Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-05
NEW YORK STRAWS
WOULD NOT SHOW
HOW WIND BLOWS
Party Lines Have Faded in the
Fierce Campaign.
WORK UP TO LAST MINUTE
WORK UP TO LAST MINUTE
Leaders on Both Sides Claim Every
thing in Sight.
WOODRUFF MAKES STATEMENT
Gen. Bingham Transfers All Police
men to New Posts on Election
Day-Ballots Distributed.

There is every indication that
Tammany proposes to down Hearst.
"The dough" which makes the Sue
cessful election bread was ma
terially cut down today, a staff
correspondent is authoritatively
informed, and there seems to
be but small chance of the
wigwam massing its braves at the
poles as they sometimes line up I'm
der more favorable conditions. But
both sides are in a state of perturba-
ton, and all the political signs are
enveloped in mist of uncertainty.
The savants and wiseacres who do
not hesitate to tell ''just how it is
all going to happen" voluntarily
confess themselves at sea.
Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, November 5.-Tammany
distributed the dough today-that is, the
money allowed for ordinary expenses of
election districts-the funds that go to
the cheap fellows for odd jobs done around
the polling places. I am credbly in
formed that Tammany cut its usual allow
ance in half In recent elections the al
lowance has been $50 to $50 for each cleo
tion district. Today they got $50 and $40
The republican allowance in the city was
$50; 1t was very much greater than that
CURED in transporting the agricultural vote
to the polling places.
Republican Chairman Woodruff made his
public claim today. He estimates that
Hughes will come to the Bronx with a plu-
rality of 10000 at least. where he will meet
Hearst with $4,000 at most.
Hearst's chairman, Max Ihmsen, claimed
that Hearst will come to the Bronx with
10000 and find 10000 awaiting him below
the Bronx.
hate to run up telegraph tolls on these
fub-dub estimates. Both sides are scared
and the respective chairmen are lust
'whistling In the graveyard"
Information is at hand today showing still
further intention of Tammanyites to knife
the ticket Word comes of groups of Tam
many workers who openly say they will
vote for Hughes and work for him.
N o. NJ.
No Rest Till the Flag Falls.
BY Associated Press
witness the closing scenes in one of the
most remarkable political campaigns in the
history of the Empire state. BY midnight
the last public word will have been spoken,
and nothing will remain but the story to
be told by the ballots themselves. Who the
hero of the tale will be cannot be fore
casted with any certainty. Old-time meth
DDS OF anticipating the results of an cleo
ton have been rendered almost useless
Party lines In many sections of the state
have been almost. II not quite. obliterated
political affiliations of a lifetime have been
thrown aside, and thousands of voters to-
morrow will follow their chosen leader
rather than any party. AS an Illustration
of the conditions which exist, the respective
leaders or the great parties, basng their
estimates upon what they claim to have
have
reached widely different conclusions as to
what the result will be. The managers of
the republican and the democratic and In
dependence League campaigns each has
announced himself as convinced that his
candidate will have plurality of at least
100000 votes.
In some other years the Monday imme-
diately preceding election has been largely
n dDN of hap
quiet work of arranging the last details
In preparation for the real struggle which
Is to come. Not so today. however. AS
from the very first the two leading candJ-
dates have a strenuous schedule before
them. Chas +. Hughes, the republican
candidate for governor, will address seven
meetings this afternoon and evening in
various sections of New York Villa m
X. Hearst, the democratic and Independence
league VIII address three and possibly four
meetings tonight.
How Woodruff Figures.
Fears that the ballots for use in greater
New York In tomorrow's election might not
be printed in time for distribution as a
result of the delay arising from the nomi-
nation contests In New York county were
ended today. Early today the last of the
2O04.W0 ballots required came from the
press and the work of distribution to the
polling places was begun. little over
seventy-two hours was consumed in print
ing the ballots.
Timothy l.. Woodruff, chairman of the
republican state committee said today that
he regards the election of Charles E.
Hughes as practically certain
Mr.. Hughes will get 900 or more
above the Bronx" said Mr.. Woodruff Mr..
Hearst cannot get more than $4,000 plural
tty in the greater city. according to the
computation of his own managers, and, in
my opinion, the greater city will come
close to giving Mr.. Hughes plurality If
u does not give that. Mr.. Hughes will