Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-08

their opponents and caused the arrest OF
the entire election board At this polling
place, it was said, many Illegal votes were
cast.
In the polling booth at st. Marks place
and Sd avenue also, many Hearst voters
were thrown out of the booth and others
challenged and inundated until they left
without insisting on depositing their bal
lots
Speaking of the conditions. Mr.. Ihmsen
said:
"Tammany never In It's history resorted
to more fragrant violation of the law, rank
er thuggism, more open attack at the polls,
than 1t has today. 1t has voted thousands
and thousands of Illegal votes and now Is
Withholding the count until 1t can make Ii
suit its wishes. Our voters have been at
tackled and beaten; our men have been
thrown out of the polls; our watchers and
workers were bribed with big sums of
money; our candidates were attacked ana
are laid up in consequence.
mo greater outrage at the polls was
ever perpetrated here or anywhere. We
have scores and scores of instances where
fraud was practiced and we viii make the
bittereSt fight we make to bring every
person concerned In the outrage to justice.
We shall ask the cooperation of every hon
est person.
The elec-pn has been stolen. Tammany.
knowing that 1t was doomed to failure,
prepared for the very outrages IL commit
ted and thuggism and intimidation were
rampant from tn etime the polls opened.
Accused Tammany Leaders.
.srhe worst most fragrant violations of
the law were perpetrated In Mr.. Murphy's
and Sullivan's districts. although we have
discovered evidence of fraud in all hve
borouehs. The law committee is hard at
work now, and has been for hours gather
ing evidence. and we shall be prepared to
fight this thing to the end.
Standing near Mr.. Ihmsen man inserted
the remark: "A big man is mixed up IN IT,
too and we are right on his trail. MI.
Ihmsen silenced this man and declined to
discuss his assertion.
Late in the evening a summons was sent
to all the municipal ownership candidates
in all the boroughs to assemble In Mr.
Hearst's Office for an al-night conference
In Brooklyn conditions were much bet
ter than they were in New YORK, II was
said but in some assembly districts there
Hearst men were. attacked and many vot-
ers were inundated, 1t was declared. IN
the Bronx conditions were very bad In
some districts, 1t was said.
Mr.. Hearst heard the election returns In
a private room In the Hoffman, with Mrs.
Hearst and several personal friends. Early
In the evening he was very hopeful OF a
generous victory but when the reports
from Manhattan began to come In his
hopes dwlndled, although he was hopeful
that the count would elect him up to very
late hour.
Reports from Brooklyn were taken an
indication by Mr.. Hearst that he would
win, and when his plurality there kept
swelling until it neared the 5000 mark
he expressed the sincere hope that he
would be the next mayor. Before six
o'clock the announcement was made from
Mr. Hearst's headquarters that success
seemed assured.
Were Confident at First.
Mr.. 1hmsen sent for the newspaper men
shorty before nine o'clock and made the
following statement:
"Mr. Hearst will be elected mayor de-
spite the thuggism and fraud of Tammany
Hall There Is no doubt OF victory
Reports from Queens, from Richmond,
from the Bronx and from the districts in
the upper part of Manhattan inspired new
confidence in Mr.. Hearst and his managers.
Their hopes fell and rose almost momen-
tarily, and when, shortly after ten o'clock.
the reports Of all the districts In up to date
showed that Mayor Mcclellan had a plural