Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-11-04
THE LATEST RETURNS.
SHOWING HOW THE VOTES WERE
CAST ON ELECTION DAY.

Abram S. Hewitt Elected Mayor of New
York with George a Good seeond-Illi.
nois Republican by 80, O,O0O-lncomplete
Returns from Nearly All the States in
the Union.
New York, Nov 4.-The perfect Gather
and the deep interest in the election brought
out nearly full vote in the city Tuesday
Out of the large registration of of 2S5, ,OE
nearly 220, 600 ballots were cast. The excite
ment was at all times intense, but the elec
tion was orderly throughout. Abram 6
Hewitt is elected the Democratic mayor Of
New York by plurality of about 2a,000
Henry George polled about G7, 900 of the tota
vote, leading the Republican candidate
Theodore Roosevelt, who received about 80,
900 votes
The great surprise of the day was the re
suit of the George vote, which, while fall
ing short of the predictions of the managers
of the movement, exceeded all conserva.
tive expectation. The inroads of the labor
vote on the parties may he gathered from 8
comparison of the present poll with the city
vote for the state ticket in 1885, when the
Republicans cast an average of 1900 and
the Democrats l25. 900, in total of 200, 900
1t is everywhere admitted that the George
men were most skillfully organized They
worked hard and shrewdly at the polls and
won back many votes that wavered at tbs
last moment
Roosevelts weakness is attributed to the
fact that many Republicans who feared the
strength of George cast their votes for Hew
lit, while Others entered into deals by which
they gave their votes for George in exchange
for George votes for Republican eongres-
sional and assembly candidates.
The editorials in Wednesday mornings
papers present a great contrast to those OF
the past few weeks in their treatment of the
labor movement in politics The strength Of
the movement is recognized and also thu
grievances which have given rise to it. The
winning party are warned that the ques
tons raised by Mr.. George have come TO 'ay,
and must be grappled with The World es-
pecially emphasizes the statement that there
are certain wrongs which are clearly remedi
able and which 'must be attended to-
The Times says: Returns from all the
counties in this state give Rufus W. Peck.
ham for associate judge of the court of ap-
peals plurality of ~, 252 These figures are,
of course, subject TO revision, but it is i'm.
probable that the official vote will materially
change the result indicated"
BROOKLYN, n V, Nov TN the Third
congressional district Bell (Dem) received 12,-
5A6 votes. White Rep had 2,607 votes in
the same district, showing a plurality for
White of II. Fraud is alleged and Mr.. Bell.
tits said, will contest the seat.
ALBANY, Nov. 4.-The assembly as given
by The Journal stands: Republicans, a
Democrats, 81 1t also states that 70 Repub
hcan congressman are elected and IA Demo
Gratis, claiming that Swineburne is elected
in the Nineteenth district by a small plural
ity. After conceiing Peckham's election, it
says his plurality is under 5000
BUFFALO, n. Y, Nov 4-Erie county,
unofficial, with one district in the city miss
ing, usually 50 to 100 Republican, give.
Daniels q, ,8s4, Peckham is, SO; ma jority for
Daniels, 5,t0s For congress in the Thirty
second district, three districts missing, Far
quhar has a majority of 3,44s In the Thir.
ty-third district Weber (Rep,) has about
1000 majority for the assembly. Sheehan
tDem.) is reelected in the First district,
Giese in the Second, Gallagher (Rep4 in tn,
Third, Guenther Deml in the Fourth, and
Emery Rep) in the Fifth The Republicans
elect their city and county tickets, with the
exception of police justice The board of al
derInen isa tie