The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-04
Mcclellan Elected Mayor of New York Ciy by Majority
 of 61,4l4 Votes
WAS VERITABLE LANDSLIDE
 FOR TIE TAMMANY TICKET
Precincts Where the Low Forces Ex- pected Most of Their Strength went Democratic By Heavy Majorities.
 Low congratuIates Him.

New York, November S-McClellans exact plurality in the city of New York Is 61, IA.
 New York. November S.-After re- markable campaign in which there was united against him nearly all of the neWs- papers and practically every minister or religion in the city. George B. Mcclellan, son of the civil war general, was today elected third mayor of the Greater New York over Seth Low, fusionst, the present mayor, by a large plurality of about 7O'ooo. Edward M. Grout was elected comptrol- Ter and Charles V. Fornes president of the board of aldermen. These two men were originally on the fusion ticket and were endorsed by Tammany, whereupon the fusionists took their names from the Low ballots and nominated other candidates. It was the nomination of Grout and Fornes by Tammany that caused Hugh Mclaughlin, the veteran leader of the Kings county democracy to bolt and de- clare that he would not support men who were not democrats. In spite of his de- lection, however, Mcclellan, Grout and Fornes carried Kings county. The man. agement of their campaign then was talk en over by State Senator Patrick H. Me- Carren, when Mclaughlin refused bis aid.
 Devery Makes Poor Showing.
 A surprise was the low vote for William s Devery. former chief of police, who ran on an independent ticket which was given practically no support.
 The results show tremendous change of public sentiment since Mayor Lows election two years ago when he won by 31.623. At that Sime he carried all the boroughs but Queens, his plurality in Manhattan and the Bronx being 5663 and Brooklyn 25.767. and in Richmond 763 In Queens Sheppard, democratic candidate, had a plurality of 6OO
 Today Mcclellan carried Manhattan and the Bronx by about 6, 3,O00 Brooklyn by about coco, a gain of S1,OOO and Queens by about 50C0. a gain of more than 4OO0. This makes total net gain for Mcclellan of about 1o3Ooo. as compared with Shep- pard's vote of two years ago.
 Low carried only one borough-Rich- mond. by about 200 votes. The result was known early and at S:15 Mayor Low sent this telegram of congratulation to Colonel Mcclellan:
 Low Sends Congratulations.
 q congratulate you on your election. If can be of service to you. pray com mand me-
 Colonel Mcclellan, who is at present a member of congress, made the following statement:
 T am deeply grateful to my fellow cit izens for their confidence in me. I re- new the promises which I made before election.
 q have no bitterness of feeling for any one.
 q shall go at once to Washington to prepare for the extraordinary session of congress and as soon as the question of Cuban reciprocity is disposed of, shall turn my attention to the affairs of the city.
 q invite the cooperation of every cit izen, whether he appointed me or not, and regardless of his political views, in the adv ancement of the city's good.
 This victory should encourage and unite all democrats for the presidential contest in 1904
 Charles F. Murphy. the leader of Tam many Hall said:
 Charles F. Murphy Talks.
 ''The figures speak for themselves and the people have spoken. Of coura. we are pleased at the result It bears out the figures we gave. If the election had been week further off the chances are that Devery would have boiled a larger vote than Low.
 The victory great as it is for McClel- Ian, is of more significance to MT. Mur- phy, who made up the democratic ticket and who managed the campaign. De- feat today would have meant for him deposition from his post as leader with all it's powers and opportunities, and the accession to control of another faction Indeed, plans had been made by certain independent democrats based on the be- lief that Low would be reelected to re- organize the democracy of the city with Tammany left out To MT. McCarren also, the result meant much, for had Me Clellan last Mclaughlin would have been again in control, and McCarren and his friends who have had little to hope for The carrying of Brooklyn for Mcclellan caused astonishment. as it was believed the cry of NO red lights in Brooklyn" would cause an increased vote for Low in that borough.
 interesting Campaign.
 The campaign was of the most in- teresting in the history of New York city From the day Mayor Low was re-nom- mated, his supporters urged his re-elec- ton on the ground that no partisan ques- ton was involved. but that every man should vote to uphold the exts.ns admin istration, because it had given the city q husiness- like conduct of affairs and be- cause it had done much to stamp out the ..red light evil'' of the east side.
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