The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-01
OPPOSING SIDES
LINING UP FORCES
FOR FINAL FIGHT
Mayoralty Campaign Is
Hottest Ever Waged
in New York.
RIVAL LEADERS
CLAIM VICTORY
Betting Odds Favor Mitchell, Fu-
sion Candidate-Sulzer Returns
to Attack on Murphy-Hen-
messy Is Witness in John
Doc" Proceedings Insti-
tuted by Whitman.

! New York October s1.--with the
I election only three days away. the
4 opposing leaders in the hottest may
orally campaign Hagcd In New York
in many years are tonight lining up
thei forces for tho final battle.
Added Importance has been given to
I the Fusion fight against Tammany by
I tho appearance last night at the F'u-
! sion rally, in Madison Square Garden,
Of Dudley Field Malone, third assistant
! Secretary Of State or the United States
and sonin law of Senator O'Gorman.
/ In denouncng Leader Murphy, of Tam
many Hall. aud Representative Fitz-
\ gerald, TO whom he alluded az "Mur
phys messcngcr.' it is believed that
/ Mr. Malone acted as the mouthpicce OF
/ President Wilson and that ,he latter
/ would be inclined 10 favor Senator
O'Gorman as the successor of Murphy
7 in Tammauy.
/ AS usual, both sides arc confident.
/ Charles +. Murphy. the Taminany
I leficr, to-day predicted the election
7 o. tho fammany candidate for The
I maypralty. Edward y. Mccall oy
| plurality OF 1900 The Fusion leaders
declincd to make any dehnitc estimate,
! hut declared the Murphy claim to BE-
\ ridiculous and held that there could
I be no doubt OF the election OF John
! purroy. Mitchell. the Fusion candidate.
The betting to-day seemed to war
! As good as 10 was quoted on
/ Mitchell 10 win. Ono bet Of sl..o0 ia
/ $500 was recorded At these odds. This
( Was the only bet Of good size reported
iii the Wall Street district during the
day. Tamuan! money in small
/ amounts began TO appear to-day for
the first time during the week, but
demands were made for longer odds
than the prevailing quotations OF 3
/ to for amounts less than Sl00.
fr,~ f,u RaN ~
has placed $4,000 on Mitchell at 10 !,
and has announced that he has 10000
more to place at the same ODDS.
William Sulzcr, the dcposcd Gov
elnor. continued his campaign for cleo
I ton TO the Assembly from the Sixth
/ District to-day He complained that
/ in the past few days the newspapers
have been ncslecting him Sulzer re-
\ turned 10 the attack on Murphy to-day.
4 intimating that instead OF returning
/ tie $4,000 contribution Of Anthony
1 Brady, the Tammany leader had merel:
! paid Brady Il long standing debt Of
Y some $45,0oo. lie also intimated that
4 Brady was not In New York on the
Gay Murphy ella inns TO have returned
/ the $4,000.
Il owed Mr.. Brady money, and paid
the debt. am afraid that is moro
I than Mr.. Sulzer does"
10 Insure Fair Election.
I An unusual prccaution to insure a
/ fair election Mas taken to-day by
Mayor Kline, who ordered that two
policemen shall be stationed at each
! polling place on election day. one in
side and the other outside the building
The number of indictments for fraud
+, ulent registration WAS increased 10 $50
/ to-day. Several additional cases are to
/ be considered tomorrow.
| Edward L. Mccall tonight denied
/ HcnneSSv'g statement regarding the
Delmonico conference.
| John a. Hennossy, former Governor
/ Suffers graft investigator, who has
/ been campaigning against Tammany
| Hall, on the witness stand to-day tcsti
| fed that William j. Conners, OF Buffalo.
had told him of having collected $4,000
! from James Stewart, a State barge
canal contractor, at the request of
Charles +. Murphy. Hennessy was the
first witness in John Doe proceed
I ings Instituted by District Attorney
/ Whitman to Investigate the charges
made by iiennessy against Murphy.
/ Edward L. Mccall. Democratic candi-
date for Mayor. and others.
| lIennessy said he had seen Corners in
Buffalo this fall during his investiga-
I tions into graft in the State Highway
/ Department. and that Henry Burgard.
OF Buffalo, and big contractor named
/ McDonoush." OF Niagara. were present
! Asked for Contribution.
I "Conners told me-" said the witness,
! that Murphy had asked him to get
j good contribution from Jim Stewart
because Stewart had got a good con-
/ tract"
| The witness added that George Nc
| CURE. of Syracuse. had told him that
Stewart had made two other contribu-
tions. Of $4,000 each. in 1917 and 1912
Mcclure, Hcnnessy said. declared that
! one OF these contributions had gone to
/ Norman L. Mack, chairman OF the Ma
! tional democratic Committee.
! These contributions. nc claimed In
| recent speeches, had not been accounted
! for.
| Regarding other contributions. Hem
messy declared
Mcclure said that if 7 got ~ list OF
road contractors, I'd have &, list OF con-
! tributors--that none of them escaped"
| H. 5. Kerbaugh, another contractor
| gave up" $4,000 in 1911 and $4,000 in
1912, the witness said Mcclure had in
/ formed him, and or these contributions
"one or the other went to Norman r..
Mack"
He added that Mcclure had said that
100000 in all went to Murphy.
Hennessy told OF meeting in Gov
ernor Dix's office in Albany. as re-
ported to him by Mcclure. between
| Everett Fowler. OF Kingston, Norman
L. Mack and G. Gordon Bccl. then Su-
perintendent OF Highways. at which
Iienncssy said 1t was agreed tpat
Fowler should have all tho division
engineers OF the highway department
| collect from the contractors. This
Fowler did, Hennossy said and turned
the money over to Mr.. Mack.
Nomination Of Mccall.
! Henncssy detailed q conversation he
| had with Eugene 5. Wood. of New
York, regarding the nomination OF
Edward Il. Mccall for Supreme Court
justice In 1902. IIc said Wood told him
CONTINUED on Third Poge.)