New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-29
SEE FUSION LANDSLIDE
BELOW 14TH STREET
District Leaders Reports Indi.
cate Serious Detection from
Tammany in Its Stronghold.
RESENT ATTACK ON SULZER
Many East Side Democrats
Turn Against Tiger-150,.
600 Plurality Predicted
for Mitchell.

Reports 1Hduc ny IEO-
gressive Assembly district leaders would
indicate that for the first time in its his
tory the Tammany organizations big
plurality below 18th street will be wiped
out A close calculation Of the vote for
Mitchell in these districts brings il up
about even TO that which 1t is figured .
Judge Mccall will obtain. Such an over
throw in Tammany strongholds indicates
what serious detection there is from Tam
many Hall.
This condition has been brought about
largely through resentment over the i'm
parchment of Governor Sulzer. Thou
sands of citizens who have been In the
habit Of voting the straight Democratic
ticket will vote the straight fusion ticket
this year. 1t will mean, political leaders
say. the electi) IN of not only the fusion
city ticket but the entire local ticket as
well
Former State Senator Martin SAKE, who
has been in charge of the bureau working
among disaffected Republicans. reports
that not only have the Republicans who
at first were against Mitchell turned TO
his support, but they are also sending in
campaign checks. This is the best OF
proof Of their change OF heart
keIIy's Nine Sons for Mitchell.
I.ucien Bonheur. the Progressive, who
worked for the nomination Of District At
torney whitman for Mayor by the fusion
committee, was so enthusiastic yesterday
that he was predicting a plurality for
Mitchell Of not less than 10000.
II have been talking TO prominent
Democrats for three or four days" he
said, by way of explaining his seemingly
extravagant statement. They are way
down in the dumps, and are figuring
upon being overwhelmed by landslide"
John Kelly, OF No. 495 I'd street, Brook
Ign, wrote yesterday to Robert Adamson
that nine Of his ten sons would vote for
Mitchell. The tenth is not Of age he also
has three sons-in-law who are going to
vote for the fusion candidate.
IF the other Kellys do as well for
Mitchell as we will" he said. "the fusion
candidate will have the biggest plurality
ever given to Mayor in this city,
William f. Russell, president Of the
United States Customs Inspectors AS
ISOLATION, wrote 10 Mr.. Mitchell yesterday
to say that reports that they were dis
satisfied with the treatment accorded to
them by the Collector were without any
foundation.
ION the contrary" he added. Il take
pleasure in saying that we have never
been accorded fairer treatment by any
Collector Your attitude on the question
OF salaries. working hours. and. in fact
all conditions Of employment has been
erninently fair"
"I am a Democrat and always have
voted the Democratic ticket" said Water
| commissioner Henry s Thompson. hut
am against having one man name our
candidates and having Murphy run the
city. | know that if Mayor Gaynor had
lived he would have taken the same view.
l shall vote for the fusion ticket
Another Democratic member OF the
Gaynor administration has also an
nounced himself in favor of Mitchell
Prendergast and McAneny. It is Lawson
| Purdy, president Of the Tax Board
II have been near enough 10 these men
| for four years" he writes. TO judge
fairly of their character and ability They
are able. Industrious and experienced IN
| the citys affairs"
More than two hundred and nifty cler-
gymen have consented to act as vice.
presidents of a fusion mass meeting 70
be held in Carnegie Hall on Saturday
night under the auspices Of the Clergy
and Laity Fusion Committee. District
Attorney Whitman will preside. In addi-
ton TO Mr. Mitchell. Controller Prender-
CAST and President McAneny, the speak
ers will be Rabbi Wise, Canon Peters
Miss Mary Dreier and Raymond B. Fos-
dick
Every indication points to the fact that
the fusion mass meeting in Madison
Square Garden tomorrow night will he
the greatest held in a Mayoralty cam
paign since consolidation. Thousands ot
people, representing many organizations
will march TO the hall in thirty divisions
from various parts Of the city.
Big Parade FOR Fusion.
The rendezvous OF the divisions will be
in the territory bounded by sth and orh
streets and First and Eighth avenues
one thousand members of the Mitchell
College Mems League will march from
Broadway and 43d street. The Mitchell
Leagues will have five thousand In line
The Business Mems Non-Partisan Anti
Tammany League. under the auspices OF
which the meeting is being held. will have
twenty divisions. representing the various
trades and professions in the organizs-
ton.
In addition to the twenty bands. that
will play both inside and outside the Gar
den, Nine. Fremstadt. OF the Metropoll-
tan Opera House, will sing before and
between the speeches. Among her selec-
tons will be the aria from Tannhauser'
"Dich Theure Halle" by Wagner: on
Happy Days; the aria from Don Carlos
20 Don Fatale." by Verdi, and Annie
Laurie
Mr.. Mitchell and the other candidates on
the city ticket will speak at the follow
ing meetings tonight
Star Casino. 10th street and Lexington
avenue: Central Palace. No. Sc Sheriff
street: Leslie Hall. SD street and Broad
way; colored meeting, West l3lst street
and Lenox avenue; Bohemian National
Hall. No. 40 East list street; LenoS
Casino. 1leth street and Lenox avenue
Hunts Point Casino. and Progress ca
sino No. 2s Avenue A.
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