New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
TAMMANY FAIRLY DAZED
CUT IN TWO By HEARST.
IUins Would Be Elected No5o, Iasdi-
cations ShorC.

Tar,n,anv last night at the end OF the first full
week of the campaign, was dazed, stunned ans
paraIyzed by the stampede from among its rank
and file to the Hearst ranks Every straw vote
thus far taken. every preliminary canvass, the
estimates of Tammany election district captains
themselves all tend to confirm the fact that
Hearst has split Tammany Hall in two in the
middle and is leading away a full half OF the
voters.
About one IN every Ave OF the Hearst recruits
is a Republican. so that if Hearst rolls up a
total OF 1T5000 votes, his hackers are now
confident not more than $4,000 OF them will be
Republicans. The outlook last night justified
the statement that II the election were held on
Tuesday next WINS would win by 10000. while
Mcclellan and Hearst would break even.
Tammany as yet has not made up its mind
how TO corral she runaways and bring them
back into line. One Of the things that Will be
done this week will be to raise the yell that
Hearst is a menace to law and order. In this
way Tammany will try to stampede conservative
Republicans from WINS to Mcclellan.
In carrying this plan into effect orders were is
sued yesterday for placarding the billboards of
the city with red and black proclamations about
as follows:
Mcclellan stands for the nag, for order and
good government.
Hearst stands for disloyalty. for anarchy and
spoliation.
While that may not be the exact wording of
the signs the sentiment is as Tammany will
promulgate ii.
From the present outlook all that Republicans
need to do to elect its entire city, aldermanic
and Assembly ticket is to stand together and
vote the ticket straight.
About 100000 votes will be cast. The regis
tration is about $4,000 or 10000 more than
two years ago. The vote two years ago aggre-
gated about 100000. On account OF prospective
excessive splitting Of the ticket this year, It
will not be much in excess of the vote OF two
years ago.
Mcclellan in 1903 received 314,782 and Low
252.0S6. Judging from the present outlook, If
the election were held this week, Mcclellan and
Hearst would poll about $4,000 each, while
WINS would get at least 100000 This would
be allowing a shrinkage of fully $4,000 In the
Republican vote. and there Is nothing tangible
to indicate that the shrinkase will be as great
that.
It is generally conceded that Mr.. WINS is
Quoting an aggressive campaign. and that he Is
saying things that are likely to keep the Repub-
licans almost solidly in line. He has only just
begun HIS fight, but already he has inspired the
district leaders and the rank and file to unusual
activity. His argument that only the Republi-
can candidate can guarantee reasonable car
Tytng out OF platform pledges with reference to
municipal ownership is having great weight.
The coming week will be a critical one in the
campaign In it Tammany will spend money,
make an effort to check the stampede of its
voters to the Hearst camp, and at the same time
try TO scare the Republicans into believing that
Hearst is menace TO the city, and that the
only safeguard against the menace is to elect
the Murphy grating outfit They know that
this plan worked twenty years ago, and they
think ii will work again, They seem to have
lost sight of the fact that Mr. WINS IS known to
every intelligent voter in the city by this time,
and that Republicans not easily stampeded
into Tammany Hall.
Another remarkable thing about the Tam
many canvass to date is that both the Wig
wan and the Mcclellan headquarters are com
paratively deserted Few of the solid citizens in
Tammany Hall visiting Charles F. Murphy
in 14th-st. these days, and the Mcclellan head
quarters, in the Bartho1di. positively gloomy.
At the close Of each day Mayor Mcclellan and
Mr.. Murphy meet there for consultation and on
account Of their daily meeting there is itful ac-
tivity.
Just how much money Murphy has for his
campaign this year has not been made clear.
No campaign literature is being sent out and
not much money is being spent for anything.
The Hearst men allege that Murphy has fund
of 100000 tap at the Bartholdi. This is
not fact. Money up to date has been scarce
there. AS soon as there is plenty Of money for
campaign work Tammany men swarm to head
quarters There Is no swarmiHg Two years
ago everything was humming in the Mcclellan
camp three weeks before the close Of the cam
paign. Unless there is a change in the situation
In the next fortnight Tammany will be crushed
and Inundated as never before, and the Repub-
licans will make sweep in all the boroughs.