Evening star., 1922-10-30
POLITICAL WAGERS
FAVOR GOV, MILLER
Slight Odds Offered on COP.
Candidate in New York
State Campaign.
CITY DRIVE BEGINS TODAY
Democrats Admit Smith Won't Get
Hylan's Majority Last
Year of 417,000.
CITY DRIVE BEGINS TODAY
BY n. o. MESSENGER.


According to the political soothsay-
ers and wlseacres in both party
camps this city Is the place and the
current week the time for swaylng
and determining the result of the con-
test for the governorship of the state
of New York and the state ticket
Both candidates, realizing this. are
ing home to the voters their respec-
tive contentious and arguments. There
will be meetings day and night with
the usual parades, red fire. carttail
haranguing and all that sort of thinG.
The object of the republican cam
paigners Is to cut down the normal
democratic plurality of the city, so
that the great republican upstate
plurality can effect the decision. The
democratic purpose is to maintain
that plurality if possible and to over
whelm the upstate republican total:
The betting starts off today with
odds slightly in favor of the repub-
lican candidate. The betting is taken
note of because it is supposed to
represent calculations of cold-blooded
-politicos. who view conditions
as on a cash basis. devoid of senti-
ment. 1t is also a fayorite scheme
sometimes Of the politicians to put
out offers of wagers to overawe the
opposition and sway the unthinking.
Result VIII Be Close.
All political authorities agree that
the election will be close. They con-
cur in the opinion that the outcome
will be determined by this weeks
campaigning. The Stars dispatches
have sought for the last three weeks
to trace the outlines of the campaign
in it's broader features. as waged by
the opposing candidates. and to de-
scribe the nature of the respective
appeals to the voters.
Today both candidates as they
march upon the city make announce,
ment of their lines Of campaign ana
attack. Gov. Miller. the republican
candidate says: I'VE have offered a
record of performance against ea
of further performance against
confession of inability to perform un-
less the constitution is changed within
the next term Of the governor to be
elected.
sertions, appeals to reason and In
telligence against appeals to preou-
dice and ignorance. The people are
thinking they will not be caught by
false issues or false h promises: Eani ar aps gs
not intended to be kept. A few OF
the unthinking may be misled. but
the thinking resent Such insults 10
their Intelligence. The thinking peo-
pie are going to control. There is no
doubt Of the result.
What Smith Says.
Democratic Candidate Smith says:
Government designed to help the
few against the many cannot survive
in this progressive age. From plat
forms up the state / have answered
all the claims of accomplishments set
forth by Gov. Miller. Further than
that 1 have asked him questions that
the electorate of the state have rea-
son to believe that he should answer.
dissatisfaction and disappointment
with the administration at Washing
ton can easily be ascertained by in
ouiries from the man on the street.
Moreover, there is general disap-
pointment apparent after inquiry with
the administration at Albany.
Negative sentiment Is not always
controlling. but desire, expressed in
no uncertain terms. for a change that
means the advancement. Of the pro-
eressive platform of the party in the
state, backed up by candidates quail
fed in every respect to translate the
promise into action, has given hope
and encouragement not only to the
rank and file Of the party. but to for
ward looking citizens generally"
How They "Dope" 1t.
There is a wide margin Of difference
between the figures of the republican
and democratic leaders on the prospec-
tive vote here and upstate. No one ex-
meets the democratic ticket to get the
417,o00 plurality given Mayor Hylan In
1921, The democrats hope to get $685.
900 as the minimum. The republicans
hope to hold the Smith plurality to 1885,
900. and against that the republicans
hope to get a plurality for Gov Miller
Of $4,000 upstate, while the democrats
given their candidate upstate Of keep
Ing the Miller plurality in that section
down to 100000.
Both sides admit at this stage that
they are figuring more or less in the
dark. and without definite or complete
data to go on.
The republican candidate expects to
gain votes in this city on the record of
his administration Of actual reduction
of lighting and telephone rates and in
keeping street railway fares to cents.
BELGIAN BUDGET READY.
Theunis yesterday introduced the
1ooa hudo oof In the chamber of denu-