The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-05
SURF RISE PARTY
ON WAY TO POLLS
Herald Forecast lndi.
Gates Hearst and
Jerome Elected.
BALANCE SHEET
OFATHE VOTE CAST
OF More Than 10000 Votes Cast,
Hearst Receives Att; McClel-
Ian, 1852; WINS, 1898; Je-
rome, 1884; Osborn, 1,136;
Shearn, $50; Flap-
n,er, los.
1snec,al 10 Tho TI,ocs-Djspatch.,

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Especial TO The Tines Dispatch.)
NEW YORK. Nov. This years po-
utical campaign is practically closed.
Tho last great sktrmIshes are occurring
tonight, and within a few hours the
rival armies will be at rest, and there
will be an arrniAhce that will continue
until the ballots arc cast and the de-
cison Is rendered. AS is usual, at the
close OF campaign, all OF the candl-
dates seem outwardly confident OF VIC
tory Hearst and Jerome have been the 4
n unknown quantities that have upset all
calculations.
The Democrats went into the struggle
with a ground work estimated at $4,000
votes. Mayor Mcclellan was put for
ward for reelection with every indi-
cation that he would be victorious.
1t was on the eveEof the Democratic
City Convention that fusion failed with
the opposition and gloom settled over
the camping places Of Independents and
Republicans. a Determined to name
straight party, the Republicans placed
in nomination Charles e. Hughes, for
mayor, Richard Young for controller,
:. and James L. Wells for president of the
Board OF Aldermen. Hughes and Young
declined.
While the Republican gloom was deep
est, the newly organized Municipal Ow-
nership Lea que, that had been cast adrfft
with the breaking UP OF the fusion
scheme. worked up q public frenzy and
placed William r. Hearst In nomination
for mayor at a mnss-convent!on that was
revelation TO the two established Or
Eanizations. The Republicans finally
u sut. Z ! I,ntv trLe AT NV L.
liam Mills WINS. az a mayoralty candi-
date and Charles E. Teale, n Brooklyn
& merchant. for controller.
Jerome First in Field.
In the makeup OF the county slate in-i
terest centered in the selection for dis
strjct attorney II was agreed that Mr..
Jerome was eligible for all OF the or
eanizattons He failed to secure the In
dorsement OF any OF them. He had near
~ month previously, however. had
himself nominated by petition. and 80
was the first man in the field for the
Office he now holds.
Following the conventions. the Demo-
Gratis were speedily placed upon the de-
fcnsive, and have remained In that po-
stion throughout the campaign. Neither
the mayor nor his ampaign manager
have given out any estimate OF his vote.
but his close friends have predicted that
he will have 1900 plurality.
Hearst Enthusiasm.
What the vote OF the Municipal Owner
ship candidates will be is the riddle OF
the campaign. They started with 10th
ing but sentiment, and how far that
sentiment has been transfbrrprd into
votes is what has worried all Those in
the contest. Where the mass-meetings
OF regular organization candidates
have been cold and unresponsiye, the
Hearst meetings have been delirlously
enthusla site.
AT William NJ. WINS candidacy his
opponents have been inclined TO scott
Mr.. WINS, however, asserts to-day that
he Will slip into the mayors office by
substantial plurality. while his adSer-
saries are cutting the ground from, under
each other.
sOn n par with the Hearst sentiment Is
that for District Attorney Jerome. His
name stands alone on the official ballot,
and to be carried to victory he must
poll more than one hundred and fifty
thousand split tickets. In which the dis
trlct attorney Is running. Is 3G8,633. and
tho vote polled will, 1t Is estimated, be
close to 900. Straw polls and Informal
ballots have shown the district attorney
to far outstrip his antagonists. but Tam
many Hall is relying upon the inability
or dlsinclination Of the voter to split a
ballot.
Hearst Leads Straw Vote.
TO ascertain the drift OF pop
ular sentiment In the coming
election, tho Herald made q poll
h of more than ten thousand voters
representing all classes of voters in all
the five boroughs OF the city. The re-
suits are given this morning to serve as
basis for forming a judgment OF the
outcome OF the voting on Tuesday.
In these polls. Mayor Mcclellan had
plurality In the election districts
chosen, in the financial and real estate
organization, with the exception of the
brooklyn League, and IN the Hippo
drome. Mr.. Twins had a plurality of the
teachers In the public schools and In
the Brooklyn League. Mr.. Hearst had a
plurality In all the other groups Of voters
polled. In striking the Anal balance
sheet of the vote cast for nominees for
Mayor, tho following result was OBJ
tanned:
Leads Mayor BY Goo.
WILLIAM r. HEARST, 4,177,
GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN. 3.5s2
~ WILLIAM M. WINS, 1888.
All through the campaign, the political
leaders have been basing their claims
on the supposed drift Of Republican vot-
ers to N1cCellanfor of Democratic voters
to Hearst. In order to get an idea OF
the extent and the relative proportion of
this drift, the Herald in asking tho pre-
ierences of the voters regarding noml-
nees also asked them to indicate the
party ticket which they are In the habit
Of voting. A summary OF the replies re-
ceived to this question, excluding the
straight party ballots and the independ-
ents, Is as follows:
Democrats who will vote for Hearst,
To- IA ina yuh n Ixil1 xnfa tfon