New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-10
THE VOTE IN THIS CITY
FOE ROOSEVELT, 289,055.
Payker's Plurality 85,999-Pl"nhitt
Sad and Weary.

--,o ,o+. for President Roosevelt in the Demo-
cratic metropolis was found yesterday 10 DC
$50 055. against 325. 054 for Judge Parker leaN-
ing only the beggarly plurality of @o993 TOT lhe
Democratic candidate for President IN the city
where his supporters thought he would nave d
plurality OF 10000 at least. ParRer's plurahty
in Manhattan and The Bronx was $751; In
Queens it was 4013, and in Richmond only 400
Roosevelts plurality in Brooklyn was 1,SOo
Higgins the successful Republican candidate
for Governor. ran 44T35 votes behind Roose-
Welt in the greater city. Herricks plurality in
the city was SO,734, of which Manhattan ana
The Bronx contributed 61,102 and Brooklyn
1880. Higgins ran 27,7s0 behind Roosevelt in
New-York County.
The returns for Supreme Court In New-York
County show that Addoms received 1oZ'o43
votes. AGAINST 192760 cast for Bowling. the
Democratic candidate. This gives a plurahty
Of SO 917 for Bowling in the county
The Democratic plurality in the vote for City
Court Judge was greater Green, the Demo
cratic candidate. received 196019 votes. against
145511 for Palmieri, the Republican candidate,
Green's plurality being 5O,5O6.
CONGRESSMAN Goldfogle, Tammany's repre-
sentative, was reelected in the IXth Congress
District with plurality Of only 39l votes. Mr
Levenson the Republican candidate in the dis
trict made a surprisingly strong showing, while
It IS seen that he ran behind President Roose-
welt in the district. The figures in several of the
East Side district indicate that the Jewish
vote was cast almost solidly for the President
and this was expected, in view of the action
taken by Mr.. Roosevelt to promote the rights of
American Jews in Russia
Republicans were expressing great pleasure
Yesterday in the election of Herbert Parsons, j.
Van Vechten Olcott and William s. Bennett in
the XIIIth, XVIII and XVIIth Congress dis
tricts in Manhattan. saying that the successful
Republicans were men of high character and
ability worthy to represent city districts in the
House of Representatives. Their pluralities are:
Parsons 2,5s5: Olcott, 1.127 Bennett. 1872
One of the saddest defeated Tammany legis-
lators in the city yesterday was State Senator
George w. Plunkitt. The success OF Martin
Sake the Republican candidate in the XVIIth
Senate District, where Plunkitt had been elected
so often, caused the Tammany leader to say
doIefuIly: They've hit me hard.
When Sake was nominated recently. he en-
countered Plunkitt in the street. and Plunkitt
said to him: Have all the fun you want sonny,
but don't squander any Of your money trying
to be elected, for I'll sure beat you
SAKE went through the district saying, Help
me to lift the Plunkitt mortgage off the dis
trict" and Give the young man a chance"
His appeal seemed to tickle the fancy Of many
Democrats in the district
The popularity of Plunkitt in his district has
been waning since Borought President Cantor.
in the Low administration. caused Plunkitt' s
bootblack chair TO be removed from the lobby
on the ground floor of the county court house.
It was Plunkltt's custom TO spend several hours
day sitting in the chair and talking to Tam
many workers. who went there to meet him.
Recently he has occupied the chair occasional
ly. Yesterday some wag placed on the chair a
sign: For sale. Apply 10 Martin SAKE"