The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-06

and AT the Congressional election Of Tues
day.
All was not over but the shouting on
Wednesday morning On account Of the
death Of Congressman Russell of the Third
Connecticut district. a special election was
held there yesterday "Wednesday
One of the Prohi hition candidates at
Tuesdays election was u. Palmer Smagg.
He ran, or rather walked. TO- senator in
one of the New York city districts
Heretofore the bicyclists. as organized
in clubs, have been a factor in elect ions in
this State, and in New York city bicycle
parades in support Of local candidates have
been usual. This year. either on account
of the subsistence in popularity of cycling
or the greater favor Of automobiles. cyclists
have taken no part a. such in elections
In two upstate districts Of New York
Serene Payne Of Auburn and John Raines
of Cana daigua ran for Congress and Sena-
tor respectively without Democratic op-
position
One result Of Tuesdays election in New
York city is the blow which il gave to indie
pendent candidacy. so-caled The candi-
dates Of the Liberal Democratic party, who
secured 900 names in New York for their
county nominees and who had candidates
FOR the Assembly in eighteen districts.
getting in all 10000 names signed to petit
tions, polled less than 500 votes
Expectation of Republican success in
Southern states or of Democratic success
in Northern and Western States was gen
orally disappointed. The Democrats made,
practically, clean sweep in the South and
the Republicans retained, practically. all
the districts which they had carried two
years ago in the North with few excep-
tons, those in New York city being the
most notable. The agitation in Southern
States, following the adoption Of dSfran-
chising election laws for new white party"
seems tn have been without effect
The first political candidature for the 1903
election in New York was announced ON
Tuesday night when the statement was
made in authorized Tammany Hall circles
that John j. Delany former Assistant
District Attorney. and who has been de-
Tending Fire Chief Edward + Croker on
trial, under charges, before Commissioner
Sturgis. would be the Tammany Hall can
didate for Supreme Court Judge TO succeed
Henry Bischoff. who was elected in 1880 and
whose term expires with the close Of 1908
A very unsatisfa Glory feature Of Tues
days election in G dorado. where equal
suffrage Of men and women prevails. is
ungallantly reported. A lady Of attractive
appe arance and stylishly dressed was
arrested in Denver for repeating She
was casting a third vote, and her defence
was that -she needed the money" the in
ference from this being that money was in
Use in Denver on Tuesday for election
purposes
No messages OF congratulation to the can
didates were taken collect" by the tele-
graph companies on Tuesday.
Whatever politicians may think about II,
the sentiment OF the voters is unmstak-
able that Court OF Appeals Judge who
has successfully served fourteen years in
that tribunal IL entitled to reelection.
whether on the ticket OF the successful party
or left of Of It,
Two issues which Jared very poorly with
the voters on Tuesday were direct nomina-
tons and the initiative and referendum
Neither obtained much encouraging support
In the States or districts in which popular
demand for them was said to be most ex-
tensive.
Two voters in the Fifth Assembly. the
closest district in the city on Tuesday, were
Lee Chin Chong and Gee Chung Hong
Mongolian voters In the city Of New York, |
have not been increased in recent years |
though the number Of Chinese residents has. |
The Republicans carried the city Of Phila- |
delpha at Tuesdays election by lO0. 900
majority-relatively much larger ma jority
than the Democrats had in New York In
the next Harrisburg Legislature the Re
publicans will have a majority of more
than 100 on joint ballot.
Voting machines were used in the Twelfth
Election district of the Twenty ninth As
sembly district and the Twentieth Elect ion
district of the Thirty fourth Assembly dis
trict. They were also used in three cleo
ton districts in Brooklyn
The Democrats carried twenty eight coun-
one of them by ma jority of over 1000
The terms of thirty United States Sena-
tors. one third of the whole membership
of that body, which is ninety with Della
ware represented expire on the 4th of
March next, Some of these places have
already been filled. Maryland has chosen
Arthur p. German To succeed Wellington,
and Kentucky George " McCreary to
succeed Mr.. Deboe. In Iowa, Senator
Allison has been chosen to succeed himself.
Arkansas has chosen j. p. Clarke to succeed
Senator Jones, and Representative A. &.
Latimer has been selected at primaries
in South Carolina to succeed Senator
Mclaurin,
The next Albany Legislature will he asked
to amend in some particulars the Ba Hot law,
and inquiries we're addressed to candidates
for the Legislature as to their probable
vote on such matters. Some of the proposed
changes are: First, the adoption of the
system Of voting, which does
away with party columns and substitutes
the grouping of the names of all the candi-
dates alphabetically arranged under the