Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-06
NEW YORK 4 PUZZLE
Election of Mayor Will Be a
 Hot Fight Tomorrow.
HEARST, MCCLELLAN AND WINS.
Herald Says Situation Is Confusing. Party Lines BroHxen-Chaos Reigns. Uprising Against Bossism.
 Candidates Confident.

| bN-N.sA@NN~~~~ DpAsSA~~Sr~s 1 NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-New York is stirred to its depths on the eve of the elections.
 The Herald says the election of MT. Jerome as district attorney seems to be reasonably certain.
 The mayoralty situation is confusing. The contest is between Mayor McClel- Ian and Mr. Hearst, with Mr. Twins third. The actual canvass of all class es of voters shows a slight preponder- ance of votes for Mir. Hearst. The fn- quiry also shows a strong trend for Mir Mcclellan among the business ele- ment, while poll of election districts, each voter being personally seen, places Mcclellan in the lead. The Herald's canvass of 15,392 voters showed for Hearst, ATT; Mcclellan, 3,5S2; Wins, 2,333; Jerome, 3,634; Os- borne, 1,136; Shearn, 530.
 The outlook would seem to be such that the work done at the polls on cleo tion day will be the determining fac tor in the struggle.
 Indeed, the temper of the public is such that almost any result is possible.
 There is party chaos on larger scale, and the confusion extends to all parties. There is an uprising against bosses and machines, and it only re- mains to be seen whether the revolt will be far reaching enough to over throw them both on election day
 It is perfectly clear that Mir. Jerome is overwhelmingly the prediction choice of the citizens of Manhattan and the Bronx districts for district at torney. Barring the difficulties of the ballot, which will require voters to make an additional cross in front of his name, he ought to receive more votes than the other two nominees combined,
 A supreme effort will be made by Republican, Democrat and third ticket campaign management to see that the full vote Is polled and, more important, properly accounted for.
 The candidates were interviewed.
 MT. Twins said: q am absolutely con fident of my election. The Republican organization will give me practically solid vote. Assurances already receiv' ed privately as well as publicly from the independent vote make total of at least 245,000 votes. With Tam many Hall split in two and it's district leaders helpless to stem the revolt, the 314,000 ballots cast for Mcclellan two years ago have absolutely no relation to computations made in advance as to the result"
 Mir. Mcclellan said: T have no mis- givings as to the outcome of the cleo tion. Attempts to divert the public mind from the real issues of the cam paign have failed, and it will be fresh ly demonstrated that no candidate and no party can gain a victory on false pretenses. I have the highest respect for the unerring judgment of the Amer ican people, and I am content to take their decision on my record and on their faith in my promises, of which my two years of administration is my guarantee"
 MT. Hearst said: T am confident that the Municipal Ownership ticket will poll not less than 100000 votes. be- lieve 1t will poll more than that pro vided our friends vote straight ticket and allow Murphy no opportunity to throw out marked ballots"
 Mir. Jerome said, T think we are as sure to win as anything can be-"
 About 60o,O00 postal cards sent out by Tammany Hall as a part of its campaign literature were seized at the postof1ce by order of Postmaster Will cox as scurrilous matter azi conhs- cated.
 According to the law the distributors of these postal cards upon conviction are liable to a fine of s5,000 and im- prIsonment for i've years.
 The postal card which it was decid- ed was fin violation of the law was a reproduction of the anti Hearst ban ner which appears in nearly every part of the city. It contains spiral, splrit-like picture of the late Presi- dent Mckinley, before whom lies a bomb marked "Czolgosz," from which extends sputtering fuse, while in the background is a figure dressed in yell low and labeled Hearst. At the top of the card are the words Lest We Forgetf'
 Crowded as never before In its his tory and with fully T5.000 people on the outside, unable to gain admittance, the Municipal Reform alliance practi- cally closed W. R. Hesrst's mayoralty campaign last night with a monster mass meeting in Madison Square Gar l den.
 The gathering was of a magnitude never before equalsd by a political gathering In this city.