New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

Tammany leaders, OF course. de,ted .he
accuracy of the figures, but they looked
startled when asked about them. and in
qulred where they were obtained.
"Dlsgusted with Tsnrnsny..
/ The statement issued by Mr. Koenig
last night follows
The Fusion forces are going I'm ., ,rhov
are goins TO win on the moral issues The
people OF New York are going ,n ,opis,er
mighty protest against the Tammany
method Uf bartering away judicial nomin A .
tlons They are going TO show their dig
gust at political organization that in it's
nrst time OF victory mas tried TO shackie
the voters OIL TINS city with such mon
are going 60 show that they will not lei
Boss Murphy put them In a political
sack and tie them up SO that their voices
| can never be felt through their votes.
The voters by electinR our nominees are
going to make certain that tho Murphy.
Gaynor charter is not dragged out of its
coffin and given new life by Tammany-
ized AsembIymen. The reports from Re.
publican district leaders when checked up
with the district leaders OF other organjza-
| tions OF the. Fusion Anti-Tammany move
ment show that we will win a large victory.
The leaders have been asked to give us
he most conservative figures and on
these estimates IT looks not only as II we
would make big Assembly gains In Man
haitian and The Bronx, but also that we
will carry the Board of Aldermen. Wa
will elect number of Assemblymen in
districts that We're lost last year and
several in districts that Tammany has
controlled for years The entire county
ana judicial tickets will win by more than
grows every moment. The sordid dis
closures I'm connection with judiciary
nominees have aroused the public to a
determination to- put an end to that prac-
tlce. our leaders throughout Manhattan
md The Bronx report tremendous gains
within the past forty-eight hours because
Cf these disclosures
"a fusion victory by 10000 seems TO me
conservative said John j. Hopper, chair
man OF the County Committee of the In
dependence League and fusion candidate
for Sheriff, 'ln view Of the reports we have
received. AS a matter Of fact. the reports
look better than this, but we have dis
counted what the district leaders Of the
different parties in the fusion movement
have told us, so as to be on the safe side.
1T has been a peculiar campaign, and
the voters who at first seemed lethargic.
have grown more enthusiastic every day
in their determination to administer a
severe blow to Boss Murphy. The things
Murphys Assembly did. the things It did
not do and the never before equalled ex-
posures in connection with the Supreme
Court nominations in Kings and Queens
have all contributed to arouse the public
to the stern necessity for action. And
make no mistake, they will act"
At present Republican Assemblymen
represent the 9th, 18th. 10th, 23d, 25th. 26th
and the S1st districts. In addition to hold
ing these districts they expect TO elect
representatives in the 18th. 2lst 9th. 18th.
34th and S5th districts. There is also a
possibility Of the election Of Republicans
I'm the 18th, 22d, S2d and SSd districts.
Many Democrats Against Murphy.
Every leader, with only one Or two ex-
ceptions, was present at the leaders con-
ference in Republican headquarters In the
afternoon Those not present sent in their
figures The entire situation was gone over
in detail The leaders reported that sur
prising current Of sentiment for the fusion
ticket, as against the nominees OF Murphy
had set in in the last week. They declared
that case-hardened Democrats who had
never cut the Democratic ticket before In
their lives were going TO do so this year.
Leaders Of strong Democratic districts,
which usually give from 1,5o0 TO 1000 plu-
rality for the Democratic ticket. declared
that they did not believe the Democrats
could get more than 700 or 800 plurality this
year.
1t was a sad occasion at Tanmany Hall
The meeting of the leaders was called for
43O but it was after o'clock before
"Boss" Murphy came in, and others were
even later Each leader had sealed en-
velope sticking out of his pocket, which
contained his private figures for the eyes of
the boss. According TO ancient legend.