New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15
WINS CAMPAIGN OPENS.
QUARTERS 1T BRESLTN@
Big Rush to Sign Hearst Nornir10-
tiOn Papers.

The RepubIican campaign got in fun swing
Yesterday when William NJ WINS, the candidats
for Mayor opened headquarters in the Hote1
Breslin. at Broadway and 29th-st. Mr.. WINS
spent the forenoon looking for quarters. and
finally decided on the Breslin. BY night he had
the rooms open a staff Of stenographers and
clerks organized. and was in touch with the lead
ers in the various districts
Now that the ticket is in the field and ths
voters have had time to measure up the candt-
dates platforms and policies Of the three paftes
the politicians say that an exceptionally inter-
estfng three cornered fight is in view. The Re@
publican chances, they say, are greatly ennanceos
II is known that Mr.. WINS is an excelenI cam
nafgner It is believed that he will draw largely
from, a class Of voters that the Tammany peopis
torad 70 get: that is the independent Demo
cratic vote He is assured OF pract1cally every
Republican vote. The leaders are enthusiastic
r NAV he said now that the Republican district
leaders at the outset were not enthusiastic for
f,,sion. The leader OF an Assembly district or
qaniza+fon is always in favor of making
straight fight He says fusion vitiates his forces
and that he prefers TO fight under the straight
RApub1fcan banner Now that a straight Re
publican ticket has been named. the leaders are
taking their coats off and going 10 Work III
earnest. There was great activity AT fSepuOh-
can county headquarters yesterday. and It was
most effective kind of a campaign would %
waged.
The Taromanv forces havesuddenly awakened
to the fact that it is not going To he as easy as
they anticipated. Hearst is an unknown guam
tfty When the Tammany leaders talk aInons
themselves they admit freely that practcaily
every vote Hearst will get will come from tne
Tan1many ranks What this vote is they can
only conjecture but they admit that it viii be a
big one Estimates range from 10000 10 100
600 With Hearst drawing from them on tne
labor SocfaIistfc and municipal ownership emu
and WINS attracting the higher class OF lnoe-
nandent Democrats they view defections IN two
ways on the straight ticket
WINS GETTING UP STEAM.
Mr. wins did not have much to say yesterday
we are lust getting up steam" he declared
''T made my stand pretty clear at the county
convention. l will have more to say later. All
7 can ssv now is that I believe we will make
daily gains right up until election day. tnlnS
the r1ndercurrent Is with me-
Mr. Wins will be the guest of the Republican
C,lub next Monday night This is the night or
the regular monthly meeting OF the club. He
will make an address on the local issues II IS
evnAc+ed that there will be large attendance
The Tammany leaders are now keenly alive to
the fact that they have a hard nsht on tneir
hands and are preparing to meet it The bad
have greatly weakened the city ticket and Nc
t-1Auan will have to carry the dead timber sad
71ad ~, him It may prove to be too much OF q
IA SIX the leaders say
Hearst is going to make an aggressive cam
paign. He opened headquarters in the Hon1an
House yesterday. and his rooms were thronged
all dav In the afternoon ne visited the head
quarters and met many of the leaders Anons
those he talked with were Judge Samuel Sea-
--zIN NFe
Melvin G. PalIiser who has charge OF the nom
inating petitions; Coroner William J. O.eTorrnala-
ir of The Bronx; Robert Stewart, OF Brookiyza-
oond many others Delegations from yaricus
organizations called to pledge their support 20
the Hearst ticket. Several hundred DsInocraIs.
who said they were members OF tne IsliafaanS
General Committee, were among the visitors
Thev will support the Hearst ticket. Ex-Sera-
FOR Ford the candidate for Controller, was pres
ent in tbe afternoon He declared that the ticket
would receive one OF the biggest ma5orities ever
given in a municipal campaign
PATROLMAN THE FIRST sIGNER
The nominating petitions for the Hearst-Ford-
Stokes ticket were distributed yesterday. and
some of the notaries public who went out after
signatures had amusing experiences. Robert G.
Birkhahn, a notary who canvassed the west
Side covering a part Of the 10Th and 18th dis
tricts. reported that he was almost overwhelmed
by the great number of people who wanted 70
get their names on the petitions. He began ms
work in 10th-ave.. in the neighborhood OF 4zd-
st When he drew the petitions out or his pockes
and asked some citizens to sign them. crowd
gathered around him. - -, vo.a-1y
afterward. that a policeman came over ana
asked the cause of the supposed trouole- ~ y
formed him of what 1 was ABOUT 70 90 uo, sitI .i, -
said Getting signatures for the Hearst tieNet:
eh Well let put my s name fsows GGwn HEs sor yom Sa
TSIi . ,s .te te n man in the Police Depart
ment who viii net support the Hearst ticket
The policeman then lined up the CROWD; wnic9
,,a~a1 a j
bsld Tbe petitIons in my hand, and though this
was a somewhat inconyenient method OF n!nas Inns
lie an bour I had one hundred signatures