The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-26
THOUSANDS
OF MEETINGS.
This Is to Be the Greatest Week
in New York
Ever Experienced in Connection
With Local Politics.
BROOKLYN THE CENTER
City of Churches the Battle
ground of the Campaign.
Democrats Will Hold 600 Meet
ingS in This Borough.

New York, Oct 26.-If the plans of
the opposing managers do not mIscarry,
this the closing week of the municipal
campaign in Greater New York, will
outstrip anything of the kind hitherto
seen here.
There will be several thousand meet
ings held in the five borouehs by mid
night of Saturday There will be 600
Democratic meetings in Brooklyn
borough alone.
The fusionists have hired for Saturday
night every hall south of Fourteenth
street and east of Broadway. Several
automobiles will start with fusion spell
binders tomorrow night and continue
going until the polls open. The leading
candidates will do a hard weeks work
Both Low and Mcclellan win devote
much time to Brooklyn, which Is by
common consent regarded as the battle
ground
There seems to be some uncertainty
about District Attorney Jerome con-
tinuing in the campaign. He is said to
be in i'll health and to have cancelled
two or three engagements in Brooklyn
for tonight.
Nearly every minister in the city
brought up the elections during Sunday
discourses.
The Herald and the BROOKLYN Eagle
junction in making polls for election
purposes, have completed their first
poll Of Greater New York following the
registration. For the first time they
differ widely as to what the result will
be on November 3. While the Herald
figures out that Mayor Low will carry
the greater city by about 81 7,140 pIu-
rality, the Eagle gives the election fot.
mayor to Col. George B. Mcclellan by
a plurality of 34.756. The vote, accord
ing to the Herald, will be divided as
follows:
Manhattan and The Bronx-McC1el-
Ian. 161. $40; Low, 159, 1856; Devery, 14212
McClellan's plurality. 2,004
Brooklyn-Low, 123,057; Mcclellan s5,-
sos; Devery. s17. Low plurality, 37.54s
Queens-McClellan, 1913; Low, 4.276
Richmond-Low. e,O01; Mcclellan. g.
5S3. Lows plurality. 2,46S
The count as figured out by the
brooklyn Eagle accountants is as fol-
Manhattan and The Bronx-MeClel-
Ian, $4,000; Low. 140,143; Devery, 13. .O06.
MeClellan's plurality. 42.741.
Notwithstanding 96OS4; Low.
1O.sOS 4- --''
Queens-McClellan, 1851; Low, IL
2S6; McClellan's plurality, 4,S25.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1852; Low. g.
BIS Lows plurality, 1907
Both the Herald and Eagle have here
tofore been. very successful in arriving
at decision as to how New York will
go at an election. Their processes Of
arriving at results from their postal
card canyasseS are not only UNIQUE h11+
they have at all times not only hit tire
real result of an election, but have come
very near not only to the total vote cast
but also as to majorities. When the
Herald management found how widely
II and its companion in its 1abors diff
fered on the present occasion, expert
accountants were called in. These men.
after examining into the workings of
how results were arrived at by both pa
pers, pronounced the Herald's methods
a fair way of getting at pretty accurate
figures. They did not think so we'll CT
the Eagles methods, which. in fact,
they thought altogether wrong.
The last two days of registration are
yet to be figured on by both papers
during the coming week. These were
the tremendously heavy registrati IN
days and they may very materially
change present results. The Herald fig
ures profess to believe that they may
increase Lows plurality. though they
admit their own figures may be alter
ed and big changes be made in favor of
Mcclellan
Election betting was quieter on the
Broad street curb today than for some
days past. Mayor Low continued to be
favorite. however, and several good
sized wagers were laid at odds of 10 to
favoring the fusion candidate. At the
close those odds were offered by Low
supporters with Tammany men,
The feature of the betting during the
week has been the aggressiveness with
which the Tammany money was absorb
ed. One Of the leading bettors estima-
ted today that fully $4,000 of McClel-
Ian money was taken downtown with
the purpose of making the Tammanv
candidate the favorite. All was taken.
and yesterday and today there was
clearly a preponderance of Low money
in Broad street.
The biggest bet today was one of So
600 to $24O0. which Edward Chatrand
placed on Low with representative of
c. H Dewitt & Co. Several bets were
laid at odds of to 4 One broker
placed two bets of SIS each to 500 on
Mcclellan, but these were regarded as
exceptions and were not considered as
rejecting the exact betting odds.
Charles H. Marshall, of WardwelI &
Adams. placed a bet of $500 on Low to
e450 on Mcclellan with F. H Brooks
Mr.. Marshall says he has s1,1O0 to bet
even on Low.
HhUE.IN KlIIC TEN