENT.
lie Claims That Kings County Will Go
!, ~ Democratic.
Both the Democrats and the Fusionists
Base Claims for Maiorites on
That Element.

New York, November AT midnight
six hours before the opening of the polls
both sides in the municipal contest were
claiming the victory. The most strenuous
talk came from the fusion leaders, who
were more in evidence at their headquarters
than were the democrats at theirs, the lat
ter, 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 headquar.
tiers placed the democratic candidates ma
jority at 10000
During the late afternoon Seth Low. the
fusion candidate, said: IL think things
could not look more rosy
He added: This has been msst inter
estlrg campaign. The Fight IS now over,
and no matter who is elected / am sure
the city will profit by the agitation Of the
questions which have been the main issues
Of the campaign"
Robert c. Morris chairman OF the re
publican campaign committee. stuck to his
estimate Of 10000 for Mr.. Low
Edward NJ. Shepard said this evening
that he had no particular statement to
make.
If the betting on the result is any in
dlcation as to what the count OF ballots
will show the fusion candidates seem TO
have the better Of 1t by n shade. Late to
night wRgers were laid at 10 to I on Low
aud 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 elected with the possible
exception of Robert A. Van Wyck for jus
tice of the supreme court, who has had
to bear the brunt OF the attack, and Henry
w. UnEer, for district attorney. Possibly
on account Of the whir wind campaign he
has made, William Travers Jerome, fusion
candidate for this ofhcc, was getting the
/ benefit Of predictions that he would run
[ ahead of his ticket, but the betting odds
1 favored Mr.. Tnger.
Richard Croker and John r. Carroll late
! tonight were positive of the election Of
! the entire democratic city and county
| tickets. Mr.. Croker also claimed that
! Kings county would 20 democratic, while
! Kcmpncr talked of 10000 ana 5000, re
I spcctyely, for the fusion candidates hi
( That county These estimates on the
lures In the fusion campaign The big
gost estimates, made by the fuSiOnlsts are
/ hused on 25.0OO majority for the fusion
! ticket iu BROOKLYN. None Of the fusion
/ leaders agree on the majority that the
I ticket viii have In Manhattan and the
Bronx,
At the Democratic club tonight, Brooklyn
was claimed for Shepard aud the demo
cratic ticket bv 1900 majority; Queens
county was claimcd by 100 majority
. Richmond by 1000, making the total ma
jority claimed by the democrats at the
/ Democratic club at 40, 1873.
Notwithstanding the claims Of the demo
Gratis and those Of the fusonists, the cleo
tlnn will likely be very close one. Both
sides are counting on the Independent vot
ers.
Superintendent of Elections McCulagt
addressed another letter today TO Police
Commissioner Murphy, In which ne furnish
he claim frauds would be attempted. Mr.
McCullagh told Colonel Murphy that wheI
the state deputies made arrests tomorrow
the persons arrested would be turned Owe
TO the policemen at the polls and ColOne
Murray was requested in the letter to Is
sue orders 10 the police to ~ once taxi
such' prisoners TO the nearest magistrate
There was n fear tonight that before cleo
tion day was over there would be frequen
clashes between the State deputies and tn
Following the tme-honored custom. tn
district leaders Of Tammany gathered a
! Tammany nall today and received tn
money for the payment Of poll watcher
and other expenses incident to the cleo
| tioD II was stated on good authority tina
between 100000 and $4,000 were sc
aside for the purpose and that about $500
OGO of this money was disbursed durln
the day II was said about $25OOoO wa
sent to Brooklyn to help the Organization
there