The sun., 1919-11-01
POLITICIANS NOW
BUSY WITH FIGURES
Dopesters in Nervous Stage on
Eve of Tuesdays Ballot
Battle.
TAMMANY'S "DOUGH DAYn
Checks Sent to Workers
Moran Manager Sees 150,-
900 Plurality.

Political leaders Of all parties were In
the nervous stage Of the campaign last
night. Always about the Friday before
election there are rumors and reports of
sensations" revelations" and "explo-
sions" that would blow this or that can
date out OF the water
while there were no concrete evil
dences yesterday that anything Of that
character was about to happen, the cam
paign was passing through that at
mospherio strata and managers were in
the coming tower scanning the horizon
for signs of danger
To-day various district leaders will
be bringing in their figures, and the man
ayers will be getting down TO the cold
blooded business of finding out mathe-
matically whether their candidates have
a chance for election.
This used to be dough day" at
Tammany Hall, the day when the dis
trict leader went to Tammany Hall in q
hack and took away little black bag
run OF currency to pay the workers on
election day.
They do things much better now, The
leader gets check by mail and he is
responsible for getting the currency Tor
use
Charles Thorley, campaign manager
for Robert L. Moran, the Democratic
candidate to succeed himself as PresI-
dent Of the Board of Aldermen, rather
broke precedent last night by ventur-
ing prediction so far before election.
HIS vision was that Moran would have
plurality of 10000. This was the way
he distributed 1T: Manhattan, $4,000:
The Bronx and Brooklyn, 10000 each
Queens. 10000, and Richmond, 5000
Both Representative F. H. La Guardia,
who is running for the Presidency of the
Board of Aldermen, and Henry H. Cur
ran, his colleague on the Republican
ticket and candidate for President Of
the Borough of Manhattan, pointed to
the row in the Tammany Board of Esti-
mate on Thursday as evidence that they
should be elected to that body.
1.-THE shameful conduct of the Board
of Estimate" said Mr.. La Guardia, land
the neglect of important public duties
involving hundreds of millions Of dollars
by the Comptroller, the Mayor and the
rest, Is the strongest argument that the
people of New York can have for my
election and that of Mr.. Curran. On
the eve of the day that the budget had
to be approved we find the chief fnan-
cial officer pickering and INDUCING in
low personalities with his colleagues in
stead of giving intelligent study and at
tention to the work of the budget"
But what can the public expect from
executives who know nothing about this
important document (the budget)," said
Mr.. Curran. Promising John and
Craig, the Righteous seek to keep their
ignorance hidden by fighting like the
poverbial Kilkenny cats
Were any soft jobs eliminated? Not
one. Every solemn pledge to the voters
two years ago by Hylan and the others
to cut expenses was broken. The budget
and the tax rate will break all records"
The Women Lawyers Association yes
terday endorsed Phillip j. McCook, Re
publican candidate for the Supreme
Court. 1t had already Endorsed Justice
NewbuTger.
school to instruct women how to
use the ballot will be conducted at the
MoCook headquarters in the Hotel Man
haitian this afternoon and evening and
Monday afternoon and evening. 1t will
be non-partisan and the names OF candi-
dates will not be discussed.
The Board of Elections decided yes
terday there was nothing in the cleo
ton law that would make it possible
to pass a rule that no election official
should wear finger ring in the polling
places, s. John Block, Socialist candi-
date for the Municipal Court, had asked
that such a rule be promulgated, declar-
ing that In the past officials had voided
Socialist ballots by marking them with
lead concealed in q ring. Mr. Block will
be told that the question of an amend
ment to the law to carry out his sug-
gestion would be considered.