The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-02
FACTIONS BATTLE
 AT POLLS TODAY Stirring Scenes Are Promised
 in Several Localities NEW YORK IS INTERESTING All Sides Claim Victory-Managers of the Three Candidates for Mayor Give Out Statements Express
 ing Great Confidence.

New York, November 1.-New York's triangular political campaign ended to- night. William J. Gaynor the demo- cratic candidate for mayor, made his
 final speech in Harlem. Otto T. Ban nard candidate of the republican and fusion forces, closed his campaign with a noon day address on the waterfront, and brief talk to the voters at a downtown Baptist church in the even ing.
 Hearst, the independent candidate, wound up his formal speechmaking last night at Madison Square Garden, but some of the lesser lights of his in dependent campaign burned red fire and espoused his cause with a final burst of oratory at open air meetings in the four corners of Manhattan tonight while many of the minor candidates on both democratic and republican tickets had meetings of their own In the doubt ful districts. In each of the rival camps complete confidence in the result was expressed. Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany lead CT, said
 I've, are well satisfied with the re- suit of the democratic campaign. Gay nor will receive more votes than both the other candidates for mayor, and he will carry the whole democratic ticket with him In every borough Herbert Parsons, the republican lead CT, said:
 Parsons Claims. "Our fight against Tammany misrule has won. Reports from every assem- bly, district in the greater city, show that Barnard will be elected by 50,000 plurality. The entire fusion ticket will go through with landslide vote." Charles H. Gehring, for the Hearst forces, said:
 Hearst twill get more than 100000 votes, winning by over 100000 plural ity over the Tammany candidate. look for landslide to hearst"
 All three sides were agreed tonight that about 600,000 votes would be cast tomorrow, out of the total registration of 644.6o0.
 About $125,O0O was wagered on the
 
 York today In the financial district. the prevailing odds favored Gaynor by about ? to 1.
 Barnard Speaks. Barnard, in his closing appeal to the voters at his noon meeting today, said q have fought this campaign against Tammany Hall, against corruption, n tS Public improvements must be solely for the public good and not for plunder. Petty graft must be stamped out. have favored as liberal, personal lib- erty as is consistent with law and or der.
 ..I believe that I can serve you well and that tomorrow you will choose business man, man who will attend to the duties of the office to which he is elected. The final word in the Hearst campaign came in a brief statement from the Hearst headquarters expressing confi- dence in the result and promising clean government of the city for four years to come.
 Big Roundup. There were big round-ups of alleged re- peaters today, as a result of the investi- gation of the registration rolls by the
 
 men, One man convicted of illegal regis tration was sentenced to three years in Sing Sing while two others got indeter- minate sentences of from six months to four years. A special grand jury in the borough of Queens CLong Island) re- turned 50 indictments tonight against men alleged to have registered illegally.
 The courts are prepared to handle great volume of election day business to- morrow. A few justices of the supreme court were assigned to sit in special term at the New York county court house.
 Eight other justices announced that they would hear election cases in other parts of the city.
 Among the watchers at the polls will be nearly 2OO0 student volunteers recruit ed from Columbia, Yale and Princeton.
 This brief but spirited campaign has been conducted largely upon old issues of opposition to Tammany hall, but aside from the mayoralty contest there has been a bitter underlying struggle for the capture of the board of estimate and apportionment," a body which during the four years of the next administration will control the expenditure of nearly $1, ,000,000,000.
 Sauce for Negroes.
 Coincident with Bannards speech be- fore negro voters tonight leaflets were distributed by a committee saying:
 "A vote TOT the repuDllcan-IuslOn tlcket means vote for Otto Barnard for mayor, who will see that colored men are put on the police force.
 "A vote for Judge Charles s. Whitman for district attorney if elected means that colored men will be placed in the dis trict attorneys office to look after your interests.'
 Barnard was asked about this state- ment.
 'I have given no authority for such. a statement" he replied. "but think the subject deserves serious consideration"
 Direct Primaries.
 Albany, November 1.-The outcome of the campaign which the Direct Primaries association has been conducting in many of the assembly districts of the state for