Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-29
WITHOUT AN ISSUE
Tammany's Plea is Simply
for Office.
VOTERS INDIFFERENT
HARD TO TELL HOW ELECTION
WILL GO.
Well Defined Plan of Republicans to
Rebuke President Roosevelt
at the Polls.
VOTERS INDIFFERENT
Special From Il stan Correspondent

Special From STAFF Correspondent.
NEW YORK, October 29-The trouble
with Tammany is that ii has no issue in
this campaign-absolutely nothing be-
yond the bald statement that we need the
Offices" Tammauy has gone into the fight
with no other claim to the patronage OF
the people than this
On the other hand, the fusion campaign
is being conducted upon clear-cut,
straight issue of homes, administration.
Tammany is branded as n common thief
and the people of New York are invoked
10 protect their pockets. over in Brooklyn
they say if you have dollar or daugh-
ter vote against Tammany, because the
invasion of Tammany menaces both.
And vet with THIS clear issue raised the
people of New York seem willing to trust
Tammany again. 1t may be that the fu-
sion campaign orators are playing 100
heavily on that one string. The New ork
man is a cynical kind of fellow and In
clined to have a great deal OF charity TOT
his fellow man., He does not care to much
about the other fellows honesty so long
as his own game is protected. So on the
streets YOU Will hear men laugh when the
fusion orators become virtuously 1ndlg-
nant over Tammany's shortcomings.
Tammany Must Get Republican Votes.
campaign. If Tammany WINS 1t will be
with republican votes. There is no dis
ruising the fact that there is great deal
of dissatisfaction among the republicans
with the national administration. rms
is more than q local campaign. Both dem-
ocrats and republicans are beginning 10
realize that fact.
There will be a great many republican
votes cast for the Tammany ticket DIS "
protest against Mr.. Roosevelt
,rbere Is no question that an effort is be-
ing made by republicans of influence 10
swing this election for Tammany simply 10
slap Mr. Roosevelt in the face nave as
certained that to be the case beyond
shadow of a doubt.
have talked with men in this town who
for years have been local supporters or the
republican ticket and who today are BET
ting their money on Tammany, and are
using their influence in behalf OF ram
many. " ,,
Tho impression among the best posted
politicians of both sides is that the etecl'on
will be close which ever way 1t goes.
They talk now about majority OF
1900 one way ori the other. When II
IS remembered that New York city last
year gave the democratic candida1c los
Governor 100 600 one can form an idea of
the state of public sentiment OF leading
politicians who figure only 10000 majority.
The fusion managers, In talking Win
their intimate friends, express the hohest
belief they are going to win. but they are
not dead sure" and they do not ADVISE
their friends to wager heavily on the out
come.
Doubt About Brooklyn's Vote.
The Brooklyn vote is still the subject OF
speculation Brooklyn always has been
an uncertain quantity. 1t will roll Up one
year a big democratic majority, and abso-
lutely reverse itself the following year. The
BROOKLYN people pride themselves on their
independence. There is a great deal of the
village spirit among them. They are al
ways a little more less jealous OF New
York and are afraid of being over reached
They did not want to come in to the Great
er New York because they did not want TO
extinguish their indiv duality.
1t seems TO be conceded all sides that
Brooklyn will give the fusion ticket ma
jority, but nobody has yet been able to ap-
proxinate the figures or to judge how far
the ajority will be able to overcome the
big Tammany vote in the wicked burg
across the river
Then, again, thero Is Boss McLaug HIN,
who is advising his friends to cut Tam
many. That they are not doing it is GER
tain. The intimation which i gave yester-
day that the republican district captains in
Brooklyn trading with Tammany is
correct There may or may not be cOnnec-
tion between that fact and the fact that
the word has gone out from high repub-
iican quarters that Mr.. Roosevelt is 10 be
rebuked in this election.
Tammany Claims Is, 900 Majority.
Tammanys inside claim today is the
election of Mcclellan by 1900. The lead
ers have little hope of electing Grout or
Fornes. They are privately conceding that
Mcclellan may lose 10000 votes through
the scratching of his associates on the
ticket.
The managers OF the antiTammany cam
paign today express themselves Conti-
dent OF the election of the city ticket. They
have not been alarmed by the Tammany
claims and they insist that the Tammany
leaders cannot buy the election. President
Bruce of the republican county committee
said:
I'VE have the election won II we poll the
vote"
That Is the feeling generally among the
anti-Tammany leaders and campaign man
ayers. Messrs. Bruce and Cutting are IN
daily conference with Police Commissioner
Green, Superintendent of Elections Nor
gan and the board of elections. Thorough
plans have been made to prevent Illegal
voting. The registry lists have been thor
oughly examined. and 1t has been found
that several thousand persons are Illegally
registered. The police. well as the eec-
tion officers, will be on the lookout on cleo
tion day. and from present indications
Illegal voting repeating will be reduced
to minimum. n. o. ii