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Uncle billy Wins IN 40 tickled to tr In the
lncleh again that he can scarcely con
tain himself This was remarked yester-
day at Uncle Blly's Mayoralty headquarters
In the Hotel Brcslin, n Ia, therefore dim.
cult after a dozen years of political encrva-
ion for him to get agoibg right Some of
Uncle Billys friends fear that he may be-
come wildcatty and even garrulots, while
others familiar with his intellectual attain
ments, hope ho will keep up his delightful
buzAing
He's To fling out his banner to-day in
front Of his headquarters. II is to read:
"For Mayor, William NJ. WINS" That'sall.
The other fellows on the Odell ticket with
Uncle Billy can fling out their own banners.
If not, Mr.. Odell and Bou net Billy Halpin
must do 1t for them.
As an evidence that Uncle Billy Is some-
what daaed by the glare Of the white light
on heat or something that beats upon some
thing. and so forth, or perhaps Ia forgetful
and hasn't got going straight yet, he
issued another statement yesterday, in
which he takes some Of his old friends to
task for taking him at his own word and
charitably suppoeing that he didn't ap-
parently know what's what or what's up;
that he didn't know, and all that sort OF
thing, when he took Mr.. Odels nonina
ton for Mayor.
"Oh, yes, do" cried Uncle Billy. "The
statement has been made number of
times that | have been away from New
York for the last year and don't know what
! am doing. First of all. have been absent
from New York five months during the last
five years, principally two months South in
the last winter and two months in Europe
this summer. ! know what has been going
on, and it is because | know that and be-
cause ! know precisely what l am doing
that accepted the nomination.
Last Thursday afternoon when Bouquet
Billy. as Mr. Odell's representative in the
New York Republican county committee,
braced by Regent Edward Lauterbach and
others, known rs the official notificati1 m
committee, called on Uncle Billy at his
Office, 27 William street, bearing the glad
news that they nominated him for Mayor.
Uncle Billy in his fficial rejoinder said:
Il have just returned from Europe and
know nothing Of the history Of the campaign
prior TO the last few days. / have devoted
many years to municipal affairs, but had
no idea Of again taking an active part in
political life"
Uncle Billy doesn't believe that he's to be
slaughtered, or, to put II more genially
and gently, neglected, by the local Repub-
lcan leaders to make an Odell man Speaker
of the Assembly. Uncle Billy said 80 last
night.
II have supreme confidence in the COM
plete good faith Of every Republican leader,
hecried. u know every one of them. lam
willing to take all the chances Of that good
faith 1t is an old policy here to weaken
a mans confidence in his chances by saying
that his own friends are selling him out.
may remark that have never been sold out
by a friend in my life, and do not believe
that will be sold out by friend now
Question-How much will Uncle Billy
bet that these local Republican leaders are
more friendly to him than to Odell?
Il have infinitely more fear of cowardice
in the election" cried Uncle Billy when
he'd caught his breath, than l have of cum
ming. l regard myself as the candidate
of the people, and want the vote of every
man, Democrat or Republican, who feels
that am worthy Of that vote. / am ap-
pealing to the people on the ground OF
experience capacity and willingness to do
what mean and what Is right in the event
of my election
Here is another lapse Of Uncle Blly's
memory. He was nominated in the back
room of the Republican Club eight hours
before the convention by half dozen OF
Mr. Odel's friends, and even then they
didn't dare to go downtown to Uncle Bily's
office to tell him until they'd got the consent
of Mr.. Odell over tbs telephone from New
burgh.
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want to say that l am neither a prophet
nor the son Of prophet, and don't know
the order we are coming out in, but am
coming out at the head of the list. l feel
Just as confident of my election as l do
of going to my bed tonight
Perhaps Uncle Billy stayed up all last
night.
Uncle Billy was greatly gratifled he said,
because Ex-Mayor Seth Low had sent him
the following letter:
l congratulate you upon the opportunity
that has come to you TO show that the citizen
ship of the city OF New York is neither supine
nor content with such an administration OF
i is affairs as Tammany Hall can give. You
know and know, and every one knows who |
knows anything of what has gone on under
the surface, that the only difference between |
the Tammany Hall of to-day and the Tam |
many Hall that has dis graced the city so often !
In the past is that to-day 1t Is wearing a !
more attractive mask. The same process OF |
deter ioration is going on In every depart /
ment that always marks the Tammany re- |
gme, and the same enrichment of political |
leaders. by indrection, at the public expense
is taking place. Tammanys role as a govern
mental agent Ia periodically to reduce the |
city to a desperate strait; then to suffer de-
feat. and to return TO power to carry on the
city once more upon the impetus given 10
the city during its absence from power. !
To-day Tammany Is boasting Of the public
8 schools built during the last two years; of
the city's progress toward municipal owner
ship, of the city's electrical plant and the
provision made for an enlarge water supply
The schools have been built with appropria-
tons made when Tammany was out OF power.
The Staten Island ferry was munlcipalized
by its predecessors and two years have
scarcely sufflced to enable Tammany to get a
SIM gle boat running after all the preliminaries
we're arranged. The Tammany Commls-
sioner of Water Supply surrendered the city's
vantage ground in relation to both gas and
electricity, and public uprising was neces-
sary to compel the administration to adopt
the policy of its predecessor, both as to fight
ing the gas monopoly and "a to the erection
,f ,i,., aloctr,pal rlanf The administra- |