Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-08
Seth Low Is Elected Mayor
of New York and Tam
many Is Defeated.
Massachusetts, Iowa, New Jersey,
Nebraska and Rhode Island
Are in the Republican
Column.
Democrats Win in Kentucky, Virginia,
Maryland and Mississippi.
NEW YORK.

NE" IVEhNs
New York, Nov. 6.-After several
weeks of the hottest campaign fight
ing ever witnessed in this city over
a municipal election, the day when
the ballots were cast passed with un
wonted quiet, considering the high
feeling which had previously been ex-
R(bited. There were few fights at
the polls among individuals, but none
of serious nature, and out of the
scores of arrests made-and most of
these were on charges of technical
character-but few prisoners were
held by the magistrates.
The great feature of the voting
was the early casting of ballots. This
applied to the brown stone as well as
to the tenement house districts.
The practical use of voting ma
chine was demonstrated in the
Eighteenth district of the First as
sembly district, Brooklyn, and the re-
suit was known at 5:03 in the after
noon, Immediately after the polls
were closed. No difficulty was ex-
perienced in recording the vote, and
in many instances men cast their
votes in less than three seconds.
An incident which attracted atten-
tion in New York City was the re-
fusal of the election judges in one
district to allow one voter to cast
his ballot because he had made bet
of n box Of cigars on the result of the
election.
Crowds such as are seen on the
night OF presidential elections sur
rounded the bulletin boards of the
newspaper offices. Because of the
danger of accidents resulting from
the subway excavations, near the
city hall, some 500 policemen were on
hand. A Gordon was formed which
practically shut off Park Row from
the head of BeelSman street to the
bridge entrance and the streets lead
ing into Park Row at that point were
closed. The street cars were stopped
ut Centre street.
One man, believed TO be f. ]. Null
laney, of Clifton, n. j., while watch
ing the bulletins near the Stats Zeit-
ung building, was jostled off the side
walk by the crowd and, falling on the
stone roadway. fractured his skull.
Gle died soon after.
The bulletin announcement of Mr..
Lows election was the signal for a
series OF impromptu election parades
around the district, in which the
young man with the blaring tin horn
was as usual very much in evidence.
Seth Low, former president of
Columbia university, and four years
ago the Citizens union candidate for
the first mayor OF Greater New York.
was elected the second mayor of
Greater New York by a plurality
ranging anywhere from 10000 to 4o,-
600, defeating Edward NJ. Shepard, of
Brooklyn, the democratic nominee.
The vote was the largest ever polled
in municipal contest.
In addition to the canvass for mayor
Pcblic interest largely centered in
the nomination by the fusionists of
William Travers Jerome for district
attorney, and Mayor Robert A. Van
Wyck by the democrats, for Justice
of the supreme court. They were
voted for only in the territory con-
tained in New York county. Jerome
rs elected by a considerable plurality,
but Mayor Van Wyck is defeated, the
latter running behind his ticket from
$4,000 to 10000.
Returns also indicate the complies
triumph of bhe Greater New Yorl,
fusion ticket, Charles Vincent For
mes, the nominee of thee Citizens
union and the republicans for presi-
dent of the board of aldermen, de-
feating George M. Van Hoesen, the
democratic nominee.
AE. VI. Grout. for the past four years
democratic president of the borough
of Brooklyn, now the fusionist nomi,
nee for comptroller, has also defeat.
ed w. w. Ladd, jr., democrat.
Returns from the local borough
and county tickets are incomplete
Complete returns received from Stat
en- Island, however, show that Con
gressman Nicholas Muller has beer
defeated in his canvass for president
of the borough of Richmond 10y
George Cromwell, fusionist.
In the borough OF Queens the cleo
tion of Joseph Cassidy, democrat, a.
president of the borough over Henr,
Doht, republican, and Robert B. Law
renee, Citizens union, is conceded.
In the boroughs of Brooklyn, Man
haitian and the Bronx additional ant
possibly official returns will be re
quired to determine the results fol
bo(ough president and other loca
officers.
Reports received from the variou
sections of New York state show tha
THE republicans will retain contro
of the lower house of the state leg
islature, the number of republical
and democratic assemblymen not dif
fering materially from the figures o
preceding years. In the various mu
nicipal contests reported from u
the state the most interesting cleo
tions noted were those of Albany
Troy, Rochester, Syracuse and But
falo. The city of Albany was cal
4, ried by the republicans. ex-Senato