Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-06
LABOR MAY HOLD
CLOSE TO HEARST
NO MATTER WHAT
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ness men and the farmers. The Hne Of
cleavage is very plain between the classes
that favor the two candidates, but the
probable numerical division is more din
cult to estimate.
Tammany and Crooked Work.
One feature of the usual New York city
election is absent this year. Tammany IL
not doing it's usual amount of crooked work
at the polls. Whether 1t is that Tammany
does not want to risk any of its people by
committing frauds Tor candidate 1t does
not love at best. or whether Tammany has
reformed, all politicians are. commenting
on the fact that the usual preparations
are not being made.
Tammany does not have to do any crook
ed work for its. own local candidates, their
safety being assured by the withdrawal Of
the Independence League tickets, and Tam
many does not see anything in rislking jaii
sentence for the head of the ticket
N. o. M.
Hearst Statement.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, November 6-The follow
ing statement was given out at the head
quarters of the Independence League at 8
o CLOCK this morning:
William Randolph Hearst, candidate
FOR governor on the Independence League
and democratic state tickets, sent the fol-
lowing telegram early today November g.
to the state committeeman of the INDIE
pendence League:
We will have at least 10000 plurality
In Greater New York. feel that our
chances up the state are very bright,
thanks to your efforts and the efforts of our
friends
There is only one possible danger, and
that is that an attempt may be made to
count US out up the state as they counted
us out in this city last fall. I urge YOU to
take extraordinary precaution to prevent
repeating. and particularly miscounting.
1 thank you for your valuable aid in
this campaign. and I congratulate you on
the victory that I firmly believe we will
achieve. w. r. HEARsT,,
At 10 o'clock the following message came
over the telephone wire to The Evening
Star representative from the Independence
League headquarters:
Say. change that figure from 10000 to
100000 plurality
Further predictions are awaited with in
terest.
Many Arrests Made.
Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, November 6-Not in years
have such a wholesale number Of arrests
been made in the first few hours of an
election day in this city were made this
morning. The operators at police head
quarters were kept busy from the minute
the polls opened taking records of arrests
sent in from the various precinct station
houses. Nearly all of those arrested were
charged with illegal voting. and the ma
jority were arrested without warrants, al
thought more than 10000 warrants had
been obtained by the superintendent of
elections. Up to 10 o'clock 115 men had
been taken into custoday, charged with
either illegal registration or voting
The number of arrests up to 11:45 had
been swelled to 40. .
Despite the unprecedented number of ar
rests, Chief Inspector Cartright said this
morning that it was as quiet an election as
he had even seen and that the police were
experiencing little trouble at the voting
places.
The greatest number of arrests were
made in the districts below 18th street
which is Big Tim Sullivan's bailiwick A
number of arrests were also made In Per-
cival E. Nagle's district in Harlem. No dis
order attended the making of the arrests
and those arrested went without resistance
in most cases to the sta ton houses
AS soon as the police courts were opened,
at o'clock the prisoners were arraigned
and the L,asist. ates dis. harged most of
the men arrested.