The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-02
new YORK CLOSE.
Both Sides Claim Victory in
MayOralty Contest.
Neither Has Any Reliable
Figures to Give Out.
DFVERY Is A FACTOR.
He May Poll Enough Votes to
Defeat Mcclellan.
Much Depends on Vote of Big
Cities in Ohio.
Democrats Claim Massachusetts,
and Rhode Island.
DFVERY IS A FACTOR

New York, Nov. 2-The municipal
campaign closed with each side pre-
dieting victory for it's ticket The fu-
sion leaders say that only. by stealing
the election can Tammany win and
that with d full, honest vote Low will
carry every one of the five borOughs.
They give no estimates of pluralities,
however. Murphy predicts a plurality
of 100000 or more for Mcclellan in the
whole city and $4,000 in New York coun-
ty. He also predicts that his ticket
will win in every one of the five bor-
ouRhs.
Mayor Low will be reelected by as
large majority as he received in 1901.
That is my confident opinion" said NJ.
Lynn Bruce. president of the Repub-
lican county committee. when asked
what he thought of the outlook. mo
figures will be given out here, but we
are confident that the fusion ticket will
win by at least as large a majority~as
1t did two years ago."
VIEWS ARE AT VARIANCE.
In political circles various and wide
ly divergent opinions are expressed by
close observers of the political drift
The most widely accepted belief is that
Low will carry Brooklyn and Mcclellan
Manhattan and that there will be prac-
tieally a stand-off in the other three
boroughs, Mcclellan carrying Queens
by small plurality. Low the Bronx
by small majority and Richmond
breaking about even.
Not few of the more cautious obser-
Ners among the fusionists say that there
mas been drift toward Tammany and
Manhattan but they do not believe it
VIII amount to more than 25,OOO at the
most If so, Mcclellan would carry
Manhattan borough by between 5000
and 10000. These same observers think
that MI Low will carry Brooklyn by
between 10000 and 10000. but the wish
is probably father to the thought. as
there is no good reason to believe that
the figures will be anything like these
DENERYr MAY 1NJURE MCCLELLAN
The Tammany estimates of 100 GOO in
lhe great city is based on the returns in
the state election last year Only the
most Implicit believers in Murphy think
that Tammany can probably win by
any such plurality as this in the whole
city or by $4,000 in New York county.
The real Tammany estimate is believed
TO be between 10000 and 40, 600 plurality
for the Mcclellan ticket in the entire
city. They say that Mcclellan will car
6yo ay Manhattan by between 10000 and So
OOO ana the three small boroughs by
small pluralities. Low, they concede.
VIII carry Brooklyn, but they cut down
his probable plurality to 10000.
OSNSlyS dcCOfUlnS TO general eSti-
mates, will get between 5000 and IL. 600
votes. The majority of his vote will be
drawn from Mcclellan and might be
the means of defeating him.
NATIONAL INTEREST
Letters from several Democrats of
national prominence, including Chair
man L. A Rosing of the Minnesota
Democratic committee former Cover
nor and Congressman Benton McMilun
of Tennessee, United States Senator
Patterson of Colorado, Clark Howell.
editor of the Atlanta Constitution: Con-
gresham NJ. J. Wade of Iowa and G.
NJ. Baker of Cincinnati, urging Demo-
Gratis of this city to adhere to partv
allegiance and vote the Democratic CITY
ticket in the election Tuesday, have
been made public at Democratic cam
paign headquarters
The betting on the election in Wall
street practically has closed. although
few wagers were recorded after Thurs
day, when the odds changed from Low
to Mcclellan. The total amount wag-
cred on Low on the curb was 1926. 900.
against 230,055 on Mcclellan. This does
not include many big wagers on the
stock exchange. The total amount bet
In Wall street is estimated at 81 900 900
about evenly divided between Low and
Mcclellan.
THE HERALD'S POLL.
The Herald has completed its poll of
the vote of Greater New York in the
mayoralty contest. By boroughs that
paper casts up the result of it's findings
in pluralities as follows: