The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-07

democrats 17G and independents three
Tin Pennsylvania leaving eleven dis
tricts in doubt.
New York. November 4.-Election Day
in Greater New York dawned with the
weather perfect and the voters were out
early in large numbers. About forty
arrests for Illegal voting were reported
before S o,c:ock. In one ass emily SIS
trict there was great excitement. Rival
leaders came to blows near an election
booth and policemen conducting sew
eral prisoners to a station house were
attacked by a mob. In the struggle
one of the prisoners escaped. Nobody
was badly hurt.
Police Commissioner Partridge sur
prised the community and especially the
political leaders at work in the various
precincts by suddenly shifting 500 DO
licemen from their regular beats to
parts Of the city strange to them. In
addition to this a state superintendent
of election for the Metropolitan District
had 600 deputies on guard in various
election districts. Where these men
were to be placed was kept secret until
today, the superintendent saying il
would defeat his to make the
facts known before election day. Sew
eral voting machines were used.
By noon more than two-thirds of the
registered vote had been cast and in
many districts fully So per cent. of the
balloting had been completed The dep
uties of the state superintendent of
elections continued to max arrests and
the number increased to 1872 before noon
including attaches of a hospital anG g
democratic captain of an election dis
trict.
Both sides at noon were confident Of
DTlnglnp ont their fnn ma rtU Unta over
in the so-called silk stocking" districts.
The districts where disturbances oc-
Cured were the exception.
In West Chester county, the northern
outskirts of the city a light vote was
polled during the early forenoon, though
an especial effort was being made IN
the suburbs, where many rich New
York business men live, to get them to
the polls. The hundreds of men employ
ed on the estates of the Rockefellers
and other milliOnaires were marched to
the polls by their superintendent.
Rochester, n. Y, November ALL
but four districts of the city of Roches-
ter gives Odell a majority of 5000.
Rome, N. Y, November f. The city
of Rome complete gives Odell lap,
COler 1. S96. The same in 1900 gave
Odell 1859, anchfiel 1,727.
New York-At S o'clock tonight the
secretary of the democratic state COM
mittee claimed the state by 10000.
At republican headquarters the state
ment was made that the democrats had
carried Greater New York by los, 900
but that Odell would come down with
10000, giving him the state by $1,000.
At s o'clock The Evening Post stated
that the indications were hat OdeIl
had carried the state by a close vote,
adding that COler would have TO secure
100000 in Greater New York to win.
New York, November 4-The Even
ing World and The Journal in extra
! editions issued at 7:30 o'clock claim the
election of Coler democrat for governor.
New York. November AT S:39
o'clock the indications, based upon re-
turns to that hour, were tina Odell
would come down to Greater New York
with 124, 900 majority and that Coler's
majority in Greater New York would
be 109. 900.
Brooklyn, November 4.-Complete re-
turns from the SIS election districts in
the borough of Brooklyn are: Odell
S3.242; COler, democrat. 100. SOC. Stanch-
fields plurality in 1900 2,233: Coler's
plurality is &c, 564.
New York, November AT 9 o'clock
Elliott Danforth, former chairman of
the democratic state committee, said
that the returns received indicated that
Coler would carry Greater New York
DN lZu.uUU. he Claimed mat COIeT WOULD
be elected governor by %. 1000.
a statement given at the republican
headquarters said that the returns re-
ceived indicated that Odell was gaining
in the upstate cities and that the re-
turns from the country dist lets which
were coming ~ Slowly, indicated t59t
Odell was gaining and would win by
from Is, 600 to 0.000.
At 9:15 p. m. The World
the reelection of Governor Odell.
At congressional headquarters at 10
o'clock. Congressman OverStreet, of In
dina, secretary of the congressional re-
publican committee, said the big plural
ity for Coler in Greater New York had
made it possible that the democrats
would be elected by every one of the
first nineteen congressional districts 81
New York This would mean a net
loss of four republicans in the New
York delegation. Mr.. Overstreet said
there was some chance of saving 4 dis
tricts out of 10. namely the First. Third
Sixth and Ninth m Nineteenth dis
tricts were destroyed by the big SLUMP
for Coler. The first district is that II
which President Roosevelt lived and /:
now represented by a republican. WhaT
Mr.. Roosevelt ran for governor the re
publican plurality in this district wa!
2.2I.
At 10 o'clock Senator Platt stated h
Odell would come to the Bronx will
$4,000 plurality. At republican head
quarters, the state is claimed by from
1000 to 1900.
New York, November 4.-The Com
mercial Advertisers 10 o'clock extra
estimates the election of Odell by abou
5000 plurality.
, With 90 districts out of SAB in Great
err New York TO be heard from, Cole
estimated plurality for the city is lis,
; 7S4. Should Odell hold his present IA
ito, his plurality up the state will b.
13, 200, thus electing him by about 20.
: 600.
Democratic leaders at 10:15 informe'