Show jO MO N G ln UL I Politicians Unable to Mi M I IMore More Than Guess the Out Outcome Outcome come in New York DIRTY CAMPAIGN CAr ORATORY I UNPRECEDENTED OF PERSON ES New York Nov 3 Today practically closed the most extraordinary campaign for governor in the political history of the state although both candidates s will continue spee until Monday Monda r night It lias been a campaign of per personalities personalities personalities rather than politics of ot men instead of measures and it has stirred the interest of the voters of the Em Empire Empire Empire pire state to its extreme boundaries For vigor and vituperation it has been without precedent and for persistency of appeals for votes by the two candi candidates candidates dates It stands alone National Issues aside from the e so called trusts have been entirely ig ignored ignore ignored nored nore and state officers have scarcely received passing attention Sensational charges have been injected from time timeto timeto timeto to time and interest has been kept at atthe atthe atthe I the highest pitch for several weeks I The official close of the campaign to tonight tonight tonight I night was amid a blaz blazi of political en enthusiasm I m and oratory Politicians at Sea I p I The close of the campaign finds a po political political I situation unprecedented in this state and some of the shrewdest poll poli politicians I admit that the usual sources of I I political prognostications are all but I worthless Party lines have been bro broken broken broken I ken as seldom before Mr Ir Hughes has bas been making a special plea for Demo Democratic Democratic Democratic cratic support declaring himself free from political obligations to any person or thing and asserting that the plat platform platform platform form on which he stands Is broad enough to welcome the support of all allgood allgood allgood good citizens who wito desire a clean and honest administration at Albany Mr Hearst has attacked the trusts and boss rule and through his Inde Independence Independence Independence League is claiming the sup support support support port of many Republicans ans Mr Ir Hearst has been attacked by his for S having haing taken the hands of a boss to I secure the Democratic nomination jand and the alleged deal has been the subject of numerous Re Republican Republican Republican publican speeches Charges and Counter Charges Mr Hughes has charged c arged that money was lavishly used to t secure control of I Ithe the Democratic convention at Buffalo and he has cited the tumult of that political gathering as an evidence evid nce of ot I what might be expected at Albany In Inthe inthe I Ithe the event of the success of Hearst and I Mr Hughes has made I much of the fact that prominent old I Iline line Democrats Demo rats among them John G I Carlisle and Thomas M Osborne have I deserted the th Democratic element and I have urged others of the party to follow I their example Mr Hearst claims the practically un undivided undivided I divided support of union labor and the I Independence League and asserts that I he has so broken down the Republican I machine upstate uv state as to make impossible Impossible I Ible ble the huge majority which has heretofore her been brought down to I Ithe the Bronx to wipe out the Democratic I plurality in Greater New York Admit Some Defection Mr Hughes and the Republican managers managers admit that there has been defection from the Republican ranks among the laboring classes but assert that this loss is more than offset by the support of the th Dem Leader Murphy of r f Tammany Hall claims that Mr Hearst whom Tam Tammany Tammany Tammany many helped to nominate at Buffalo despite his opposition to the organize organization organization tion a year ago carry New York YorkI by b a plurality of to votes The Republicans say they are elated over this prediction for f they claim Mr Hughes will wUl come to the Bronx with votes to spare Sensational Features Probably the most sensational features of or the campaign Were the messages of ot Richard Croker former leader of Tam lam Tammany many manly hall and now a resident of or Ire Ireland Ireland Ireland land and the he remarkable attack of Sec See Secretary Secretary of State Root upon Mr Hearst in his speech at Utica on November 1 Mr Croker cabled to State Senator McCarren Democratic leader in lUngs Kings county his congratulations on Mr McCarrens con consistent consistent consistent opposition to Mr Hearst Subsequently Subsequently Subsequently Mr Croker expressed surprise at atthe atthe atthe the action of ot Charles F Murphy the present leader of Tammany in turning over the Tammany delegates to Mr Hearst at Buffalo and declared that the election of Mr lr Hearst would paralyze paral ze capital and thereby paralyze labor Secretary Root with the authority of President Roosevelt as he announced made a remarkable attack upon Mr Hearst charging him hint with inciting through his newspapers the assassination assassination assassination tion of President McKInley and de denouncing denouncing denouncing him In no uncertain terms Situation in Brooklyn In Brooklyn Kings county an anoma anomalous all om a alous lous bus situation has presented Itself State Senator McCarren Democratic leader in that borough and Iii iri absolute control of the Democratic machine has opposed Mr Hearst At a recent meeting Senator McCarren denounced Mr Hearst and then moved tho the endorsement of the state Democratic ticket which was carried with a rush Subsequently the meeting indorsed McCarrens stand In opposing Mr Hearst Kings county nominally Is Democratic by a large targe l rge majority In the mayoralty election ele of 1905 with three can in the field Mr Hearst on a municipal ownership platform carried it by some votes In Manhattan n as in other othir boroughs of ot Greater New Ne York Richard Crokers views on Mr candidacy caused caUs d da a mild roUd sensation n particularly among the Tammany followers While declining to discuss Mr Crokers stand Charles F Murphy Tammany leader has reiterated his declaration that th t Tammany would do everything It could to elect lect Mr Hearst Three Th ree of the Independence league state candidates are on the Democratic ticket namely Mr Hearst for governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler Chanter for lieutenant gov governor governor governor and nd John Whalen for secretary of ot state |