The herald., 1895-11-07
NEW YORK
COMPARISONS of Vote Cast With That of
1898
The Unofficial Figures Are Of Such Complexion
That Waiting Is Not Filled
With Anxiety

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-The total unoffi-
cial vote for secretary of state is: King,
Democrat. sos, $50; Palmer, Republican,
572, 525.
This makes Palmer's plurality &C 535.
The vote in 1893 was: Palmer 545, OBS;
Myer. $40. GA; Palmer's plurality. "a, 4S4.
In New York city the majority for the
Democratic state ticket is approximately
10, 900 greater than the average majority
for the Tammany local candidates, which
is from 25, 900 for Sogmier for recorder to
1900 for Purroy for county clerg.
Returns resolved by the Associated
Press from all but 497 of the 1888 election
districts north Of the Harlem river in
New York state give Palmer. Republican,
for secretary of state, 344 709; King,
Democrat. 224, 705, Republican plural
ity of 49,, 1894 outside of New York and
Kings counties. showing Republican
gain OF &c. 1853 compared with 1893. De-
Quoting the Democratic plurality below
the Harlem, the Republican plurality in
the state at large will be In excess of TO-
600.
Corrected returns from nearly all cleo
tion districts show the state senate will
consist of thirty-Eve Republicans, four
teen Democrats and one independent.
Assembly. ninety-nine Republicans and
tifty-one Democrats.
BROOKLYN'S MAYORALTY.
BROOKLYN, Nov. cit looks now as
if the mayoralty confess would be trans
ferred to the courts. Mr.. Grout refuses to
concede the election of MIR. Wurster, and
the regular campaign Democratic com
mit,ee has retained General A. +. jerks
and Abra IN HALEY to look after Mr..
CIRCUITS interests.
A meeting of the regular executive
committees has been called for the pur
pose OF taking further action in the mat
ter. Mr.. Grout this aftern DON WAS aske d
If he conceded the election OF Mr.. Wur-
ster.
~ do not" he replied, "for tho rea-
son that it was evident that the returns
that came out of police headquarters as
they came last night, were not to be re-
lied upon. They di not come with uni
formty aid regularity that the returns
came in on the state ticket.
"When it came to the maoyralty, the
returns first were all tor Wurstsr and
then for GIout. While they were ali my
way, certain well-Known Republicans
were oat trying to place bets. After an
hour or two they returned to Wurster
again. When they begun to turn to
u statement of figures and in half an
hour admitted error Of couple of
thousand in their statement. | do not
care to say anything about the police
department returns. THIS vote has got
to DE canvassed. There will he every
means taken to examine this vote prop
erly."
Late returns from all sections of the
state do not lessen the extent of the Re-
publican victory in New York. The
total vote, unoffcially compiled gives
Palmer for secretary of state, at the
head of the Republican ticket, total of
King, rolled sos. $50, making the Repub-
lican plurality g. 35. While this is of
course falling off from the phenomenal
plurality of 1856. l08 gwen to Governor
Morton last year, it shows large gain
over Palmer S plurality of "a 1874 in 1898
the last minor office wear. Both branches
of the state legislature will be Republican
by majority OF more than two to one.
Although Tammany elected most of
the assemblymen in the city, the seats
gained by the Republicans and forty
eilbt Democrats which, with the present
complexion OF the senate gives, a Repub-
lican majority of forty-four on Joint
ballot.
The Tammany victory in the city is
not greatly changed by the complete re-
turns from the estimates of last night.
Th5 head of the Tammany ticket, Pur-
roy. candidate for county clerk has
majority of Ii, APO.
The fusionisIs figured that Tammany's
ma or ~ was gained by the stay at homes
and not by gains in votes, tecarse while
last year Hugh J. Grant, the Tammany
candidate for mayor. polled 100, 900 votes