The sun., 1903-11-03
BOTH FIGURE ON CLOSE VOTE,
TANNANY MEN SAY KINGS CAN
DO 'EM, WITH 10000 FOR Low.
wouldn't Be surprised II Grout We're Beaten
--Fusionists Say $4,000 for Low Is
Their Lowest FiEure-NIurphy Has bet

When Low and Mcclellan went to bed
last night each was, according to his ex-
pressed opinion confident of victory at the
polls to-day. The intimates of each were
sure that the confidence was genuine
Mayor Low puts his faith in that vote which
elected him two years ago and which no
organization, NJ matter how infinite its
operating details, can count in advance.
lol Mcclellan, no novice at the game of
politics, but tried by five campaigns for
Congress, realizing the complexity Of the
Kings county situation. believes that out of
it will come an adverse plurality not large
enough to wipe out the Democratic drift in
New York county Behind these oomed
the picturesque third candidate, Devery,
telling out the coin last night to his follow
ing and vowing he'd lie elected "s'help me.
Betting at 10 to s and 10 to did not re-
feet general opinion of the canvass for
reasons characteristic Of New York on the
night before election. Evens would illus
trate it better, and perhaps 10 to more
accurately. Tammany money was maxi
ing the price, and there seemed to be no
extensive speculation by the general pub
lie. The betting ring of the metropolitan
tracks ls Democratic, under the guiding
genius of Congressman Timothy d. Sulli-
van, and it was tie turf that was doing
Ct aries F.. AIurphy's opinion of the out
come was shown In $40 900 which the Tam
many chieftain has placed for his own
account r. on Mcclellan in the last three
insisted tor three days that betting on
Mcclellan was betting on certainty
None around Tammany yesterday thought
that Mr.. Murphy had gone to level ground
in his public estimates Of the vote. He
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county and 2s,00O for the whole city, which
all the Tammany district leaders knew, or
thought they knew to be absurd. The
real feeling in the inner circle was that
Mcclellan would get in by a small plurality
if ne, tidal wave swept Kings for Low.
be a tidal wave, but they expected to pull
Mcclellan through unless it went to 10000
in Kings. Misgivings about Grout were
entertained. Newspaper polls have not
far behind the candidate for Mayor, but
the popular opinion seems to be that he
will be cut very widely, and Tammany
was speculating on situation so close
that Mcclellan might be elected and Grout
beaten
Mayor Low had counsel with his cam
paign managers last night, and they re- ,
iterated the belief that the figures printed
in THE Sun yesterday-l5,O 600 plurality
for Low-represented the lowest mark
to which the Low vote could fall. They
pointed to the conservatism of estimating
but 25,OO0 in Kings. The Mayor was told |
by one visitor at the City Hall in the after |
noon OF journey he had made to Brooklyn |
McCaren. The visitor took with him a !
certified check for $4,000, having been !
told by some one that Senator McCarren !
had fund to bet at evens that Low would |
nos ss sao in Angs The Wis
and said: How much will you bet on that2"
Senator NcCarren laughed. folded the
check up and showed it back in % the pocket
OF its owner,
"Bet you a good cigar said he.
This anecdote appeared especially to
delight the Mayor.
Another visitor carried to the Mayor
the report that Pittsburg Phil had s25,O0O
which he meant to bet on the election,
and that his idea was to bet it to-day on
Low.
"Who is Pittsburg Phil?" asked the Mayor
Are Pittsbuaag people so interested in our
His Honor was enlightened as to the
identity of the betting man
Tonight the Mayor will receive the re-
turns over a special wire at his house with a
small company of friends.
Col. Mcclellan received Leader Murphy
and many of his district leaders at the
Bartholdi, where the Colonel was as bright
eyed and debonair as if he had never seen
man killed politically. One of the callers
ger. this one with good news.
He told the Colonel that he had drawn
the heavens down to him, scr,ltinized them
and found that Low hadn't chance.
But" interrupted the Colonel, Il see
elected, 1 read in THE sUN--"
"Yes. ves.' said the astrologer, "but the
planets have shifted about since then and
now it is easy TO- read your ascendency !
and Lows decline
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