The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-06

That was my calm judgment OF the
cOnditiOns,' he said, but when I get
into the fight my instructive good
itself into a question of whether you
could put out a naked principle to be
supported by an ENJOYABLE man."
Commissioner Greene said he would
surely resign his office on or before
December 31st.
The victory, great as it is for McClel-
Ian, is of more significance to Mr.. Muir
ply. who made uD the democratic ticket
and who managed the campaign. De-
c today would have meant for him
deposition from his post as leader. with
all its powers and opportunities. and
the accession to control of another fac
ton. Indeed. plans Ia been made by
certain Independent democrats, based
on the belief that Low would be re-
elected, to re-Organize the democracy
of the city with Tammany left out To
Mr.. McCarran. also. the result meant
much. for had Mcclellan. lost Nc
Laughlin would have been again IN
control McCarran and his friends
would have had little to hope for. The.
carrying of Brooklyn for Mcclellan
| caused establishment. as it was believed
the cry of no red lights in Brooklyn
would cause an increased vote for Low
in that morough.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
The campaign was one of the most
interesting in the history of New York.
city. From the day Mayor Low was
re-nOminated his spporters urged his
reelection on the ground that no par
rf-nn nrractTn, mas fnX-N1x-al hut +h,{
every mar 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 of the
east side. 1t was argued by fusiOnist|
orators that the return of TammanyI
men to office would mean a wide openI
town" unrestricted lawlessness and
the renewed terrors of the infamous
cadet system" by which ignorant girls
were forced into lives of shame. their
earnings going to men whom they sup
posed to be their husbands.
To these statements the democrats
responded with the charge that Lows
nOn-partisan claims masked an at
tempt to secure control of the city in,
the interest of Governor Odell: that all
of the credit for the good business adj
ministration under Low belonged to
Grout. who was on the democratic
ticket and that every democrat should
cast his ballot fo- Mcclellan in view of
the important bearing this city's vote
would have On the presidential election
next wear.
Sscarcely second interest TO the de-
feat of Low, was the effect of the re-
suit of the vote on the fortunes Of the
O~ctOgOnarian. Hugh Mclaughlin. who
for more than a quarter of a century.
had been the undisputed leader of the
Kings Gun democracy IA who finds
that his former lieutenant McCaren,
was able to so manage McClellan's can
vass that a democratic plurality result
ed in spite of McLaughlin's spirited OPP
position.
HILARIOUS IN NEW YORK.
New York. November 3.-From the
fail of darkness till long after midnight
the Tenderloin was the scene of noisy
| revel. The vigorous hun which COM
menced as the first few bulletins ap-
peared soon grew into the most tremen-
dOus human demonstration of delirious
jov that the tenderloin or the city itself,
for that matter. has probably ever seen.
From the Flat Iron building with its
twenty stored beak. a glare of electric
lights to Long Acre Square. a hundred
| thousand people Surged back and forth
| from one bulletin board 10 another.
On Broadway and parts of Fifth. Sixth
and Seventh with some of the
intermediate streets the noise became.a as
the evening wore on. a roa that sound
ed like the crash of many batteries of
| artillery.
| a curious feature OF the demonstra-
ton was the comparative suddenneSs
of elections. he was given a ballot and
went into the booth to prepare it. 4
minute or two later he came out and
and voted, the inspector announcing
that Theodore Roosevelt had voted bal
lot No. 81.
STOPPED To READ THE NEWS.
Washington. November 3.-President
| Roosevelt arrived in Washington at S:14
o'clock tonight from Oyster Bay He
drove at once to the White House. No
sooner had the train come TO a stand
still than the president alighted. He
was handed the latest dispatches of the
Associated Press on the election, and
| stopped under an electric light in the
| station TO read them. He made no COM
ment.
The only expression which president
| Roosevelt would make regarding the
| election was that he was very much
| gratifed with the results from Ohio.
HOW DID GROVER VOTE
Princeton. y. j.. November 3.-Former
President Cleveland cast his vote a
few minutes after 3 o'clock this after
| noon. 1t only took a moment for him
J TO register his ticket on the voting ma