Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-11-05
IANMANY AGAIN ON TOP
New York City Election Results
in Democratic Victory.
CIRCUIT AND FoRNEs ALSO WIN
Greater part of Democratic Ticket
is Carried BY the Head--iAccieI.
lan's Plurality 10 About Seventy
Thousand.

- MATHEW W AS tt~eu "SSsSt-
lan's Plurality 10 About Seventy
Thousand.
New York, Nov. AFTER remark
able campaign, in which there was
united against him nearly all Of the
newspapers and practically every
minister of religion in this city, George
B. Mcclellan, son of the civil war
general, was elected third mayor OF
Greater New York. over Seth Low,
fusionist, the present mayor, by g
plurality of about 10000.
Edward M. Grout was elected comp
troller and Charles v. FOrnes presi-
dent OF the board of aldermen. These
| two men were originally on the fu-
sion ticket and were endorsed by
Tammany, whereupon the fusionists
| took their names from the Low bal.
lots and nominated other candidates.
1t was the nomination OF Grout and
Fornes by Tammany that caused
Hugh Mclaughlin, the veteran lead
er of the Kings County Democracy. to
bolt and declare that he would not
support men who were not Demo-
Gratis. In spite of his detection, how
ever, Mcclellan, Grout and Fornes
carried Kings county. The manages
ment of their campaign there was
| taken over by State Senator Patrick
HI. McCarren when Mclaughlin re-
signed. A surprise was the low vote
| for William S. Devery, former chief
| OF police. who ran on an independent
I ticket which was given practically no
support
This result shows tremendous
change of public sentiment since
Mayor Lows election two years ago,
when he won by 1882. At that time
| ne carried all the boroughs but
| Queens, his plurality in Manhattan
and the Bronx being 5,663, and Brook
Iyn 25,767. and in Richmond 1853. In
Queens Shepard tDem,) had a plural
| ity of sci. Mcclellan carried Manhat.
tan and the Bronx by about $4,000, q
| gain of $4,000; Brooklyn by about
5000, gain OF 1000. and Queens by
| about 5000. gain of more than 1000.
This makes total net gain for Nc
Clellan of about 100000, as compared
with Shepard S vote Of two years ago
Low carried only one borough,
Richmond, by about 200 votes
The campaign was one Of the most
Interesting in the history of New
York. From the day Mayor Low was
renominated his supporters urged his
reelection on the ground that no
partisan question was involved, but
that every man should vote to uphold
the existing administration because IT
had given the city a businesslike con-
duct of affairs and because it had
done much to stamp out the "red
light" evil of the east side. 1t was
argued by fusionist orators that the
return of Tammany men to Office
would mean "wide-open town." UNI
restricted in lawlessness Mr. Nc
Ciellan was attacked by the speakers
for the fusionists because they al
legged he had sold the name his faith
er honored to cloak the designs OF
evil men To these statements the
Democrats responded with the charge
that Lows nonpartisan claims masked
an attempt to secure control OF the
city in the interest of Governor Odell,
that all the credit for the good bust
ness administration under Low be-
longed to Grout, who was on the Dem
ocratic ticket, and that every Demo
crat should cast his ballot for McClel-
Ian in view of the important bearing
this city's vote would have on the
presidential election next year.
Mayor Low sent a telegram of con
graduation to Mcclellan, as follows:
II congratulate you on your election.
II I can be of service to you pray
command me-.
From the fall of darkness till long
after midnight the Tenderloin was
the scene of noisy revel. The vigor-
GUS hum which commenced as the
| first few bulletins appeared soon grew
into the most tremendous demonstra-
ton that the Tenderloin, or the city
Itself for that matter, probably, has
ever seen. From the "Flatiron' build
ing. with its twenty-storied beak a
6idiC "a ClSLbt4CR nEuls, 10 LOuBdCFC
square. a hundred thousand people
surged back and forth from one bull
letin board to another. On Broad
way and parts or Fifth, Sixth and
Seventh avenues. with some of the in
tersecting streets, as the evening wore
on the noise seemel like the crash of
many batteries of artillery The en-
thusiasm was not confined to the
Tenderloin alone, but extended to
ether parts of the city and Brooklyn
Returns from the state indicate the
election of Republican mayors in SYRIA
euse. Rome. Elmira, Plattsburg. Roch-
ester. Albany. Binghamton, Water
town and Oneida. In Oswego, Utica.
Schenectady, Troy and Amsterdam
Democratic mayors were elected Re
turns from All assembly districts OF
the state give the Republicans q net
gain Of six In the assembly, thereby