Bisbee daily review., 1913-11-02
DEMOCRATS WATCH
 NEW YORK 0k EYE
 OF CRUCIAL ELECTION
Defeat of Talnmany Will
 Mean Rank and File of Par ty Wants End of Corruption

NEW YORK Nov. 1.-Amid a blaze of orator.cai pyrotechnics and politi- cal rallies. one of the bitterest and at the same time one of the mos; i'm portant municipal campaigns in the history of New York City tonight re aches its climax. The candidates and other speakers will continue on the stump almost until the opening of the polls next Tuesday. but for all practical purposes the campaign Lay be saide to close with the big rallies to be held tonight in every section of the city.
 What will be the story told by the ballots next Tuesday? The usua. ex- pressions of confidence, are emanar. ing from the headeHarters of the various candidates and parties, but as matter of fact the situation is such as to render all guessing abso- lutely futile.
 There never has been a csmpaign like it; there never has been a situc- ton that could approach it for com plexity and uncertainty. And there never has been campaign that could exceed it in genuine bitterness and yituperation.
 In it's broader aspects the con test does not differ from other mayor alty fights that have taken place iE New York City in late years. It is a straightout fight for and against Tammany Hall.
 Unlocked for developments since the campaigns began have served to oomplicate the situation. The first event to upset the calculations of the political leaders was the sudden death of Mayor Gaynor. who, had hc lived, would undoubtedly have ma5e hard fight for reelection as an in, dependent candidate.
 The renewal of Mayor Gaynor from the contest simp,ified the situation in a measure and unQuestionably re Eeved the mind of Tammany Hall in no small degree. Tammany never relished the idea of Gaynor heading an independent movement. With but two tickets in the field, the Tam manyites here declared right along that they felt certain of victory. : But no sconers was the Gaynor bugaboo out of the way than the Sul- ger issue bobbed up to disturb tHe dreams of Tammany cohorts. There , are many astute politicians who do net think it is putting it too strong Iy to say that Sulzer is now the real pivot The pro-Sulzer sentiment mostly is confined to the East Side, |. where Sulzer IS well known and liked by the large foreign element. ITammany realizes this and during the last week of the campaign has bent every effort to save its East Side districts. The Fusionists have worked to keep the Sulzer issue .n the public mind.
 Edward E. Mccall, the Tammany . standard tearer, needs little men , ton. Profting by the mistakes of the mistakes of the past the orgaRiza-
 ton carefully selected man who was considered not likely to assert the independence displayed by Me P C!ellan. Gaynor and one or twp otl- CTS after Tammany had set them
 safely in the mayors chair. Opinion differs as to the strength
 of John Purroy Mitchell, the Fusion. ist candidate for mayor Mir. Mitchell
 has a clean record and his capability | fer the office he seeks is inquest on . ed. He has been endorsed by every
 element of the Tammany opposition,
 even NIT. Hearst's Independence league. which in previous campaigns D has been a thorn in the side of the :. anti-Tammany forces.
 Disquieting to the Fusion leaders however. is the attitude of some Re s publicans. They make no bones of r saving that they would have pre-
 ferred District Attorney Whitman as
 the antiTammany candidate for may
 or.
 n Herman A. Metz for controller and :. Joseph A. Gouiden for president ol
 the board of alderman are regarded '- as strengthening factors on the Dem | ocratlc or Tammany ticket On tre
 other hand. the Fusionist ticket, ex
 cept;ng it's head, is weakened by the fact that the Independence league y has named it's own candidates toI the two minor offices.
 The results of the struggle are fai
 more important to New York Cit5 a and state than the mere election oi f Mitchell or Mccall. If Tammany E h defeated 1t will meah that it's meth
 eds have been overwhelmed, and wits e the tumble may fairly be expected t' D ocme the downfall Of it's leader, Mur
 phy This is a consummation sonsl
 by citizens represented in the Fdsior
 movement
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