Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-02
Final Words Said in New York Citys Triangu-
lar Political Campaign
TAMMANY LEADER WELL SATISFIED
Says Caynor will Carry Everything that Ban
nari will Win by $4,000 Purality-For Hearst a
Landslide is Frophesied- -$125,oo0 Wasered Yester-
day on the Mayoralty Cont:s:

/ clean and independent government of
the city for four years to come. THE
victory is certain this final document
said. "The vote for Hearst will be
enormous, it will mean the end of
Tammany and a new era of govern
ment in this city. Mr.. Hearst will be
the next mayor"
Roundups of Alleged Repeaters.
There were big roundups of alleged
repeaters today as result of the in
vestigations of the registration rolls
by the state superintendent of cleo
tions and his men. One man, con-
victed of Illegal registration. was sem
fenced to three years in Sing Sing,
while two others received indetermi-
nate sentences of from six months to
four years. A special grand jury in
the borough of Queens (Long Island)
returned fifty indictments tonight
against men alleged to have registered
illegally.
Courts Expect Big Election Day Bust
ness.
The courts are prepared to handle a
great volume of election day business
tomorrow. Four justices of the su
preme court were assigned to sit in
special term at the New York county
house. Eight other justices announced
other parts of the city.
1000 Students Among Poll Watchers.
Among the watchers at the polls will
be nearly 1000 students, volunteers,
500 of them recruited from Columbia,
300 from Yale and $50 from Prince
ton. 1t was feared that the presence
Of these watchers would be prohibited
by a ruling of the corporation coun-
sci that only legally qualified voters
could act as watchers under the state
law, but this opinion was overruled
today by signed declaration from the
state attorney general declaring that
any person, voter or not, male or fe-
male, minor or otherwise. resident or
non resident might legally act as
watcher
A Bitter Underlying Struggle in the
Campaign.
This brief, but spirited campaign
has been conducted largely upon the
old issue of opposition to Tammany
hall, but aside from the mayoralty
there has been a bitter underlying
struggle for the control of the board
of estimate and apportionment,"
body, which. during the four years of
the next administration, win control
the expenditure of ne arly a billion
dollars, including public Improvements
anu blC WIllCn year
is approximately s165, 100000.
Hearst and Barnard have conducted
their campaigns largely along similar
lines, both making pleas for the de-
feat of Tammany, since each heads
the republican-fu fusion ticket Hearst
entered the campaign at the last mo-
ment as passive candidate to assist
the ticket below him, but as the cam
paign progressed, he began attacking
Barnard as well as Gaynor, with the
apparent hope Of election. Barnard
has avoided personalities and adhered
to a discussion of the business issues.
Gaynor Had No Campaign Manager.
Gaynor has made the campaign
without a manager and without off,
cial headquarters. While endorsed by
Tammany hall, he has declared that
he will be dictated to by no boss and
has made personal liberty and the,
abolition of police czarism his chief
topics.