The Washington herald., 1906-10-31

New York. Oct. S0-Interest in the
guberHatoFiaI campaign in New York
State has not yet reached a fever stage.
and the managers CT the candidates on
both sides are putting in their heaviest
licks 70 win victory. The situation is
the most complicated OF its kind that
ever arose in this commonwealth over the
election Of governor.
Heretofore party lines were strong. and
it was a comparatively easy task for the
managers on both sides TO determine who
was TO be elected governor. But this
year apparently party lines are TO be
swept aside. that is to a large extent
Many Republican working men proclaim
they are going to vote for Hearst, and "a
large number OF old-line Democrats an
nounce they are for Hughes, the Re
publican candidate.
There We're times when the Republican
managers were blue ever prospects. times
when the reports from upstate indicated
that Hearst was making fearful threads
into the vote Of the workingTnen who
stood by Roosevelt and Mckinley. Even
Jas late rs yesterday this feeling was re-
fected in the betting market, when the
odds on the Republican candidate drop
ped from 20 1 to g1s 10 l.
Republicans Now Confident.
/ To-day. however the Republicans are
las confident as they were in the first part
Of the campaign that they viii win, and
the betting odds have gone back TO 3 to 1.
at which large sums of real money were
placed to-day
Mr.. Hughes is going to make campaign
speeches right up 10 the eve of election.
For the last week or so he has been 20
ling over the ground visited by Mr. Hearst.
and there are many evidences That The
seeds he has sown are bearing fruit ia
abundance. His reception at Rochester
last night, where he declared that The
Hearst campaign is merely organized
villifeatiOn. has caused the leaders there
10 believe that the Republican ucket
viii nave a plurality OF 1850 in Monroe
Count
Mr.. 4ssgnes has recently been repeat
ing the charges that while Hearst IS de-
nouncing corporations on the platform. Ee
IS himself a trust. and that ali his busi-
ness IS carried on by means Of corpora
tons organized with a view Of evading
taxes and liabilities in damage suits. Ht
has produced records Of the courts 10
back up his assertions. and ne has dared
Mr. Hearst 10 reply 10 them.
Hearst Refuses Direct Answer.
Mr.. Hearst himself, seems to be get
ting trife pevish over the matter. bat
all efforts 10 get him TO give a direct
7uswc- 20 the questions has failed. In
stead Of answering them outright. ne re-
piled by the severest structures on the
personal character and the political mo
tive Of his SFponcnt-
He has applied offensive eplthets 10 all
who oppose him He has called Alton B.
Parker. who was long the chief Judge
of appeals Of this State and candidate
for President on the Democratic ticket in
1871 a political coekroach." He has
called Richard Watson Glider, editor or
the Century Magazine, a feeble. fluffy.
scratching Incubator chick" after Mr..
Glider said he would not support him.
Hearst Has Strategy Board.
The Republicans claim that his lodging
of pertinent questions and calling names is
bound to react on the Democratic candi-
date. and not Il few OF the Democratic
managers are Of the same opinion. Hearst
has taken the bit in his teeth. and VIII
listen to no advice
An investigation OF the records of the
State and Federal courts show Hearst
personally, and the corporations which
operate his newspapers. have been sued
Tor between S6.000.0OO and S7,O000lO for
damages. mostly for libel Of individuals
in his newspapers
These are only the suits that are now on
the calendar for trial, and the list does
not Include a large number of actions ia
which the plaintiffs have taken advantage
Of the provisions of the law which allows
them to give notice that they are ready-
10 go on whenever the case is called.
Hughes Avoids Personal Abuse.
On the other hand, impartial observers
cali attention to the fact that Mr.. Hughes
has engaged in no personal abuse, and
that he has at all times stuck close u
The issues Of the campaign.
Last night at Syracuse, Mr.. Hearst eyi-
IDENTIFY went into rage when copy Of d
LEGAL paper was shown 20 bim in which
a number Of pertinent questions were 5G-
dressed 10 him. and he denounced the edi-
tor OF tha sheet as a natural burned
fool and described AIr. Hughes a. "a
animated feather duster-
He did not however, make a direct re-
ply to the questions addressed 20 him by
a local paper.
The Hearst forces have issued a pam
phlet which has caused much angel
among the Republican managers. ].
shows in parallel column the views OF
President Roosevelt and Mr. Hearst IN
such subjects as trusts great wealth, &C.
and its evident object is 70 make its reld-
ers understand that the views of the two
men on these subjects coincide. Chairman
Woodruff Of the Republican State com
mittee, says he is going to ask the Presi-
dent 10 repUdiate the pamphlet.
Farley Not for Hughes.
One of the little incidents Of the cam
paign that has caused excitement and
friction away out Of proportion TO It's real
importance is the question of how James
Farley. the renowned strike breaker. is 90
ing to vote. The Hearst papers printed
story to the effect that Farley had re-
Inounced the Democratic party and came
out fer Hughes. The next afternoon one
of the Hearst papers came out with a two
page article linking the strike breaker
with Mr. Hughes.
Farley came out with 4 statement to-
day saying that he always was . Demo-