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Show SPEHTED CAMWSGMS ON NEW YOffi WTON; ' ' CONTESTS TO BE 'CLOSE . . - . .. . - i PIcClellan and Jerome the favorites in the Metropolis, Though Hearst Shows . Nuch Strength; Ivins Also Has a i Strong Following. With the. municipal elections to be held tomorrow, the campaigns cam-paigns in a number of cities hare not relaxed but will be kept up to the very last. There are spirited contests in New York, Boston and ffVfrancisco, while at Lincoln, Baltimore and the cities of Ohio the iAttlrest attached to the election is largely local. . . Iln politics a clear-cut Issue of the campaign. XFT f ORK, Nov. 6. Today will witness wit-ness the closing scenes of one of the most rt-markable political campaigns in , New Tork City's history. It has been y"Trnarkable In many ways. Tlie variety . 4t sudden, startling move3 on the municipal mu-nicipal checkerboard have overturned nil precedents, upset All calculations, have rendered useless all systems for forecasting the probable outcome. i The two old party organizations have leen invaded by a new and great force v hlch under .the name of the municipal o vf.cr? l;ip , league and with William R. Hearst as its candidate for Mayor, has C'crieiiciejj a campaign' s- vigorous and .'lu'cli lnatiaged that tha xity has' bee a c'&tor.fe-T.ed at its strength. Jlenrst finisher Strong. Vii ffs; it wa beilev-i-1 l.ljt; this ti.o. tmer.'. -was one born of rhbmrttary cvc!t..:iint and, popular clamor due. to tli-. iiifurance revelations and other tvucs or public' urtrest, :nd tlat when T;ir"nny Hall swung its "great organization organi-zation Into line the Hearst movement voui'l decline and collapse beiore ijKc-i.t;.:i ijKc-i.t;.:i 2.'i. This belief has fo.-c:i disap- iK.Inted. Instead of declining In force :iie Hearst canvass wound up last night in a spectacular meeting lii Madison Square Garden with the garden crowded, crowd-ed, with every man It could hold ai.d with many thousands outside unable to gain admittance. Crowds Almost Beyond Control. The gathering" was so great that for Ftvei al fiours the struggling masses, of - people were barely, controlled, and it was impossible. for the police tc keep tho --streets, open. When Mr. Hearst to speak he was greeted with out-LutAts out-LutAts of cheering that lasted for-nearly ti-jrUy minutes.- "Inotber-" incident of ths municipal o-Jnorshlji league canvass was the call-lft. call-lft. out at bed of Mr. Hearst 2 o'clock fiMl&y morning to speak at a Hebrew rUl at the Grand Central Palace. STcCiellan; Cloes Campaign. . ' ilayor George B. McClellan. the Depict Dep-ict ratio -nominee for re jctlon, has . hawd his appeals for vote on hts record rec-ord as Mayor and the fulCKme-t jot promises ne maae iwo er cju. nr closed the active work of his campaign at a meeting In the Hippodrome last evening, that building being, tnablk to - accommodate .by many thousands the throngs that gathered to hear him speak. . - The Mayor was enthusiastically greeted greet-ed by bis audience and later, when Corporation Cor-poration Counsel Deianey asked if "George B. McClellan. has not given .us a good administration?" there was an answered shout pt "Yes," as the crowd - rose and waved thousands of American ' flags. .'';. ' Irins' Strong Campaign. ' William M. IviBs,-,the Republican v nominee tor Mayoivbegan his campaign with a general feeling in the city that he -had no chance to win. but to this he refused to subscribe himself, and he has gone ahead in a-vigorous way. making ma-king many speeches -and telling his followers fol-lowers that if the Republican vote V could be held In line he would be elect-1 elect-1 ed. owing to the division of the Democratic Demo-cratic vote between Hearst and McClel-i McClel-i lan. Hardly second to the interest in the , Mayoralty has been the picturesque canvass of William T. Jerome for re- election as District Attorney of New Tork county. , . - -At the very beginning Mr. Jerome announced an-nounced his independence of either of J:he two great political organizations, . waving given some offense to powerful members, of both, either by his conduct of his office or his publte comments upon -the' methods of. he political bosses. Rejecting efftirts of the manager mana-ger of the Citizens' union to 'induce ln'ift to run for Mayor, he made the slogan slo-gan of his campaign ?::-5per.denee of tfiJ: rule of the. political boss, declaring vjfV this principle we so great as to - eoiirpletery versJ-adow hin.se'.; as a candidate. ' Where Did He Oe It? -, . , IU appeals for tim voters to rise against "graft"" : public eff.ces and his rjtftloir of the 'ineetkm-tref erring to Chrises F. Murphy. leader of Tammany , JIlUO. "where did he get It," contributed powerfully to make the cry of honesty |