The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07
TANMANY WILL HAVE B|TTEREST FIGHT IN HISTORY y!!
 ss J;ron, Sp'sS' New Scnsa- tion .> as Campaign
 is Drawing to Close
BETTING FAVORS JEROME
 AND M'CLELLAN Z ID 1
In Maryland the Race Issue Will Be Fought Out at the Polls After a Phenomenal Cam
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New York, November 6.-(Special)- 1 Nothing like the campaign that closed
 tonight has ever been known in the city's history. It has been a campaign of sur 1 prises and it closes with all sides in doubt. These are the ante-election claims of the different candidates:
 | Tammany Hall professes to be conf-
 dent that Mayor George B. Mcclellan will be reelected. but gives no estimate on the probable vote.
 William Randolph Hearst. the munich
 pal ownership candidate, says that he
 will carry all five boroughs and will be l elected by a plurality of 5000.
 For William M. Wins, the republicans
 claim plurality of 13,0oo.
 William Travers Jerome, who made his
 campaign for district attorney of New
 York county without the endorsement of any party until the eleventh hour, when
 the republicans withdrew their candidate
 and nominated him, claims victory by an
 overwhelming plurality.
 I Tammany's Forecast Significant. The most significant of these forecasts is that of Tammany and the significance lies in the fact that leader Charles F. Murphy
 does not feel sufficiently confident of success to hazard figures on the result. It is we'll known that when Tammany feels 'cocky" on the eve of an election it never fails to give estimates. When the Tiger is in doubt he contents himself
 with the assertion: 'Everything looks bright. We will win"
 There is no doubt that Tammany is frightened. Wins, the republican eand- date expressed the situation in the wig wam ranks tonight, when he said: Murphy is scared. He has a pain in his destiny"
 Hearst is the man who has given the has been the greatest surprise of the campaign. Starting out with everybody except his municipal ownership league against him he has attracted supporters organized and unorganized and all classes of the discontented.
 Wins Was Surprise.
 Henry George gave Tammany a scare in 1ss6 but nothing like this. And then there was the surprise of Twins, cand- date every inch alive. projecting himself with all the vigor of his remarkable mind into contest that on the republican side had seemed predestined to be fought out under some stuffed image of a leader. Wins has defied the republican boss, Ben jamin B. Odell in his speeches and some of the most conservative papers in the city have declared that he would make the best mayor of the three candidates. Leader Murphy of Tammany Hall has staked much on this campaign. His plan was L. re-elect Mcclellan mayor, put him in the governors chair and then put him forward for the presidential nomination. Thank Jerome for Defeat. If Murphy loses he will have William Travers Jerome to thank for defeat. It was MT. Jerome's fight on boss rule that gave life to the uprising against Tammany. He made the same fight that has been made by Folk in Missouri and Weaver in Philadelphia Had Mir Mur- phy nominated Jerome for district at- torney things would have been different. He would have been absolutely certain of victory. As 1t stands tonight he can only hope to pull through by tight squeeze.
 Old time politicians profess to believe tonight that notwithstanding Murphys margin. That if he wins it will be a close shave is indicated by the closing odds in the betting. The odds tonight had frightened to ? to 1 on Mcclellan. Contest Is Unprecedented. New York. November 6-(By the As socfated Press. )-An almost unprecedent- ed degree of unanimity regarding the re- suit of the final conflict at the polls to- morrow marks the close of what has been in many respects the most interest ing political campaign ever waged in the city of New York Whether Mcclel- Ian, Hearst or Twins will be chosen to rule the destinies of the metropolis for the next four years presents a problem. which in the face of conditions absolute ly unique. baffles the skill of even the most experienced forecasters of election results.
 This is due to the complications aris- 
 (Contnued on Tenth Paae.)