The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-28
BAGS EMPTY
HARD LINES FOR NEW YORK
POLITICIANS THIS YEAR.
only Languid Interest in Election Next
Week-Financia1 Troubles Supposed
to Have Influenced Voters.

NEW YORK. Oct. 2s.-Electlon day is
a week from tomorrow. All told, in the
city of New York. made up of five bor-
oughs. 173 public officials are then to be
elected Outside of the vigorous campaign
which is being waged to elect Charles >.
whitman to the General Sessions bench
in Manhattan, general 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 candidate
for Sheriff in Manhattan, and Max linn
sen. Then a number of the candidates for
the minor iudgeshlps have opened head
quarters, but there is no real live PUBLIC
interest In the campaign as a whole.
Everything has been subordinated to the
financial disturbances which have dccu-
pied the minds of the voters, and from
yesterdays Indications the same lack CT
general interest is to prevail in the clos
ing week of the campaign.
President Parsons reiterated today his
prediction that the Hearst-R Republican flu
sion movement would bring about the
election in New York County # eighteen
Republican Assemblymen who are to up
hold the hands of Governor Hughes at
Albany. AT present there are but nine
Republican A~ssemblymen from the
county.
Charles T. Murphy had no direct reply
to make TO Mr.. Parsons's prophecy. lie
said he preferred to await the returns on
election night. The Tammany people close
to Mr.. Murphy, however, said that Mr..
Parsons would be exceedingly lucky II he
elected five Republican Assemblymen IN
the county.
The majority Of politicians, Republicans
and Democrats, who talked OF the siIuu-
tim believed hat the entire Tammany
county ticket except that for General SEES
sions would be el scted by good ma1orities,
Judge Whitman. for General SESSIONS mas
received assurances from all classes Oh
voters that they desire his reelection.
over in Brooklyn a majority of the poll
ticians. Republicans and Democrats, said
that thew believed that the entire Kings
County Democratic tieke would be elected,
that the Republican county ticket wouiu
come second, and hat the Hearst ticket
would come last in the race.
The official campaign committees, ram
nasly. Republican. Independence League
in New York County. and the campaien
committees representing those orgahl1d-
lions in Kings County, and In Richmonu
and Queens. are practically without funds
this year. There have been no contriou-
lions from any sources. The Tammany
committee has got in n little from some OF
its ofliceholders in an indirect way, but
there has been no open leVying of assess
ments on those ficeholders as in former
years. Indeed. 1t was stated by those
familiar with what is going on In the
three camps tina the election to be held a
week from tomorrow will be practically
the first which has been barren OF cnnl-
paign funds.
Many of the politicians in all three camps
have been accustomed to take fiers IN
Wall Street and to be Interested in syndI-
Gates aud in real estate ventures, and In
years past they have been very successful.
But for nearly a year they have encoun-
tered nothing but financial disaster, and
most of them feel poor, and they have re-
fused all invitations to chip in for campaign
expenses this year. No money has been
Forthcoming from the corporations; not a
dollar.
This IA in obedience to the law of the
State, and not even individuals connected
with these corporations have come for
ward with contributions.
There is some interest up the State in
the municipal elections in Albany, Utica.
Syracuse. and Rochester. In former times
this interest would have percolated down
this way. But now there Isn't even in
terest III lie New York city campaign
save in exceptional instances, and there is
no interest at all here as to the outcome
in Albany. Utica, Syracuse and Rochester.
The total registration in the boroughs
of Greater New York this year is 1889.
This is the smallest In five years. Manhat-
tan and The Bronx fall behind 1906 by
1858, and Brooklyn shows a loss of 1851.
Queens. with its much increased popula-
tion, Is 1,261 behind last year, and Rich
mond's loss is 572. The greatest loss In
New York County Is IN the Republican dis
tricts. The Fifteenth, which is the home
of Governor Hughes, is more than 5000
behind. The Nineteenth shows a loss Of
1.4O1. Abe Gruber's district, the Seven
teenth, Is over 1000 behind.
In the Twenty-first District there is a
falling off of more than 1000. The Twenty
fifth. Of which Mr.. Parsons is the real
leader. has a loss Of over 200. The
Twenty-seycnth is over 1900 behind last
years registration. The Tw~enty-ninth is
1.s00 behind It's record. and the Thirty-first
is about the same. These are all districts
carried by Governor Hughes by large ma
~ioritics, and SO the percentage Of loss is
largely against the Republicans.
There are n number OF bad Tammany
districts. For instance. Mr.. Murphy's,
where The registration is more than
Loo behind that of last year. The dis
tricts below Fourteenth street, especially
on the East Eide, show losses in registra-
ton anywhere from 1900 to 1000. The same
proportion Of reduced registration pertains
to the boroughs Of Brooklyn, Queens and
Richmond.
Without doubt the financial disturbances
in New York and Brooklyn have had their
eject upon the political situation. This
has not crystallzed as yet, though, in the
opinion Of those who have looked into the
matter. During the week the politicians
IN charge Of all three camps. Republican,
Hearst and ~TammanY, propose 10 get right
dow to the bone and ascertain, If possible,
the probable effect on election day on the
lnnaI tinknta Of fhnsn finnnnin1 trnnhins