Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-04

dent OF the municipal council. CharleS
s. Fairchild, who was secretary of the
treasury during Clevelands first
presidential term, and whom the Citi-
zens' Union put UP for comptroller, did
not hold pace with Mr.. Low. Ashbel
P. Fitch, originally a Republican and
afterwards Democratic member of
congress from Tammany district of
this city, was the Republican nominee
for comptroller. He is defeated by
about the same vote as the head of the
ticket. He was nominated with Gen
eral Tracy in recognition of the services
he rendered in the presidential cam
paign last year, fighting as a gold
standard Democrat against the Demo-
Gratis who had accepted the 16 to
platform of the Chicago convention.
Coler, the successful candidate, is new
to public life.
Charles w. Dayton, late postmaster
of this city, who was nominated for
comptroller on the George ticket, polled
probably half as many votes again as
were given to Mr.. George.
The legislative branch of the city
government is Tammany-D Democratic.
It is double headed body, one branch
being the municipal council, consisting
of the president and % members, and
the other, the board of aldermen, COM
prising go members. The precise num-
Der of Democrats chosen connot be
stated at the present writing. There
appears to be strong probability that
the Democrats have won a majority of
the county and borough offices along
with the municipal places.
InNewYork and Brooklyn the straight
Republican vote shows falling off of
nearly 175,000, or in excess of the total
vote of Seth Low, while the Tammany
vote equals if it doesn't slightly ex-
coed, that cast for Bryan.
The polling came within about $4,000
of the entire registration, which, con-
sidering the weather conditions under
which the election proceeded, was all
that could be expected. The day was
wet, foggy, 'muggy'' to a degree. 1t
was such day as, in the years gone
by, when the voters lined up in the
streets to await their chance to cast
their ballots to the judges inside, was
called gold Democratic weather. I'm
der the altered conditions, the voting
being done within doors, this character
ization cannot well apply.
There was a general suspension of
business, and nearly everybody who
was qualified had the opportunity of
voting. 1t was only in the outlying
sections that the exercise of the right
of franchise was attended with any
inconvenience. And at night the whole
city was alive to the occasion Bulletin
boards, search lights, newspaper ex-
tras, readers on the stages of scores
of theaters, told the story of the cleo
ton. The jubilant had recourse to the
discordant fish horns for expression of
their joy, while the saloons, closed
during 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 Illuminated. The enthusi-
asm in the vicinity of Tammany Hall
was particularly great.
Van Wyck is shown to have polled
combined, while the George vote, which
week ago was regarded with more
or less apprehension and was expected
TO be anywhere from $1,000 to 100. 900, has
fallen to almost infinitesimal proper
IAOAS. 6icdSOL 3 vote ana Cnat Oh the
Socialist and Prohibition nominee fol-
the mayoralty will send the grand to-
tai above the half million mark.
Rain, which prevailed generally all
over the state, had the effect of keeping
a great many of the country voters
away from the polls The result is ap-
parent in the reduced majorities given
in concededly Republican districts to
William ]. Wallace, the Republican
nominee for chief Judge of the court OF
appeals, as compared with the plurali-
ties by which the same districts were
carried last year. In many districts
the pluralities of a year ago are re-
duced nearly one-half and in few that
have reported is the falling off less
than rs per cent.
Following is the total Of the votes re-
ceived by the three leading candidates
for mayor in greater New York, COM
plete returns having been received from
all OF the districts: Van Wyck, 235, 181 ;
Low, 1889; Tracy, 101 1928 The total
vote of Henry George was about 1000.
Besides New York, the cities of Buff
falo, Rochester, Binghamton, Syracuse,
Utica, Albany, Troy and Schenectady
elected Democratic MAYORS.