Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-02
Tammany Chieftain Says Republican
Nominee Will Be Third.
HEARST MEN ARE CONFIDENT
Backers of Editor Say Gaynor Cam
paign Has Collapsed.
SALOON QUESTION IN INDIANA
Fight in HOosier state is for
Control of Municipal Offices
Tom johnson Ends His
Campaign.

NEW YORK, Nov. New York's may
orally campaign this year was carried
up to election eve, and tonight speeches in
various parts Of the city were made by
Otto Barnard, republican nominee for
mayor, II. j. Gaynor who heads the demo-
cratic ticket. William r. Hearst, the
leader of the civic alliance, closed his
campaign last night with the meeting in
Madison Square garden.
This is the distribution day at Tammany
hall. The leaders Of the Tammany dis
tricts gathered at noon and received their
final instructions from Leader Murphy.
Leader Murphy said today that Judge
Gaynor would be elected without any
doubt He predicted that Hearst would
run second and Barnard third.
Herbert Parsons, who has charge of the
republican campaign said Barnard would
be elected by about 10000 votes over Cay
nor and by 10000 votes over Hearst. He
predicted an overwhelming plurality for
the rest Of the republican-fusion ticket.
The Hearst forces declare the Gaynor
campaign has completely collapsed and
that Hearst will be elected by tremendous
vote.
The weather forecast for tomorrow indl-
Gates rain.
Saloon Question in Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, 17ov. Cam
paigns for the control Of the municipal Of
fices of the cities of Indiana will close to-
day and the voters will give their decisions
in the elections tomorrow. The many
sided saloon question has been the principal
topic of the political orators all over the
state and especially in Indianapolis.
| The republicans allege brewers of the
state have contributed largely to the cam
paign fund of the democrats in indianapolis
with the hope. IL they win, an influence In
favor of the liquor business will be exer-
cised in the next legislature.
! Samuel Lewis Shank, an auctioneer, IL
the republican candidate for mayor. His
democratic opponent is Charles A Gauss
a master tinsm.th. Fremont Alfred Is in
the field as an Independent candidate fol
mayor He is a republican attorney.
Tom johnson Ends Campaign.
! CLEVELAND, O., Nov. lin the loca
campaign the last meeting was held al
noon today when Mayor Tom L. Johnson
| democrat, candidate for fifth consecutive
term, spoke at gathering in a downtown
theater. The republican candidate, Herman
/ c. Baehr, conducted his final meeting Sat
urday.
CINCINNATI Nov. To-day puts the
finishing touches on municipal campaigns
in seventy-seven cities and sos villages il
the state Of Ohio, and with few exceptions
| these contests have been the quietest the
state has known for years. Where there
has been anything like a leading issue II
has been taxation.
Boston Democrats Hopeful.
BOSTON, Nov. with finish OF tht
state campaign close at hand, manager
of the two great parties strained ever!
nerve today to arouse interest in tomor
rows election.
In the last four years the republican
candidates have come down to Boston from
the upper-country cities and towns witt
pluralities ranging well up to 100 900. Gov
enor Draper came to Boston last year witt
72 900 plurality against James II. Vahey
his political opponent then as we'll as thi
year.
Boston gave Vahey a plurality OF 1908
and the democratic state committees claim
this will be increased tomorrow to 20 00(
That the democratic vote in Boston WI
be increased was generally admitted b.
close political observers today, who poin
out that a majority Of the 5000 voters VIII
were in the Independence league last yea
would naturally go into the democrati
column,
Big Fight in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1.-The munic
pal contest in Philadelphia overshadow