The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-06

III EAtttChS Oh EACH
New York, November 3-After a day
of rest, broken only by trip to Yonk-
ers where he spoke briefly, William
R. Hearst tonight made lively tour
of Manhattan where seven monster
mass meetings had been arranged in
his interests.
We have made a good fight, and we
will win great victory. The victory
will be great in the number of our plu-
rality for 1, believe that we will win
by over 100000. He said.
'BCt the victory will be greater in
another way. 1t will be a great vic
tory for the people against the power
of corrupt corporations. 1t will be
great victory for the democracy of
Thomas Jefferson, and the republican
ism Of Abraham Lincoln.
1T will be more than a victory in DO
litical principles. It will be9a victory
of essential morality in public life for
truth il public statement end for hon
esty in public service.
Hundreds of thousands OF dollars
and perhaps millions Of dollars will be
thrown into this state and city Oh
election day by corrupt corporations
to debauch the ballot and corrupt cleo
tiOn officials
Certainly these great trusts that
make millions and hundreds Of mil
through the failure Of public officials
to enforce the law will spend part Of
those millions to preserve their special
privileges.
''On Tuesday, my friends, we will
restore the power in this republic t.
the public and whip those corrupt cor
porations out OF the temple Of our gov
eminent
Max Ihmsan, political manager for
William 2 Hearst zane out III
statement tonight in which he says:
'I an absolutely confident that Mr..
Hearst will win this election by 2OO, 900
majority. The desperation CT the re-
pubIicana is manifest in the course
they have pursued. Federal interfer-
ence has ben invoked, and yituperation
and abuse have taken the place CT al
gument, but if vituperatiOn and abuse
fail, as they surely must, the republi
cans have another reliance. That re-
lance is money.
Never before in the history Cf the
state III state election has SO much
money been available to the publican
managers as is at their disposal for
this campaign. The aggregate VII
probably equal that which was used in
the presidential campaign in 1896. fII-
formation has come to me that in AL
bany county alone $4,000 will be spent
on election day by the republicans and
in Clinton $4,000. This information
is from several sources which l can
not doubt. What is being done in
these counties is typical Of what is be-
ing done all over the state"
REVIEW OF NEW YORK CAMPAIGN
Today practically closed the most ex-
traordinary campaign for governor Of
New York in the political history OF
the state, although both candidates will
continue speech making until Monday
night. It has been a campaign Of per-
sonalfties rather than policies, OF men
instead of measures, and it has stirred
the interest of the voters of the en-
p1re state to its extreme boundaries
For vigor and vituperation it has been
without precedent among state cam
paigns, and for persistency OF appeals
for votes by the two candidates it
stands alone. National issues aside
from the so-called trust" have been
entirely ignored, and state issues have
scarcely received passing mention.
Sensational charges have been inject
ed from time to time, and interest has
ben kept at the highest pitch for sew
eral weeks The official close of the
campaign tonight was amidst blaze
Of political enthusiasm and rapid fire
oratory.
The close of the campaign finds po-
litical situation unprecedented in this
state, and some OF the shrewdest poll
ticians who have been watching the
trend of affairs admit that the usual
sources of political representation are
all but worthless. Party lines have