The Washington times., 1905-10-25
TAMMANY HOSTS
BADLY FRIGHTENED
Jerome and Hearst Are
Worrying the Braves.
GOTHAM CAMPAIGN WARM
Battle for Ballots Unique in Fact That
Radicals Are Securing Large
Support

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-Two tremend-
Gus campaigns, utterly unlike. one ap-
pealing TO the most radical public
opinion and the othe- TO the most con-
servatiye. are going on in New York
city side by side. One is the campaign
for Hearst. the other the magnificent
fight that decency is making for Je-
rome.
regular Republican and Democratic
organization fights
Jerome and Hearst.
Jerome and Hearst are the two CEN
ters of popular interest. 1t would be
hard to tell which is arousing the
greater enthusiasm Many of the peo-
pie who support Jerome also support
Hearst; but IN leadership, motive and
aspirations, the two movements are as
different as night and day.
The wonderful force Of radical opinion
In New York. which cccasionaIIy gets
the chance TO dispulay itself on tire sur
face of affairs, bur which "r'i'i.ari:J e
so thoroughly suoo-S<ssi by the e,t. i
political orGaniza; ous that lis exisssrcs
is scarcely dreamed OF. is being demon
strated in the Hearst movement as
didate of single takers and amaIgana-ed
radicallsm, proved the same thing ten
years ago, but his run was nothing as
compared to that Hearst is making TO-
day.
The truth is that Jerome and Ceoree.
and even Bryan, have proved in differ
ent campaigns tnat there is jus. as
much OF radicalism, socialism. pcpulism
or anarchy in staid 5Id New York as
there is In Kansas. or Paterson. or any
other place in the United States
Most of the time ii is -apprcssed, be
cause political organizations are u.cre
powerful and effective here than Dse-
where, but when u does break cut il
burns like Greek Ire.
Jerome's Campaign.
How remarkable campaign is being
put UP for Jerome may be imagined
from the fact that with no party sup
orting him hc has made such show
ing that betting is at even money as be-
tween him and Osborne, the Tarnmanv
candidate. The campaign fund IF 81. 500.
100, which TGmmany IS reported 10 lra
raising to stem the Hearst fight, is not
half so remarkable rs the splendid total
o: free-will offerings that are coming 10
people. of all parties, nIf IN almost all
parts of the country.
For example, Joseph H Choate sent
his check and letter TO the Sun. a,iyis-
ing Republicans not TO waste their votes
on the Republican nominee. but 10 vote
direct for Jerome. And 1000 wonoe,
gathered in a meeting If the Women :
Republican Club cheercd Jerome II The
echo.
James W Osborne, the Tammany can
didatc against Jerome. has demonstrate
ed that in the matter of talent for say
ing the wrong thing he leads the list
of aspirants in this strenuous campa gin
His declaration that II Jerome hadn't
got graft money while he was district
attorney he was fool. has done him
self and the Tammany cause tremendous
damage. Every newspaper in town is
supporting Jerome, and they are rinS;ny
the changes Oh this declaration of gang
morality.
Tammany Badly Worried.
That Tammany is badly worried bv
The Developments of the Hearst cam
paign is not denied. On the Broad street
curb, even money has been bet that
Hearst viii poll 10000 No betting has
been done on the opposition of Hearst's g
election except nj very long odds Tam
many continues to pour out money TO
back Mcclellan At 4 to l, against the
feid. but Tammany always does this.
and the betting odds, which get mixed
generally have little 10 do with reflect
ing the political situation.