Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-06
BITTER CAMPAIGN
|NNEWYORKC CITY
COMES TO CLOSE
War Issues Injected by Two
of Four Candidates
for Mayor.
PR0.GERMAN INFLUENCE
ALLEGED BY mitchell
He Fights Tammany Hall and
Decl;res Himself in Complete
Syflpathy With President.
HILLQUIT OPENLY FOR PEACE
Frankly Says His Election Must &c
Construed as Mandate for Scgo-
tiations to End Conflict.
PR0-GERMAN INFLUENCE
ALLEGED BY mitchell
HiLLouIr OPENLY FOR PEACE
Construed as Mandate for Scgo-
tfationS to End Conflict.
rBy Assoe,atedrr,ss.

tBy Associated Fressl
NEW YORK, November 5.--One Of
the bitterest political campa igns in this
citys history came to a close tonight
with the eyes of the nation look ing to-
ward New York because two OF the
four candidates for Mayor have in
1ected war issues which make the out
come OF to-morrow's election transcend
in interest the usual local controver-
sizes
Mayor John Purroy Mitchell Fusion
candidate for recollection. has TO "A large
extent subordinated his fight .sainst
Tammany Hall by asserting pro-Ger-
man influences were working to control
the election, and declaring himself IN
complete sympathy with President
Wilson's policies.
Morris fli!iQut, Socialist. has cam
paigned openly as "A peace advo cat. He
announced his refusal 10 purchase Lib
crty loan bonds, and said frankly that
his election must be construed .,s a
mandate TO the Federal government 10
begin negotiations to terminate the
war.
HYLAS Is CANDIDATE
OF HEARST AND TAMMANY
John L. Hylan. Democratic candidate.
who has the supper; Of Tammany Hall
and the newspapers OF William. Ran
dolph Hearst. has dsregarded war is
sues as campaign material. except tina;
he has resented inputations against
his loyalty, and has based his fight on
attacks on the finances. real estate
deals. Gary schools and other phases
associated with the Mitchell admins
tration OF the last four years.
william NJ lannett. who won tho
In ion nj,
after a recoun. reversed the apparent
choice OF Mitchell. also has iwelt lightly
on war affairs. and has ccntcrcd his
campaign on Tammany and the Mitchc!
regime.
The unique situation was frankly
puzzlinG to- might even TO veteran cam
paigners. Counting the soldier votes
abroad and at many camps and canton
mehts in America. It Is predic,ed that
approximately 100000 ballots will be
east. II was conceded that those of the
men under arms. estimated AT 10000.
might swing the election. Hil,qult
was barred from speaking at Camp Up-
ton, the military authorities olding
that uttcranccs "in opposition 10 tho
war" should not be permitted to be
heard by the soldiers. Socialist lead
ers here tonight said that contribu-
tlons to the Iillnut campaign Mad
come from every State in the Union.
mitchell LINKS HYLAN
WITH GERMAN SYMPATHIZERs
Rccrininations and accusations OF "A
character perhaps never before heard
in a mayoralty campaign here have
featured the present fight. Outstand-
ing imong these was Mayor Mitchers
charge that Hylan. a county court
judgi in Brooklyn. has the support of
pro- ;erman elements and influences
The Mayor has produced le;teihcads
and other documents to support his
claims that Iylan before the United
states entered the war, was Identified
with the Friends Of Peace, which con-
doned the sinking of the Lusitania. The
Mayor. declaring his fight was against
Hearst, liylan and Hohcnzollern."
linked Ilylan with jeremiah ]. OI.cary.
Supreme Court Justice Daniel +. Co
halan and others whose names the gov
ernment made public in various dis
closures involving German propaganda
in this country. TO all these charges.
Judge Hylan has made denial and Wig
orously proclaimed his Americanism
Hi!lquit as the Socialist candidate,
has been repudiated by Charles Edward
Russell, William English Walling. John
Spargo and other Socialist leaders, who
have thrown their support to Mitchell,
as have Theodore Roosevelt. Charles Il.
Hughes, Alton B. Parker. Samuel Com
pers and other men nationally known.