The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-01
Betting. at Least. issin Favor
Of Tdmmany.
MUCH ANlMOSlTY
HAS BEEN MANIFESTED
There Has Been an Element Of Fun in
the Hurly-Bur'ey Of the Fight, in
the Personality of Bill Dew
cry Who is Running
for Mayor as an In
dependent.
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Especial to The Times. Dtspatcb.)
NEW YORK. October 3l.-The most re-
markable campaign In the history OF
Greater New York is now drawing to a
close. How 1t will go no man can tell
until Tuesday night. though to an un-
biased observer 1t looks as though the
result would be close. with the odds some
what In favor of Mcclellan. the Demo-
cratic candidate for Mayor. and the ticket
ut which he is the head.
Canvasses have been made Of the voters
by several OF the newspapers. The results
30 far show that Mcclellan is ahead "A
meeting OF the Tammany leaders. at
which each turned in estimates for his
district. 1t Is said. showed a majoritYFof
something lie $500 plurality for the
ticket in the boroushs OF Manhattan and
the Bronx.
es sumates. and declare that the ticket
headed by Mayor Low will sweep thescity
by g safe majority.
The campaign has been characterized by
extreme bitterness from the4 start; The
Fusioniats have been particularly pitter
against Messrs. Grout and Fornss; laandt-
oates for Comptroller and president OF
the Board of Aldermen, VINO have served
as part 81 the present Fusion admisastra-
ton, who were renominated, accepted the
enforcement of Tanimuny, and In conse-
quence were forced OFF the Fusion ticket.
They have been denounced as traitors and
renegades, and both have taken the stump
for Tammany.
PARTY FIGHT.
The line of campaign mapped out and
followed as closely as possible by Tam
many Is to carry the contest into party
fight. claiming that the election or defeat
OF the Democratic ticket will have a
marked effect In the Presidential election
next year. incidentally, the record OF the
present Fusion administration is attacked
as partisan. inefficient npd extrnvagant +
On the part OF the Fusonists the whole
effort is to keep party politics out OF the
contest. to amplify the vicious features Of
the last Tammany administration. Red
lights and graft are the main topics OF
the Fusion spellbinders. The keynote OF
their campaign is contained In Il poster
with which the city is decorated from
end TO end. which reads: Vote for Low
und keep the gra fters out"
The registration Is heavy for an Oft
year. AS soon as 1t was over. both sides
began a whirlwind campaign. and It is
safe 10 say that not less than 100 polit-
ical meetings will have been held In the
city for tile week ending Saturday night
The leading Candidates make from three
4 u a dozen speeches each night, going from
meeting place to meeting place In auto
mobiles.
The betting started out with Mcclellan
a slight favorite. 1t then went To even
money, and then Low had the call at odds
varying from ten to seven to ten to nine.
With the last week of this, fight, however,
Mcclellan again went to the front, and at
this writing the Democratic betting men
must give odds to get any considerable
amount of money down. s
IN BROokLYN.
One of the most remarkable features
OF this most remarkable Of campaig,is
Is the situation In Brooklyn. Hon. Hugh
Mclaughlin, who for almost half Il
century has been the undlsputed leader
OF the organized Democracy, has bolted
the ticket and has declared for the fFu-
sion city nominees. He did not go this
far, however. until tile control OF the
machine had been wrested from him by
State Senator Patrick II, McCarren. ;Who
for years had heen one OF his ieutenants.
McI.aughlins ostensible reason for bolt
, Ing Is that lie will not stand for having
Brooklyn Tammanyized, but there lis a
shrewd suspicion that the aged aeX-leader
Is angry because Leader Murphy, OF Tam.
many, would not allow him to have his
way in tho making of the city ticket.
Low. has always been popular In Brook
lyn. He was Mayor of that city before
IL was absorbed by the greater city, for
two terms. With the detection OF Me-
I,aughlin tho F'usionIsts expect to roll
up n big majority in that borough. and
much OF tho interest In tho campaign
z centers In the country across the bridge
MIR. Grout, the Tammany candidate for
comptroller, is IL. Brooklyn man,Eand In
tho election two years ago ran consld-
erably ahead OF Low. Tammany Is de-
rendlng on his strength and tho hard
work Of tho new leader, McCarren, to
keep Brooklyn straight, II Is notsunlikoly
that the vote OF Hrooklyn VIII decide
tho election
In all the hurlcy-burley, there IL one
man who Is having all sorts OF ftln. This
Is former Police Chief Deveryt who Is
running for Mayor as al Independent.
His picturesque denunciatlon OF Leader
Murphy and Tammany has added much
to the gayety of the fight, Tho charge
i Is made by Tammany that Deyery Is
kept In tho race by the Cltl2ens' Union,
but this la vigorously denied, y Is not
thought peyery will ont much figure
When the votes are counted In a hot
campaign like this New York Is not, HIS
/ rule. fruitful ground for fpollt!cal side
issues,