The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-02
THREE LEADERS
EXPECT SUCCESS

New York, Nov New York's tri
angular political campaign ended to-
night. William ] Gaynor. Demo.
cratic candidate for mayor made his
hnal speech In Harlem. Otto T. Ban
nard, Republican and Fusion cand.
date closed his campaign with a noon
day address on the water front and
brief talk TO negro voters at n
downtown Baptist church In the even
ing.
Hearst, Independent, wound up his
formal speech making last night at
Madison Square Garden. but sdme
OF the lesser lights burned red fire
and endorsed his cause with a final
burst OF oTatory at open air meetings
In the four corners OF Manhattan to-
night while many of the minor candi-
dates had meetings of their own.
In each rival camp complete con.
fidence in the result was expressed.
Charles F. Murphy, Tammany lead.
or said
we are well satisfied Gaynor will
receive more votes than both the
other candidates for mayor, and he
vii carry the whole Democratic tick
ct with him in every borough"
Herbert Parsons. Republican lead
er said:
Our fight against Tammany mis-
rule has won. Reports from every
district in the great city SHOW Ban
| nard viii be elected BY so 900 plural
tiy, The entire Fusion ticket will go
through
Charles H. Gering, for the Hearst
forces said
Hearst Will get more than 100000
votes. winning by 100000 plurality
over the Tammany candidate. | look
! for a landslide to Hearst"
All three sides thought about 600.-
| 600 votes would be cast. out of the
total registration of 64i 500.
About Sl25,00G was wagered on the
result of the mayoralty contest in
| New York today In the financial dis
trict the prevailing odds favored Gay
nor by about 2 to l.
Barnard, In his closing appeal to
, the voters said
II have fought this campaign
against Tammany Hall. against cor
ruption, waste, graft and improper
contracts. Public Improvements
must be solely for the public good and
not for plunder Petty graft must be
stamped out. | have favored as much
! personal liberty as Is consistent with
law and order"
The final word In the Hearst cam
paign came In brief statement from
the Hearst headquarters. expressing
confidence in the result and promising
a clean and Independent government
VIZ 10 al N -
the statement said. The vote for
Hearst will be enormous. 1t VIII
mean the end OF Tammany and a new
era of government I'm this city"
There was big round-ups Of alleged
repeaters today as result Of inveS-
LEGATIONS OF registration rolls by the
state superintendent Of elections
A special grand jury In the bor-
ough of Queens returned fifty indict-
ments tonight against men said to
have registered illegally.
Courts arc prepared to handle a
great volume of election day bust
ness tomorrow Four justices of the
supreme court were assigned TO sit
In special term at the New York coun-
" court house Eight other Justices
announced they would hear election
cases in other parts of the city.
Among the watchers at the polls
will be nearly 1000 student yolun-
teers recruited from Columbia. Yale
and Princeton
This brief but spirited campaign
has been conducted largely upon the
old issue of opposition TO Tammany
Hall. but aside from the mayoralty
contest there has been a bitter un
deriving struggle for the character oi
the board of estimate and proportion
ment. n body, that during the next
administration will handle the eXpen
diture of nearly billion dollars In
Guiding public improvements and the
annual budget which this year is ap
proximately Sl65. 600
Hearst and Barnard have conduct
ed their campaigns largely along simi
lar lines. both making pleas for the
defeat of Tammany. Hearst entered
; the campaign at the last moment as
passive candidate to assist the ticke
below him, but as the campaign pro
gressed he began attacking BannarC
as well as Gaynor with the apparen
, hope of election. Barnard has avoid
/ ed personalities and adhered to dis
cussion of the business Issues.
5 Gaynor has made the campaigI
without a manager and without offlcia
t headquarters, While endorsed b,
r Tammany he has declared he woui'
be dictated by no boss and has mad
personal liberty and the abolition o
: ! police patronage his chief topics.
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