The San Francisco call., 1897-11-03
SETH LOW RUNS BETTER THAN
GENERAL TRACY.
It Is Shown That the Experiment of Putting
Young George on the Ticket Fails, Ex-
cepting IN the Sentimental Sense.

was in progress, did business on a scale
that promised to compensate for the
period of enforced thirst. The enthusiasm
in the vicinity of Tammany Hall was par
ticularly great.
The headquarters of Robert A Van
Wyck at the Bartholdi Hotel was the
scene of great Joy rs the returns began 10
indicate sweeping Tammany victory. A
score or more OF people were in the rooms
where the returns were icing received
and they cheered Justify. But it was
feast without the hos. Mayor-elect Van
Wyck did not appear at the headquarters
at any time during the night. He left
the eadquarters a P NJ, going 10 police
headquarters with former Mayor Hugh J.
Grant, where he entered 4 private
room of the office of the Boiler Inspec or.
He stayed there until o clock, receiving
returns. He then lett, presumably for
the Murray Hill Hotel.
1t was. eG pected that he would be st
headquarters some time during the night,
but at 10 O'Clock The Mayor-elect's secre-
tafy announced that he would not ba at
the headquarters. He said also that Judge
Van Wyck could not be seen at all.
Chairman Quigg of the Republican City
and County Com mittee was very elum,
and left the headquarters a; 3;4l.. He re-
fused to make formal statement, and
was very 10th 10 discuss the situation.
At the headquarters there were few promi-
nent Repu ublicans present, and they left
the place shortly after Quigg aid. No one
would make a statement The Republi-
cans Kept Up the appearance of contide ence
until the early returns showed the gains
for Van Wyck and then collapsed en-
tIrely. 1t is possible to describe the
gloom at the Republican headquarters.
II anything he epression was more ap-
parent than at the George headquarters.
At o'clock there were only one or two
Republicans about. General Tracy did
not appear a the headquarters at all.
Mr.. Quigg of the City and County Com
mittee went sadly up the stairs of the
Fifth Avenue Hotel leading to the State
headquarters parlor at $50, and looked
In through the door. Then he turned and
walked ont again.
What do you think the outcome will
be ," was asked of him.
at seems to be all outgo," he replied
with an effort TO smile
ment and de clined to be SEEN
Outside of the hotel, Madison Square
and the streets branching from it were
packed with cheering, noisy crowds,
watching election returns bulletined by
newspaper. 1t was great contrast to he
silent little gathering of Republicans in
the parlor.
Whatever might have been the result
had Henry George survived the cam
Daign, the elections, from the earliest re-
turns, showed that the substitution of the
son OF the father as the mavoralty candi-
date Of the Thomas Jefferson Democracy
had proved failure from any but the
sentimental point of view. In TACT tie
George candidacy had made but beg
carly showing, scarcely per cent of the
vote in New York City counted UP to
O'Clock having been cast Tor the son OF the
author OF progress and Poverty"
The George vote possibly suffered by
the failure of the supervisors of election
10 supply large number of the precincts
with pastors to attach 10 the voting
papers.
The law requires that. in the event OF
the death of a candidate before the ate
OF the election and after the voting papers
have been printed, there shall be printed
and supplied to eacn precinct pastors
upon which i, printed the name of the
substituted 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 of the
law should be observed and pastors were
ordered printed and distributed in the
prescribed manner. As already stated,
the di tri button was not done in all cases.
and con ,equently many voters were under
the necessity of writing in the name OF
the second Henry George or voting the
ticket as ii stood. neither of which. it is
was literal compliance with the
law. In some cases citizens who had in
tended 10 vote for George would not do so,
anticipating that an attempt would re-
suit in the vitiating of the ballot as a
whole. 1t has been held in previous cases
OF a somewhat similar character that the
evident intent OF the Voter should be con-
sidered by the judges and the vote
as regular, and this rule has in
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