The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-28
SPECIAL 70 the Washington HeraId-

Special 70 the Washington Herald
New York, Oct. with but one week
Of the campaign yet remaining the signs
on the surface preponderate that New
York will vote for Hughes. The bet
ting hovers round 8 20 I on the insur-
ancc Investigator. Sometimes It goes 10
- TO i. sometimes TO 2is to /, and when
IL comes TO a standsun II IS because
there is no Hearst money IN sight.
All polls and canvasses indicate that
the voters from that section of the State
north of the New York City line viii give
n large plurality for Hughes, and that
New York City viii not be much more
strongly for him than for the Democratic
ticket in 1900
L is true, however that these can
vases are all obtained 10y the Repub-
lican State committee or by newspapers
that are supporting the Republican ticket.
As for the Democracy and the Iude-
pendence League they have no Cauvasses.
rhey furnish 10 figures. They content
themselves with saying that there is q
tremendous undercwrent that will elect
Hearst.
ConnOFs Claims Twenty Counties.
Mr. Connors, chairman of the Demo
cratic State committee. asserts that ne
knows that twenty counties are going for
Hearst. II viii Dc recalled that Bryan
only carried one county in 1896. When
asked to name tho counties. Mr.. Connors
declines.
Hearst also has ''rattied' MS followers
by setting up the cry that he will b.
elected if he is not cheated. Mr. Ihmsen.
The chairman of the Independence
League gTavely announced in n care
fully typewriter statement that
Postmaster General Cortelyou was here
collecting money with which 10 buy the
election. At the time he made this state
ment Mr COrtelv0u was sitting in hs
room at the Manhattan Hotel. scarcely
daring 10 communicate with the Repuh-
lican managers for fear OF ruTing their
feelings.
anxious About Hughes.
u IS an interesting fact that nine out
of every ten men you meet in the street
win ted you that they believe that
Hughes VIII he elected. but at tho game
lime there Is the greatest anxiety that
ne may nsttbe. Hearst has done so many
things in the way Of exposing Wall street,
and War streets railways and trusts
and has scored 50 heavily in the Federal
and state courts that many persons are
really wondering If ne has not some
great supernatural powers which win en-
able him 10 turn defeat into victory at
tie last minute. Many OF his ardent sup
porteTs have given up hope, but he lights
ou, banging heads right and left, and
drawing large crowds AT most Of his meet
ings.
Tonight Hearst Is in what William J.
Bryan in 1881 called the enemies country
lie had engagements to speak in the
Borough OF KinS and Queens. lie came
10 the task of keeping them from meet
inEs at Albany. Troy. and COhoes last
night that were great Outpourings. and
made some OF the younger reporters wire
their papers in panic that Hearst was
going TO be elected.
Kings County is the bailiWick OF T. H.
AIcCarren. the Democratic boss. who re-
FUSED 10 vote u make Hearst's nominal
Iion unanimous AT Buffalo. and who later
called together his county committee and
denounced Hearst as q bolter for uominat-
ing an opposition judicial ticket.
Queens Not for Hearst.
Queens is the county which the anti
Hearst men carried by 1900 majority at
the primaries. only to see their delegates
unse2ted AZ Buffalo under directions Of
Murphy In order 10 make q Hearst major
ity Hearst met with d cold reception In
both boroughs. His meetings were in
marked contrast with those which greet
I'd him on his first visit to Brooklyn,
which was before McCarren declared war
upon him.
Hearsts speeches tonight were in
tenseIy bitter. He has been growing in
violencs steadily for moro than q week.
and tonight he denounced everybody
who is opposed TO him, except the Wash |
ington administration. He attacked the
appellate division Of the Supreme Court
i0T throwing OF his local candidates i'm
New York County because they were
nominated bv q corporation: he lambast-
I'd every editor in the city by name. aud
Ic trounced the "plundcrbust to his
hearts content But he got little SYM
p1fhy from his hearers.
on the other hand. Hughes. Who was
also III the ''enemy's country" was get /
tins, promises Of the warmest support in
The counties of tAe southern tier These
counties traversed by Hughes to-day are
10 the senate and Congressional district
II Gov Higgins, whose friends sought TO
prevent Hughes nomination. To-day they
turned out thousands OF Republicans 70
meet and hear Hughes. and tonight ne
vas the guest OF the governor at Olean,
aal had a large meeting
Doubt as to Tammany.
The sharpest sort Of speculation is
being iudulged in here as 10 the kind OF
support Tammany will give Hearst. OF
course, Tammany ardently desires the
election of the local ticket. But Mr.,
Hearst has personally had his doubts as
20 whether the machine vote would so for
him. The town has been full OF stories
that every Tammany man would scratcl
lis name and vote for Hughes.
Hearst has questioned Tammauy lead
ers about 1t. saying that he feared Il
merciIess cartOouing that Murphy h
been the victim of might turn him agar
the Democratic State ticket These q
toons have sought to accentuate the f
that Hearst, before the last election
during his contest in both his news
pers. repeatedly cartooned Murphy
.hief and thug. in prison stripes.
T1-rr,9~s4s OF different cartoons mic