The age-herald., 1901-11-06
Vim. TraVers Jerome Elected District Attorney ---MaYOr
 Van Wyck is Defeated CITY POLLS HEAVIEST VOTE
Charles V. Farnes Elected President of the Board of Aldermen, F. M.
 Grant comptroller-Fu-
 sion Ticket Triumphs.

New York November 5.-Seth Low, former president of Columbia Uni versity and four years ago the Citi- zens' Union candidate for the first Mayor of Greater New York, was elected today the second Mayor Of Greater New York by plurality rang ing from 3o,OOO to 10000, defeating Edward M. Shepard of Brooklyn, the Democratic nominee.
 The campaign was an exciting one and the vote, though somewhat less than that of the Presidential election a year ago, was the largest ever polled in a municipal contest in this coun- try.
 In addition to the cenvass for Mayor public interest largely centered in the nomination by the fusionists of Will liam M. Travers Jerome for district attorney and Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck by the Democrats for justice of the Supreme Court, who were voted for only in the territory contained in New York County. Returns received up to Il p. m. indicate that Jerome had been elected by comfortable plurality and that Mayor Van Wyck had been defeated, the latter running behind his ticket from 15,000 to 10000.
 Fusion Ticks. Trlumphs.
 Returns also indicate the complete triumph here of the Greater New York fusion ticket, Charles Vincent Fornes, the nominee of the Citizens' Union and Republicans for president of the Board of Aldermen. defeating General Van Hoesen, the Democratic nominee.
 F. M Grout, for tna past four years Democratic president of the borough Of Brooklyn, now the fusionist nominee for Comptroller has defeated W. w. Ladd, Jr, Democrat.
 Returns from the local, borough and county tickets are incomplete. Com plete returns received from Staten Island. however. show that Congress- man Nichols Muller has been defeated in his canvass for president of the bor- ough of Richmond by George Cromwell, fusionist In the borough of Queens the election of Joseph Cassidy, Democrat. as president of the borough over Henry Don't Republican, and Robert B. Law renee, C-cizens' Union is conceded. Tn the boroushs of Brooklyn. Manhattan and the Bronx, additional and possibly official returns will be required to de- termine the results for borough presi- dent and other local officers.
 A Republican House.
 Reports received from the various sec- tions of New York State show that the Republicans will retain control of the lower house of the State Legislature. Tn the various municipal contests re- ported from up the state. the most in- teresting elections noted were those in Albany, Troy Rochester. Syracuse and Buffalo. The city of Albany was carried by the Republicans. former Senator David B. Hill taking no active part in the local canvass. The election in Troy was a lively one. number of arrests for illegal voting being made. Former United States Senator Murphy headed the fight for the candidate of the Demo crats while former Governor Black man. aged the campaign for the progressive Democratic Republican ticket Daniel F. Conway. the candidate for Mayor, sup ported by former Governor Black was easily elected. In Buffalo the entire Re publican city and county tickets were elected. Erastus c. Knight, the state comptroller, being chosen Mayor. The re- suit in Rochester was close but Mayor Warmers friends claim the election of the Republican candidate.