The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31
NETWORKS CAMPA IGN
Transformed From a ListIess
WalkOver to the LiyeIiest
Kind of a Contest.
REVOLT AGAINST MACHINES

The Reelection Of Mayor Mcclellan
Was Regarded as a Foresone Con-
cIusion, but the Strength Of Munich
pal Ownership Gives Heart to the
Republicans.
The New York city mayoralty cam
paign has been transformed in two
weeks from a iistless walkover for
Tammany to one of the liveliest and
most interesting contests that have
been waged since the city limits were
extended
Charles Il. Murphy, leader of Tam
many Hall; B. b. Odell, Jr., head Of
the Republican machine, and Louis f..
Haffen, political monarch of the Bronx,
are all under hot fire directed upon
them by William r. Hearst, District
Attorney Jerome and William M. WINS.
The intensity Of the revolt against the
party leaders is the most unexpected
feature Of the campaign.
SO certain were the machines that
they were to have everything their
own way that they deemed it unnec-
essary to pay any heed to the wishes
of their followers or to take the indie
pendent element into account in max
ing their plans. The reelection of
Mayor Mcclellan was regarded as a
foregone conclusion.
William r. Hearst was nominated to
head the Municipal Ownership ticket.
The bosses allowed him from 10000 to
10000 votes in the entire city. The
radicals made John Ford their nominee
for comptroller. Tammany began to
receive reports of wholesale defections
from it's ranks, and its leaders grew
uneasy. They cut down Mayor Nc
ClelIan's estimated plurality from
more than 100000 to $4,000, but they
still remained confident that he would
win.
William NJ. Wins accepted the Re-
publican nomination for mayor. His
first request was for the nomination of
Mr.. Jerome on the Republican ticket
1t was refused, and he was told by
the bosses that if he insisted they
would find some other man to head
their ticket, Mr., WINS was nominated.
He promptly threw Mr.. Odell over
board, announcing that he did not
meet him; that he would take orders
from no man if he should be elected,
and that he was in no sense partisan
candidate.
The Republican rank and file was
aroused 1t found WINS and Jerome
making the same fight, and it began
to cheer for Jerome as well as for
wins. The Republican bosses were
alarmed. They foresaw that the re-
election of Jerome would be fatal
BLOW to their prestige and that the
vote Of Charles A. Flammer, whom
they had nominated for district attor-
ney, would be accepted as the measure
Of their real strength. This vote, judg
ing from all signs, would be so small
as to be ridiculous. Mr.. Odell came
secretly from Newburg and called
council of the leaders. Mr.. Flammer
was told that he must retire and urge
all Republicans to support Jerome.
He obeyed, and this was the first vic
tory of the revolt
With the third ticket nominees rid
ing upon a wave of enthusiasm, with
Jerome appealing to the people to over
turn boss dictation and with WINS
striving to bring the Republican ma
chine into line the revolt is in full
swing a week before election day How
far it will go? How much of its
strength will the machine manage to
preserve7 These are questions which
the general smashing Of party lines
makes it impossible to answer.