Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-11-09
A Decrease of Probably Fif-
teen Per Cent.
~ Y, C|IY F06 VAN WICK
u" o'" Tim" Democratic Majority A
'r"N''" 'f'h. 'hc 'rnn,"any snvurl,e
'ettinE About so 900 More.
."'"s Than The Rcpnh,i
can Cnnd,late
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NJ" l'ltl\. NOV. S.-At II O'Clock
IN" Indications we,. that rh.,1,r.
Roosevelt, the Republican nominao ma
carried the state by a plurality o,.ar
N"S"S'"s YAM NNcil of about 20 900.
ihc total Republican vote when 70
reiv"d. will probably show a fal,inp Off
as compared With tina, for Governor
stack IN 1896 Of about IA per cena o.,
me municipality of New York ~. a..
lline Democratic majority was ,nt,o,,;
,ilalcd. yam WNrk'S Vote being .,ho,,t
N"'ooo gr"a;cr than that Of th,. Eom,hii
car candidate
'hr latter result WAS helped In some
m,.a,.,,. py We result in the borough of
ON, ',,a''N'H II NihiS county,. which. in
SO save Black tEep) Il plurolitv cf
-s,6S2 hut today gave a Dcmocrotic
plurality of about 1880 BROOKLYN 70
ne home of Judge Van WICK. hui I'M.
lact does not wholly explain the prac-
lica' reversal of plurajtics. which it is
l9'ssible. is attributable to the luke
waSmnrsS Of the friends of Jacob
M"r'h ~4'-sas< 1870. vas deposed from the
charmanship SF &c county cos11niTtee
rs a consequence stAy sS5p,Iposition to
the plans Of SENATOR Plat i'm tho NAV
orally contest last Year
Ihr returns from many counties IN
the state arc incomplete and in some
| eases are missing altogether. the indi
cations being computations upon the
figures at hand point to a Republican
plurality in the counties above tho Har-
lem Of about 100. 900. to offset which the
Democrats can produce only the SO. 600
plurality of Greater New York.
The soldier vote will not he counted
until December list, but it is not likely
that the ballots from the camps will
materially alter the result There would
seem 10 b" the greater probability that
the majority for Roosevelt will be in
crt'a Sod ..
IN" figures on congressman are not
accessible ut this hour bu, there are
Indications that the Democrats have
made some gains in New York city dis
tricts- Thu majority of Congressman
QuiGs in the Fourteenth district has
been reduced by William Astor Chan.
Ter but he is probably returned. Con-
gresham Sulzer tDon). whose district
rrnon'iilal"d him on free silver plat
form. is undoubtedly reelected.
Little is known as to the votes for
State Senator'S and Assemhlymen The
Republicans had in III" last legislature
a majority of twrnty-rghl on joint bal
10, ana leaders of the party profess con-
iGencc that there, will he no material
dimnuition Of that majority Repub-
lican legislature will mean that the
election of a Republican to the United
States Senate in place OF Senator Muir
ply.
Every condition was favorable to the
polling Of Il fun vote in all parts OF the
state. In this city there was no full
fillment of predictions of trouble at the
polls. The State deputies authorized by
act of the last legislature We're most In
evidence in the east side districts
where the cheap lodging houses are To-
Gated. The number of arrests made was
below rather than beyond the usual re-
cord of Il general election. and in many
cases the occasion was found to be in
the carelessness Of rcgistra ton clerks.
Fights at the polls were few and easily
quelled. There was no friction between
deputies and police one lending assist
ance to the other in the preservation of
order.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-Theodore
Roosevelt NRepD. late colonel First Uni
ted States Volunteer Cavalry, has beer
elected governor OF this State by a plu-
raiity anywhere from $4,000 to 10000. AL
| Colonel RooSeveltS associates on the
| Republican State ticket are probably
elected with him. The returns, both
| from; Greater New York and from the
counties outside Of this MUNICIPALITY.
are incomplete but enough nave oee..
| received 10 lnulCaly Il iRstN it'iiiHS, uii
! in the vote up the STATE while that IN
the city was We'll sustained. Inc ~conse-
uuence is n falling OFF in the republican
pluralityin the state from 2l2.ooo TO the
unprecedented figures given above Out
syM of Greater New York the vote loi
Van Wyck is only about one-ntth OF
one per cent. above that OF Porter II
1896. There appears To- be a loss ol lou'
Republican CongreS snlen in the HrooK
Ign districts. the Second. Fourth. Flu
\ and Sixth. and Congressman ouiss
| who had majority Of about 5000 at tht
election last year. has been deteatea os
| William Astor Chanler. In the Aipa"y
| district the Twentieth. Glynn toe!n.>
has been elected TO succeed South"lch
CRep). ~,
NEW YORK. Nov. 9.-Ihe Woria
| (Dem.) gives Roosevelt a PlGral!ty oi
2O.244. and says that the Hepubllcans
have a majority in the Legislature ci
30 on joint ballot.
| ROGSEEELT'S PLURALITY GfoM .
NEW YORK, NOV. 9.-l:4O \. Nj
| With 367 Of the 3.222 election dtstrlcts
outside of Greater New YORK 10 pe
heard from. the plurality Of Roosevelt
| in the counties above the Haflem Il
| 9.40l.
u REPUBLICANS, IS DEMOCRATS,
NEW YORK. Nov. 81 y. M-The
| State Senate will probably stand: -
| Republicans. and SO Democrats. Ihe
| last Senate contained 80 Republicans.
| II Democrats and one independent.