The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-11-04

opened at an unprecedented rate. Not for
years have men been heard 10 talk 20
freely about their own votes. or have
SO much personal feeling. Up, 20
o'clock the question of the successful
candidate for Governor was in doubt. In
New York city Flower had, up to that time.
one of majority j of only S. 900 is is much less
than q natural Democratic majority of the
metropolis The falling off here is attribu.
ted 10 the action OF the County Democracy
in resenting the exclusion Of their dele.
gates from the Saratoga convention.
Kings county came somewhat TO the rescue.
Richmond county and Queens also showed
decided gains for the Democratic candi-
date.
The election was for Governor. Lieu-
tenant-governor. Secretary of State. Con-
troller, Treasurer. Attorney-general and
Engineer; for four Congressman 70 I'LL
vacancies caused by three designations and
one death; for eight Justices of the Sa-
preme Court; for the full Senate OF thirty
two members and the full Assembly of i2S
are Democrats. The Congressman last
elected in the districts where elections
were Rsnnh.. held today were ns .!t
consisted of 10 Republicans and Is Demo-
Gratis; the last Assembly of 6S Democrats
and 60 Republicans. New York City also
voted for local Judges, eoroners ana alder
city officers. The State is divided into
4.9l0 election districts. OF this number
SS7 are in New York City and GO in Kings
county. The new election law, which fixcs
a maximum of 400 voters TO an election dis.
trict, has greatly increased the number OF
districts over 1855, when the total for the
State was 1885,
1t seemed at first that Flower could hard
ly carry the city by more that fifty thou
sand, but late returns showed remarkable
gains from the districts which are con-
tro!led by Tammany Hall. the result being
a majority for Flower in this city of over
fifty-eight thousand. BY 10 o'clock suf-
ficient number of figures had been obtained
from districts in all parts of the State out
side of New York county, which. by COM
parison with the vote in this city, showed
that Flowers majority in the State would
be about twenty-five thousand.
The Democracy carried both congress
sional districts. the Tenth and the W elfth.
Little. of the latter district (FloweTs). was
the 10th.
Tammany carried all the senatorial dis
tricts except the Eighth. which was car
ried by the Republicans. In the Assembly
tue Tammany Democracy made an almost
clean sweep of the city. the Republicans
gaining one district, the Seventh Tam
elected by large majorities, and the Board
of Aldermen was swept by TammaDy Hall
as completely Gs in its candidates for the
Assembly.
Wien the early returns reached Tam
many Hall tonight the main auditorium
upstairs was blaze of enthusiasm and
hurrah, and fully ten thousand persons
shouted with glee as the returns were read
from the stage by ieather-Iunged announc-
ers. In the innermost tepee were the big
sachems of Tammany. Mr.. Croker sat side
by side with Recorder Smyth. At 9 o'clock
Mr.. Croker sent telegram TO Edward Muir
ply, at Troy. saying that he lCrokerl be-
lieyed New York county had given CO. 600
majority for Flower and Kings county
1900.
Midnight returns from Brooklyn show
that the Democrats have elected their
Mayor. one Congressman. their entire city
and county tickets. seven aldermen at
large, eight district aldermen. three civil
justices and five supervisors. The Repub-
licaD politicians claim that the eilk-stock-
ing element of their party gave their sup
port to Boody. the banker. and thereby de-
feated the German grocer. Henry A. Meyer.
During the day the Republican inspectors
in tho seventeenth and ighteenth precincts
of the Second Assembly district were
fired" out of the polling place by the
Democrats.
Il was just IL o'clock when ex-President
Cleveland got around 60 the polling place
at the corner of Sixty-seventh street and
| Parke avenue. He nodded pleasantly to
the men in the Tammany booth as he
passed. and seemed in great good humor.
He wore a fawn colored overcoat and q
black derby hat.