The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-06
|ELECT|ON DAY
IN BIG CITY
Biggest Vote Ever Cast in New
York is Predicted to be
Cast for Mayor
Today.
RESULT MAY BE CLOSE
Soldier Ballot Might be Required to
Select Winner In tho
Three-cornered
Race.
RESULT MAY BE CLOSE

United Press Leased Wire SerV1ce.l
NEW YORK. Nov. 6,-New York
City votes today in it's most per
verted mayoralty cam paign In score
of years, with a blare and fuss OF
nag waving that out-Cohaned George
NJ, at his best The biggest vote In
the history of the greater city was
expected. The weather was ideal
and the early run Of voting from six
q. N. on was heavy, particularly on
tho east side. Thousands Of women
volunteers, urging vote on the state
suffrage amendment. added a pic
turesQue touch to the polls. already
bright enough in the prolific use Of
the national colors by candidates.
The fact that some political WISE
acres thought today the city's vote
might be SO close as to leave dect-
sion in the hands of New York City's
soldiers scattered in camps here and
abroad. added another touch Of the
red, white and blue to the balloting.
Sixty-five thousand OF these soldiers
tvote.
| New York figured 1t held the lime
light-the voting stage-and gloried
In It oorrespondingly.
Three factors combined to 'star"
the metropolis in it's role. First,
John Purroy Mitchell, fusion candi-
date, concluded his campaign for re-
election as mayor with the definite
flat footed charge Of disloyalty against
the democratic Gnd Tammany oppon-
ent John F. Hylan, linking him with
Hearst as partner in shady Ameri-
canfsm.
Second, 1t appeared today that
Tammany has staked its all on the
outcome. Chas. F. Murphy, present
chief Of the wigwam. must win In the
opinion of politicians to hold his po-
litical throne. He Is being powerful
ly pressed for leadership by Sheriff
Al Smith. The once all-powerful Sui
livans weeks ago deserted Tammany
for Mitchel-the first bolt the Irish
clans have ever made from the organ
Murphy had definitely committed him
self to retirement in case his candi-
date Hylan, Is defeated.
Third of the factors was Morris
Hillquit, socialist and all political
leaders agreed today that he had made
the greatest campaign any socialist
candidate ever ran in New York and
not few old timers were willing to
election. The socialists themselves
claimed they would poll 25O0OO votes.
Tremendous enthusiasm for. Hillquit
evoked on the east side indicated an
overwhelming vote there in his ia
vor. Most of the Jewish organizations
are behind Hillquit. His peace plat
form and anti-war utterances have
aligned behind him solidly the forces
of pacitism in the city. His political
opponents have charged the pro-Ger-
man element with fostering Hillquits
candidacy and have pointed to the
fact that he is classified in the so
called German branch" Of the Amcri
can socialist party--linked with Vic
tor Berger and other [Teutontc sympa-
thizers. What gave Hillquit better
chance than, ever in the opinion of
the dopsters was the candidacy Of
William M. Bennett On the republican
ticket for Mayor Bennett beat Mitchell
for the republican nomination. His
being in the race was expected to
split the normal republican vote
greatly. Mitchers fusion headquar-
ters claimed election by $4,000. Tam
many hall, basing its hopes on Hylan's
Brooklyn friends, figured the demo-
cratic plurality would run 10000 Ben
nett figured his own total as 275,OO0
votes in aIl-"sufficien to win" The
socialists estimated Hillquit's vote at
100000 which they said would insure
victory
The mayoralty fight was SO bitter
in New York City that the suffra~e
being voted on through
out the state was practically side
tracked in point Of interest. Reports
from upstate, however, indicated the
women had an excellent chance of
winning the franchise, and here in
New York they worked hard to i'm
press men voters with the justice Of
their cause. In the city, however,
the anti-suffragists insisted that the
recent picketing OF the white house
by the congressional union had fatal
ly injured all chance OF success here.
Betting today averaged 8 to l on
Hylan to win Even money bets We're