The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-10
Tamnany Fails in its Efforts to Defeat Jerome
for District Attorney

INSTRUMENTATION Ut y bIUTIA anu TNIC1I-
mond would more than overcome the
Hearst pluralities in Brooklyn and
| Queensborough.
An analysis of the vote for mayor
shows that Hearst polled a little more
than 100000 votes. and that appar-
emily these votes We're drawn almost
equally from the Democratic and Re-
publican parties. McClellan's vote this
year was about 100 smaller than
his vote of two years ago, while WINS
vote. was about 125,000 smaller than
Lows vote of two years ago. These
figures. however, may not be entirely
accurate, owing to the fact that a
number of Republicans probably voted
for Mcclellan in order to aid in the
| defeat of Hearst.
] Hearst's large vote shows that the
Municipal Ownership League must be
reckoned with as a factor in the city's
/ politics. Coler's election as president
of the Borough of Brooklyn. gives the
league representation on the board of
estimate and apportionment which
has control Of the city's expenditures.
1t is estimated lat this board will di-
rect the outlay of $500, 600, 900 during
the next four years.
Hearst Frightened Tammany.
Less than a month ago, when Hearst
accepted the nomination of the Munich
pal Ownership League, McClellan's re-
SACIIIoH was ItSdIucu DIS d certainty,
and the a himself declared that
he intended to make only a few
speeches. With the sudden outburst
of enthusiastic supper for Hearst,
however. the situation changed so
swiftly hat the Democratic leaders
We're startled from the repose Of their
! quiet confidence to engage in one of
his campaign Sunday night at Madison
Square Garden. with the garden
cr0Wded to the doors, and tens of
thousands of men stood outside for
I hours cheering for the municipal
ownership candidate. 1t was felt then
that the vote would be close and that
Tammany must fight.
The weather today was ideal, aiding
greatly in the polling of a large vote.
There Was little disorder, and although
many arrests were made they frequen-
~ were due to Observation-Disclosures or
/ clerical errors, and only a few men
We're held for trial. The voting was
unusually rapid. An incident of the
day was the deSerttOn of several hum
dred of Mr.. Hearst's poll watchers,
who went over to the opposition.
With 20 election districts missing in
Manhattan, the vote was Mcclellan
11S,44S: Hearst 101,691: Wins 54,656,
giving Mcclellan a plurality of 16, 1852.
In the Borough of Brooklyn, with
IodIN CCI1 SlCStIoI IClS hllSStlIS,
Mcclellan has 66.975: Hearst S2,9OS
and WINS 59,4SS votes. a Hearst plu-
raiity of 1888. In Queens, with fou
missing districts. Hearst had a plural
ity of 721 votes, and in Richmond.
Mcclellan won by 1920 votes. the
borough complete.
In spirte of the absorbing interest
taken from the opening to the close of
q remarkable campaign, replete with
sensational features, the
ment of the results on the various bull
letin cards tonight was received with
comparatively little enthusiasm, the
crowds being considerably smaller
than on previous occasions of the
kind.
On Park Row., usually the centre of
interest on election night, the gather
ing in front of the eWspa offices.
which ordinarily thrOngs city hall
park, barely sufficed to form a deep
fringe along the side facing the dow.
Here the crowd had hardly reached its
maximum at half past Z o'clock when
the returns began to indicate the cleo
ton of Mcclellan, which was soon af-
forwards confirmed on II bulletin af-
ter another.
This was hailed with QUO cheering
and mighty salute of horns, rattles and
other din producing devices. but there.
after the interest subsidized. the only
Ol1of feature OF "dlIIdCllOI1 Del1lS the
question of the election of Jerome.
Up town along the line of Broadway
and in Herald S~"are and Times
Square, and in front of the Democratic
and municipal ownership league head
uarters the crowds were more numer-
Gus and demOnstrative. Fully $4,000
persons thrOnged Broadway and 23rd
street to 42nd street, shouting and
cheering and flowing up and down the
rraa+ hnrn11Ohf9r p in endless nroppSA
sion. EVERYWHERE good humOr was
shown. and the strong forces of police
on duty had no trouble in preserving
perfect order.
All the Hearst headquarters in the
Hoffman House the candidate and his
advisers withdrew to a private room
soon after the election of Mcclellan
was assured, and denied themselves to
all inuuirers. Mayor Mcclellan re-
ceived the returns at the Headquarters
at Hotel Bartholdi where early in the
evening he began to receive the con-
~gratulations of his supporters and
later held a triumphai levee.
REFORM TICKET WINS
City Party Claims 10000 Plurality for
its Ticket-Great Republican Losses
in All Parts of the City-Some Dis
order and Excitement at the Polls.
Philadelphia, November 7.-Esti-
mates from practically every county in
the state indicate the election of Ber-
~, Democrat. for state treasurer by
from $4,000 to 100000 plurality. Off
cial returns will probably increase the
figures.
At 10 p. M, the city party headquar-
Governor Folk Of Missouri:
I'VE have swept the city by 5000
majority"
At $50 D.. M. Chairman Edmonis.
of the city party, claims 10000 pluTali-
ty for the Reform ticket in Philadel'
phia. Scattering returns from polling
places all over the city show extraofdi-
nary Republican losses as compared