New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-03
FAVORABLE 10 FUSION.
BROOKLYN TO S4TE DAY.
That Is the Conviction of Supporters
Of lUQyor L01r.


The prediction work Of the Mayoralty cam
paign of 1908 was wound up last night with
perorations from cart-tails. red fire around the
lower east and west sides and betting galore at
the Hoffman House. Judged by the latter, Nc
Clellans friends will begin the battle of the
ballots to-day with slight advantage. This is
more fancied than real, however. All day long
yesterday the tide ran favorably to the fusion
lists.
The undefnabe atmosphere which in some
manner creeps out of the political nowhere into
the minds of the political wayfarers. indicating
the waxing or the waning of fortunes of war;
was present yesterday. 1t enthused the Low
men and enveloped the Tammanyites with q
haze of encouragement. Not even the dis
tribution Of money at Tammany Hall dispelled
this growing wave of enthusiasm for the fusion
standard bearers.
All eyes will be turned toward Brooklyn to-
day By the lavish use of money obtained
from corporations which hope to buy what the
law does not allow, and the practical certain
" that several thousand illegal votes will be
got into the ballot boxes Manhattan Island
to-day, the Tammany men last night claimed
that New York County would give all the way
from 10000 to G0O00 for Mcclellan. The fusion
manages DO not copcede that Mcclellan wifi
get TO exceed 20oeo. Conceding che county by
from 10000 TO 10000, as some of the more lib
eral estimators do. Brooklyn is expected to over
whelm this margin with one twice 10000.
The latest news from The Bronx is that the
borough will go close. The natural Democratic
margin there is about 1900 This has been
wiped out by theenergetic fusionists, who
have bucked the line of Haffen tigers effectively
The spectacle of Tammany preventing the pas
sage of a resolution giving the Port Chester
Railway chance to improve the transit facili-
the Harlem has been enough to turn Demo
Gratis away from Hafen. II looked last night
as If Coroner Berry would run even up" with
Haffen and that Low would carry the borough
the same as before.
The news from Queens last night that the
normal Democratic margin had been nearly, if
not quite, wiped out and that Clonin would give
Cassidy. the Tammany candidate for Borough
President hard tussle for first honors.
In Richmond Borough President Cromwelrs
reelection is looked for by an increased plural
ity. Mr.. Cromwell has carried the borough
twice. In the last two years he has done an
extraordinary amount of practical work that
has increased his prestige He told Mayor
Lows friends last night that the borough would
give about 1900 plurality for fusion.
With The Bronx, Queens and Richmond about
evenly balanced. the struggle narrows down to
the pluralities in Manhattan and Brooklyn. On
the one side Tammany is rallying through the
lavish use of money, all the worst elements that
gave the Van Wyck administration bad name
On the other the fusionists. aided by the Demo-
cratic veteran. Hugh Mclaughlin, confident
of convincing a large majority of the voters
that it will be well TO keep the Tiger "at home"
III the Wgwam.
The layers of odds gave Mcclellan the best OF
II, because they were not using their
money. The Mcclellan coin came principally
from the strong box at Tammany Hall. Its Gus
todians had orders to place it and hammer the
Low men back
The odds offered did not represent the true
opinion Of men who had knowledge OF the un-
rnistakable drift OF sentiment. II is Tam
many notion. however that it will not do to
allow the Low men TO work the odds up to q
stand off" That would be a sign of weakness
So long as the money that used on wagers
last night came easy it was. in Murphv's
Judgment a good plan 80 throw il around in
the hope of discouraging the Low men.
With good weather to-day the fusion leaders
are confident that they will get out their vote
The admonition of the morning is: Vote before
breakfast il you Vote before starting
down town. Vote before you go to the golf
links. Make ii the first business Of the morning
~ the fusion ticket