The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-30

New York. Oct. 29-Tammany' thirty
FIVE district leaders will meet tomorrow
afternoon 10 turn IN to Charles F. Muir
ply the results Of their formal election
canvasses. Each leader Will hand to
Murphy a sealed envelope containing his
estimate for his district. and Murphy will
place the envelopes in his inside pocket.
to be taken home for Derusal. Murphy
will not make public any figures from the
official canvass before Sunday at the
earliest.
Murphy declared to-day that the situa-
ton for the entire Tammany ticket is
splendid. and he reiterated his statement
that every man on his ticket viii win
at VIII be sweep for Gaynor." he
said. Il repeat that every man on our
ticket viii win. I still say that Hearst,
not Barnard, win run next 10 Gaynor.
Il have received a number Of polls
which indicate the way things are going.
I have just got poll OF the printing es-
tabUshment Of ?. r. Collier & Son, which
shows 2ls for Gaynor. 6 for Hearst, and
% for Barnard.
GaynOr Leads in Poll.
a poll taken in the II B. Clahin Com
pany's store shows GaynOr 400. Hearst
Is. and Barnard %. A poll Of Elmer &c
Amend, the big wholesale drug firm,
shows Gaynor s.. Barnard 3, and Hearst
Is In Brokaws clothing establishment
the percentage IS about the same, and in
Browning. King & Co.'S It is even better
for Gaynor.
The voters are going 10 vote straight
for Gaynor and the rest Of the ticket,
because they want g sive GayHor 4
board Of estimate that win support him.
] have no fear whatever Of the result
The Tammany leaders are stin fearful
for their county ticket They say IL is
an uphill job 10 pun the ticket through
when there are two tickets TO beat They
believe that Caynor's vote viii be so
large that they viii win out
William s Bennett, campaign manager
for Mr.. Barnard. told to-day about
postal card canvass in the Thirty-first
assembly district. which is Republican.
The result Of this poll Mr.. Bennett said,
showed Barnard 5000. Hearst, $500, and
/ Cavnor 1000. Mr.. Hearst carried this dis
trict four years ago. receiving 800 votes.
Mcclellan received $500. and William N.
WINS 1000
Seeks to Get Out Vote.
Leaders OF both parties were putting IN
their hardest ticks to-day 10 induce the
voters 20 support their candidates. They
Will be working harder than ever FOR the
three remaining days Of the campaign,
/ Sunday not excluded.
William NJ. WINS gave out a statement,
in which he predicted the vote as fol-
/ lows.
Hearst. 2l2Ooo; Gaynor. $4,000 to 1884,
goo; Barnard. $4,000.
Call ON GaynOr.
II Is public secret that as long ago as
/ last Tuesday two men went 10 see Justice
Gaynor. Both are men high IN the coun-
els Of the Democratic party in this city
and state, and both are personal friends
/ Of Justice Gaynor.
! They bore the added weight, rumor as
serts, o. having been sent directly by
Charles T. Murphy. leader OF T2mmany,
and Dan Cohalan. grand sachem Of thst
/ organization.
] The message which the two distinguish
ed Democrats are said 10 have carried 10
Justice Gaynor was this: For heavens
sake fall sick or get mixed up IN an auto
mobile accident-anything to put you out
! OF the active part Of the campaign, and
! let US run this thing for you"
/ Justice GaynOr. the story goes, refused
/ 70 do any such thing, and declared he
would fight the campaign out IN his own
way.
Lack of Tact shown.
! An evidence Of the former Justices
/ seeming lack of tact came to-day in the
+ form OF a letter. given out at the Fusion
headquarters. The letter was addressed
TO A. B. Kerr. president Of the Barnard
( Campaign Club. and was IN answer to a
! letter written by Mr.. Kerr 10 Justice Cay
nor asking him to answer certain Ques-
/ tons bearing on his public record Justice
J Gaynors letter read:
/ Your letter IS at hand, and II is enough
| that I say 70 you that to your certain
/ knowledge it IS a tissue Of falsehoods
from beginning to end, and. from what
little I know Of you, you are quite capa-
BILE Of writing such letters
The offensive part Of the letter came at
the bottom. where the typewritteE
Kerr Of "A. 3. Kerr. esq. had been
crossed out and eur" written in with
pen.
! Now II chances that Mr.. Kerr Is a
Yale man, a member of a responsible