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

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markable campaign in which there was
united against them nearly all the
newspapers and practically every min
ister Of religion in the city, George B.
Mcclellan, son of the We'll war general.
MAS today elected third mayor of Great
e New York over Seth Low, f~usionfst,
tn present mayor by the large plural
lty of 10000.
Edward NJ. Grout was elected comp
t-oILer and Charles V. Fornes president
OF the board of aldermen. These two
men were originally on the fusion ticket
and were endorsed by Tammany, where
upon the f~usionists took their names
from the Low ballots and nominated
other candidates. 1t was the nominal
ton of Grout and Fornes by Tammany
that caused Hugh Mclaughlin, the vet
Grams leader of the Kings county de-
mOcracy. to bolt. and declare that he
VIII 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 Patrick II. McCarren,
when Mclaughlin refused his aid.
THE RESULT.
The surprise was the small vote for
William d. Devery former chief of pO-
lice. who ran on an independent ticket
which was given practically no support.
This result shows a tremendous
- ~. -- HT-,1-
Lows election two years ago. when he
won by 1852. At the time he carried
all the mOroughs but Queens. with a
plurality i'll Manhattan and the Bronx
being 1868. in Brooklyn ,2.567. and in
Richmond 763. In Queens Shepard,
democrat. had a plurality of 561.
Today McCIeIIaud carried Manhattan
and The Bronx by about IS 5000. a gain
OF 3.OOO. brooklyn by about 5000, Il
gain OF 81. 900. and Queens by about g.
600. a gain of more than 1000. This
makes a total net gain for Mcclellan of
about 100000. as compared with Shep-
ards vote of two years ago.
Low carried only one borough Oich-
moud) by about 200 votes. The result
was known early and at S:15. Mayor
Low sent a telegram of cOngratulation
20 Colonel Mcclellan.
LOWS CONGRATULATIONS.
New York. November Sat SIS
Mayor Low entered his office and to the
newspaper men said he was about 10
send the following telegram to Colonel
Mcclellan:
L congratulate you on your election.
If l can be OF service to you. pray
command me.
SETH LOW"
The mayor then said: Il think that
the telegram sums up all that 1 have TO
say tonight"
Mayor Low sent his telegram of con-
ordinations to Colonel Mcclellan and
Colonel Mcclellan. who is at present a
member of congress made the following
statement:
I am deeply grateful. TO my fellow
citizens for their confidence in me. l
renew the promises which L made be-
fore the election
Il have no bitterness OF feeling for
any one.
Il shall go at once to Washington to
prepare for the extraordinary session of
congress and as soon as the question
OF Cuban reciprocity is disposed OF, l
shall turn my attention to the affairs
Of the city
Il expect the cooperation of every
citizen whether he supported me or not
and regardless OF his political views III
the ~dvancemen of the city's good.
This victory should encourage and
unite all democrats for the presidential
contest in 1904"
TAMMANY'S LEADER.
Charles F. Murphy. the leader of
Tammany Hall. said:
The figures speak for themselves and
the people have spoken. OF course we
are pleased at the result. 1t bears out
pUu uol7aTe aul IT -eNpS eM seLuSg eUl
been a week further off. the chances
are that Devery would have polIed a
larger vote than Low"
Robert Fulton Cutting. at the Ctd-
zens Union headquarters, gave out 4
statement in which he expressed as
constituent over the result n his pc
lief that the partisan administrator
which Mr.. Mcclellan proposes, can
not maintain the standard set by Mr..
Low
Meanwhile he says. the Citizens
Union viii occupy itself in preparing
Tor the next election. He Is persuaded
that its services Will be required Ii
that time.
With Commissioner Greene at police
headquarters. watching the returns.
was District Attorney Jerome. When
the election of Mcclellan was Ssure
Mr.. Jerome was k if he had any
thing to say.
Not a funeral note" he replied.
Later however. a statement which he
made before Low was nominated. in
which he a il that h mayor If re-
nominated would be beaten by a ma
jOrity of from $4,000 10 10000. was
shown to him.