New-York tribune., 1909-11-02
FUSION VICTORY
SEEMS ASSURED
LEADERS SATISFIED
FITH OUTLOOK.
He UW Hin" Mr. Ban
nard's Last UOrd- the
Candidates Optimistic.

Confidence in n victory all along tbs
line was never so pronounced among the
managers of the fusion campaign as last
night
OTTO T. Barnard. candidate for Mayor
sticking to his policy Of saying what he
has 70 say briefly and TO the point. said
that We viii win expressed all that
he cared To say
Mr.. Bannard will be elected" said
Representative Bennett. his campaign
manager. Il do not care 70 change my
figures on the plurality (S1.ooO Not
only will Mr. Barnard be elected but tne
administration Of himself and his fusion
associates will be such that the pr1n-
CipIe of a business administration VIII
he permanertlv esta blished in this city
President Parsons Of the Republican
County Committee was bubbllns over
with optimism He said:
The situation is superb. My forecast
Of Yesterday stands. Mr. Barnard VIII
win bv A vote of 2S0.0O0 and have plu-
raltv of some 10000. have been con-
fident right along. but things are COM
ing out even better than expected our
problem was TO make Mr. Bannaru
known TO the voters, and In this we haNe
succeeded admirably.
THE ONLY request have of the voters
is to vote early. In doing that tney
will help us TO prevent fraud. Our ar
rangements to prevent fraudulent vot-
ing are the most complete that aaNe
ever been made In this city. but I do
not care to go into detail L wan, 10
warn every person who thinks OF en-
caging in that sort of work that ne
had better not do it.
I'VE will have lawyers in the supreme
Court, the Court of General Sessions.
and in every police court to safeguard
the interests of voters
CANDIDATES PREDICTIONS.
William A Prendergast. candidate Tor
Controller. expects to have majority
rather than a plurality. He said;
II have not compiled any figures. be-
cause 7 know that such estimates San-
not be made accurately l am going
/ 10 win the fight for Controller by sod
majority of all the votes cast
John Purroy Mitchell, candidate t"r
/ President of the Board of Aldermen
was equally confident of election. he
said:
There cannot be any doubt of my
/ election will make no estimate. but
7 am confident that the people do not
want to intrust the government 20 the
/ hands of Tammany again
/ George McAneny, candidate for Presi-
dent of the Borough of Manhattan. said;
Il shall be elected by an extraordinary
vote Tammany has been making ire
mendous efforts To win the Borough
Presidency. but il will be beaten L
know that they have been offering BAN
nard votes for votes for Haag. their
candidate for Borough President.
Charles :. Whitman. candidate for
District Attorney, said he expected a
phIralitv of more than fifty thousand.
and added:
We believe that the eyes Of the
peopIe of New York have been Suiiy
opened not only TO the enormous waste
of the Tammany Hall administrator.
but also 10 its corrupting influence IN
the community. The temptation that
Tammanv Hall holds out in the way Or
petty graft to the young man starting
ont on a business or professional career
| debauches our youth at the outset and
holds them by the expectation OF greater
rewards for subservienCy
ANY improvement in the prevailing
conditions must in large measure come
through the activities of the District At
/ tornev- \ Tammany District Attorney,
however honest he may be. cannot be
exnected to improve the situation
/ HUNDREDS LAST WORD.
This is the final word Of Eugene n.
Cuterbridge. chairman OF the COMMITTEES
/ of one Hundred, that has worked so
strenuously for a business administra-
ton;
"Au that l can say is that every
school child. as we'll as every citizen.
/ must remember Nelson's word: To-day
/ England expects every man to do his
/ duty Every man did Everybody
/ knows the result
Tomorrow the Committee OF One
, Hundred expects every citizen to do his
/ duty. We believe that a majority OF
( citizens will do their duty. and We will
/ all rejoice in the election of Mr. Ban
/ nard and the entire fusion ticket"
| President Parsons and Representative
| Bennett took occasion Yesterday 20 deny
. in the most positive terms that they had
I any knowledge OF who was responsible
for sending out the attack on Judge Gay
nor which reached many Catholics IN
the city on Saturday II was reprint
from The Western WatChman." OF 81.
Louis and was sent from Chicago. Judge
! Gaynor i'm a speech on Sunday seemed to-
take il for granted that the article had
been sent 10 every registered voter. and
intimated that the Republican organiza-
ton was responsible for IT,
We do not Countenance any eleventh
I hour accusations of the type made in
the circular sent out from Chicago. said
I Mr. Parsons. The frs I knew Of il
was when Republican who had re-
Ceived one in the mail showed il TO me.
We have conducted "a clean and straight
/ forward campaign. and We deplore this
attack on Judge Gaynor. the source Of
/ which We do not know"
/ DEPLORES ATTACK ON GAYNOR
Mr. Bennett was equally emphatic and
/ sweeping in his assertion that none Of
the fusion managers knew anything re.
/ gardins the source of the undetermined
attack on Judge Gayncr He said they
were sincerely sorry for il
MIR Parsons said there were fcur