Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
OUR NEW YORK LETTER
Speculation Over Democratic
Election Chances.
TAMMANY HALL PLANS
IMPRESSION IN LOCAL POLITICAL
CIRCLES OF DIVISION.
Nan Patterson Talked About Her Case
Recent Marriage Of Former New
York Transformer.
TAMMANY HALL PLANS
Special Corresp ,dence of The Sunday Star.

| 1t Is possible that this feeling has it's ORR
gin in the accepted version that Mayor
Mcclellan is to be renominated, and rarely
! in the history of New York has a mayor
! been reelected either as democratic can
| didate or fushon nominee In fact, am
! bilious statesmen have for many years a
| saying that the mayors office here in New
York is a political morgue. Not during
| the present generation of politicians has
| a mayor, either republican democratic,
| been invited to "go up higher and be-
come the party nominee for governor.
OF course, New York city is naturally.
| normally democratic, and not even as pop
| ular republican Theodore Roosevelt in
| landslide year was able to carry it with
him. Mayor Mcclellan was elected two
years ago by 65,GG0 plurality, and Leader
Murphy and the Tammany Hall politicians
| inquire that it will take a political revolt
TO overcome 5000 votes. 1t is too early
IN the year to even attempt a forecast
| The lines of battle have not even been
formed. No republican will venture
guess as to whether the party will have
| a union or fusionst candidate or whether
| it is safe to 'go it alone Under these
| circumstances it is mere idle talk when
| one INDUCES in speculation to the anti
democratic nominee for mayor. And in
asmuch as one candidate may be tens of
thousands of votes stronger than another
| candidate, the game of politics in New
an exact science.
Figuring the thing out at this day and
| date, however, it looks as though Mayor
| Mcclellan would prove anything except a
| popular nominee. In the first place, there
1 is the gas situation. With the Stevens
| investigating committee preparing to swoop
| down on the city from Albany like the
| wolf of the fold with the possibilities of
that committee unearthing things that will
rouse the people of New York and stir
their indignation even more than the Lexow
or the Mazet committees of few years
| ago, the outlook certainly is not bright in
| that direction. Then the situation in
] Brooklyn, where the Tammany forces are
| fighting Senator McCarren in one of the
| tory, would seem to indicate that no mat
| ter who triumphs the republicans are sure
| to carry the borough of Brooklyn, which
| is the county of Kings. Add to this the
| fact that the gamblers, the pool room men
and men about town who are dissatisfied
| because Mayor Mcclellan has not given
! them town as wide open" as they
pected and it can be seen that there are
| breakers ahead for the democratic admin
| istration. If Mayor Mcclellan had a chance
| of capturing the church and anti-saloon
vote things might be different, but while
: the republicans and reformers sometimes
| profit politically by strict enforcement
| of the laws and by keeping the lid tightly
| closed, no one can ever remember that
| democratic administration has been able to
win by playing that kind of politics. Mayor
| Mcclellan has not been strict in the en-
| fOrcement of these measures as his reform
! predecessor, Mayor Low, but 1t seems as
| though the so-called sporting fraternity
| expect more Hberality from a democratic
| than republican mayor, while on the other
| hand the so-called church vote will stand
| for more llberdlity and license from re-
| publican than from a democrat In other
words, democrat has harder time salts
| flying both elements of the community than
| a republican.
Be that as it may, it is stated on good
| authority that at least %, 600 saloon keepers
| gamblers and propretors of pool rooms will
support any man that the republicans may
| nominate, in preference to Mayor McClel-
! Ian. while it is doubtful if the church vote
| will come to the mayors rescue to the
| number of % 0G0.
/ In addition to this, the newspaper situa-
| ton is enough to perpleX even the most
hardened and seasoned campaigner in dem
| ocratic circles
| Of course, Tammany has a theory that
newspapers don't count. But not even dur
| ing the VanWyck campaign or the McClel-
Ian campaign of two years ago were they
as badly handicapped in this direction as
| they will be this year. 1t begins to look
as though Mayor Mcclellan, who started
out in life as a newspaper man himself
would not be able to command the support
fluence in the city of New York.
Take 1T all in all, therefore, the chances
for the election of the republican or fusion
list candidate for mayor, as the case may
be, are exceedingly bright in more WAYS
than one. The whirligig of politics NAV
bring many changes before next Novem-
Der, but If the election should take place
today it would be better than even betting
that Mayor Mcclellan would be defeated
AS already indicated, with the gas investi-
cation coming on, the chances are that
he situation will grow better rather than
worse for the republicans.
Nan Patterson's Case.
Nan Patterson expects to be free before
the LIST of May. According to her attor-
neys, her second trial for the murder of
Caesar Young will be called early in
April, and Mr. Levy, her senior counsel.
has told her that he believes the trial will |
not last more than ten days. or two weeks
at the outside. Some new testimony will |
be presented by the prosecution. and the |
defense also mas several new points to |
spring. Miss Patterson is bearing I'M bra ye- |
ly under the ordeal of confinement and |
worry in the Tombs; she has gained al |
most ten pounds in weight, but she is very
pale. and her eyes, though clear, have a |
sunken appearance. The laughing witty
happy chorus girl of year ago is now q |
serious minded, quiet, sweet-faced woman. |
Apparently there is not a shadow of doubt |
In her mind but that she will be acquitted |
and exonerated, her chief anguish of spirit
arising from the terrible shock and worry
of her arrest Imprisonment, trial and the |
resultant publicity have been to her par |
ents. Discussing this subject with Your |
correspondent few days ago, Miss Pat
terson said:
Il cannot think of anything but the pain |
I have caused my dear parents, and al |
though we'll know that 1 can never make
up to them for their love, sympathy and |
support during my awful trouble, l shall |
devote the remainder of my life to them. /
Reflection has proved to me that | have
been in past years thoughtless and needless
of the great love of my parents. Had this |
not been SO, many of my troubles might |
have been avoided Now my constant |
prayer Is that the good God will spare my
parents to me for great many years that |
l may have an opportunity of working for
and comforting them in their declining
years.
My attorneys have assured me that my
case will be called within two weeks and |
that the trial will not occupy as much |
time as the former trial. They have new |
evidence to present, I understand but even |
If this were not so I should be Just as
confident of acquittal. / know am inno- /
cent and 1 know that God will not desert |
me. BY May hope to be a free woman |
at home with my parents in Washington
Everybody has been most kind to me
mere. but long to breathe the air of free |
dom. and the strain of confinement is ter /
rible. The refusal of the judges to allow
me to go out on bail was an act of cruelty |
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