The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-11-12
SEATTLE AGENCY.
THE ELECTION
l,sttie Times. Noc cl

 regarded ss "on years and from a Democratic standpoint. thr year 1901 comes prrtty nearly taking the cake as au "on year
 During th, llst two weeks of the cam paigu Democratic leaders had made them selves believe. and tried Co communicate their opinions to thy country. that :hrr. was 70 nghtiny chance for Col Hilh"urnc in ohio. more than an equal ch1uc" ir Nebraska. au absolute certainty in M1 1nd H-ntuckv Virginia and Mississ'p 'i.
 The .,usous givon for the conclusihu~ W,r- based hrsciv upou thr grounds of Republican apathy but there seems to have been more Democratic apathy ln Nebraska anal ohio than Republican.
 Briefly stotc,l Massachusetts went Re publican hv 1u old- fashioned majority that smashed thc u-ur's of an hundred thousand badly
 PvunsylvJun ddn't catch on as we'll as rhe usually does. but woo majority win srt thcrc inst Js we'll 1s Si0tso.
 ohio promises to do loo better by Nash this year than sh, did when that gentle man was urst elected which Isn't saying much siuncc Jones didnt run this year but -tea majority win always do.
 Of course. Rhode Island did well in To- turning 70 fuu Republican ticket by 6,"" majority.
 Iowa. uIw1,s safely Republican by ma iaritirs ranging from sey,uty-nyc thou sand tn our hundred thousand. seems Co have Kept up bcr reputation.
 Whu, the contest was for inferior oiii- eos In Kansas. Colorado, Utah and South pakuta everything seems to have gone R.phhii,anwari except in Colorado
 Naturally enough. thc state "f Missis- sippl. as well as Virginia. turned up with good sized p,mocratic moioriti's
 Kentucky also goes pvmocwtic. wh.ct has been thc rule WiJh one exception Tor a good while. which msurcs a Democratic succcssor to thc present occupant NIT p,l-,e. who is 10 Republican
 10 f1oks as if Mar, l1ri would b" Dem. osrstic. although it may r~luirv an "i. aciu count to d,tcrmin" r,sults
 New Jersey is safely Republican hy a' least ioeo and probably by 5o'o major ity
 This brings us down Co municipal cloc' tious of importance. and herr th'r" arr some surprises.
 Tho first surprise o,currd iu S.n Fran cisco when, Mr Eug,uc E Schmitz. the labor candtlat, for mayor. o1truns his .pron.rt4 i.v -au while nearly au th' other offices are th"ut equally divided between Republicans and pvmorr't-. fh' victory of Sehmidts over Tohin is un dolh,e,liy great surprise t" Che husl- ness men of San Friucisco. While th' rcport from Denver. Colorado. was m"a- gre it wI h-. stin greater surrri'' h the Fusonists do uot win.
 Of colrse. th. gro1trst interest iu th' elections which oscurryi yesterday from . national standpoint Was ccutrrri in th" results ,n New York City whrr" 70 com hin,.d snort of every possible political organization. without rrrlri Co politics had been mad, 1sliust Ttmmany Hall
 For the first tIme in thirty years. Be nubiic,ns. Pr,hibtiouists. Municipal To- formers. New York County Democracy and disgruutl,.I TJmm3uyitrs lik" John e Sh.,hau. were able to concentrlt" on <, Fusion ticket araiuSt th. straight Tam many ticket. and us a result. with "u" "r tu. executions. th. Fusion ticket wins hy a majority of at least ai.e" which is ii- 1bi, to increase 0" m.uo" on Che official count
 of course. th. Fusion combination To- pr,s.nts candidates of every sh'd' "i political opinion. Consequently t cannot be- called , Republican victory but many which combination was styled Fusion to secure which representatives ot au th. combined clements were nominated for office
 Tn. victory in New York City. there for. may b, regarded os victory foi municipal rrform not 90 political Vic- tor, and sine, it is the first defeat in thirty years. thc country at nrse' 'S well as th. great City of New York. ought Co Lc congratulated upon the rc- suit. It has generally proven true. m .ver. great city of th- country. and. in fact. in many states. that whrrc one If'r- tv has been Iutrrnch,d in power for many years. corruption iu office follows.
 Thirty years ago yesterday. th" people ln New York ros, Jp in rebellion against th. Tweed ring. which had ne"c"d th" City of New York of fourteen million dol lars and which was simply thc result of continued power and feeling pn th, ,a of th- ring that they were so safely in- tr-nched that they could not hc rcach"d by public opinion.
 In Philadelphia greater corruption has existed in 90 town continuously in tho hands of the Republicans. and today tho municipal affairs of Philadelphia. when regarded from 60 financial standpoint. ar' worse than New York ever was.
 10 win bs remembered that conditions I'm The state of Washington iu lNs., wrr s, notoriousIy rotten that when the anti Republican clements combined under Fusion" tho people had no difficulty n turning the rascals out and putting hon .st men in office So it happened tn New York City again.
 Private. information from New York in dlcates that Crockrr and Platt have had m understanding touching this election and that Shepard was put up as sa' crifce with the understanding that h' was Co r-ceIve nominal support from Tammany onIy-thus turning the cntir' city of Greater New York, with its thre' and a half million population over Co th' Fusionists
 As a compensation. the Democrats ur der the leadership of Tammany Hall. will expect to carry New York state In lse as we'll as sending a heavy majority oi members Co Congress from that great