The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-04

turns will be very late owing to the com plex system this year of counting bal lots. The newspapers of Omaha and chairman of campaign committees are very conservative in their estimates, none of them, however. venturing to name fig ures. The Omaha Bee, republican, how over, expects the majority of Barnes over Sullivan to be about half that of Sed- wick over Hollenback two years ago. attributing the fusion gain on the head of the ticket to a personal strength and pop ularity of Judge Sullivan. Sedwick car ried the state by 13.000
 Precincts received thus far indicate substantial gain for Judge Sullivan, dem- ocrat, but nothing definite is known at 10:30.
 One hundred and ninety-nine precincts in Nebraska outside of Douglass county gives Barnes, republican, 16. 4O9; Sullivan, democrat, 1903. 146 of these districts show a net fusion gain of IT over the vote of two years ago.
 In San Francisco. San Francisco, November 3.-Incomplete
 returns received up to 9:30 D. m. indicate
 the probable reelection of Schmtz, the
 union labor candidate. for mayor by small majority. Partial returns from IF precincts give Schmtz, 1450; Crocker re-
 publican, 1252; Lane, democrat, 766. In New Jersey. Trenton, N J., November 4.-The repub- lcans in New Jersey yesterday elected
 four of the six senators and enough of the state assembly, assembly to claim both houses.
 The entire democratic assembly ticket was elected in Union county, which is a , defeat for United States Senator Keane. The republican nominees who were fa-
 vorable to his return to the senate were
 apparently opposed at the polls by the anti-Kean faction in that county
 The next senate will stand IA republicans
 and democrats. In the house. S6 of the
 60 members will be republicans
 In Massachusetts. Boston, November 3.-Benjamin L. Bates was reelected governor of Massa- chusetts today by a plurality of about 37,000 over Col. William A. Gaston, the democratic candidate. With dozen cit ies and towns to hear from, Bates had a lead of 32,315 but as the missing towns are all strongly republican. there was even indications at a late hour tonight that the plurality of the republican can didate would be practically the same as that of last year, although the vote may run higher
 The legislature remains practically un- changed with the. usual proportion of two republicans to one democrat, but lilC SoCldHsl party WHICH Idtl three meHl- bers last year, will be represented by one, member from Brockton. The cialst vote fell off considerably from last year, and the failure to re-elect Repre- sentative Carre of Haver Hill, one of the party leaders and a member of the lower branch of the legislature for the past five or six years, was one of the features of the election
 In addition to electing their state ticket and holding the legislature. the republi- cans were also successful in retaining control of the governors council which was composed of five republicans and one democrat.
 Democrats Win in Rhode Island. Providence, R. l.. November 3.-At mid- night the returns indicate the re-eec- ton of Governor Garvin, democrat, by a greatly reduced plurality. The vote is very close, however, and the result probably will be in doubt until the last district is heard from. The republican state cen- tral committee claimed that later re-" turns would overcome Garvin's lead at midnight.
 towns and the fact that the polls did not close until p. m., complete returns will not be received until tomorrow. Iowa is Republican. Des Molnes, Iowa, November 4.-Re- turns received up to 12 80 a. indicate the reelection of Governor Cummings by plurality of 60,000 and of his asso- ciates on the republican ticket by sub- stantially the same pluralities. At democratic headquarters so large plurality is not admitted. The legisla- ture returns although not complete, fn- dicate little change from two years ago, when the house contained S2 republicans and is democrats and the senate 40 re- publicans and 10 democrats The demo- | crats may gain two or three members | of the house.
 New York Is Celebrating. New York November 3.-From the | fall of darkness till long after midnight l the tenderloin was the scene of noisy | revel. The vigorous hum which com | menced as the first few bulletins appear | ed soon grew into the most tremendous demonstrations that the tenderloin or l the city has probably ever seen. | From the Flat Iron" building with its | two storied beak glare of electric lights l to Long Acre square, a hundred thous- l and people surged back and forth from ] one bulletin board to another. On Broad way and parts of Fifth and Sixth and | Seventh avenues. with some of the inter
 secting streets. the noise became greater as the evening were on, roar that | sounded like the crash of many bat
 teries of artillery.