The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-08
GENERAL RESULT.
Tuesdays Election Returns
Summarized and Condensed.
Washington Surprised at Penn
sylYania and Ohio.
NOT MUCH POLITICS.
People Generally Appeared to
Want a New Deal.
The Independent Voter Put in
a Full Day.

washington, NOV. 8.-heen interest
in the result of yesterdays election
was manifested today in administra-
ton and political circles generally.
President Roosevelt and members of
the cabinet were informed of the latest
returns from the doubtful states and
cities. many messages from private
sources as well as news received by the
press associations being conveyed
promptly to the White House It is
not regarded that national issues en-
tered to any considerable extent in the
election although in Massachusetts the
question Of reciprocity figured in a ma
terial way. Surprise was created by
the tremendous revulsion of political
sentiment in Pennsylvania and Ohio
and by the closeness of the vote for
mayor in New York.
On the face of the returns now in
Beorge B. Mcclellan was reelected
mayor of New York, by a plurality of
3,485. Charges of gross fraud and cor
ruption are made by William r. Hearst,
the candidate of the municipal owner
ship league, who claims that a recount
of the ballots will show his election.
He proposes to have the 1,94S boxes
containing the ballots taken before the
board of aldermen for recount of the
vote and has declared his purpose to
carry his contest for the office to the
court OF last resort. All wagers on the
contest for mayor and for district at
torney have been held up, pending a
determination of the result by final Of
hcial authority.
William 1ravers Jerome, the inde-
pendent candidate for district attorney.
in New York, is reelected by a pIu-
raIity variously estimated at from
1000 to 5000. He has Joined hands
With MIR. Hearst in an effort to de-
Velop any corruption that may have
been practiced and the promise is
given that the Tammany organization
shah have lively times in sustaining its
claims to the election of Mcclellan.
In Pennsylvania and in Philadelphia,
particularly, the reform movement
swept everything before it. Bossism
was made the issue and in both the
city and in the state at large the Re
pubHcans were overwhelmed. It is
pointed out here, however, that party
politics cut little figure in the Pennsyl-
Vania elections and the same is said
of the elections in Ohio. Yesterday
was the first time in a quarter of a cen
tury that Philadelphia has registered
its votes against the Republican organ
iZation. The triumph of Mayor Weav-
er and the peoples party in Philadel-
phia was complete, and in the state
William H. Berry, the candidate for
state treasurer of the Democratic, IN
dependent, Lincoln and Prohibition
parties was elected by a majority of
100000. President Roosevelt carried
the state last year by half a million
majority.
The result in Ohio appears from
present returns to have been analogous
to that in Pennsylvania The election
of Pattison, the Democratic candidate
for governor, is claimed by the sta te
organ by $4,000
Returns from other states excited
little interest in the national capital.
The Poe disfranchising amendment in
Maryland was swamped Overwhelm-
ingly and the Republicans appear to
have made considerable gains in the
legislature. Virginia went Democratic
by a reduced majority, Swanson for
governor and the entire Democratic
ticket being elected.
In Rhode Island Utter, Republican,
is elected governor by 5000 plurality
and the entire Republican ticket was
successful. Providence elected a Re
publican mayor for the first time in /
years. In Massachusetts the Repub-
lican state ticket was elected, Guild for
governor having about $4,000 ma
jority and Draper for lieutenant gov
ernor, pulling through with a majority
of about 1000. New Jersey and Ne
braska were swept by the Republicans.
Kentucky, while the returns are slow
in being received, appears to be Demo
cratic by a reduced majority.