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cue almost entirely to the vote of New
York City. where the vote was prac-
ideally unanimous in favor of the
amendment. Very few counties up the
State voted in favor of it. The amend
nent was voted against heavily, even
in some of the important counties trav-
ersed by the canal; in those counties
which We're not traversed by the canal,
the amendmentwas simply slaughtered.
Erie County. which was supposed to
be q hotbed Of canal sentiment, did not
Go so we'll as the advocates of the i'm
p:ovement had expected, and but for
the vote Of this city the schcme would
have been killed.
NEW YORK.
New York State elected 4 new AS
sembly. Republicans increased their
majority in that body. Returns indi-
cate that the Assembly of 1904 will be
composed rs follows: Straight Repub-
licans, %; Independent Republicans. 1;
Democrats, 81. The Assembly Of 1908
was made up as follows: Republicans.
So: Democrats. G1. The State Senate
held over, but there was an election i'll
the Westchester Senatorial District to
fill the vacancy caused by the resiSna-
ton of Charles P. McClelland. Demo-
crat. Francis NJ. Carpenter, Republi-
can. defeated the Democratic nominee.
William Temple Emmet. Carpenters
victory, with the vote of the Lieuten.
Governor, the presiding.officer OF
the Senate, will give the organization
Republican control of that body. The
Senate of 1904 will stand thus: Straight
Republicans, 25; independent Republi-
cans, 4; Democrats. 81. Returns from
all Assembly districts Of the State
give the Republicans net gain OF six
teen in the Assembly. thereby increas-
ing the Republican majority IN the
State Assembly.
Elections for Mayor and other city
officers were held in a number of the
cities up State. Buffalo did not elect
q Mayor, but its voters selected q City
Treasurer and minor officers, and the
Republicans captured everything. The
Republicans also elected James G. Cut
Ter for Mayor Of Rochester by I'LL
over George E. Warner Dem.)
and James Johnston, Citizens party
and practically all the rest
of their city ticket. In Albany the Re
publicans reelected Mayor Charles b..
Gaus and the whole city ticket. Syra-
cuse elected Alan G. Forbes (RepD for
Mayor over Police Justice Frederick
Thompson Dem.) by 2401. In Elmira
the Republicans defeated Mayor Daniel
Sheehan and elected w. T. Coleman by
a safe plurality. The entire Republi-
can ticket is elected in Chemung
County. In Watertown Charles D.
Bingham CRep.) was elected Mayor.
Daniel W. Cahill Rep.) President OF
the Council and George w. Reeves
(Dem.) City Judge. In Rome T. G.
Mock was elected Mayor by a plu-
rality of 1O7. He was the Republican
nominee. In Corning the Republicans
elected their local ticket. Binghamton
reelected Mayor Smith and the balance
of the Republican ticket. Plattsburg
elected McCaffrey Mayor on the Re-
publican ticket. Talcott (Dem) was
reelected Mayor Of Utica by plurality
Of 3O61. The Democrats elected i've
Aldermen and seven Supervisors, and
the Republicans three Aldermen and
eight Supervisors. The Common Coun-
ell is Democratic. In Schenectady
was elected Mayor by
q plurality of 81. Oswego went Dem
ocratic, Or. James E. Mansfield defeat
ing John Smith for the Mayoralty by a
plurality Of S44. The Republicans OF
Mt. Vernon elected DR.. Edward f.
Brush Mayor and FIVE Aldermen.
John H. Kellogg (RepD, of Ogdens..
burg, and Henry T. Kellogg (Rep.). OF
Plattsburg, are elected Supreme Court
Justices in the Fourth Judicial District
by pluralitles Of more than 1880 each.
NEW JERSEY.
Trenton, N. --latest returns indi-
cate that the Republicans have carried
the State on the legislative tickets and
for the county and city offices by very
substantial majorlties. The Senate
will stand ii Republicans to Demo-
Gratis; the House, 3S Republicans to %
Democrats. In Cape May County:
where the Democrats made one OF
their hardest fights, the Republicans
elected Lewis NJ. Cresse Senator by
about 1000. Camden County has elected
q Republican Assembly ticket by 6OOO
majority, and Burlington a Republican
Senatorial and Assembly ticket by up
ward of 1000 plurality. In Mercer
County the Republicans will have
plurality Of $500. In Atlantic the Re-
publicans have elected their ticket by
1000 and in Morris by 25O0. Bergen
County has gone Republican by GOo
Plainfeld elected Democrats to the AS
sembly and q full county ticket. In
Cumberland County James Boyd Da-
Wis was elected. Sussex County has
elected Democratic Senator by 500
plurality. Essex County elects IL Re-
publican Assemblymen. The county
is Republican by 10000, the city or
Newark by 1000. Republicans OF Tren'
ton claim the election Of James Bu-
chanan Mayor and Frederick Gilkey-
son Receiver Of Taxes by about 600
plurality. After the most exciting can
vass in the history Of Jersey City Mark
M. Fagan was reelected Mayor over J..
J. Murphy, his Democratic opponent.
The majority for Fagan will be be-
tween 1000 and 250O. Two years ago
Mayor Pagan was elected by 5O5s. In
Paterson William H. Belcher. Repub-
lican. was elected Mayor by about 5OO
majority over John Johnson, Demo
crat. He succeeds John Hinchcliffe,
Democrat, who declined renomina.
ton.
OHIO.
Columbus. Ohio.-Myron T. Herrick,
Of Cleveland, the Republican candidate
for Governor, was elected over the sin
gle tax Mayor, Tom L. Johnson. of
Cleveland, by a plurality of more than
100000. In the districts that have
been considered doubtful by leaders of
both parties a steady Republican gain
over two years ago is shown by the re-
turns. Franklin County, Of which Co.
lrnlhns Is the county seat. shows the