Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-06
POINTS AT ISSUE
 IN ToDAY's ELECTIONS
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man influences were working to con trol the election and .prociaiming him self in complete sympathy with the policy of President Wilson.
 Hiliquit a Peace Advocate.
 Morris Hilfquit, socialist has cam pa:gned openly as a peace advocate. He has announced his refusal to pur chase Liberty loan bonds and has said frankly that lis election must be con- strued as mandate to the federal government to begin negotiation. to terminate the war
 Hearst Supports Hyian. <. John F., Hylan, democratic eandi- date who has the suppolt of rammany Hall and the newspapers of Wiilia na Randolph Hearst. has dsregarded war that he has resented iinputations against; his loyalty and has ra sed his neht on attacks 'on the financial real estate deals, Gary schools and other phases asSocia tsd- with the Mitchell ad niinistrrstion of the past four years.
 Bennett Fighting Tammany. William E. Bennett, who won the republican nomination at:the primaries after a recount revised the. apparent eLoice of Mitchei, also has dweit5 light iS- on war affairs and has centered rilis campaign on Tammary and the Mitch ei- regime. '.- 2" +
 The unique. political situation in which ' the metropolis. finds itself on the eve of it's first wartime eiecxion i'll many years was pdzziing' tonight even to veteran campa ig1ers. Couat- ing the soldier y0tes abroad and at many camps and cantonments in 4 America, it is pre- dicted that approxi- nlate1y TOO 900 ballots will be cast. It is conceded that those of. the. men un- der arms, estimated at g,06U, might swing the election
 Three of the cal1didates devoted 8 period of campaigning at Camp Cp- N " rf1 zer1s are training for. service abroad E7iliduit was harred from speaking; there, the military authorities holding that utteEances 'in opposition to the he ard by the soldiers. Socialise lead CTS here tonight said that contributions to the :eIillquit cam pTign had come from every state in the union..f "S-'si
 Situation Uneertain., =
 Pre- election. predictions of. victory Were made at. the; headquarters of all four candidates tonight, but the si tlIa- ton was generally. conceded go dIneer tain- that these. stateneuts;, re- garded as having; been issued Tor what effect they might have on the voters and because suct predictions are GUS ton1ary.
 Reeriminafions and Aeeusatiens. ., Recr.minations and -aHcIsa liens of a thara acte1.' perfsps -neHer. before heard in n1ayoralty campa ign here have fe atured the present fight. Outs1anZ- ing among, these was Mayer MHchelas charge that IIylan,e d county court Judge in Bro0h1Sn has the support Of The mayor has produced 1etterheAEs and other documents to support h;s claims that Hylsn, before the United .states entered the var; vas identified condoned the sinking of the T.usitania. The mayor. declaring his fight was against Hearst. 1Hylan and Hohen- zollern," linked Hylaf with Jeremiah J.. O'Leary,i Supreme Court Justice Daniel F. Goldman and others whose names the government made public in various disclosures involving German propa ganda i'll this ceuntrN.. To all ts;ese charges Judge Hylan has enter ed denial and vigorously proclaimed his Anericanisn.
 HyIan's Business Record Attacked
 The mayor also. attacked FTyian's $ personal business record, nsins in. this 'cc;nnection 7Hy1an's association with Alfred R. Goslin in the promotion of an automobile company: G0slin was S sa sabseauentIy convicted Of many nan! fl audS.-,- Hylan- in ecoun ter ttack- brought to the .foret the .indi dictment @ef fcu, of ..Mitchei's friends in a real estate deal with the city -.,'.. ,., 7, ss |. Socialist Leaders Dessrt HiIisui4. Y
 fIillauft, as the socialist candidate has Sbeen repudiated by Charlesa Ed ward Russell, William English WaN- ing. John Spargq. and other soei@1ist leaders, who nave thrown their sup port to Mitchell as have Theodore Roosevelt, Charles. E.a IT nghes Alton s. Parker. Samuel iGompers and other men nationaliss kno wn. The n1ayofs a democrat. was elected on fusion ticket. four. years ago. HOT CAMPAIGN IN FOURTH
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