The Washington herald., 1906-11-01


,!idate for governor. Charles z. Hughes
VII win that they are now claiming foI
him 4 plurality OF al least 20a.co0 ia the
counties above the Bronx-
This. Of course. would mean the cleo
ttoa U Mr.. Hughes by lasse majority
as even the Democratic managers them
selves DO not believe that AIr. Hearst viii
Aaye anything Ike a plurality of 300. 90,
ia Greater New York
The Hughes prediction to-day was in 2
~ense Official, as IT was made by WiliaE
Barnes, jr.. state committeeman. from
Albany, and it was backed up by Timo-
;hy L Woodruff. chairman OF the com
mittee. 1Ir- Barnes said:
i have gone over most carefully ana
painstaIdRgly all the canvasses and re-
ports which have been submitted to Chair
man WoodruG by the chairmen Of the up.
state county committees IN the last
gubernatoriaI election the upstate dis
tricts gave Higgins a plurality IN round
numbers Of ls060Q Out Of 5000 upstate
slsction districts not more than thirty
viii show a decrease from the Higgins
figures. and In many Of the others there
VIII be Increases. The gain has not been
confined 10 any one locality. but Is gen
craI all over the state
There is not tha slightest doubt that
Mr. Hughes will beat Gov. Higgins fig
ures by a bIg margin. can say, without
the slightest qualification, that believe
hat AR Hughes win sweep the upstate
counties By at least 2o0,eg0 plurality"
Murphy Refuses to Give Figures.
Charles t. Murphy, leader Of Tammany
Hall, refused To make any detailed pre-
diction on the results OF the election.
IF what Mr.. Barnes says IS true" he
.iaid. we might as vel close up shop.
But his figures do not agree with our re-
ports from upstate
The ODDS in the betting market shifted
about to-day between three 10 one against
Hearst and two-aud-a-h2lf to one. Most
of the Wagers laid were at The latter
ligUEe. bur many bets were placed at
three 70 one. S. 6. Wood went into the
curb market with $1,000 Of Hearst money.
and wagered 1t against s25,oo0 on
Hughes
Mr.. Hughes and AIr. Hearst arc stU
talking 10 big audiences upstate. Both
arc being exceedingly well received.
Hearst getting the bigger noise and the
more enthusiasm. biT Hearst finished
mis- tour tonight at Buffalo. Mr.. Hughes
has still q few more engagements TO keep
outside OF this city. He will keep the
campaigning up until the eve OF the cleo
lion. and It Is his intention to devote
the last two days and nights of the cam
psign IN New York City.
Mr.. Hearst's voice is pretty we'll tagged
out, and Mr.. Hughes IS hoarse from con
tinucd speechmakIng.
Gets Message from Croker.
McCarren, the Democratic leader Of
Brooklyn, who had denounced Hearst,
was proudly displaying to-day a cable
message ne received from Richard Croker.
formerly leader Of Tammany Hail. who is
now living in England. The message con
graduated AIcCarren on the manly stand
that you have taken, win or lose
Senator McCarren cabled Tor permission
20 make the message public, and It was
granted by the sender. Neither Murphy
nor any of the Independence League man
ayers would discuss the subject Of the
Croker cable.
It IS known that Mr.. Croker is coming
back to this city about Christmas time,
whether he is going into politics again
His friends say that he is done with poll
tics forever, and that if he comes over
again It viii be absolutely on a social
visit.
When seen tonight about the cable mes
sage that Senator McCarren had received
from Richard Croker. backing tie stand
the Brooklyn Democratic leader had taken
against Hearst Charles F. Murphy seem
ed TO doubt the genuineness Of the mes
sage.
Murphy Calls Them Fakes.
Why" he said. ''it was only three
weeks ago that John J. Scannen. an old
friend Of Mr.. Croker's, had a talk with
him at Dublin, and Mr. Croker said he
indorsed the action Of Tammany at Buf-
faIo and that he thought with me that
Hearst was the strongest man to put up
as governor under the circumstances.
This leads nee to believe the so-caIled
messages exchanged between Mr.. Croker
and Mr.. McCarren are fakes. At least, I
won't believe that any such messages
passed until I see them
When this statement was carried TO
Senator AIcCarren he produced the origi-
nails of the messages that Mr.. Croker
sent The cable congratulating McCarren
on the stand he had taken in opposition
10 Hearst came several days ago. Nc
Carren then wired for permission 10 pub
Iish the message, but Mr.. Croker replied
that he would prefer not TO let the mes
sage 90 out But to-day McCarren re-
ceived this message from the former lead
or of Tammany Hall:
You may publish message.
tSigned) RICHARD CROKER"
CrOkcrs Word Is still Law.
The belief is general among politicians
that the Croker message viii cost many
votes. Croker is stiH the idol OF the old
line Tammany Hall men. and the admira-
ton and loyalty with which he is regard
cd by the rank and file has become a ira
dition Of the organization. Many Of them
think If he came to-day he would imme-
diately become the leader of the wigwam.
as he did In 1897, when he returned after a
long stay in Europe and deposed John
Sheehan, who had become leader in the
meantime When the rupture between Mr..
Murphy and the mayor occurred, big Tim
Sullivan said:
we are right We arc for the leader
Mr. Murphy is the leader. We are with
him. I know of no one 1 would leave
Murphy for except Richard Croker"
This sentiment was repeated by other
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