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

| into being on January /, 1898, with Il
population the second in magnitude OF
the great cities of the world. The offer
was declined on the ground that in
such a movement the Republican or
ganlzation would participate only CO.
incidently with the other party to the
compact, and the Citizens Union, on the
other hand, refused to recall its nomi-
nation of Mr.. Low in order that the
form of selecting a candidate might be
carried out conjointly with the Republi-
can organization. The total number of
votes cast was not far either way from
half a million. The indication are that
| Van Wyck received 21U,OUU; Low 14o,
900; Tracy, 100000, and George $4,000.
The aggregate is sweled by few
thousand votes east for Gleason, Inde
pendent, Democrat; Saniel, Social La
hor, and Wardwell. Prohibitionist.
On the city ticket with Judge Van
Wyck, Bird S. Coler is elected comp
troller and Randolph Guggenheimer
president of the municipal council. Chas.
S. Fairchild, who was secretary of the
treasury during President Cleveland's
first term and whom the Citizens Union
put up for comptroller, did not hold the
pace with Mr.. Low. Ashbel Fitch, ORR
lginally a Republican and afterwards a
Democratic member of Congress from
Is Tammany district OF this city, was
the Republican nominee for comptroller.
He is defeated by about the same vote
las the head of his ticket. He was NOM
mated with Gen. Tracy in recognition
of the services he rendered in the Presi-
Idential campaign last year fighting as
Egold standard Democrat against the
Democrats who had accepted the 16 to
1 platform Of the Chicago convention
Coler, the successful candidate, is new
to public life.
Charles w. Dayton, late postmaster
Iof this city, was nominated for comp
troller on the George ticket, and polled
probably half as many votes again as
were given to Mr.. George.
The legislative branch Of the city
i government is Tammany Democratic
! 1t is a double headed body, one branch
being the municipal council consisting of
the President and twenty-eight mem
bers and the other, the board of alder
men, comprising sixty members. The
precise number of Democrats chosen
Icannot be stated at the present writing.
There appears to be strong probabili-
Ity that the Democrats have won a ma
ljority Of the county and borough Offices
Ialong with the municipal places.
| The vote of Van Wyck in New York
leounty is approximately the same as was
least for Bryan in 1896. which was 1885,
1924. General Tracy, Republican, polled
approximately $4,000, against McKin-
Iley's vote Of 156,350 in New York coun-
ty, while Low, Citizens Union, pollcd
approximately 77,000 and George JEFF
ferson Democrat, 1900.
! In Kings county, which includes the
city of Brooklyn, the Bryan vote was
l76,SS2 while Van Wyck's win be almost
the same. Against McKinley's vote of
109,135, General Tracy polls approxi-
mately $4,000 while Lows vote is ap-
proximately $4,000.
4 In thes two counties the straight Re-
publican vote shows falling off of
nearly 10000, or in excess of the total
vote for Seth Low, while the Tammany
vote equals, if it does not slightly ex-
Iceed, that cast for Bryan.
The following is the grand total of
the votes received by the three leading
candidates for Mayor in Greater New
York, complete returns having been re-
ceived from all Of the districts:
| Van Wyck 235.1S1; Low 1853:
Tracy 101.S23. Van Wycks plurality
lover Low S6,668.
CANDIDATES VOTE.
New York. Nov. 2.-Robert A. Van
Wyck, Democratic nominee for Mayor,
voted at 6:40 o'clock, casting ballot No.
19 Ee spent thirty seconds in the
booth. There was no crowd at the poll
ing place, and there was no demonstra-
ton. 1t was nearly two hours later when
Seth Low appeared at the precinct where
he was registered. He spent two min
utes in the booth. His coming and GO
ing were not marked by any demonstra-
tion.
| HEARING THE RETURNS.
| New York, Nov. 2.-City Hall Square
was living mass. From the south side
Of Nassau street the park in front
of the City Hall, there were but two
lanes in the enormous mass of people.
and these lanes were just wide enough
Tor one man to get through. When the
people tried to pass one another there
was pushing and showing and much
grunting and some bad words, but in
general the crowd was a good natured
and good tempered one,
The crowd ran more noise this year
than last. There were more horns blown
than is usual on an election night, and at
times it seemed like New Years eve.
when Trinity's chimes are drowned ont
by the horn blowing. There was mueh
peripetetic noise made by promenadinp
crowds OF young men and boys whose
lung power was something tremendous
Some Of them had horns so big that they
had to use both hands to handle them.
In front of each white sheet was a
dense mass Of people. Each of these
masses was a conglomeration of people
OF all parties. When at the beginning
Of the show Of pictures the candidates
were shown.
The attraction of the newspaper bull
| letin boards for the crowds was not n
whit less than it was last year, Presi-
Dental election. The spaces in front of
! the bulletins were filed with people,
| leaving only narrow lanes through which
men, women and children pushed one
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