The San Francisco call., 1906-11-05

city and State Is discussing the out
come OF next Tuesdays election. Sell
dom has there been a political cam
paign in which greater interest has
been aroused in an of year. A Presi-
Dental election has not been discuss ed
more widely than this. involving the
election Of a Governor Of New York
state The people at large are curious
10 know what viii be the result Of
such complicated political situation.
The campaign has been full Of incon-
sistencies and contradictions. Party
lines have been broken up and the Of
snoots or ofsprings Of the old parties
have had their own internal dissen-
sions and disruptions until the average
politician scarcely knows whether he
Is afoOr or a-horsebsck. while the
average citizen grows dizzy with the
maze OF political stuff that is pub
Iished.
Various straw polls have been taken,
notably those by the Herald and World.
sealed ballot boxes were placed by
the herald in various department
stores. business Offices and workshops
in order TO catch a few straws TO show
which way the wind is blowing The
ballots We're secret. The voter was
only required TO state his preference
for Governor and his former political
l---AAt1 AlAfl-- Names OF voters were not
required. The idea was to distribute
the ballot boxes in such manner as to
set the sentiment OF professional men.
business men and laborers. The bal
cot boxes were returned to the Herald
Office each night and the daily vote
summed up. Now If the ballots in
these boxes were deposited by voters
instead OF by shop girls and boys or
by other irresponsible parties who viii
-. IL 2
Of the Herald's poll shows that while
Hearst leads Hughes in the factory and
tenement districts, Hughes vote
among professional and business men
and the intermediate class viii more
than Offset this. The grand total Of
all ballots, including voters of all
classes, shows that Hughes leads
Hearst slightly. On the other hand,
the Worlds straw vote shows Hearst
to be slightly in the lead But not
withstanding an apparent variance be-
tween these two test votes, both tend
to show that Hearst's plurality over
Hughes in Greater New York viii fall
far short Of the normal Democratic
plurality Of $4,000. No test vote has
been taken by the Herald or World
"up state" but all reports TO New York
daiIies. except the Hearst papers, in
dicare that there is a big slump OF
Democratic farmers 10 Hughes. and IN
the smaller cities and towns the best
element Of both parties is supporting
Hughes. without regard TO former po-
lfrcaI afIliation- If these newspaper
reports are TO be relied on Hearst Will
have 10 poll a tremendous plurality IN
Greater New York 10 Offset the enor-
nous vote for Hughes up State" Sew
euty-fve thousand plurality for Hearst
I'm Greater New York viii not be half
enough in the opinion Of political
sharus. who have money to bet at y
no on Hughes. There are few takers
but occasionally a bettOr is found who
believes there is a big surprise IN
store for the Hughes bettOrs, and he is
willing 10 take the short end OF a
moderate size bet. These men as a
rule are to be found around the haunts
freouented by dead game sports, thai
IS ID say. the gamblers and saloon men
nearly all Of whom are shouting iol
Hearst.
There IS no way OF estimating JUS
what amount Of money VIII be spen'
on election day. II IS certain that th'
Republican State committee has beer
hard I'D for funds. They have hac
sea srcely enough money TO pay for
cauDafgn Of education. Inc amount
Of literature sent out has been lin
tied. There is no telling how mucf
Hearst has spent. or how much he has
had to spend The Hearst boomers
have been plentifully supplied witt
brass bands Of music. graphophones
moving pictures. etc, and Hearst has
mana ged TO travel around in specia
train.
It was told today by a wall-stree
broker that Patrick McCarren. th'
Democratic leader OF Brooklyn. hai
fust completed a poll Of New Yorl
state for the Standard Oil Company
and that the canvass indicated SOo.00'
plurality for Hughes. But whether oi
not any reliance can be placed in am
- II these polls. il is conservative opinion
here that all indications point 4
Hughes election by a big plurality.
1t is believed the result will bs
known as early as 10 o'clock, Ne"
York time on Tuesday evening q p m
in san Frsncisco).
The Herald and the Hearst papers
are at swords points. And ii all arose
over poor little Buster Brown and hii
dog Tige.
Mr.. Outcault. the artist, originated
the Buster Brown comic pictures anc
after the Herald had made them popu
lar amongst the little folks Of New
York. Mr Outcault accepted employ
ment offered by Hearsts New Horl
American. The Buster Brown pictures
were then run by the American as
feature Of its comic supplement The
Herald. claiming that they had copy
righted the title. Buster Brown, ap'
pealed to the courts for an injunction
which was granted. The American was