The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-03

NEW YORK. Nov. with every in
N dication of close struggle tomo--
row, the eve of the battle finds
the leaders of fusion and Tammany
loud i'm their predictions of overwhelu-
ing triumph So confident is Charles
F. Murphy in his estimate Of leo-tyt
plurality for Mcclellan. based on the
reports of his district leaders. that to-
night he published orders TO go ahead
with the preparations FOR a rOusinE ccl-
ebratiOr. OF the victory.
The estimate OF John J. Delaney Nc
Cle1an-s personal campaign manager,
places the plurality at $500. being 80
600 i'm Manhattan and the Bronx 5000
i'm Brooklyn $500 in Queens and LSC0
i'm Richmond.
Brooklyn VIII Decide.
While abating uothug in confidence
the fusiOuist leaders claim no more
than 10000 plurality Tor Low. although
/ DO is said thar their closest estimates
+ point To a. majority of about half lha-
figure. The fusiouists pin their faith
/ i'm victory ON their ABILITY to carry
/ Brooklyn by at least $4,000 which. with
/ estimated puralities Of 5000 Jon the
: Bronx and 1000 i'm Richmond apd q
drawn battle i'm Queens suffice to
/ Handsomely OFFSET the conceded plural
/ ity of 1900 for Mcclellan i'm Mauhat-
tan
Not to lag behind the other combat
ants ina confidence, William =. DeVerS
! announces that he expects to poll not
less than 45 per cent of the total regis
tered vote Devery was elated tOnigh-
when Police Commissioner Greene con-
sented to have his returned telephoned
TO headquarters with those of Low and
Mcclellan, instead of being sent i'm by
messenger with those of the rest OF the
field Considerable interest attaches
20 the size of the vote that Devery viii
control and IL may have serious IN
huence on the results.
The Usual Report
The usual reports on colonization
on a large scale are still indUstrlousi]
circulated. and the campaign of State
SUPERINTENDENT Morgan To check illegal
voting which was CONCLUDED today 10y
the sUmmOniuE of several hundred Wit
.nesses to headquarters to testify 60
hundreds of cases Of illegal registration
has been the most complete inquisitiOn
undertaken i'm the history OF the city
No less than 5000 suspicious cases nave
been investigated out of total regis
tratiOn of 628 $50. and il is probable that
imany arrests viii be made tomorrow
when every polling place VIII be urdc'
the close scrutiny of the Superinten-
Edeul s. DEBUT les Nhc VIII have the as
sistance of the strongest force oil
watchers ever placed al the polls or
gauized by the Citizens Union witt
these precautions it is predicted thar H.
legal voting VIII be reduced 90 mini
num- Tammany made its final prep
arations for the struggle tonight by the
distribution of sirews of war 20 thl
amount of between $4,000 and S200.00
to the district leaders for election eN
ipenseS-
can Act OF God"
An interesting minor feature Of tn
, situation was the declaration today b1
r Deputy Attorney General #. q. q. Grain
; that the destruction of the houses %
I, 500 voters I'm the fire at Couey Islam
I yesterday. being can act of God coul
not be used as a pretext for depTlTlni
= them of the right to vote.
The polls wilt open tomorrow at 6 a
, m. and close at D %. M
: The Indications are for fine weather
: a heavy vote and close finish
+ John r. Mclean of Cincinnati throuE
a commissioner. sent IN $1,000 so bet q
! 10 TO ON Mcclellan.