Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-02

who respond to the polls of district leaders
or newspapers is for Mcclellan. Tam
many knows it has a majority of this vote.
while the fusion forces recognize that if
they must depend upon the noisy, talkative
vote they are lost
Tammany and fusion are both appealing
to the silent vote today. 1900 81
ELECT a democratic mayor now and a
democratic President and governor next
year, Is the cry of Tammany. This is de-
clared to be an issue of the campaign.
On the other hand the fusion forces APP
peal to the silent vote on the grounds of
decency and morality. This is especially
true Of the independent vote of Brooklyn,
which is informed In every possible way
that If Tammany wins tomorrow that will
mean the red light and graft In the city
OF homes across the river. There Is strong
sentiment in this appeal and it Is making
many votes.
Brooklynites Are Home Lovers.
The Brooklyn man loves the peacefulness
of his home, and when he fears that The
vice of New York is likely to gain an en-
trance in his city he is almost sure to halt
and vote his domestic instead of his parti-
san sentiments. The average Manhattan
voter regards vice as sort of semi-legal-
lied affair that must be tolerated for the
amusement of strangers who come here,
but the Brooklyn citizen looks upon the
sanctity and peace of his home above
everything else.
Tammany has confidence and currency,
two important factors in election.
The managers of the Tiger have never
before had such an enormous corruption
fund and their confidence far exceeds that
of the fusion forces. For instance. Charles
F. Murphy, Tammany's chieftain reiterated
this morning his prediction that all five
boroughs will be carried for Mcclellan, and
hat ia pi1 a
give $4,000 .!
Murphy still carries in his inside pocket
the secret estimates of the district leaders,
but what these figures really are he has
kept to himself. For general consumption
the fusion managers claim the election by
40 600, but their inside figures submitted to
Mayor Low, after careful perusal, are
200.
Woodruff's Estimates in Brooklyn.
Timothy Woodruff. the republican leader
of Brooklyn, has told his close friends that
Brooklyn will give 5000 for Low. Wood
ruff gave Senator Plat these figures this
morning and Woodruff is not a man to
overestimate the probabilities. Good judges
of the outlook declare that . 900 in Brook
Ign will not overcome the predicted lead of
Mcclellan in Manhattan. So the fusion
forces are concentrating all their efforts
in Brooklyn today.
IL
discovered most Of the arrangements for
fraudulent works.
He says that certain houses are filled
with slick unprincipled scoundrels who are
ton is to defeat Tammany, but he tells all
of his followers in the ninth district that
he will be elected mayor and that he will
receive at Ieast $50 900 votes.
The campaign really wound up Saturday
night. but there were a few Tammany
meetings in the Bowery region last night,
and from aihupdred pulpits yesterday rang
the plea OF, eTammany's defeat and denun-
citation of the Tiger and his methods.
The Heralfs usual anSe-election poll indi-
Gates Lows election by the majority of
IL, OOO but from the Brooklyn Eagle a poll
of it's own says Mcclellan will be elected by
4S 919 majority
The World has likewise made a poll that
trends to Low, but it is noticeable that none
of these papers confidently predicts the re-
suits, and gives the fguNss on one page,
with an editorial indicating uncertainty on
another. ar
There is so much uncertainty of the result
that newspaper men who have for years
followed the campaigns here refuse to stake
their regulations as prophets on a predfc-
ton either way.
The gambling element is confident that
Mcclellan will win, and the odds are 10 to 8
on Mcclellan. with comparatively little
Low money to be had; in fact, rolls of Nc
Clellan money are found in betting centers
and none on Low.
Besides possessing less confidence than
the Tammany leaders, the fusion forces are
proclaming that Illegal registration is be-
ing done in great numbers and that Tam
many is colonizing gamblers, thugs and
circus followers from different cities to poll
this vote by the process of repeating.
Right across 14th street from Tammany
Hall is the saloon of Tom Sharkey, the
pugilist. 1t is boldly declared by the fusion
forces that this saloon, together with others
in the vicinity, is filed with repeaters from
H. LII 10 TtrNx,
Leader Murphy's attention was called to
the allegations as to repeaters this morn
ing he quietly said: philadelphia and
Troy are strange places to send for demo-