Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-04
New York Gave a Big Majority
 for It Yesterday
WILL NOW IMPROVE CANALS

The State Will Expend Over One Hun
 dred Million Dollars Richard Gro
 ker Has Nothing to Say About the
 Election Deverys Vote Was Sur
 prisingly Small.
 New York, Nov 4-New York state yesterday gave majority of nearly 250,O00 in favor of the proposition that the state shall spend $1O1 ,00O,- ! GOO for improving, its canals.
 The plan is to widen and deepen the Erie canal so that it will accommo- date barges of 1000 tons carrying ca pacity, and to improve the Oswego and Champlain canals.
 Under the law the state will be al lowed to issue not more than $10,00O,. GO of canal bonds at any time, and the first issue must cover the work for two years The bonds are to run for not more than eighteen years.
 The advocates of the proposition de- clared that canal improvement was necessary for the rehabilitation of the scommerciaI supremacy of the state. Unless the state canals are widened and deepened, they asserted, it would be but short time before the rail- roads would be able to make such transportation rates as they nigh see fit and that New York city would be discriminated against.
 Devery polled only 2, ,933 votes in the entire city, getting 2,671 of these in Manhattan and the Bronx, 226 in Brooklyn, 38 in Queens and none in Richmond.
 New York. Nov 4.-In the election in New Jersey yesterday the democrats made net gain Of one in the New Jer- sey house of assembly. United States Senator Kean lost his own county, Union. because of Plainfield going dem ocratic. The state senate will stand the same as last year, republicans A, democrats q.
 In the Paterson mayoralty contest, William H. Belcher, republican, is elected over John Johnson democrat, by 800 majority. The present incum- bent, John Hinchliffe,, is q democrat. Jersey City. Asbury Park, Bridgeton and New Brunswick elected republican mayors Tn Trenton, Hoboken and Bayonne the democrats elected their mayora1ty candidates. In New Bruns- wick William $. Myers, the republican candidate for mayor, had twentyfour majority
 New York. Nov The pluralities on mayor, conptroller, president of the board of aldermen in the larger bor- Ougl1s were: %
 Manhattan and Bronx. Mcclellan 56,. S29; Grout 57, ,S43; FOrnes 57,1SS; Ahearn (deTnocrat). borough president of Manhattan, 49.66O; Brooklyn Mce' ClelIan 1908; Grout 3.272; Fornesl 2,8S1:a Littleton (democrat), borough president, 2,129.
 Nearly complete returns from this city (25 districts missing) give 3 ma iority in favor of it of 1882, ,967.
 Cleveland, O., Nov 4-Complete re- turns from all the precincts in Cuya ,hoga county, including the city of Cleveland, give Herrick republican, for governor. 45,169. Johnson s36, 600: Her.. -rick's majority is 8,520. The victory of the republicans in the city and coun- ty is the most decisive and sweeping recorded in many years, not a single democrat being elected throughout the entire ticket. The republicans elect a solid delegation of four state senators and ten representatives on the legisla- tive ticket by pluralities ranging iron 4,008 to 5000.
 Philadelphia. Nov 4.-Iatest esti- mates from the country districts indit cate that the republican state ticket will have majorities ranging from 225.- 900 to 23O.O0O. William P Synder. for aditor general. has run slightly behind Matthews for state treasurer, while Morrison and Henderson. who were chosen superior court judges. boiled a vote almost equal to that of Matthews,
 San Francisco, Nov 4.-Y esterday's election brought out a heavy vote, one of the largest in years where the tissues were purely of local charac. ter. The incomplete returns last night indicate that Eugene E. Schmitz, the union labor candidate, has been re- elected mayor with Charles Crocker, republican, fairly close second. The earlier returns were largely in favor of Schmitz, but when the republican strongholds began to report the lead of the labor man dwindled to such m extent that the Crocker people took heart Positive assertions on the re- suit cannot be given until further semi-official returns are received. The count in many districts has been pro- ceeding more slowly than usual. Lane the democratic candidate, is lame third in the race. 1t is very probable that the democrats have elected the assessor, sheriff and district attorney
 Omaha, Neb, Nov 4.-The defear os John J. Sullivan, democratic candf date for the supreme bench, by John