The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-05

ANo" AoAh, NoNeInDoT I.-Iam-
many's victory in the first municipal
election in Greater New York is a
sweeping one. The only question
remaining to be settled at II o'clock
is the one of the plurality by which
the entire ticket headed by Rob<,rft +
Van Wyok has carried the gigantic
municipality. 1t can scarqsiy be less
than 10000, and it may Be- larger
than that. Van Wyck<bas nol1e6 a
vote which .i''lls falls Possibly 10000 un-
defa Combined votes of Gen.
Tracy, Republican, and Seth Low,
Citizens Union. The latter was
successful, to the extent of polling an
aggregate vote in excess Of the 14O,-
600 pledges implied by the sigma
lures to the petition upon which he
became a candidate of an indepen
dent movement, which at the outset
offered to join hands with the Re-
publican party orgaaization IN con-
certed effort to exclude Tammany
from power in the greater city to
come into being on January 1, 1893,
with population the second in mag
nitude of the great cities of the
world. The offer was declined on
the ground that in such movement
the Republican organization would
participate only coinoidently with
tho other party to the compact, and
tho Citizens Union, on the other
hand, refused to recall it's nomina-
ton of Mr.. Low in order that the
form OF selecting candidate might
be carried out conformity with the
Republican organization. The total
number of votes cast was not far
either way from half million. The
indications are that Van Wyck re-
ceived 100000, Low $4,000, Tracy
100000 and George $1,000. The
aggregate is swelled by few thou
sand votes cast for Gleason, Inde.
pendent Democrat; Saniel, Socialist,
and Warnwell, Prohibitionist.
On the city ticket with Judge Van
Wyck Bird S. Coler is elected COMP
troller, Randolph Guggenheimer
president of tho municipal council.
Chas S. Fairchild, who wag SecEa-
tary of the,e1EseeaassuuITryj1'td Treasury during Glove
lanat<aa- -Ntlrsst Presidential term, and
whom the Citizens Union put up for
comptroller, did not hold the pace
with Mr.. Low. Ashbel p. Fitch,
originally Republican and after
wards Democratic member Of Con.
gress from a Tammany district of
this city, was the Republican noml-
nee for comptroller. He is defeated
by about the same vote as the hoad
of his ticket. He was nominated
with Gen. Tracy in recognition Of
the services he rendered in the Prosi-
dential campaign last year, fighting
as gold standard Democrat against
the Democrats who had accepted the
18 to platfrom Of the Chicago Con
vention. Coler, the successful can
ddate, is new to public life.
Charles w. Dayton, late postmas-
ter Of this city, was nominated for
comptroller on the George ticket, and
polled probably half as many votes
again as were given to Mr.. George
The legisJative branch of the city
governMent is Tammany Democrat
,as;se@N is also a double headed body,
one branch being the municipal
council, consisting of the president
and twenty eight members, and the
other, the board of aldermen, COM
prising sixty members. The precise
number Of Democrats chosen cannot
be stated at the present writing.
There appears to be strong proba-
bility that the Democrats have won a
majority of the county and borough
Offices along with the n,unicipal
places. ...
The vote of Van Wyck in New
York County is approximately the
same as was cast for Bryan in 1896,
which was 135,624 Gen. Tracy,
Republican, polled approximately,
$4,000, against McKinley's vote of