The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-02
TRANSFERRED TO NEW YORK Both Candidates Leave
 the Upstate. THE CITY IS STORM CENTRE Republicans and Democrats Claim
 Victory. Richard Croker by Cable E1coristes His Successor, Charles F. Murphy, for Turnisg Tsmmany over
 To Hearst.

Now York. Nov 1.-With the close of the day the storm center of po- 1itical action in this State was trans ferred from the upstate counties to this city and from now until Novem- Der 6. both Charles F. Hughes ana w. R, Hearst will make their appeals to the voters of the Metropolitan dis tricts. The programs arranged Tor thcm call for many speeches daily ana their vigorous and almost unprece- dentcd campaigns will continue prac- tically to the dawn of election day.
 Mir, Hearst has already returned to the city and MT. Hughes will arrive here tomorrow from Utica. where nc closed his p-State campaign tonight.
 The comments of Richard Croker, former leader of Tammany Hall. upon the gubernatorial campaign in New York and the speech Of secretary hoot teresting incidents of the days polit- ical development.
 MT. Croker in an interview in Dub lin, Ireland. took occasion to critl- cize severely tho action of Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany, in bring. ing about the nomination or Hearst at Buffalo. and predicted that If MT. Hearst Is elected and carries out his program the effect will be to paralyxe capital and thereby paralyze labor. He characterized Charles E. Aur- phys action at the Buffalo conven- ton as an astonishing and unprihci pied performance' and asked if "it would not be better for Tammany to be defeated fighting for principle than to dishonor itself by outragfng the principles of Jefferson"
 MT. Croker confirmed the genuine ness of the cablegram sent to F. H. McCarren, given out yesterday. con- --~~i-- .,t,snh f,harJoa Murnhy had expressed his doubts.
 Secretary Root at Utica tonight made the only speech nc will make in the upstate campaign and ms speech was an earnest appeal for the election of MT. Hughes.
 Roosevelt, he said he assured his hear | CTS that the President greatly desired | the election of Mr.'-ffushes as gover' | nor of New York. m l T say to you" said MT. Root. thai he (the PresidenD regards MT. Hears, he considers Mir. Hearsts election would be an injury and a discredit alike to honest labor and honest capi- tal.'
 Mir Root quoted from President Roosevelt's first message to Congress concerning the assassination Of Presi- dent Mckinley and concluded with the
 
 Hearst then, he thinks Of MT. Hearst now. s..-ts AhIase with Enthussasm. Greater New York was ablaze with political enthusiasm tonight. The Re- publican followers held more than 100 meetings in as many different places and w. R! Hearst spoke to sixteen diff ferent audiences between o'clock and midnight in Manhattan and The Bronx.
 Estimates are being made by both parties as to the probable pluralities of their respective candidates. Ma tional Republican Committeeman Ward said at State headquarters today: MT. Hughes will be elected by a plurality of at least 175.OOO in the whole State. I should not be at all surprised If his majority was more than 250,000.'
 As to the Democratic view of the probable outcome on November 6, Charles F. Murphy said today that he estimated Mir. Hearst's plurality In Greater New York at from S0,000 to 10000 Asked as to the boroughs, Mir. Murphy said:
 q do not know about all the bor- oughs, but I feel certain that New York and Kings counties will go strongly for Hearst"
 No action has yet been taken by Dis trict Attorney Jerome on the com plaint made by w. R. Hearst against the Board of Elections, charging muti- lation and destruction of Independence League nominating petitions. After a preliminary examination of witnesses by the assistant to the District Attor- ney today Mir. Jerome said: "Evidence of larceny has been presented but the name of the culprit has not been es- tablished." He added that Magistrate Whitman will hear depositions and is- sue summonses for the Board of Elec- lions in John Doe proceeiings