Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-11-05
M'CLELLAN'S ELECTION
Elected Over Mayor Low by a
Plurality OF 63,6I7.
CIRCUIT AND FoRNEs ALSO WIN
Colonel Mcclellan Invites Co-Opera
tion of Every Citizen For Advance.
ment of the City's Goodwill At
tend Extra Session of Congress.
Devery's insignificant Vote.

New York, Nov. 4.-After a remark
able campaign in which there were
united against him nearly all of the
newspapers and practically every min
lister of religion in the city, George b,
Mcclellan, son of the civil war gen.
eral. was elected third mayor of Great
e. New York over Seth Low, Fusion.
is,, the present mayor, by the large
plurality of 63.617 Edward NJ.
Grout was elected comptroller aui
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 nom
mated other candidates.
IL was the nomination of Grout and
Fornes by Tammany that caused Hugh
Mclaughlin, the veteran leader of the
Kings county Democracy, to bolt anu
DE- clare that he would not support mn
who were not Democrats. In spite OF
his detection, however, Mcclellan
GrOut and Fornes carried Kings county
The management of their campaign
there were taken over by State Senator
Patrick H. McCarren when McLaugh
lin refused his aid.
A surprise was the little voting 1oI
William S. Devery, former chief of po
lice, who ran on the independent
ticket, which was given practically nc
support
Colonel Mcclellan, who is at present
a member of congress, made the fol
lowing statement: Il am deeply
grateful to my fellow citizens for their
confidence in me. | renew the prom.
ises which l made before election
I have no bitterness of feeling for
anyone. | shall go at once to Wash.
iEgton to prepare for the extra ses.
sion and as soon as the question Of
Cuban reciprocity is disposed of
shall turn my attention to the affairs
of the city.
II invite the cooperation of every
citizen whether he supported me OF
not and regardless of his politics in
the advancement of the city's good
Il cannot promise much in the way
of public improvements for year, be
cause of the financial condition of the
city and lack of appropriations, but
I shall urge the speedy and economi
cal completion of the work now under
way. shall make every effort to pro
vide ample school accommodation for
every child.
This victory should encourage all
Democrats for the presidential contest
in 1904"
Charles F. Murphy, the leader Jf
Tammany Hall, said: "The figures
speak for themselves and the people
have spoken. OF course we are pleas.
ed at the result 1t bears out the
figures we gave II the election had
been a week further off, the chances
are that Devery would have polled a
larger vote than Low"
The campaign was one of the most
interesting in the history of New YorE
city. From the day Mayor Low was
renominated his supporters urged his
reelection on the ground that no par.
tisan question was involved but that
every man should vote to uphold the
| existing administration because it had
! given the city a business-like conduct
| OF affairs and because it had done
much to stamp out the "red light" evil
OH the East side.
1t was argued by fusionist orators
that the return of Tammany men tc
Office would mean wide open town. =
MaTl nft hNy a
speakers for the fusionists because,
! they alleged he had sold the name his
father honored to cloak the designs OF
evil men.
To these statements the Democrats
responded with the charge that Low G
non-partisan claims masked an a..
tempt to secure control of the city in
the interest of Governor Odell. that all
of the credit for good business admin
istration under Low belonged to Grout
who was on the Democratic ticket, and
that every Democrat should cast his
ballot for Mcclellan in view of the i'm
portant bearing this city's vote would
have on the presidential election next
year.
Both candidates made nightly
speeches. Lows principal supporting
orator was District Attorney Jerome
who bitterly opposed the mayors re-
nomination on the ground that he was
unpopular, but who after the nominal
ing convention made frequent
speeches for the fusion ticket. Fol
Mcclellan Bourke Cochran returned
to political activity and made severa
speeches.
Scarcely second in interest to tlc
defeat of Low is the effect of the re
suit of the vote on the fortunes of tho
octogenarian Hugh Mclaughlin, who
for more than a quarter of a century
had been the undisputed leader of th'
Kings county Democracy and who nov
finds that his former lieutenant, Nc
Carren was able to so manage Nc
C!ellan's canvass that a Democratic
i+Hyr IN Of MpT ,crl,