Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-11-08
The Election $.

Elections were held yesterday in seven
States and six of the larger cities.
In Virginia a very light vote was cast
Congressman Claude A. Swanson, demo-
crat, defeated Judge L. L. Lewis, re-
publican, for Governor by about "a, 900
majority. The republicans appear to
have gained few members of the Legis-
lature.
George B. Mcclellan (Tammany
democrat) was reelected Mayor of New
York by very small plurality. Will
liam Travers Jerome independently was
reelected District Attorney of New
York by small plurality over James
w. Osborne (Tammany democraD.
Hearst carried Brooklyn borough with a
plurality of 1888 over Mcclellan.
Hearst threatens to contest the election.
A new Assembly and two members of
the Senate of the State of New York
we're elected. In the last Assembly the
republicans bad 104 out of $50 members.
Ia Yesterdays election they lost 6, max
ing the Assembly of 1905 stand SO re-
publicans to 50 democrats. The Senate
elected last year holds over, the two
members elected yesterday being chosen
to I'll vacancies. John NJ. Quinn,
democrat. was elected in the Sixteenth
district, New York county, to succeed
P. J. DO0ling, democrat, and Sanford
W. Smith, representative, was elected in
the Twenty-fourlh, to succeed Henry ).
Amber. The Senate remains politically
the same as il was in the last session,
having SO republicans and IA democrats.
In Maryland the Poe amendment to
the constitution was badly defeated. In
almost every county the vote in favor OF
the DISTINGUISHING amendment was less
than that for the democratic ticket, show
ing that many democrats voted against
the amendment
The House of Delegates will be closely
divided, with probabilities in favor Of the
democrats. The IL hold over democratic
Senators give that party great adyan-
tagp, making their control Of the Senate
certain and majority On joint bOllot prob
able. A democratic majority on joint
ballot will insure tile election of demo-
cratic Treasurer and save the Board of
Public Works to the party, even if Comp
troller Atkinson should be defeated
Mayor Weaver's campaign in Phila-
delphia against the republican Organi.
cation leaders, Israel w. Durham, Sen
ator Boies Penrose and Others, was
whirlwind of success, the majority
against the so-called "boss's" being es-
timated at as high as 10000. There
were numerous conflicts, but no one was
severely injured, and more than 500
arrests were made. Never before have so
many ballots boen cast in local election
in that city.
In Ohio John NJ. Ps.tison, democrat,
for governor, defeated Myron T. Herrick,
republican, Gncuben), by about so, 900,
the temperance element having aligned it.
self with the democrats. George b. Cox,
republican boss Of Cincinnati, comedies
the election of Dempsey, democrat, for
mayor of that city by $4,000. Tom
johnson has been reelected mayor of
Cleveland, Ohio. A notable feature of
the election in that State vas the formal
announcement by Cox, tue well-known
republican leader, Of bis retirement from
active politics.
The Massachusetts democrats concede
the election of Curtis Guild, jr., repub-
lican, as Governor, aud admit that
Henry NJ. Whitney, democrat, has been
defeated for Lieutenant-Governor. The
most stubborn fight was made over this
last named Office The election was on the
issue of reciprocity with Canada and
tariff revision, and seems to have result
ed In something of compromise.
The republicans seem to have elected
their judges and drainage board in Chica-
go by about 1000.
The election in Rhode Island is in
doubt, but seems to indicate the re-elect