The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-04
THE VOTE IN KIAGS COUNTY.
FIGURES AS COMPILED BY THE
POLITICAL EXPERTS.
4 Conservative Estimate Gives Mr. Hughes
a Plurality Of S.7SO-The Republican
Managers Are Looking for q Much
bigger observation-disclosures CONFIDENT.

~ IN W.
bigger Plurality -Brcnner CONFIDENT.
Active campaign work in Brooklyn was
virtually wound up yesterday, and the
political experts got busy in figuring out
how the 296, g27 enrolled voters would proba-
bly, he distributed on Tuesday. There was
a practical agreement among them that
the combined Hughes and Hearst vote
would be between 2l6, 900 and 217.OOO, the
falling OIL of al out 20 900 from the regietra-
ton being made up of the usual percentage
of n%on-voters, the Socialist, Socialistic Laf or
and Prohibition vote and void and defective
ballots, OF which latter there are likely to
be an unusually large number this year
owing to n ratification OF the ballot by i'm
proper scratching.
The widest difference of opinion pre-
walls among the Brooklyn election fore
casters AZ to the distribution Of the III 900
G~ubernatorial votes. Some eminent Re
publicans who have been active In politics
for a quarter of a century and have been
close observers OF the changing drifts Of
sentiment In the big sister borough figure
out a probable majority Of % ,000for Hughes,
and less sanguine statesmen place IL be-
tween 10, 900 and 5000. More conservative
Reput licans, recalling the fact that two
years ago, even with Roosevelt at the head
of the ticket, the vote for Higgins fell II, 1900
short Of that for Herrick, and that last
year Hearst got the surprising vote Of over
SO, 900 in the triangular race for Mayor,
are not inclined to place Hughes more than
5000 or 1000 ahead of Hearst Chair
man Jacob Bremen of the Republican
executive committee, who in the absence
of Mr.. Woodruff 1T State headquarters
this year has had tho chief management Of
the campaign and has been in close touch
with all its details, was brimful Of con-
fidence yesterday that Hughes's majority
over He srst would reach unprecedented
dimensions. There was every assurance
in his judgment that Mr.. Hughes would
carry Kings county by the largest ma
jority ever given to any candidate for
Governor.
Among the Democratic district leaders.
all Of whom were present at the historic
meeting OF the county conn. ittee and joined
with their fellow delegates to that body in
enthusiastics lily indorsing Senator McCar-
ren's scathing ~arraignment and rerudiation
OF Hearst, there il a wide difference Of
OPINION as to the division OF the 217,OO0
votes for Governor. A few OF them figure
out a majority for Hearst, but most OF them
believe thGt Hughes will come out aheGd,
the estimated mojorities ran ging from
1000 to 5000. While Sen tor McCj re
himself has declined to m Ike sny preuII-
tions, the men most in his confidence ex-
press the utmost assur.. nee that the m jor-
ity for Mr.. Hughes will not fall short Of
WCrden Patrick Hpyes, who is now
generally reg rded as the Brooklyn lesder
Of the Hesrst forces end his associates,
declare with appe rent confidence that
their candid te will sween Kings county
by a majority Of over 10000.
An impartial politics | statistician. who
has been a close watcher OF elections in
Brooklyn for over a soore of years and
has been in d lily ouch with the leaders In
the rival camrs in the present campaign,
figures out the rlurRlities by Assembly
Districts as follows: