The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-03

der the altered conditions, the voting be-
ing done within doors, this characteriza-
tion cannot we'll apply There was q gen.
eral suspension of business, and nearly
everybody who was qualified had the op-
portunity of voting. 1t was only in the
outlying sections that the exercises of the
right of franchise was attended with any
inconvenience.
At night the whole city was alive to the
occasion.
Bulletin boards, search lights, newspa-
per extras, readers on the stages
of scores of theaters, told the story of the
election. The juhilant had recourse to the
discordant fish horns for expression of
their joy, while the saloons, closed dur
Ing the hours while the voting was in
progress, did business on a scale that
promised to compensate for the period of
enforced thirst, noisy and brilliantly ilu-
minated. The enthusiasm In the vicinity
of Tammany hall was particularly great.
Whatever might have been the result
had Henry George survived the campaign,
the election, from the earliest returns,
showed that the substitution of the son
for the father, as the mayoralty candidate
of the Thomas Jefferson democracy, had
proved a failure from any but a senti-
mental point of view. In fact, the George
candidacy has made but a beggarly show
ing, scarcely per cent. of the votes in
New York city, counted up to o'clock,
having been cast for the son of the au-
thor of Progress and Poverty"
The George vote possibly suffered by
the failure of the supervisors of election
to supply a large number of the precincts
with pastors to attach to the voting pa
pers. The law requires that in the event
of the death of candidate before the
date of the election and after the voting
papers have been printed, there shall be
printed and supplied to each precinct pas
ters upon which is printed the name of
the person selected in the prescribed man.
ner TO succeed the deceased candidate,
the pastors to be attached to the ballot
over the name of the original nominee.
Although in the case of the Thomas JEFF
ferson democracy's ticket the person sub
stituted was of the same name as the can
didate who died. Henry George, the election
board held that the letter of the law should
be observed and pastors were ordered
printed and distributed in the prescribed
manner. AS already stated the distri-
button was not done in all cases and con-
sequently voters were under the necessity
of writing In the name of the second Hen
ry George, or voting the ticket as it stood,
neither of which, 1t is claimed, was a lit
eral compliance with the law In some
cases citizens who had intended to vote
for Henry George could not do So realiz-
ing that an attempt would result in the
vitiating of the ballot as a whole. 1t had
been held in previous cases of a somewhat
similar character that the evident inter-
est of the voter should be considered by
the judges and the vote counted as regu-
lar and this rule has in all probability been
followed in many cases to-day.
New York, Nov. 8, a. m.-The estima-
ted vote for Greater New York for mayor
Is as follows: Van Wyck, 233 752; Low.
146,S21; Tracy, 100, ,998; George, 20,3s6. Van
Wycks plurality, S6921.
The plurality of Parker, democratic can
didate for Judge of the court of appeals.
in the state is estimated at 75,OO0
New York, Nov. 3, 2:15 a. m.-CompIete
returns of the vote on mayor in the bor-
oughs of Manhattan and the Bronx give
Van Wyck, Tammany 142, 95S; Low, Citi-
| zens' union, T,120; Tracy rep, 56,022.
In the borough of Richmond, Van
| Wyck's vote is 4,S71; Lows, 2,705; Tracy's,
| 2,7S7.
The net result of the changes in these
| figures as compared with earlier estimates
is to reduce the plurality of Van Wyck on
| the total vote in Greater New York to
| about 1900.
Following is the grand total of the votes
| received by the three leading candidates
| for mayor in Greater New York complete
| returns having been received from all of
| the districts: Van Wyck, 235, ,1S1; Low. 14S.-
| 513; Tracy, 101, ,S23. Van Wycks plurality.
| over Low sc 662