The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-11-03
both CLAIMING
| VICTORY IN NY.
Bitter Mayoralty Campaign
Is Virtually Over-Graft
Charges Chief Issue
HENNESSY THE
CENTRAL FIGURE
Suffers Investigator, by
His Attack on Mccall,
Absorbs Attention

New York, Nov. 3.-The battle for the
lmayoralty of New York, with it's at
tendant skirmishes for lesser offices,
practically closed Saturday night, end
ing a campaign in which economic is
sues were buried under an interchange
of personalities and flood of vitupera-
ton. Tomorrow ballots will be east !:
final speeches will be made to-day. The
foes of Tammany hail, united under the
standard Of fusion with John Purroy
Mitchell as their leader, have centered
their fire upon Charles r Murphy, Tam
many chieftain, and made him the over
shadowing issue. Mitchell, "a and al
most boyish in appearance, although a
tireless campaigner, was eclipsed as an
orator by John A. Hennessy, a political
comet whose course detected the eandi-
dates from their prescribed orbits of
campaigning to acrimonious debate
largely centered about the recent remoy
al of William Sulzer from Office and rev.
Citations resultant therefrOm.
Hennessy was William Suffers inves-
tigator of graft in state departments
when Sulzer was governor. Since Sui
zer's removal, Hennessy has made pub
lie what he claims to have unearthed
in the way of corruption. His lombard
ment of Murphy and Edward f. Mccall,
Tammany candidate for mayor, resulted
in a John Doe investigation by the dis
trict attorney; the revelation that for
mer State Senator Stilwell, now in
Sing Sing for bribery, sought pardon
from Sulzer by turning informer against
Tammany, and dozen or more specific
charges against leading democrats in
New York and up state. Their charges
have been met with hot denials by Muir
ply, Mccall and all Others mentioned.
Fusion leaders predicted Saturday night
the election of Mitchell by pluralities
ranging from $4,000 to l25,O00, Tammany
was equally confident that Mccall would
win BY from $4,000 TO 100000 Charles
Edward Russell, Socialist candidate for
mayor made no claims.
The turmoil of the campaign has re-
suited in unloosing the tongue of the
Tammany chieftain for the first time in
the memory of his followers. Under the
assault Of his foes, Mr.. Murphy quit
having nothing to say. He talked daily
dith. reporters and on one occasion, is
sued statement of 100 words.
Hardly less striking than the spec
taeular charges of Hennessy has been
the apparent sympathy of the east side
for Sulzer in his fight for election to the
assembly on fthe Progressive ticket in
the 9th district. At present he is OPP
posed by Harry kopp, three times elect
ed on the Republican ticket, and Jacob
Democrat. The former gov
ernor also waged a campaign a campaign
against Aaron ]. Levy, Democratic lead
er OF the assembly. who is seeking elec-
ton as municipal court justice In the
epidemic of mud-slinging one figure has
been untouched This lis Charles s.
Whitman, district attorney and candi-
date of all parties and factions for re-
election. No one has assailed his integ
rity. He is aiding in the fight against |
Tammany hall.
of minor interest are the contests for |
Congress in two districts and for state |
senator in one district. The last is the |
district represented by Stillwell before
Whitman sent him to Sing Sing, after |
the state Senate had exonerated him of |
bribery. In the 18th congressional dis |
trict a successor is to be chosen to Tim |
othy D. Sullivan, big Tim" of the
Bowery, who died recently The candi-
ates are George w. Loft. Democratic /
md Independence league; Samuel NJ. |
Lyman, Republican, and Victor Tozzi, I
Progressive. In the goth district sue
'essor will be elected to Francis Burton
Harrison, who resigned to become gov
'rnorgeneral of tine Philippines. Jacob
A, Centdr. Democratic and Independence
eague, Louis II. Guterman, Republican,
md Isaac A. Hourwich, Progressive, are
candidates for the office.