Evening star., 1898-11-09
RESULT IN NEW YORK
The Money Question Did Not Cut
Much Figure.
Mr.. CROKER'S MlSCALCULAfl0E
Vote in Kings, Queens and Rich.
mond Counties Very Large.
ROOSEVELT'S PLURALITY

Special From a Staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK, November 9.-The result Of
the congressional elections In Greater New
YORK shows that-the money question did
not cut much figure in the election here
Roosevelt got many democratic votes in the
borough OF Manhattan, and IT was there
that Croker's- calculations on the vote this
side of the Harlem miscarried, as 1t was be-
heved@by those not b1indly following him
that it would
The vote in Kings. Queens and Richmond
counties even exceeded the democratic ex-
pectations and was surprise to the re-
pubicans. In Kings county the republicans
think they were the victims of treachery
Instead of the 5000 to 10000 plurality in
Manhattan and the Bronx that Croker
counted on the democratic plurality was
but little over 10000. Croker's claim was
based on certain votes he felt sure of on
account of the excise issue. He did not
take into account the fact that the gains
in that direction might be offset by the
votes of a lot of Independent young demo-
Gratis who admire Roosevelt and do not like
Croker's methods The difference between
Croker's expectations and the result may
be accounted for by this vote.
The vote in Erie. Genesee, Rensselaer, and
Columbia counties showed that the republi-
can apprehension as to those localities was
well founded. but the loss there was not
enough to overcome the strong popularity
Of Mr. Roosevelt elsewhere up the state
and among the younger democrats IN Man.
haitian. The anti-Croker feeling was a sub
stantial fact in bringing about the result
in close canvass, full of doubtful ele-
ments Croker may, it is said. for a while
LnltI l,te
thought that he can ever hope to dominate
the state or play leading role in national
politics. j. NJ
What the Returns Show.
NEW YORK, November 9-Revised re-
turns as they came in early today made
practically no change in those of last night.
which showed the election Of Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt, republican for governor, by
a plurality of from $1,000 to 10000 over Au-
gustus Van Wyck. democrat As COM
pared with the election of 1896, when Black
defeated Porter, this shows a republican
loss of from 10000 to $4,000. Roosevelt
came to the Harlem river with 105o0o plu-
rality, and Van Wyck had but $500 in
Greater New York with which to meet
him. An analysis of the vote outside of the
city shows that Roosevelt lost 81, 500, as
compared with Black. In the city his vote
was $1,000 smaller than Blacks. In the
country districts Van Wyck ran about 2o,-
0Go and in the city about $4,000 ahead of
Porter.
The states congressional delegation will
probably stand 16 republicans to Is demo-
Gratis, democratic gain of IL. In old New
York city (Manbattan borough no republi-
can has been returned. and a notable fea-
ture of the election was the defeat, by
Capt. William Astor Chaner, of Lemuel e.
Quigg for Congress in the fourteenth dis
trict, where the former overcame repub
lican plurality of 1l.79o two years ago and
Won by about 1900 The state legislature
will be republican on joint ballot by 81 votes
insuring the election of a republican to sue
ceed Senator Edward Murphy, jr., on the
expiration of his term on March 3, 1899.
The state senate will stand 27 republicans
to 23 democrats a democratic gain OF y.
The republicans will have 50 members of
thu assembly and the democrats 81. This
is a republican gain of IL.
One of the most exciting and bitter fights
OF the campaign was over the election of
justices of the supreme court for the first
judicial district. For tWenty-eight years
Joseph F. Daily had been a judge in this
twice by the democrats. This year ne de-
sired to be 4 candidate, but was notified last
spring by the leaders of Tammany Hail that
it had been decided not to place him on the
democratic ticket this year. There was
much public inquiry Immediately as to the
cause of the democracys refusal to renom-
mate Judge DAILY, especially as it was be-
l!eved to be due to political reasons solely.
down" Judge Daily for personal reasons
The republicans and the Citizens Union
both placed Judge Daily on their ticket, and
vigorous camp aign was made in his be-
half
The New York Bar Association met and
indorsed him in address to the public
in which it was held that the independence
OF the judiciary was asSailed. Mr.. Croker
then issued a statement to the effect that
he had never in his life asked favor of
Judge DAILY, but that Tammany Hall had
asked him to appoint Michael T. Daily to a
court clerkship, and that his failure to COM
ply with this request had cost him the nom
inaton he desired. The Bar Association
thenceforth in the campaign used Mr. Gro
kerS statement its text for appeal to
voters to support Judge Daily. A committee
or 100 representative men formed TO
manage his campaign, and fully as much
interest was shown in the Judiciary CON
test as in the race for soverno:. Judge Daily
was not elected. but he polled 1000 more
votes in the city than Roosevelt
The vote up the state furnished several
surprises Rochester, the home of Geor
w. Aldridge. commissioner of public works
gave Roosevelt only 645 plurality against
4, ,l9G for Black In 1896.
Rensselaer, county, the home of Governor
Black gave Van Wyck plurality of about
100, although Roosevelt ran 600 votes ahead
of his ticket there. Black carried the county
by 2.SGO. Roosevelt ran ahead Of Blacks
figures in Alegany by 800.
Practically complete returns on the vote
for governor in the entire state give Roose-
welt, republican. plurality of 10, 533.
ne democratic plurality in Greater New
York was s.. 203.
UTAH GOES DEMOCRATIC