The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-09
(By the Associated Press.)

New York, Nov. S.-That bitter
fight will be waged in the courts to
decide whether George B. Mcclellan
or William Randolph Hearst is to be
mayor of New York for the next four
years is now assured. The complete
returns give Mcclellan a plurality CT
BASS votes, the smallest ever recorded
for a successful mayoralty. candidate
and result which might readily be
reversed by recount of the ballots.
Mr. Hearst today announced his in
tention to take an immediate appeal
to the Supreme Court, his managers
having declared that they had secured
evidence of illegal acts against LOCO
inspectors of election. and that 3O,OOO
Hearst men, who went to the polls TO
vote for Mr.. Hearst had found that
their names had already been voted.
Most of this fraudulent voting is
said to have been done IN Eastside as
sembly districts, especially in the
eighteenth, Charles F. Murphy's home
district and in the sixth, of which
Timothy d. Sullivan is the leader.
Assurances Of Support.
Mr.. Hearst's proposed action met
with warm approval in many quarters,
even among those who opposed his
election, and he received many assur-
ances of support. District Attorney
Jerome expressed himself in terms of
strong approval of Mr. Hearst pro
gram and declared that he would inn
fnediatelv institute a searching inVes-
tigation of the alleged Democratic
frauds. He also ordered the returns
from the eighteenth and sixth districts
TO be carefully guarded.
Ira G. Darrin, the newly elected dis
trict attorney of Queens country on
the Republican ticket made similar
statement William M. WINS, the de-
feated Republican candidate fol
mavor. also commended Mr.. Hearst's
action and expressed the belief that
recount would show that Mr. Hearst
had been elected.
Statement by Tammany.
After a secret session of the exec
utive committee of Tammany HAN
held this afternoon. the following
statement was issued:
THE executive committee OF the
Democratic organization protestS
against the outrageous publlshec
threat of the defeated candidate u
the Municipal Ownership League te
overthrow the will of the people, as
expressed by the vote cast on election
day. and directs the law committee &c
exert it's best efforts and take Sucf
steps and institute such proceedings az
will safeguard the election of George
b. Mcclellan as mayor of Jew York
I'VE also call on the cimmiSSlonel
of police and the custodian of the bal
lot, TO preserve the same intact from
all interference by any one from any
unauthorized source"
Mutterings Against Murphy.
Some of the leaders, after the
meeting expressed the opinion thai
the returns showed census of MI
Murphy's leadership and that he
should, as result, step down and out
and make room for a man against
whom nothing could be charged. They
thought that il was time for George b
Mcclellan to assume the leadership
himself
City Profoundly Stirred.
That the city is profoundly stirred
today by the charges of fraud and TIL,
manner in which returns were brough
in last night may be judged from tn,
following extract from the Evening
Post which paper opposed Hears
throughout the campaign:
"Proffers of support have been com
ing to Mr.. Hearsts Office all day MeI
who did not vote for him or his ticke
who indeed, on the day before yes
terday, were taking ABOUT dHdrclS -
came to pledge themselves agains
what they term AN intolerable offenc
against order and the American form
of government. What the offence Is
in detail. is being told in affidavits.
'In Wiliamsburgh an election OH
ciaf who took the ballots into clost
and locked himself in there with then
to count them, has been arrested an
the ballots seized and sealed UP TO
examination later. Staten Island re