The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-29
JEROME IS REELECTED
Flew York City Polls the Closest Vote
in Its History =-=WilIiam Randolph
Hearst, the Municipal Ownership
Candidate For Mayor, Runs a
Close Race With Mayer
Mcclellan reform Wins
il Philadelphia.

New York City. George brinton
Mcclellan was reelected Mayor of
New York City, or the face Of the re-
turns, by i plurality Of 34S5, after one
of the mort exciting and bitterly con
tested elections in the history of the
city. William R. Hearst, who headed
the Municipal League ticket, came sec
ond, with William NJ. WINS, Republi-
can, third.
When the rG~capitulation was made
there were seventy-thrce election dis
tricts missing, ffty-nine in Manhattan
and the Bronx and fourteen in Brook
lyn.
When Mayor Mcclellan believed that
ais reelection was certain. though by
a small plurality, he issued this state
ment:
The result Of the election shows
me more plainly than ever my duty
to the people. With Gods help I will
discharge it to the best of my ability.
I shall keep every promise made be-
fore election"
At II o'clock Max T. Ihmsen, the
manager Of Mr.. Hearts campaign,
issued a statement TO the effect that
$4,000 illegal votes had been cast, and
claiming that Mr. Hearst and the
other candidates on the city ticket had
been elected by plura!ities of from 40
900 TO 10000. E,e sent out q notice to
the Municipal Ownership candidates i'll
all the %boroughs, requesting them to
come to the Hoffman House for an all
night conference to formulate plans
for contesting the election.
William Il. Hearst intends to contest
to the last court of resort the election
figures which return Mcclellan q win
ner by Il meagre plurality.
As an indication of the earnestnecs
and bitterness with which Mr.. Hearst
will make this fight. it was announced
that he had requested William M.
Wins. the recent Republican candidate
for Mayor, to take charge of his case.
Mr.. WINS has agreed to do this.
Colonel Alexander Bacon and T. IS.
Brown; of counsel for William r.
Hearst and the Municipal League,
called at Police Headquarters at mid
night and served an order from JUS
tice William j.. GaynCr on Captain
Cruise, in charge OF headquarters at
night. The order was for Commits
sionGr McAdoo to have every ballot
box in the city OF New York sent to
the Bureau Of Elections.
Tammany controls the Board of Els
innate. which III the next four years
will direct tie expenditure OF nearly
$500, OO0. 900. The board will stand:
Tamnany, twelve votes; Republican
md Municipal Ownership, four votes.
The sixteen votes in this board,
which under the charter is the most
important of all the municipal bodies,
are controlled as follows:
Mayor, three votes.
Controller, three votes.
President of the Board OF Aldermen,
three votes.
President Of Manhattan Borough,
two votes.
President Borough of Brooklyn, two
votes.
President Borough of Bronx, one
vote.
President Borough Of Richmond, ono
vote.
President Borough of Queens, one
vote.
The anti-Tammany members of the
board will be Bird s. Golfer, Borough
Prcsident-eiect of Brooklyn; Joseph
Bermel,. Borough President-elect of
Queens, and George Cromwell. Presi-
dent OF the borough Of Richmond.
Bermel has been an ~ofiiceholder under
Cassidy. He resigned Is Cassidy'S
Commissioner OF Public Works only a
few weeks before election, and it is
possible that he will act with Tam
many.
Justices Ingraham and Gildersleeve
arr reelected to the Supreme Court
bench, and Judge Newburger also
goes to that bench. Thomas G. O'Sul-
Ivan (Tam.) becomes a Judge OF the
Genera! Sessions.
The Republicans apparently elect
Lauer Municipal Justice in the Four
tcenth District. with the help of the
Hearst platform.
The results of the elections in Great
err New York may be summarized as
follows:
Mayor Mcclellan. d.. 22S,65l;
Hearst, NJ. O., 225, 16G; WINS, r., 49,
$40. McClcllan's plurality, 1885.
Controller Herman A. Metz ran