The Washington herald., 1907-10-28
APATHY HOLDS SWAY
Interest in Gotham Election
at a Low Ebb.
COMMITTEES WITHOUT FUNDS
Politics Subordinated to Financial
Disturbances - Sherins Race in
Republicans Hope to Make Gains in
AssembIy-Murphy Says Little.

New York. oct. 27.-Election day is a
week from Tuesday.
All told, in the city Of New Yo k. made
up Of FIVE boroughs, l7S public officials
are then to be elected. Outside Of the
vigorous campaign which is being waged
to elect Charles 5. Whitman 10 the gen
eraI sessions bench in Manhattan, gen
eral interest has sunk to a lower level
than in any campaign for many years.
There is, to be sure. some rivalry be
tween Tom Foley. the Tammany candi-
date for sheriff In Manhattan. and Max
Ihmsen. Then a number of candidates
for the minor judgeships have opened
headquarters, but there is no real, live
public interest in campaign as a whole
Everything has been subordinated 10 the
financial disturbances, which have occu-
pied the minds of the voters. and. from
to-days indications, the same lack Of
general interest is to prevail in the clos
ing week of the campaign.
Parsons Reiterates Prediction.
President Parsons reiterated to-day his
prediction that the Republican
fusion movement would bring about the
election In New York County of eighteen
Republican assemblyInen, who are to up
hold the hands of Gov. Hughes at Al
bany. At present there are but nine Re
publican a5Semblymen from the county.
Charles F. Murphy had no direct reply
TO make to Mr.. Parsons prophesy. He
said he preferred to await the returns on
election night. The Tammany people
close 10 Mr. Murphy. however, said that
Mr., Parsons would be exceedingly lucky
If he elected five Republican assembly
men in the county The majority of poll
ticians. Republicans and Democrats, who
talked Of the situation, believed that the
entire Tammany county ticket. except
that for general sessions, is to be
elected by good majOrites. Judge Whit
man, for general sessions. received as
surances from all classes of voters that
they desire his reelection.
Situation in Kings County.
Over in Brooklyn a majority of the poll
ticians, Republicans and Democrats. said
that they believed that the entire Kings
County Democratic ticket would be elect
ed; that the Republican county ticket
would come second. and that the Hearst
ticket would come last in the race.
The official campaign committees. Tam
many Republican, Independence League
in New York County and the campaign
committees represenuOng those organiza-
tions in Kings County, and in Richmond
and Queens, are practically without funds
this year. There have been no contribu-
tons from any source The Tammany
committee has got in a little from some
of its Officeholders in an indirect way. but
there has been no open levying of assess
ments on these office-holders as in former
years. Indeed, il was stated by those
familiar with what Is going on in the
three camps, that the election to be
held a week from Tuesday will be prac-
tically the first which has been barren
Of campaign funds.
Campaign Pots Empty.
Many of the politicians in all three
camps have been accustomed to take
hiers in Wall street and to be interested
in syndicates and in real estate ventures.
and in years past they have been very
successful. But for nearly a year tber
have encountered nothing but financial
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