The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-06
OUT
IN NEW YORK
Republicans Have Possession of
the Election Machinery.
SAME THING IN CALIFORNIA
IN THE LATTER STATE A CON-
TEST Is THREATENED.

Anew YORK, Nov. 5.-Aithough the
IN unofficial reports for the state
showed Odelrs election by about
10000 plurality. Mr.. Coler. bis Demo-
cratic opponent, refused today to con-
cede defeat declaring that he wished
to wait for the official count A state
ment by Mr.. Coler, which indicated
that he was not satisfied with the re-
turns, as received so far, was followed
by a rather sensational announcement
from Secretary Mason of the Demo-
cratic state committee. About the time
these statements appeared. rumor
was circulated that Coler intended to
make a contest in the courts, and sim
ultaneousIy the Evening Journal issued
an extra edition declaring that former
Senator Hill, Charles F. Murphy and
Hugh Mclaughlin claimed Coler's cleo
ton. This report, together with the
statements made by Coler and Secre-
tary Mason, caused considerable ex-
element in this city.
Bird S. COler's statement was made
at the Democratic headquarters in
Brooklyn today. To a number of re-
pOrters Mr.. Coler said:
Coler Will Contest.
81 think, personally, it would be a
good thing to watch the official count
up the state closely. Why don't they
distribute McCullagh men up there as
well as here in Greater New York?
Suppose the Democratic ticket had re-
ceived, say. in the neighborhood of
$4,000 ma ority in Greater New York,
there was nothing to have stopped the
Republicans from claiming the upper
section of the state by at least 100000.
What the Democratic party needs up
the state is tried and true material,
who will look carefully after the par
tvs interests. In do not mean by any
thing I have said, either last night or
this morning, that I, in any manner,
! concede' the election of my opponent.
1 want to wait for the official count,
for my latest advices are that the vote
is very close. 1 am hopeful of re-
| ceiving news that will put a new COM
plexion on affairs in this state
John A Mason, secretary of the
Democratic state committees speaking
for the committee, issued the following
statement:
Concede Nothing.
Eve cOncede nothing OdeIrs cleo
ton is simply a claim. We will not
admit his election until every defective
ballot or alleged defective ballot has
been scrutinized, and every vote that
of right belongs to our party is count
ed. The alleged defective ballots I'M
counted for the Democratic ticket by
Republican inspectors are more than
enough to elect Coler We have evil
dence of wholesale debauchery and cor
ruption in Orange, Oneida, Albany and
Erie counties, and in the cities along
the line of the New York Central rail-
road. The defective ballots and the
/ chicanery Dracticed IN the three ju-
dicial districts, where. the Republican
state machine bent every energy tC
elect Attorney General Davis. is alone
sufficient to elect OdeI. We shall con-
test every foot of ground"
David B. Hill and Frank Campbell
1 will be at the state headquarters this
/ evening and a meeting of the state
committee win be held either this even
| ing or tomorrow and plan of actor
will be formulated.
Situation at Noon.
At noon revised returns though not
! complete, Indicated that Odell's plural
| ity would be about 10000. The Repub-
| Iican plurality above the Bronx, as in
dicated BY the returns received, was
1S2, 600, against $4,000 in Greater New
York for Coler. Figures from Greater
New York with two election districts
missing, give COler 122,e14 plurality
| The vote was as follows:
Manhattan and the Bronx, Coler, lSO.
| $50; Odell, 104. OPS. Brooklyn, Coler. no..
454: Odell. 81, 22s. Queens, Golfer, 1854
J OdeIl, 1885, Richmond, Coler, s,zO6
Odell, 1920