Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-08
ROUND Apour NEW YoRlS.
Warm OpeniaR of the Campaign for
Control az the state.

up with uncommon vigor on both sides. In
the parlanoe Of the ring, the contestants
have stripped for the fray, tossed each
other the usual def and followed up with
a hot exchange" Fierce in-hghting may be
looked FOR as the battle progresses through
the coming three weeks Betting odds are
two to one on Hughes, The republicans
expect to put 800 spcllblnders in the held
at once, who will speedily in every dis
trIct in the state. A number OF prominent
state democrats have repudiated the Hearst
ticket. Three prominent democratic up
state newspapers have hoisted the Hughes
banner. In New York City the newspaper
support Of Hearst is confined to his own
newspaper. 1t is too early to measure the
extent OF the democratic detection above
or below the Harlem. That there il wide
spread disgust among democrats is con-
ceded, but whether Il will be manifested at
the ballot box is another story. Hearst
himself is not disposed to pour oil ON the
troubled waters. In New York city and
Brooklyn his Independence league insists ON
division of the nominations for judicial
and minor offices and the wrath OF machine
leaders over the arrogance OF the new boss
is too hot for print
In some quarters there Is disposition
to consider the battle already won by
Hughes. 1T is all over but the shouting"
said republican state senator. The New
York Mail. strong republican paper,
warns the party against danger of over
confidence. There is hard tight ahead"
says the Mail. Hearst will draw to him
self the whole army of discomfort. He will
reap the harvest which his own newspapers
have been sowing. He will get all the votes
coming TO a political Barnum, A sucker
is born every minute The floating vote
will be his to a man. Every small politician
who has been found out in either party.
and who has been thrown out of the win
dow or kicked out Of the door, will be for
Hearst, and the hope OF revenge and re-
Mobilization which his candidacy carries
The formidable power of the great city
bosses will be put forth in his behalf.
Under Hearst we shall have. what this
state has never had before. a complete
lineup Of its discontents. its credulities
and its appetites-citisens honestly dis
gusted with prevailing conditions; rattle
brains who take his newspapers seriously;
the predatory bosses and the venal voters
Hearst will make an effort. II possible
plausible EFFORT both to have his cake
and eat It,. lie will propagate the fiction
racy. while the reality will be a Hearst
campaign exudng money at every pore
against Hughes campaign conducted
on the most modest resources. even en-
barrassed, it may be. for lack of funds
The Buffalo candidate is a multimiIonaire
with the lavishness of a millionaire IN
building up his political fortunes
All the material advantages will he on
the side OF Hearst, and his managers will
not scruple to use them The money that
they will pour into the upstate counties to
capture the democratic organizations il
only a drop in the bucket compared TO
what will be used TO encompass his cleo
ton. The Hearstites will cry fraud and
at the same time will adopt the methods
which recently caused five of them to he
punished by the courts for the forgery OF
nominating petitions.
Hearst can spend on a single election
district an amount larger than Mr.. Hughes
could contribute 10 his entire campaign.
supposing he is able to contribute at all to
1t. As an investment IT will be worth the
Buffalo mans while to do It, for friendly
mayor appointed by him in this city might
secure the dropping OF the $4,000. 900 damage
suits begun against him on hebalf of the
men killed or injured in his Madison Square
fireworks celebration
No. II is not all over but the shouting
Hearst has every advantage on his side
but his cause. his own personality and the
conscience OF the people. He can be de-
feated. and triumphantly defeated; but to
do that the conscience of the state must
be summoned forth to do battle with him.
Like sentiments are voiced by stan cor
respondents Of the Chicago Tribune.
THE prodigalty with which money is be-
ing spent TO wage the Hearst campaign. -
says the New York Tribune lis becoming
source Of wonder among politicians here.
who even In boom days never had at hand
bottomless barrel-a verItable widow $
cruise. such as seems to be at the dsposaI
OF the Hearst workers. One of the poll
ticians reviewing the work which began a
year ago and taking into consideration the
expenses OF the independence league, organ
izations up the state and here. estimated
that the whole sum put out by the head OF
the Buffalo ticket would not come much
under a round million of dollars.
Hearst and Lewis Stuyvesant ChanIer
according to rather general unde-stan nd
ing among politicians, have been assessed
100000 apiece by the democratic orga MIA
, ton. In addition to this. Hearst has all
the expenses Of his own personal machines
The Hearst campaign and the Tammany
Hall campaign in New York county will
be carried on separately. though with a
kind OF cooperation. Meetings will be
distinct. with separate lists of speakers,
and each organization will pay ALI. it's ex-
penses for its own meetings"
The official figures OF last falls election
for mayor of New York are as follows
Mcclellan. WINS. Hearst.
Manhattan and Bronx. 1852 64.OS l23. $50
Brooklyn ............... bA,b6o bl,R5 Si,b3
Queens ................. l3,lyS 1853 1907
KlchnOnd .............. hl-l 4-aol 2,S5t
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any similar edition ever published. Omaha