Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-04
Waldo Prepares for Cangsters
POLICE ARRANGEMENTS FOR
 ToDAY's ELECTION
A SHIFT OF CAPTAINS
All Transferred to Other Precincts for 24 Hours-seven Hundred Picked Officers for Special Election Duty.

New York, Nov. S.-With fusion and Tammany leaders predicting a land slide tomorrow for their respective candidates, the municipal campaign, described by old time politicians as the 1VelieSt of a generation, came to a close tonight with speechmaking in all parts of the city. John Purroy Mitchell is the fusion candidate for mayor, while Edward Fl. Mccall is the Tammany standard bearer.
 Information reaching police head quarters that Strong arm" men, gun men, guerillas, and thugs generally were to be employed to intimidate vot- CTS tomorrow resulted in promises to- night of police activity unusual for election day in this city.
 Precautions Against Ganssters.
 Seven hundred picked policemen familiar with underworld characters will be assigned to all parts of all beroughs, Police Commissioner Waldo announced. At midnight tonight ev- cry police captain was shifted ~fro1n his regular precinct to another, the change to be effective fer 24 hours The commissioner gave these orders acting upon communication froNN Mayor Kline. who had been visited a few hours previously by John Purroy Mitchell, the fusion nominee for mayor. Waldo said that he had been in formed of the threatened invasion of election districts by gangsters by both Mayor Kline and former Governor William Sulzer. who is the progressive candidate for the state assembly in the sixth district In addition to the police measures for protection for voters warrants were issued for tho arrest of 5000 persons and will be served as they appear at the polls.
 The warrants charge illegal regis tration.
 Betting Odds Favor Mitchel.
 In the financial district today and about town tonight the betting favored Mitchell to 1 and 4 to 1, with Tam many men asking five to one. Murphy, however, made a smiling prophecy de- spite the trend of the betting that the whole Taranany ticket would win. The filthy campaign" Murphy as- signed as his reason for his conf dence, declaring 1t would react again0t the fusion candidates.
 MT. Mccall said tonight that he was confident of victory. T am confident that New York Is going to rebuke the unfair campaign methods of my op- ponents. am confident that a ma joritY Of the voters will judge me on my record as citizen and public official"
 The Fusion Supporters.
 The fusion ticket is being backed l by republicans, anti -TaInrna any demo- crats, progressives and members of & number of Independent political or ganizations. The Independence league has endorsed Mitchell for mayor and Charles S. Whitman, the fusion and democratic nominee for district attor- ney but has selected it's own candidates for several places on the ticket, includ- ing comptroller and president of the board of aldermen It has also en- dorsed several of the TammanY judi Oiary nominees.
 New Charge Against Mccall.
 The many charges of sulzer and Hennessy are under investigation by District Attorney Whitman. new charge was made against Mccall to- day by the fusion managers. IL was to the effect that the democratic may orally nomineei drew his check for s2s, GOO to Cornelius N. Bliss tressurer of | the repu biican national committee in 1900 as 8 campaign contribution to help defeat the candidacy. of William Jennings Bryan for president and also the New York state democratic ticket
 '"rhe records of the Hughes investi- gation will show about that check. was MeCa1ls reply to this attack He referred to the insurance investigation of United States Supreme Justice Hughes before he became governor of ! New York