Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-05
CITY AND STATE ELECTIONS
New York Campaign Closes with All
Three Candidate, laimiHg Everything.
END OF BITTER FIGHT IN PHILADELPHIA
Principal Issue I'm Maryland IL
Amendment to Consultation
Limiting the suf-
fraEe.

NEW YORK. Nov 4-No municipal cam
paign in recent years has aroused greater
interest throughout the country than that
which will be concluded in Greater New
York on Tuesday. The fact that party lines
have been broken down and that each OF
the candidates will draw more or less
largely upon the strength which logically
belongs to his opponent makes the canvass
which Is now drawing TO a close at once
unique and exciting. The country wide pos
sibilities involved in the issues have made
an element of national interest such as has
not marked any preceding local elections.
One feature Is the interest wall street
brokers have manifested in the betting
which today favored Mcclellan for mayor
and Jerome for district attorney The odds
on Mcclellan varied from to l to to /.
On Jerome from 10 to to 10 to was Of
fered. One firm of brokers. IL is said has
placed $4,000 against Mcclellan since the
opening of the campaign and stands to win
$4,000. 1t was estimated that all OF $4,000
was wagered in Wall street today. One bet
was made by r. b. Buchanan today of s.. 900
even with J. J. Judge that Hearst would
not get 175,OOO votes. Among the large bets
was one of $500 TO 5000 that Mcclellan
would win. and $4,000 was wagered by one
firm on Mcclellan at and Sh to /. in small
amounts.
The party candidates published sta tements
today. William NJ. wins declared he was
gaining votes by thousands each day.
Mayor Mcclellan said he was never so con-
fident as now and Mr.. Hearst's managers
said he would be elected. Tammany Hail.
| executive committee met this afternoon,
but Mr.. Murphy declined to give out fig
ures on the election tonight.
The estimates are at variance but the
| whole Greater New York situation tonight,
winding UP as 1t does in one great whrl-
wind of political meetings i'm every section
of the city, makes the prediction that the
result will be close. The speech-making end
| Of the campaign closed for the candidates
tonight, all addressing big meetings.
Bitter Fight In philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. with scores of
orators exhorting the voters TO support
their favorite candidates Philadelphia to-
| night closed what has been probably the
most sensational political campaign in its
existence. From city hall TO the county
line the city has been in turmoil politi-
cally for six months, engaged in a contest
that promises to leave its scars for a long
| time to come.
Primarily the fight is c linst the men
who control the local republican organiza-
| ton, the dominant political party of the
| city. There have been feeble campaigns
against this party before, but the present
movement began last May, when there was
! a popular uprising against the city, against
the present lease of the gas works for
! seventy-five years in consideration of
| s25. 100000 in cash.
The feeling against the organization be-
came great that in September the men
named by it last April for sheriff, coroner
and city commissioner were withdrawn
and new set of candidates was placed on
the ticket at the suggestion of twenty-one
! prominent republicans, who issued an ad-
dress to the people saying that mistakes
| had been made by men in the party, and
! that reform should be brought about by
the party itself. The city party held
! convention in September and named candi-
| dates. Their candidates were indersed
| by the democrats, prohibitionists and the
| Lincoln party, which had been organize
| to oppose the republican candidate 70
state treasurer and the independence part!
| Both sides tonight claim they will win
| The city party leaders say they look 70
majority of 100000 while the republical
managers assert they will carry the city
by $1,000.
Temperance and BOssism in Ohio.
| COLUMBUS, o., Nov. 4-The campaign
| just drawing to a close has been peculiar
even for Ohio. Dignified platform declara-
| tions have been overlooked in the bitter
denunciations and personal attacks that
characterized the campaign Saloons and
horse racing and pool selling, the use OF
the veto power. insurance management and
| legislation and political bossism were the
| chief themes for discussion.
| t.. ,aoaeat ran,,hlicar anaAcbas ba,a IL
| vocated GPresident Roosevelt's policy
but the democrats have attacked Governor
Herrick's administration, especially criti-
cising his use of the veto power The
! public criticism is that which brought the
| antl-saloon league into the field against
the governor and consisted OF a charge
that by threatening to use the veto against
the Brannock law, Governor Herrick had
compelled changes in that bill II was
through the influence OF the league which
settled the choice for democrats for gov
ernor, former Congressman John M. Patti
SON pronounced temperance man, q
Methodist, in which church the anti-league
counts its leading members, and a success
full business man.
One phase OF the campaign, and one haT'
ing it's particular complications, has beer
the attack on political bOssism. This wc'