The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-11-14
TAMMANYS SOVERTHROWN
Low ELECTED MAYOR BY 10000
PLURALITY.
Most OF the Fusion Candidates Elected.
william Travers Jerome Wins Mag
nifcent Victory-Powers Of Mayor.

NEW YORK, November 6.-The
World CD.) says: Government of the
people, by the people, for the people"
is indicated and established in Great
er New York. Popular rule has pre-
vailed over boss rule. A city with a
normal Democratic majority above lOO-
600 has elected Seth Low, the citizens
candidate for Mayor, by more than 80,
900 plurality
1t is a great and significant triumph.
1t means an end to four years of a car
niVal of corruption. 1t means that the
rasCals will all be turned out. It means
that Murphy and Devery will go, and
all the brutal and Doodle gang that
have backed them. 1t means the be-
ginning TO the end of Boss Croker
Fortunate indeed is New York in Sc
curing such a man for Mayor as Seth
Low. In character, temperament,
knowledge and experience, it would be
hard to find in all the city a man so
well fitted for the Office of Mayor at
this juncture.
He will go to his task free to serve
the people and them only. He can take
the police out of politics and politics
out of the police and this alone is
worth the struggle 1t has cost to win
the election. Again we shall have
streets cleaned as Waring cleaned
them and all the features of decent,
orderly, honest, respectable, efficient
government.
The fifth of November, 1901, will long
be a memorable day i'm the history of
New York. 1t is almost a clean sweep
for fusion. Seth Low has been elected
Mayor by a plurality of about 10000.
Brooklyn alone gave him plurality of
21,500.
William Travers Jerome was elected
District Attorney by a plurality OF
about II, 900. Tammany made extra
ordinary efforts to elect its candidate,
Unger by trading Shepard votes.
Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck was re-
buked in a most emphatic manner. He
was not only defeated for place on
the Supreme Bench, but ran absolutely
last on his ticket and fully 2l,000 votes
behind the other Tammany candidates
for the Supreme Court. Mayor Van
Wyck was even defeated in his own
election district, where he has lived for
many years.
Edward NJ. Grout, fusion candidate
for Controller, was elected by about
5000 plurality over his Tammany oppo-
nent, william w. Ladd Jr.
Lows powers as Mayor are practi-
cally absolute in the matter of city
government. He has the power of ap-
pointment and removal of every non
elective officer of greater New York
He has the practlcal ulStflDuIlOn ol
over 500, 900, 900 in patronage each year
But, as stated above, Low will entrust
this patronage to his various commits
sioners and hold them absolutely re-
sponsible for the conduct of their office
Tammany Hall is in the deepest
gloom and open revolt against Croker
is among the probabilities. Croker de-
MED today any intention of abdicating
and said he had no intention of going
abroad for some months. The genera
opinion is that Croker in the end vii
retire and name John f. Carroll as his
successor. Justice Jerome is hailed by
thousands as the Moses of the Demo
cracy His denunciation of Platt few
days before election is now regarded
as a masterpiece of political strategy
Kidding the fusion ticket at one swooI
of the suspicion that it was dominated
by Platt
Anyhow, Jerome has the criminal ele
ments of the city in terror, and gen
eral exodus of gamblers, thieves anc
red-light cadets is looked for before
January LIST, when the new regime be-
gins.