The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-05

was elected mayor Of the Greater New
York By. : plurality Of s7,sos. Each of
the nve boroughs contributed to the
total.
Seth Low, the Citizens Union candi.
data TOT mayor, carried several assem-
bly, districts and polled large vote, but
Ill the boruughs returned pluralities for
the Tamnhany forces. Mr.. Low was
we'll ahead Of General Tracy, the Re.
publican nominee. who was third in
the race. Low polled 14s,4l2 votes,
Tracy l0l,0l2. =
Henry George polled 2Q,422 votes,
and the Spombined votes cast for Glea.
son, twell, Saniel and Cruikshank.
the cluaates ofSthe Prohibition. So.
cialist 1bor and United Democracy
partie4 sled less than 5000.
The Indications are that with the ex.
ception. p6ssibly Of 6 of the 81 assembly.
men Al Brooklyn and OF the 35 in
New Yoi all the Tammany candidates
are elected. In Queens, four of the
assemblyl9en are Democrats. The
Citizenss Union elected two assembly.
men in NV York county.
An exceptionally large vote was polled,
despite tho inclement weather, the fig.
ures now 81 hand indicating that $780,.
600 ballots were cast out of a total regis.
tration Of 1867 ,8OS. There were com.
paratively few split tickets, vast ma.
jority Of The voters voting their party
tickets straight.
Completely Reversss Conditions.
The result Of the first municipal eloc.
tion in thess Greater New York com.
pletely reydrses the conditions of 1896
when McKinley's plurality in the same
territory WIS 56.S85. The plurality of
Van Wyek, Tammany candidate, is
about 800 and the entire ticket is
elected with majorities ranging from
10000 to 10000. Coler's plurality over
Fitch (Rep,l for comptroller, is over
100000. Eth Van Wyok and Coler
were free dyer adherents in 1895.
Alton B. Parker (Dem. for Judge of
the state ourt Of appeals, carried.
Greater Ne York by l0B, 900 and bis
total plurality over Wallace (Rep.) be.
low the BroAx river, will not be less
than l00, 900 inSuring his election and
Democratic 1lccess In the state.
Such rush 70 the polls has never
been known except in presidential years.
Rainy weather failed to dampen civic
enthus ssm. Tue registration was alb.
norma. The total of 687, 256 was only
1l,463 behind that of 1895. Last year
only 6.68 per cent failed to vote for
presideas aud the estimated total vote
this year bf 81, 600 shows that the fall.
ing Oh does hot much exceed that Of
1895.
The vote for Tracy (Rep.) was divid.
ID BY the candidacy Of Seth Low upon
. cisissns ticket. Low was second aud
Tracy third in the contest. The George
vote was uncomfortable. The death OF
iss leader evidently disintegrated his
following and thousands evidently
voted for Tommany candidates.. It 10
that young George lost many
votes through the failure Of inspectors:
TO afax his paster TO mayoralty tickets.
The unomcial vote for mayor follows:
{ Van Wyok, SS5, 800; Low, l49. .S78;
Tracy, 10. .SSs; George. 3o.SSB; Gleason.
III.
! The vote for Van Wyok is about l4.2
pr cent oe the total vote cast, or less
than the l6.3l per cent cast for Bryan
IN 1893 IN tho same territory.
The united vote Of Low and Tracy
shows l<. 19T more tnan van Wycx ~.
osived. The metropolitan district il
normally Democratic, aud the plurality
Tor Van Wyek Il srsturn TO normal
h IN election not Influenced
b. national issues.