The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-04
MCCLELLAN 10000
CIVIL WAR GENERALS SON TO BE
NEW YORK'S MAYOR.
THE STORY WAS SOON TOLD
AND HOWLING CELEBRANTS MADE
NEW YORK LIVELY.

able campaign, in which there was
united against him nearly all of the
newspapers and practically every
minister of religion in the city, George
B. Mcclellan, 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 plurality of 10000.
Edward M. Circuit was reelected con-
troller and Charles V. Fornes presi-
dent 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 nomi-
mated other candidates.
1t was the nomination of Grout and
Fornes by Tammany that caused Hugh
Mclaughlin. the veteran leader of the
Kings County Democracy, to bolt and
declare he would not support men who
were not Democrats. In spite of this
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, to whom McLaugh-
lin refused his aid.
The surprise was the small vote for
William S. Devery, former chief of po-
lice, who ran on an independent ticket,
which was given practically no support.
This result shows a tremendous
change in public sentiment since Mayor
Lows election two years ago, when he
won by 1882. At that time he carried
all the boroughs but Queens, his plu-
rality in Manhattan and the Bronx be-
ing 1868, in Brooklyn 25,767, and In
Richmond 1853. In Queens, Shepard,
Democrat, had a plurality of SCI.
How Mcclellan Won.
To-day Mcclellan carried Manhattan
and the Bronx by about $4,000, a gain
of. $4,000; Brooklyn by about 5000, a
gain of $1,000, and Queens by about s.
OOO a gain of more than 1000. This
makes a total net gain for Mcclellan
of about 100000, as compared with
Shepard's vote of two years ago.
Low carried only one borough-Ricn-
mond-by about 200 votes.
The result was known early. and at
S:15 o'clock Mayor Low entered his of
flee and TO the newspaper men said he
was about to send the following tele-
gram to Col. Mcclellan:
Il congratulate you on your election.
If can be of service to you. pray COM
mand me.
(Signed.) Seth Low
The Mayor then said: 81 think that
the telegram sums up all that l have
to say tonight"
Col. Mcclellan, who is at present a
member of Congress, made the follow
ing statement:
II am deeply grateful to my fellow
citizens for their confidence in me. /
renew the promises which l made be-
fore the election.
II have no bitterness of feeling for
any one.
II shall go at once to Washington TO
prepare for the extraordinary session,
and as soon as the question of Cuban
reciprocity is disposed of, 1 shall turn
my attention to the affairs of the city.
81 invite the cooperation of every
citizen, whether he supported me or
not and regardless of his political views
in the advancement of the citys good.
This victory should encourage and
unite all Democrats for the presidential
contest in 1904"
Statement from Murphy.
Charles F. Murphy, the leader of
Tammany Hall. said:
THE figures speak for themselves,
and the people have spoken. or course
we are pleased at the result. It bears
out the figure we gave. If the cleo
ton had been a week further off the
chances are that Devery would have
polled a larger vote than Low"
what Cutting Had to Say
Robert Fulton Cutting at the Citi-
zens Union headquarters gave out a
statement in which he expressed as
constituent over the result, and his be-
lief that the partisan administration,
which Mr.. Mcclellan proposes, can
not maintain the standard set by Mr..
Low"
Meanwhile, he says, the Citizens
Union will occupy itself in preparing
for the next election. He is persuaded
that its services will be required at
that time.
With Commissioner Greene at police
headquarters, watching the returns,
was District Attorney Jerome. When
the election of Mcclellan was assured
Mr.. Jerome was asked IL he had any
thing to say:
Not a funeral note" he replied.
Later, however. a statement which
he had made before Low was NOM
mated, In which he said that the May
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