Evening star., 1905-11-08
I ever heard of that Tammany is trying 10
keep the high office away from him.
Stock Market Sensitive.

ever heard of that Tammany is trying to
keep the high Office away from him.
Stock Market Sensitive.
The stock market showed some sentitive-
ness to the Hearst vote and to the fact
that the Municipal Ownership League will
have representation on the board of esti-
mate and appointment, which controls mu-
nicipal franchises.
Stocks of several of the local corporations
operating under city franchises ran of
rather sharply on feeling that the Hearst
representation will be able to influence the
citys policy In the granting of future fran
chises.
Mr.. Hearst has contended that the city
has not been properly compensated for
valuable privileges granted to corporations
In recent years.
Dramatic Scene at Hotel.
Election day came to a close with
a dramatic scene at the Hoffman
House, where William R. Hearst gath
cred his friends and advisers around
him to begin the preparation of his
legal contest of the returns which in
dicated the success of his democratic op-
ponent, George B. Mcclellan. AS the late
vote came in showing Mcclellan only
few thousand ahead, and as it was noticed
that figures from some of the East Side dis
tricts were missing, Mr.. Hearst said he
believed he was being cheated out of a
hard-fought and honestly won victory, and
announced his intention to make contest
in the courts. He sent out a call at once
for the members of the law committee OF
the Municipal Ownership League and soon
they began to arrive, many Of them in
evening clothes. they having been found
at social gatherings or the theaters.
At the hotel waiting for the lawyers were
scores of Hearst voters with stories OF vio-
lence and outrage at polling places where
they had gone to cast their ballots Men
were coming into the hotel constantly with
bruised and bleeding faces. One man had
his arm broken and another's head was
cut so badly that Mr.. Hearst had him put
to bed IN the hotel. Reports were brought
In telling of one man having had his eye
gouged out, and of a Hearst man whose
finger had been chewed off in a polling
place.
Hearst Charges Fraud
After considering the situation fully Mr.
Hearst gave out the following statement,
which is repeated today in his newspaper,
the Evening Journal:
I'VE have won this election. All Tam
manys fraud, all Tammany's corruption,
all Tammany's intimidation and violence
all Tammanys false registration, illegal
voting and dishonest count have not been
aDle TO overcome great popular Majority.
The recount will show that we have won
the election by many thousands of votes
Il shall fight this battle to the end in
behaf of the people who have cast their
votes for me and who shall not be dis
iranchised by any effort of criminal bosses
(SignedD
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST"
District Attorney. Jerome announced to-
day that he will do all he can to see that
there is a fair count q the for
he gave orders to his assistants that the
returns from the eighteenth and sixth as
semoIy sen districts be guarded carefully.
Leader OF the eighteenth, and Representa-
tive Timothy d. Sullivan is leader Of the
sixth district Mr.. Jerome said:
Take these returns from the eighteenth
and sixth assembly districts and lock them
up. Guard them carefully. They may cut
a big figure In this count. I propose to see
that there is a fair count In this mayoralty
contest, no matter whom 1t hurts"
The Evening Journal also prints a notice
that bets on the mayoralty should not be
paid, declaring that the official count will
show Hearst elected
Mr.. Hearst in making his contest may
demand that each Of the 1,94S ballot boxes
used in the election be brought before the
board of aldermen, and count of the ball
lots made by that body. Then If dissatis-
fed Mr.. Hearst may throw the whole mat
ter into the courts for decision, and If that
is done the battle probably will be a long
and intricate one. In addition to the pro-
cedure before the aldermen and the regular
contest In the courts, Mr.. Hearst may, of
course. bring to the attention of the au
thorities each individual case OF fraud or
violence that may be discovered. Although
Mcclellan. on the face of the complete,
but unofficial returns, was elected by
plurality of 3,4S5, the democrats lost heav-
fly in yesterdays contest.
Jerome's Victory.
The election of William T Jerome Qnde-
blow to the Tammany organization, which
exerted all the force at its command to
defeat him. His victory is remarkable
when It is considered that he was the can
didate of no party and made his appeal for
votes solely on his record in Office for the
last four years and that every man who
voted for him voted split ticket.
The board of aldermen too is lost to
Tammany they having but twenty-five
members of the board against thirty-eight
members. Bird S. Coler. municipal owner
ship, and Joseph Bermel, republican and
municipal ownership, elected, respectively.
president of Brooklyn and Queens bor-
oughs, have membership on the city's board
of estimates and apportionment, which
controls all expenditures of money.
This is of great Importance, giving the
municipal ownership league a voice in the
city's financial affairs and also in the
granting of franchises which power also is
lodged IN the board.
In ADDITION 10 losing the DOaru OF dluer-
men, Tammany lost twelve members Of the
state assembly from New York county. and
the assembly when 1t meets in Albany on
January l next will be republican by more
than three to one.
What the Democrats Got.
The democrats elected their candidates
for controller, president of the board of
aldermen, president of Manhattan borough,
president of Bronx borough, sheriff, clerk
and register of New York county and all
the coroners in Manhattan and the Bronx.
The following supreme court justices were
elected in New York county: Henry A.
Gildersleeve. democrat; George L. Ingra-
ham, democrat and republican. and Joseph
+. Newburger, democrat and republican. In
Brooklyn Joseph A. Burr, republican and
municipal ownership league was elected
supreme court justice.
In Kings county the municipal ownership
league elected its candidates for sheriff,
county clerk. register and coroners. BY
fusion with the republicans 1t elected a
district attorney in Queens county. In
Brooklyn ii elected one justice of the mu-
nicipal court. and by fusion with the
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