The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-03


scene of a great joy as the returns began
to indicate Il sweeping Tammany vic
tory. A score or more of people were in
the room where the returns were being
received, and they cheered continually.
But it was a feast without the host.
Mayor-elect Van Wyck did not appear at
the headquarters at any time during the
night. He left the headquarters at
4 p. m, going to police headquarters
with former Mayor Hugh J. Grant.
where he entered a private room in the
Office of the boiler inspector. He stay
ed there until Z o'clock, receiving re-
turns. He then left, presumably for the
Murray Hill Hotel.
1t was expected that he would be at
headquarters some timei during the
night, but at 10 O'Clock the Mayor-elect's
private secretary, Alfred Johnson, an
nounced that he would not be at the
headquarters at all. and could not be
seen. He also said that Judge Van
Wyck could not be seen at all.
THE GEORGE VOTE.
Whatever might have been the result
had Henry George survived the cam
pagn, the elections from the earliest re-
turns were that the substitution of the
son for the father as the mayoralty cam
didate of the Thomas Jefferson Demo-
cracy had proved failure from any
further sentimental point OF view In
fact, the George candidacy has made
but beggardly showing, scarcely five
per cent Of the votes in New York city
counted up to o'clock having been cast
for the son of the author of Progress
and Poverty"
The George vote possibly suffered by
the failure of the supervisors of the
election to supply large number of the
precincts with pastors to attach TO the
voting papers. The law requires thar
in the event of the death of candidate
before the date of the election and after
the voting papers have been printed.
there shall he printed and supplied Ia
each precinct pastors upon which is
printed the name of the person selected
in the prescribed manner To succeed the
deceased candidate. the pastors to be at
tached to the ballot over the name of the
original nominee.
Although in the case Of the Thomas
Jefferson Democracy's ticket, the person
substituted was of the same name as
the candidate who died Henry George.
the election board held that the letter or
the law should be observed. and pastors
were ordered printed and distributed in
the prescribed manner, As already
stated, the distribution was not done in
all cases, and consequently voters were
under the necessity of writing in the
name of the second Henry George or
voting the ticket as it stood, neither Of
Il l. xr1.,s
the law. In some cases citizens who had
intended to vote for Henry George could
not do so, only repeating that an attempt
would result in the vitiating of the bal
lot as a whole. 1t has been held in pre-
vious cases of a somewhat similar char
acter that the evident intent of the
voter should be considered by the judges.
and the vote counted as regular, and
this rule has in all probability been fol-
lowed in many cases to-day.
Low is LOW.
New York, Nov 2.-Hon. Seth Low re-
ceiyed the returns at his home in East
Sixty Fourth street. The Associated
Press called him by telephone at his
house at 9:15 o'clock and asked him TO
make statement as to the result. He
said: II have nothing to say; positively
nothing to say at present"
MR.. QUIGG MUM AND GLUM.
New York. Nov. 2.-Chairman Quigg,
of the Republican city and county COM
mittee, was very glum, and left the
fused to make formal statement, and
headquarters at $40 o'clock. He re-
was very 10th to discuss the situation.
At the headquarters there were few
prominent Republicans present, and they
left the place shortly after Mr. Qugg.
No one would make statement. The
Republicans kept up their appearance of
confidence until the early returns show
ed the gains for Van Wyck, and then
collapsed entirely. 1t is impossible to
describe the gloom at the Republican
headquarters. IL anything, the depres-
sion was more apparent than at the
George headquarters. At 8 o'clock there
were only one or two Republicans about.
General Tarcy did not appear at the
headquarters at all.
Senator Platt sent word from Fifth
Avenue Hotel at one o'clock that he had
retired and requested the clerk not to
send up any more notes to him.
FURTHER RETURNS.
New York, Nov. 2-The indications
are the Democrats have a small majori-
ty OF the members Of the State Assem-
bly,.
New York, Nov. 2.-Partiai returns
from all counties in the State give Par
ker, Democratic candidate for Judge Of
the Court of Appeals $4,000 plurality.
New York, Nov. 3.-2:15 a. m.-Com-
plete returns of the vote on Mayor IN
the boroughs of Manhattan and the
Bronx give Van Wyck, Tammany 142,.
95S; Low, Citizens Union, 77,12O;
Tracy, Republican 56,022
In the borough OF Richmond, Van
Wyck's vote is 4,S71; Lows 2,7O5;
Tracy's 2,7S7.
The net result of the changes in these
figures as compared with earlier esti-
mates is to reduce the plurality of Van
Wyck on the total vote in Greater New
York to about 1000.
New York, Nos 3-Complete returns
give Parker, Den~erat, 143,1 1875 plural
ity over Wallace for Supreme Judge.