The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-11-04
Low SHOWED UNDER.
Landslide in New York
Elects Mcclellan Mayor
by Plurality of Over
Seventy Thousand.
EVEN BROOKLYN TAKES FLOP
TAMMANY YCARRIESI ITBY ABOUT
TWO THOUSAND.

Fusion Ticket Has Plurality in bat a
single Borough-Former Police Chief
Devery, Independent Candidate for
Mayor, Hardly Figures In the Vote
MS Ticket Given Practically No sup-
port-Out OF Politics Now.
New York, Nov. s.-After remark
able campaign in which there was unit
ed against him nearly all the newspa-
pers and practically every minister Of
religion in the city, George B. McClel-
Ian, son of the civil war general, was
to-day elected third mayor of Greater
New York over Seth Low. fusionist,
the present mayor, by the large plu-
rality of about 10000.
Edward M. Grout was elected comp
troller and Charles ". Fornes president
Of the board of aldermen. These two
men were originally on the fusion tick
ct and were endorsed by Tammany,
whereupon the fusionists took their
names from the Low ballots and NOM
mated other candidates. 1t was the
nominate of Grout and Fornes by
Tammany that caused Hugh McLaugh-
lin, the veteran leader Of the Kings
County democracy to bolt and declare
that he would not support men who
were not democrats. In spite of his
detection, however. Mcclellan, Grout
and Fornes carried Kings county. The
management Of their campaign there
was taken over by State Senator Pat
rick H. McCarren when Mclaughlin re-
fused his aid.
surprise was the low vote for Will
liam s. Devery, former chief of police.
who ran on an independent ticket,
which was given practically no support.
This result shows a tremendous change
Of public sentiment since Mayor Lows
election two years ago when he won
by 1852. At that time he carried all
the boroughs but Queens, his plurality
in Manhattan and the Bronx being
1868. Brooklyn 5,767, and in Richmond
1853. In Queens, Shepard, democrat, had
plurality of 561. To-day Mcclellan
carried Manhattan and the Bronx by
about $4,000, gain of $4,000; Brooklyn
by about 1000, a gain Of $1,000, and
Queens by about 5000, gain Of more
than 1000. This makes total net gain
for Mcclellan Of about 100000 as COM
pared with Shepard's vote Of two years
ago.
Low carried only one borough-R Rich
mond-by about 200 votes
McClellan's plurality in the city Of
New York is 61.414.
The vote of Brooklyn for mayor with
only four election districts missing
gives Mcclellan 101 ,439; Low SO, 1923.
Robert Fulton Cutting, at the Citi-
zens' Union headquarters, gave out the
following statement:
I am astonished; I still think Lows
administration deserves to be contin-
ued. However, it has set up new and
a noble standard, and If Mr.. Mcclellan
can sustain his pledge-'no backward
step'-the Citizens Union will have
earned the gratitude Of the city for the
part which it has played in the estab-
lishment of an honest and efficient gov
ernment. O. course believe that the
partisan administration which Mr.. Nc
Clellan proposes, cannot maintain the
standard set by Mr.. Low. 1t has been
too often unsuccessfully tried, to en-
courage much hope.
I'm the meanwhile, the Citizens
Union will occupy itself in preparing
for the next election. I am persuaded
that its services will be required at that
time" e
I'm out of politics for good'' was the
statement of William S. Devery to-
night after he had received the election
returns.
The latest returns indicate that the
barge canal proposition to widen and
deepen the state canals so as to admit
Of the passage of 1000 ton barges has
been carried by majority of about
175. 900.
The proposition carries with it an ap-
preparation Of $101, 100000
The measure was carried by the enor-
nous majority for 1t In New York city,
which overcame the adverse majority of
more than 100000 (estimated) in the
other counties of the state. Returns
of the vote in New York at 1 a. M
gave a majority in favor of it of 25O,953,
which was still growing. Outside of
New York city the only counties to
favor 1t were Erie county, where Buff
falo was responsible for the favorable
majority of about $4,000; the adjoining
county of Niagara, with about 1900
majority in its favor, Ulster county,
will give about $500 majority and suf-
folk and Albany counties about 1900
each. ~
st. Lawrence county went about 1000
against, 1t is estimated. Other adverse
majorities were Otsego, s,Sss; Broome,
$500; Chautauqua, 1900; Chenango, g.
300: Orange, 1000; steuben, $500, and
Tompkins, Tioga, Chemung, Cortland,
Delaware, Monroe, and Schoharie, about
5000 each +%f'