New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
FOR THE BUSY MAN.
Constant Reader Tells What He
Missed in Last Weeks Papers


Constant Reader. Although the returns electe5
Mr. Mcclellan Mayor and nearly all of his
associates. Mr.. Hearst still claims the victory
He asserts that Tammany obtained it's min
ralites by falsifying the returns and has af-
idavits to prove that bribery and intimidation
were used to prevent an honest count He
also accuses his foe of getting votes by means
of repeaters. Yet even by such alleged methods
Mr.. Mcclellan just got there. His plurality
according to the returns only 34s5 Mr.
WINS third, 10000 votes behind Mr.. No
Ciellan."
But what good will it do Mr. Hearst to
claim the victory if the returns elected Nc
Clelian?" interrupted the Busy Man
Mr.. Hearst is fighting for recount and 1,
he obtains one" said the Constant Reader
'he may get more votes than Mr. Mcclellan
Mr.. WINS has promised his help to obtain an
honest count. The battle began when Justice
Gaynor ordered the police to turn the ballot
boxes over to the Election Commission Thu
police obeyed promptly. but the Tammanv
president of the Commission refused to receive
them Some of the boxes were accordingly
piled mp in the streets. One wagon load was
upset in n runaway and many of the balloss
We're scattered TO the winds At last 2 man.
damus was issued compelling the Commission
to act and the boxes were stored away in
warehouses
But if there is all this fraud somebody ought
to go 10 JAIL" exclaimed the Busy Man.
1T begins TO look that way. said the Con-
slant Reader. "As the result of a conference
between Attorney General Mayer District At
torney Jerome. George ". Morgan Superin-
tendent of Elections: Clarence ]. Shearn. coun-
sci for Mr.. Hearst. and others. the grand jury
handed up batch of indictments against Tam
ale iacy Il
derman Haggerty vas arrested for assauting a
Hearst watcher: and many more arrests are
going to he made on other and more serious
charges Mayor Mcclellan, however, instead Of
trying to strengthen his position by consenting
to recount, became defiant and retained ex-
Chief Judge Parker to fight such action.
You said nearly all of McClellans associates
were elected" said the Busy Man. impulsively.
How about Osborne?'
Mr.. Jerome defeated Mr.. Osborne for Dis
trict Attorney by II ,212 votes. Tammany, how
ever got control of the Board of Estimate. elect
ing as its members Herman A. Metz. Controller;
Patrick F. MCGOWAN. president of the Board OF
Aldermen John F. Ahearn President of Man
haitian Borough and Louis F. Haffen, President
of The Bronx.
Bird S. Coer, on the Hearst ticket, was elect
ed president of Brooklyn and Joseph BermeI, on
Cassidy as president of Queens. George Crom-
well was elected president of Richmond Ac-
cordinsly Tamnany will have twelve of the six
teen votes of the board. The Board of Aldermen.
however will have a Republican majority of
eight votes the Hearst and Republican tickets
having indorsed the same men, Such fusion
was also made on Assemblymen, and as re-
suit the Republican majority has been increased
from ffty-eight to seventy-two in the lower
house"
How did the fight in Philadelphia come out?"
asked the Busy Man
Durham the boss there, and his machine,
replied the Constant Reader, were overthrown
by Mayor Weaver. Elsewhere. too the bosses
have suffered In New-Jersey the boss Carl
Ientz. was defeated. and his chief adversary.
Everett Colby elected to the state Senate.
In MARYLAND Senator A. P. Germans machine
was ditched and the disfranchisement amend
n,ent was voted down. George B. Cox the boss
of Cleveland was beaten badly he gave up
poltics and even in Salt Lake City the Mormon
Church, which is the boss there was van
ouished and Ezra Thompson was elected Mayor
on the anti-Mormon ticket The Repuohcans
lost Ohio and won Massachusetts, John NJ rat
tison defeating Governor Myron T. Herrfck. OF
the former State and Curtis Guild. jr, defeating
General Charles ". Bartlett. of the Bay state
Governor Utter of Rhode Island was re-electeo-
In our last talk you said nothing about the
insurance investigation" remarked the BUSY
Man: so I suppose It's ended
"Onlv a postponenlent was the response
evidence last week was given to show that the
s.tronoI,tan Life also carried a yellow dog
fund and paid Andy Hamilton for services at
AIbanv between 1892 and 1904 the sum of s5izso.
The caretaker of the Mutuals House OF Mlrth
at Albany on the stand was panicstricken When
asked what he did with the big sums OF money
he kept drawing from the company as iesai e
penses although he admitted he was no ia"se
Missouri by the way. has ousted the Ne"-ioiA
Life Meanwhile Justice Gieger1cn, III th9 81
pren1e Court decided that the mortgage Ia
law was constitutional. Prince Louis OF Batleh
berg landed here Thursday and was weicoine"
by Mayor Mcclellan"
THE revolution In Russia ought to have put
the Car off the throne by this time. SAID 'i'
Busy Man
.sThe people have not been rioting 70 sucn =
fearful extent as when we last talked, sald .I.s
Constant Reader. but the Czars naDy So, s5
more unrest A mutiny broke out AT CrotisInu s
among the crews of eleven warships ana % W.
not suppressed by loyal troops until MY ~,
killed. Several buildings were dess,ose - roy
fire The removal of General Trepon as . GoS.
ernor General of ST. Petersburg mas Done at,- Iat
TO uufet insurrecton there. Finland seems sAIs .Is
ed with obtaining Its automony rs siiu 10 nut into
nractice the Cars concessions seem ASSURE asss.d
q greater degree of success He has appoiiisuu
most OF the members of his Cabinet ine r..
oIu1fon In the Caucasus still continues, ho"ssei
The outrages against the Jews In soutnern r.us nu
STA have aroused their knsnlen the WorLo ...d .oud
those I'm this city. for example ma na'lns S,,nd
p movement to raise a $1OOooo renel luIu aro-
oscar s Straus Is chairman OF the rens, ..Son e1
mittee in this city. Lord kothachla' .. 49,. sach
and Jacob II. Schif, of Ne~-fofA' "A'
given $4,000 to the cause ..-,. had
You said In our last talk that Austria ma ia
cauebI the Russan fever Of revolt, saic sh'
puas Man Are the Austrians still uneasy
"a strike on the Austrian state rai,,o u, % ,ba