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New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
OHIO'S BIG REPUBLICAN PLURALITY.

EXCEEDS ALL RECORDS IN OFF YEARS"
Columbus Ohio Nov 6-With almost COM
pIete returns in tonight, il is noted that the
Republican plurality beats all records in what
has become known as the quadrennial ''off
wear" and with two exceptions the records of
other years In the ''off years. those fol-
lowing a Presidential election, the Democrats
have carried Ohio, the exceptions being in 1881,
after the death of Garfield, and in 1885 and
1893 after the Cleveland elections. In two Of
these three exceptional years. the President was
a Democrat. and those considered 'off
years" for the Democrats. With the single
ception of Hoadly, in 1883, the Democrats
never elected Governor of Ohio in any other
than "off years. since the Republican party
originated and then they local issue
of liquor taxation.
Wherever local issues paramount this
year the Republicans sustained losses, notably
at Columbus on account OF local option. and
at Cleveland on account of Mayor Johnson's
agitation of taxation inequalities" Where no
such conditions We're confronted. the Repubii-
cans made gains, and they carried some Demo-
cratic counties that never before were repre-
sented by Republicans
The State was carried on national issues In
volved in the support OF President Roosevelt
and the Endorsement OF Senator Foraker for
reelection In interviews Senator Hanna, Gov
ernor Nash and Chairman Dick of the Re-
publican side, and Colonel Kilbourne, Chairman
Daugherty and Secretary Gillian, the Demo-
cratic side agree that the result was due to
trend Of sentiment national affairs, and none
of these six leaders others in interviews on
the result refer to the silver question a
factor in the figures.
Chairman Daugherty added with emphasis:
81 believe Republican success is due TO the
sassination OF Mckinley and the prevailing
prosperity"
Secretary .Giam said: The sympathy
aroused by McKinley's death just before the
election removed that antagonsm which al
ways exists among the opposition TO the ad-
ministration. There are thousands who will do
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
HEWITT WILL NOT REIRACI.
DECLARES HE SAID NoIHiNu p->lf'o
ABOUT sHEPARD-ENPECTS DEFEATED
CANDIDATE TO APOLOGIZE.

al am not taking back anything had 10 say III
the campaign regarding Edward NJ Shepard can
didacv' Abram S. Hewitt said yesterday All
that said was true, and have nothing 10 take
hack shall expect Mr.. Shepard to take oack
some things he said in reply TO me. They were uh-
true" -
Mr. Hewitt said this upon the suggestion OF re-
,,or,er that Mr. Shepard had declared that ne eN-
pected Mr. Hewitt to retract some parts Oh ms
statement issued In the campaign after the eeciio
uee over Mr. Hewitt spoke particularly ABOUT
tho effort made by Mr.. Shepard to hold MIN UP
before the public as a man oppoeed 20 universal
suffrage because he had said: Ignorance should
no excluded from control and the city business
should be carried on by trained experts se!ecten
nv some other principle than popular suffrage
II am entirely opposed to any Limitation 20 the
right of universal suffrage Mr.. Hewitt SAID nut
In municipal government there should be a line
drawn as TO the officers to be elected and the oh!-
GERS 10 he appointed. believe that an executive
oricer like the Mayor should be elected. ana th1t
all legislative officers should be elected Dut thiN
~ +hat siIch an oficer as Register should he aP-
poInted We don't elect 10 per cent OF the oH'ets
Who administer the affairs OF the city -
Mr. Hewitt expressed himself as deiighted over
.ha fusion victory and said The hour OF success
is no time in which to abandon work hshII.st ~, i,
enemy To fight Tammany effectively the fSht
must never be relaxed. and there must De pe.ieSt
OrganiZatfon OF the forces. The government, OF
rTanmany is effected by continued orEaihZd tiph-
This never elaCkers. even under defeat II VII DC
an error II those connected with the fusion move,
n,ent 90 about their business and say anairs VIII
take care of themselves. now that 1di'iiiaHS mas
b@rn
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
MUST INVESTIGATE FRaUns
ESSEX GRAND JURY INSTRUCTED TO IN.
DICT THOSE RESPONSIBLE Fop
PRIMARY IRREGULARITIES

Judge Skinner at Newark YESTERDAY ,,,
the grand jury of Essex County and dirsc,.a o'eo %
body to investigate the outrageous fr,rs 'ae
crimes against the ballot box said TO hav. s aHa
perpetrated by the Democratic machine n,.u.N en
in Essex County in the recent primary eIsc,t
Hundreds of afhdavits are in the noss,, 'as.
friends of Mayor Seymour, which Will be cau.a ~
by the grand jury, and which will readily =. ~ A"'
duced. and the investigation will go to the So. ~
of the primary election frauds.
Judge Skinner said in addressing tho t
all reports of the Democratic primaries 60.
that they were of disorder and ro.i, e
that there were charges of serious fraud
residents were imported from other towns 70 80.
Ballot boxes were stuffed. and in several ins.,..
were forced open before the voting began and go
to contain strings of ballots
One OF the police magistrates in A uub,isb.. a,
terview. was quoted saying that he had ~
written confession of entire election hoard -.
ing that at the primary conducted by ther, ~.
and not into the ballot box. and were not co,n,.s
Said Judge Skinner:
Let your investigation be thorough. +, ~
charges are true the evidence can be obtainsd Sse
complaint. am informed, has already beer no1 ole
ana VIII come before YOU but you do have -
matter. Send for those who you have rsason ao.e !.
believe can give the information You havs ~, 70
that If you find that frauds were perpetrsteS so G
that through them a common purpos. tssi a..
your investigation at the petty offenders the rs
tools in the hands of others Follow the syias-s.s
no matter where 1t leads. and remember the IA
Suage of your oaths Leave one unpresentsa
through fear. favor, reward. gain. or the hons
thereof A'pe
1t is probable that Mayor Seymour himself .n
aid in this work City Counsel Price and Pnjir.
Justice Lambert are understood to possess many
affdavfts. "'
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
NEW-YORK COUNTY.


The fate of the proposed constitutional amehu-
,nent prohibiting the legislature from passing
special acts exempting property from taxation
is not vet known. and probably Will not be urltll
an official canvass is made in the counties OF
New-York CITY where there was much opposl-
tjon 70 the amendment made manifest few
DAYS before Election Day. Scattering reports
from the interior of the State indicate that a
majority Of the voters in that part Of the State
voted for the amendment. Thus In the city OF
Rochester 297 votes were cast for the amend
inent and only 293 votes against it. In SYRIA
cuse a dispatch says: The amendment was
carried by about 10 per cent of the vote cast
The county Of Onondaga also voted for the
amendment in about the same proportion The
amendment had 10 majority In Utica, and it is
reported TO have been carried in the county Of
Oneida.
The election OF Erastus c. knight. the State
Controller. as Mayor of Buffalo will make neces-
sary the appointment of a successor TO him as
Controller on January /. Governor Odel viii
have the appointment. Friends of Theodore p.
Gilman OF this city. at present Deputy Con-
troiler, suggested his appointment yesterday,
and said he was the logical candidate" Mr..
Gilman has already served the people of the
State several months as Controller. having been
appointed TO that office by Governor Roosevelt
as successor to William J. Morgan when the
latter died in September. 1900. Mr.. Gilman held
the office of Controller until il assumed by
Mr. knight January !. Of the present year.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
TEN THOUSAND WATCH FIRE.
FIREMEN BLAME POLICE, WHO SAY BUILD
ING COULD NOT BE SAVED.

Fire that spread to adjoining buildings with
rapidity discovered last night in the Modern
Steam Laundry, at No 5H to 545 East One hun
dred and sixteenth-st, by f. w. Rubin,
ploye of the company He turned In alarm
and a the first firemen reached the scene
a second alarm was sent In, as the flames were not
only eating their way the structure in which
thev started a three story brick building. but
also extending buildings on the west and to the
rear. The building of the Standard Gaslight Com
pany. No. 539 East One -hundr red-and- sixteenth
st first felt the spread of the flames and then
they extended to a three story frame cottage next
door In the rear of the laundry is the large wire
works of r. II Wolff g. Co., and some of the out
buildings used by this concern soon caught fire.
crowd, estimated at ten thousand persons.
gathered TO watch the fire. Battalion Chief Law
.ior who arrived the fire the first alarm, said
that the flames were shooting one hundred feet in
the air when he got there. He attributed the rapid
spread of the flames to the laxity OF the police.
There was no policeman on the block. he said and
for this reason the fire had gained too great
headway to be put without considerable dam
At the East e-hundr ed and twenty -sixth-st.
station it was said last night that the presence of
a policeman on the block when the fire started
would not matter much as the building was
ramshackle structure
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07

things out of regard TO the recently deao. Wnen
IN a yaar,s time Will almost have forgotten that
they ever lived. Undoubtedly, we were sreaIy
handicapped by our inability to go upon tne
stump and criticise the policies of the aofnlhls-
tration AS the Republican party has been cred,
tied with the recent prosperity. so 1t VIII De ieu
strictly accountable for the reverse anu mieii
this shall occur as 1t is bound TO, theS VIII Do
swept completely from power: ,,,,,;
This city is already visited by many kepuol- 'aoa-
ran candidates for clerkships ana otheI P,aov In'
ary. Among the candidates for the speakeI- speaker
ship are Representatives Cole, Crafts r,l, I'm
mlngs McKsson. Pollock, Painter lioe, ~ GO
as and willis owing to the Republicans sue
ceeding unexpectedly in some Democratic coun m
ties there is a number of unknown quah'i'ie'
n contests.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
BUFFALO WANTS CONTROLLER.
THINKS Mr.. KNIGHTS SUCCESSOR SHOULD
BE WESTERN NEw-YoRK MAN.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNE.I

rsY TELEGRAPH TO TRIBUNE.l
Buffalo, Nov. 6-As a result OF interviews secured
late this evening with William c. Warren and
other prominent Republicans OF this city it is GER
tain that local politicians will demand the office
Of State Controller which becomes vacant Janu-
ary ]. when the present incumbent. Erastus c
knight, assumes the office OF Mayor Of Buffalo
The demand will be that a Buffalo shall have
the place and the that inquiries from the east
end of the State were being made TO ascertain
the local view Of the situation has caused consd-
era bic alarm among the local politicians We Will
have a candidate from Erie County. He will be
from Buffalo," said Mr.. Warren. the local leader,
when ny The Tribune Thus far the
subject has not been discussed. know that to be
positive fact and. of course. names have been
suggested for the place"
1T is said in Albany that you slated for the
place. Mr.. Warren. VIII You take it,
I not in the habit of declining places that
have been offered TO me-
Are you a candidate2"
No. candidate for the place"
How do your friends feel about you taking a
place of this kind"
Il am inclined think they might wish me TO
take f.
Mr.. warren's last answer confirmed only in
prominent local Republican leaders were seen. Il
wish 70 indorse Mr Warren for the place, said
IF he wants it. i think he can get it.
Has his name been mentioned IocalIy?"
been considered thus far, and no names. Of course
have been suggested But Buffalo is entitled to fill
the vacancy. and We want ii. We think il belongs
10 this end OF the State, and undoubtedly the one
who gets It viii be Buffalo Bun 10 man mar ,ya
this position. said Fred Greiner. But Mr.. Greiner
minated int that he Would advise against Mr. War.
taking the place but sd that no names had
is opposed the filing OF this place BIZ Mr. War;
ren, VIII Warren is young yet. and he can afford ford
DO better to wait" said Mr Norton.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
REPUBLICAN PLURALITY IN NEbhA9nA' a.

Lincoln Neb Nov. 6-Complete ana heaiiS
complete returns from more than thlro ol .iie
counties in Nebra ska Increase the pluraii'ie' i
the Republican State ticket Ii eie i".-o
gain shall be maintained, Sedg"icK' rep -
candidate for Supreme Judge. will have a piu-
-. - ,onoo Chairman Lindsay of the Re-
nublican State Committee, says IL wiz ho' w
less than 1000 and this is conservative.
80 oa,codes the election of Sedgwick. He SAID;
sCongratulations are due the Repunlcans as. us
cause of the result in the State we conceue
the election Of Sedgwick by a Piui'''S '
where between 1900 and 3Ooo
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
THE PEOPLE SHOULD STAND BA LOW

Austen c. Fox. the Independent Democrat Who
when asked to support Mr.. Shepard and the TAM
many ticket refused do so. and VINO took an
active part in the fusion campaign sald YESTERDAY
that the present question whether the people
would spport Mr. Low carrying out his plans for
good government. Mr.. Fox said:
The election has resulted in u great victory for
tho people The fusion forces maintained a united
fro,t and by working together they have achieved
the overthrow of Tammany Hall. The most i'm
question "A present. therefore Is whether
ipa naopla viii stand by the man they have elected
to the Mayors chair. With the confidence or the
people Mr.. Low will be able 10 carry out his
omiS
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
MAYOR WGUIRES EXPLANATION.
CONSENTED TO RUN ONLY TO PLEASE 1NsIsTESr
FRIENDS

Syracuse, N Y, Nov. 6-Major James X NJ
CURE. commenting his defeat yesterday af,a-
three successive victories in this Republican cty
said to-day:
The tidal wave of RepubIicanism last fan bo
not spent itself. think the sad dea tn of Mel inIa
inspired Republicans and created a sentiment 90
voting straight ticket their part Our defaot
here in Republican city is not so bad AS tbat
suffered by party In other localities Of "a
State. l attribute my defeat mainly to the high
rate and the sentiment against a folrth fern,
in the Mayors chair. 1 was not sangune from III
start In this campaign, and consented 10 run on me
to please insistent friends -'
In addition to complete sweep of the city ofaces
and the election of ten of the nineteen aldermen
the Republicans gained five Supervisors In tba
county and elected their four Assemblymen bv ma
ioriies nearly equal to those of Presidential
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
WISDOM OF LOWS NOMINATION.
WOODRUFF THINKS SHEPARD WOULD HAVE
SWEPT BROOKLYN AGAINST INDE-
PENDENT DEMOCRAT.

WOODRUFF THINKS SHEPARD WOULD HAVE
SWEPT BROOKLYN AGAINST INDE-
PENDENT DEMOCRAT
The landslide OF Tuesday was the talk yesterday
al the headquarters OF all the fusion organizations
as well as everywhere else in town where two or
more men had time get together. When Lieu
tenant Governor Woodruff had taken a comfortable
seat in the Republican county headquarters yester-
day he addressed Captain F. Norton Goddard, say
ing:
II was glorious. Why was Shepard beaten? Sim
Teyup Py ises my claim at the fusion conference
that Low was the only man to win with Had the
NJ Knox George Foster Peabody or any other
independent Democrat and the Democrats nom-
mated Shepard. Shepard would have swept Brook
conference for Low, and it hard fight, can
tell you never at any time predicted that Brook
porter for Il New-York newspaper came over to
Brooklyn one night last week and he went to the
back here and said put Lows majority at
ee Is 900 and felt Confident he would bet 2oooo
No one tell what the majority of Low would
machine sS order @ '' believe that in that case Lows
would n have 5esa d he2Y5 than as 1t Gy
lyn man that we We had to overcome and the ma ma
than the plain figures show.
Captain Goddard replied:
It was great victory. Think of the XXth Dis
trie eeetins ing fusion , aldermah We did t, tha,
Thomas Wood. the present President of the Board
of Aldermen by $50 votes. The normal Democratic
ma jority in that district $500. Low de-
feated there by from 800 10 600 votes. So you see
there cut down of the Democratic majority
of 3100.
Charles s. Adler. elected to the Assembly in the
With District. At his headquarters at
BroOme and Forsyth SITS. He sad
This is M. seventh victory; but I am Just =, as
elated as If 1t was my first The conditions In this
district had much to do with the upheaval Of Tam
many Hall. The general result shows that bribery,
intimidation and corruption al the polls cannot
win when the people aroused.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
HOOS CONGRATULATEs F4g4g
TWO RECEPTIONS IN JERSEY CITY
TOMORROW EVENING.

Mayor Hoos OF Jersey City has sent letter TO
the successful candidate. Mark NJ. Pagan, warmly
congra atulating him. and advised him to stand bv
the people The advice is construed as a sian At
the Democratic organization with which Mayor
Hoos is at variance. The Mayor-elect will have to
appoint Police Commissioner, Fire Commissioner
two Finance Commissioners. Tax Commissioner
Sinking Fund Commissioner. two Appeals Conris-
sioners a new Assessment Board, City Controller
and City Treasurer. The City Hail Board will BE-
come Republican. and will appoint engineers, fire.
men hall men elevator men and janitOrs.
Two receptions will be given TO Franklin Murphy,
the Governor-eiect. tomorrow evening IN Jersey
City He will visit the headquarters of the Dickin-
son Association, and remain until 9 O'Clock, and
then go to the Union League Club, where the re-
ception will begin AT $50 o'clock.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
ROCHESTER FOR THE AMENDMENT.

Rochester N Y, Nov s.-The vote on the consti-
tutionaI amendment in this city was: For i2T:
against 2ss Returns from the towns are too in
compete TO admit Of any estimate. further than to
say that the will probably increase the plu-
raiity Of the ''Yeg" column In the city. where
xroffne machines used, the questions
placed so low the frame that most voters, not
seeing them. forgot the amendment at
ali This accounts FOR the comparatively small
totals.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
TO CELEBRATE AT A DINNER.

The members of the West Side Republican Club
will give a dinner tomorrow night at the club
house Eighty y-fourth-st, and Broadway. cele-
brate the landslide of the fusonist forces and to
honor it's members who shared in the victory The
members of the club who successful were
John Proctor Clarke. eX-presdent of the club
elected Supreme Court Judge: Julius II. Seymour
president OF the club reelected the Assembly
from the XIXth Assembly District; William S
Bennett. reelected to the Assembly from the
XXfst Assembly District; David NJ. Holmes re-
elected Alderman. and Armitrage Matthews re-
elected Alderman
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
NEW-JERSEY' NEWS.
MURPHY'S MAJORITY BIG.
LOOKS LIKE NEARLY $4,000, WITH SEW
ERAL DISTRICTS MISSING.
WILL CONTROL BOTH HOUSES
OF THE LEGISLATURE BY MORE
THAN THREE TO ONE.

The Republicans will control both houses of the
legislature by majorities of more than three 10 one
In the Senate the representation remains the same
Seven Senators were balotted for in as many coun-
ties Tuesday. The retiring ones were six Repub-
iicans and one Democrat. The same number ap
pear to have been returned although contest Is
threatened In Atlantic County, where charges Of
intimidation and bribery being made In the
House the Republicans gain one through Warren
County. which is usually Democratic, electins Re
publican Assemblyman, although giving a Demo
cratic majority for Governor.
The legislature will stand:
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
CLUB TO LOW.

AS a sequel the bitter struggle in the Caronde
let Club Of the XXXIst Assembly District. which
indorsed in spite of its previous record a
stanch Tammany organization. the following tele-
gram was received yesterday from the club by Mr.
Low: The Carondelet Club of the XX%Ist As
sembly District extends to you congratulations
the result
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
PRISONER SAYS HE IS AN AuEBJcaN

Consul General here, the police have taken into
custody man named Estermeyer. who the consul
general rays. is swindler The prisoner is known
here as Bierbek He says he is a citizen of tba
United States. He was manager of the Securities
Guarantee Bank
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
WILLIAM LEARY'S LAST POEM.

William Leary. the author of the Spotted Town
verses telographed the following to Justice Jerome
at his country home in Connecticut yesterday:
The cards dealt for seven up,
The voters played the same.
And out with Low for high
BIZ Jerome for tgame.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
THE MAYOR REALIZES II NOW

Charles H. r Coils. formerly Commissioner Of
Public Works. wrote letter yesterday to Mavor
Van Wyck. 1t follows
1t is long lane that has no turn.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
Official CANVAssERs OF THE VOTE.

Trenton Nov 6-Governor voorhees, to-day ap-
pointed Senator's Hudspeth. OF Hudson; Gebhardt
of Hunterdon: Martin of Sussex; Evans Of At
Iantic: McCarter of Essex. and Hutchinson, OF
Mercer official canvassers to compile the vote OF
the State cast yesterday
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
REPUBLICAN, SWEEP IN NEWARK.

Complete returns in Newark give Murphy Re-
publican, for Governor. 2,271 majority over sey-
nour Democrat. Augustus F. Eggers. Republican
is elected member of the Board OF Works The
Republicans elect fourteen out of fifteen Alder
men and thirteen out Of fifteen School Cormis-
Sioners.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
REPUBLICAN GAINS IN ORANGES

Orange. Nov. 6-Three out Of the five aldsrr.,
elected here are Republicans That party alan
elected five out of the seven school commissioners
The incoming Common Council will have slsv.n
Democrats and five Republicans In East Oransa
the Republicans elected all five aldermen balotsS
for.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07

Heard. Mayor Capdevielle. Congressmen meyer
and Dsvey. District Attorney Howe ana representa-
tives of the business and laboring bodies
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07
CONTEST FOR STATE SENATOR.

VVFI ENI T OIU u III II III UT
Atlantic City. Nov. 6-According to the latest
figures Lee Republican for State Senator, seems
to have a majority of nearly 200 over Loudenslager.
Democrat who thought to be elected yester-
day. The district is in doubt. and 1t Is said the
election will be contested by Loudenslager.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-07

.These counties have districts missing. so the exact
given The pluralities however
made conservative estimates