The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-02


with him in every borough
Herbert Parsons, republican leader.
said:
Our fight against Tammany mis-
rule has won. Reports from every as
sembly district in the greater city
. show Barnard will be elected by 50,-
600 plurality. The entire fusion ticket
will go through
Charles II. Gehring for the Hearst
forces said:
A Landslide.
Hearst will get more than s00.00
votes. winning by 100000 plurality
over the Tammany candidate. l look
for landslide for Hearst
All three sides agreed that about
100000 votes will be cast. out of the
total registration of 6ii.50O. About
s125,0o0 was wagered on the result nf
the mayoralty contest in New York
today. In the financial district the
prevailing odds favored Gaynor by
about . to l.
Barnard in his closing appeal to the
voters said:
Il have fought this campaign
ruption. waste, graft and improper
contracts. Public improvements must
be solely for the public good and not
for nlunder. 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 case is "A brief statement from
the Hearst headquarters, expressing
confidence in the result and promising
clean and independent govern
ment.
THE victory tomorrow is certain,'
the statement said. THE vote for
Hearst will be enormous. 1t will
mean the end Of Tammany and n new
era of government in this city"
Big Roundup.
There was big roundups of alleged
repeaters today as a result of inves-
legations of registration rolls by the
state superintendent of elections A
special grand jury in the borough of
Queens returned 30 indictments to-
night against men said To have reg
istered Illegally. Courts are prepared
~ IL STsll NAauiHE eltstlDn
day business tomorrow. Ioar justices
of the supreme court ware assigned
To sit in special term 1T the New
York county courthouse. Eight other
justices announced they would hear
election cases in other parts of the
city.
Among the watchers at the polls
viii be nearly 1000 student volunteers
recruited from Columbia, Yale and
Princeton. This brief but spirited cam
paisn has been conducted largely
upon the old issue 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 next administration will control
the expenditure of nearly $1,000 e00. 600.
including public improvements and
the annual budget. which this year is
approximately slss. 400.
Similar Lines.
Hearst and Barnard have conducted
their campaigns largely along similar
lines, both making pleas for the de-
feat of Tamman.- Hearst entered
the campaign at the last moment as
a passive candidate to assist the
ticket below him. but as the campaign
progressed he began attacking Ban
nard as Well as Gaynar with the ap-
parent hope of election. Barnard has
avoided personalities and adhered 10
, discussion OF the business issues.
Gaynor has made the campaign
without manager and without Off
cial headquarters. While indorsed by
Tammany. he has declared he would
be dictated to by no boss and has
made personal liberty and the abeli-
tion Of police ezarism his chief topic
Both Confidsnt.
Philadelphia. New. 1.-Pennsylyania
tomorrow will elect supreme court
justice. a treasurer and an auditor
general ana pass on 10 constitutional
amendments The imnartanca nf the