Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-05
UNCERTAINTY IN
NEN YORK STATE
Old Time Methods of Forecast
ing Of Little Value In Pres
ent Situation
PARTY LINES oBLITERATED
Bets Made at to on Broadway To.
Day That Hughes Will Be Elected
Governor Of New York-Murphy
Predicts City of New York Will Be
for Hearst by Over 100000.

New York, Nov. 5.-Today will wit
ness the closing scenes in one of the
most remarkable political campaigns in
the history of the empire state. What
the outcome of tomorrow's battle of
ballots will be cannot be forecasted
with any certainty. Old time methods
Of anticipating the results Of an cleo
ton have been rendered almost use
less Party lines in many sections OF
the state have been almost, If not
quite obliterated. Political affiliations
have been thrown aside. and thousands
of voters tomorrow will follow their
chosen leader rather than any party.
The respective leaders of rhe great
parties, basing their estimates upon
what they claim have been careful,
painstaking canvasses, have reached
widely different conclusions as to what
the result will be. The managers OF the
republican, democratic and Independ-
ence League, campaigns each has an
nounced himself as convinced his can
didate will have plurality Of at least
100000 votes. Hughes will address
seven meetings this afternoon and eve
ming in various sections in New YORK.
Hearst will address three and possibly
four meetings tonight
Betting Favors Hughes.
Several bets at 5 to l that Hughes
will be elected governor were made in
Broad street today. The odds then
dropped to Az to /. Chas. F. MUIR
ply, leader of Tammany Hall, said to-
day: After opening of the envelopes
turned in by the district leaders on
Saturday, am confident Hearst viii
carry New York city by IS big plur-
ality as that given Co,er In 1902"
Coler's plurality TO- governor in 1902
was 122,724. Police Commissioner
Bingham today ordered the transfer of
1000 policemen who will be on duty at
the polls on election day. The trans
fers are for that day only. E,ch po-
liceman will be allowed four hours to
return to his election district and cast
his vote. Chairman Woodruff, repub-
lican state committeeman, said today
that he regards the election o. Hughes
as practically certain.
Hughes will get 100000 or more
above Bronz," said Woodruff. Hearst
cannot get more than $4,000 plurality
in the greater city, according to the
computation of his own managers, and
In my opinion, the greater city will
come close to giving Hughes a plural
ity, if it does not give that. Hughes
will carry Brooklyn, Queens, Rich
mond, Suffolk and Nassau co"nties,
which ought to give plural big
enough to give Long Island to
Hughes by nearly $4,000. I would not
be at all surprised If Hughes got 250,-
900 above Bronz. Many things COM
bined to point to Hearst's defeat. The
McCarren move in Brooklyn, Osborn
move in Albany McCarren-Cr
cablegralns Roots speech at Utica, the
Rock incident in this city, are all indf-.
cative of the sentiment opposed to
Hearst"
Hearst's Letter.
A letter signed by Hearst calling on
the watchers at the polls thruout the
state to scrutinize the voting and make
victory certain was issued by Max
Ihmsen, manager of the independence
League campaign today. Hearst in his
letter says the only hope of the re-
publicans in winning this election
Lilies in corrupt use of money. The
grand masters of the plunderbund new
er donated anything to a political par
ty, they invest"
"You are doubtless" he said, aware
that practically the entire financial
burden of the campaign has fallen on
the shoulders of one man who controls
no monopoly, who never engaged in
stock jobbing deal, or possessed a de-
sired special privilege from the gov
ernment. The money spent in our
campaign has been used for organiza-
tion purposes, but find the burden so
great that amount available for watch
ers to prevent our votes being stolen
on election day is comparatively small.
We must, therefore, depend upon pa
triostism and loyalty of workers to
watch the voting. The opposition poll
workers will be supplied with large
sums of money on election day, but this
money was first extorted from the peo-
pie by criminal corporations before
they gave it to Hughes They will re-
call it to their Golfers with added in
terest in the event of his election, since
they will have power to reimburse
themselves from your income"
Hughes addressed a big meeting of
workingmen from platform at West
and Bethune streets this afternoon.
The crowd was a restless one, and
those more than fifty feet from the
speaker could not hear him.