The Washington herald., 1907-11-03
TIGER FEELS SECURE
Tammany Sure of Defeating
Fusion Ticket.
PROPHEsY $4,000 PLURALITY
Odds in New York Against Hearst
Republican Combine, Except in
Election of Judge Whisman-Dem-
Ocratic saloon Keeper Is Expected
TO Get SsO,OOO Office Of sheriff.

New York Nov. 2-The indications to-
night are that Tammany viii easily elect
the whole Of its county ticket, with the
possible exception that Charles 5. Whit
man. who is running for the Court Of
General Sessions bench on the Fusion
ticket. will win out
Judge Whitman, who was appointed 70
sit In the General Sessions Court at the
beginning Of the year by Gov Hughes TO
serve out an uneXpired term, has made
a great record for himself since his ap-
pointment. and he has received the
Endorsement of the Citizens Union, the
Independent Democratic organization. and
the Bar Association, and citizens Of pub
lie prominence, without regard TO their
party affiliations. have in large numbers
assured Judge Whitman Of their support
Il was Judge Whitman who succeeded
IN getting the legislature 10 pass the bill
creating the night magistrates court. a
measure which wiped ont the pr0fes-
sional bonding business. These men, most
OF them saloon keepers, for a fee Of S.
would 90 bail for women who were ar
rested, ana. in order to make the busi-
ness as profitable as possible, the police
in the past took these women TO the sta
- ton house in droves because they stood
in on the bail graft
The establishment Of the night court.
however. has put an end to this form
of grating, for the reason that, when a
woman is arrested at night, she IS
brought before a magistrate al once In
stead Of having 10 pay 81 to a bondsman.
This one accomplishment alone on the
part Of Judge Whitman has earned great
popularity for him. and il is admitted
even at Tammany Han that he may be
elected.
Republicans Not Satisfied.
But outside OF Judge Whitman. there
seems little prospect of defeating Tam
many this year The alliance that Chair
man Herbert Parsons made with Will
lam R Hearst, particularly when in MAX
ing up the Fusion ticket. Hearst was al
lowed TO name a larger proportion OF
nominees than the Republican organiza-
tion, led TO much dissatisfaction among
the conservative Republicans. and large
percentage OF this class of the Republi-
can party, It IS admitted. will split the
ticket on election day. and vote only lor
the straight Republican candidates.
Although this IS what is known as an
of year here, there sare no fewer than
10 candidates TO be elected in the city
While the greater number of these are
aldermen and assem5lymen. there also
VIII DE elected one justice of the Su-
preme Court. three judges Of the Court
Of General Sessions. fourteen justices Of
the Municipal Court, six Justices OF the
city court and a sheriff
Outside OF the fight that Judge Whit
man Is making, the only life in the cam
paign is the struggle which is being made
for the office OF sheriff. It is lob worth
having. In salary and fees It paws he
tween S10,o40 and $S000o a year. Tammany
Han has put up for the Office a saloon
Keeper named Thomas F. Foley. He is a
district leader. and be admits that it gave
him mucH more delight 10 get & letter
from John L. Sullivan, the former .pugfl-
ist. wishing him luck, than getting the
nomination itself
fne candidate on the fusion ticket is
Max Ihmsen. for several years the CITY
editor of one of HeaTst's papers. and for
the last two years Hearst's political man.
ager. Hearst made It a stipulation before
he ag d to make a coalition with the
Republicans that he should have the
naming Of the candidate for sheriff. and
he promptly selected Ihmsen when his de-
mand was acceded to.
The fact that the nomination for sheriff.
!
gered the Old-dme Republicans exceed
insly ard il is certain that Ihmsen will
be knitted numerically. So general Is
that fact recognized that the betting to-
night is 20 thar Foley will be elected
the next sheriff. and bets at even money
are being made that he will defeat Ihn7-
sen by 5000 votes.
Both Mr. Hearst and Mr.. Parsons have
much at stake ir the outcome Of the cleo
tion. Il IS certain that If the fusion ticket
should he badly beaten the OdeV-Ouirp
faction Of the Republican party VIII i'm
mediately revivify its fight against Par
sons and viii try TO remove him from the
chairmanshiD Of the county committee.
Little Money for Votes.
The executive committees OF the Repub-
lican and Tammany organizations met to-
night for the purpose Of receiving figures
from district leaders of the majority each
hoped 20 pile up IN his respective dis
tTfc-. As a result of these meetings
Chairman Parsons. Of the Republican or
ganization, announced that the Repub-
Hcan county ticket would be elected by
5000 or 10000 plurality, while Charles F.
Murphy said al Tammany Hail that the
reports which had been made TO him by
his leaders showed plurality of al
least 5000 votes for the Tammany ticket
on election day.
Both organizations have little money tc
spend this year. There are 100 election
districts in this county. Two years axe
Tammany distributed on an average OF
$50 10 each election district for the get
ting out of the vote. On dough day. %
next Monday. not more than $50 VIII be
apportiOned by Tammany to each cleo
tion district The Republicans are still
worse OF. It was estimated last night
by the members of the Republican execu-
tive committee thai they would have less
than S55 to give On the average to each
election district.
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