1886 NYC Mayoral Election

In the last few weeks of the campaign, Roosevelt and George were seen to have momentum by the New-York Times, mostly thanks to Hewitt's campaign suffering from Democratic infighting between Tammany and county Democrats

In fact, due to his associationship with Tammany hall, there were rumors in the Times that many county Democrats would vote for Roosevelt as a means to oppose Bossism.

Further, Roosevelt himself would cast the election as one between himself and Henry George, Asking Democrats for their votes as a means to Stop the Socialist Labor party candidate.