The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-08
Reelection of the Mayor of New York Indicated by 5000 to 4,OOO
 Plurality.
HEARST WILL CONTEST IT
DECLARES HE HAS WON ELEC- TION AND WILL DEMAND
 4 RECOUNT.

To Fight Battle to the Bitter End
 Accuses Tammany of Intimidation
 and Fraud-STax Ihmsen of the Muni-
 eipaI League Says His Party Has Proof of Fifty Thousand Illegal Votes
 Having Been Cast-JerOme. Returned
 to District Attorneys OHice by PIu-
 raIity of Something Like s,OOO-Elec-
 tion the Closest and Most Sensational
 in History of Greater New York.
 New York, Nov. S-Returns to mid night indicate that G. B. Mcclellan, d., is reelected mayor of New York by between 5000 and 4,0OO plurality over W. R. Hearst, municipal owner ship and that William T. Jerome, inde- pendent, is reelected district attorney by about 5000 over James w. Osborne, democrat.
 At midnight MT. Hearst declined to admit his defeat and declared his in- tention to contest the election. At that time returns from 184 election districts had not been received. Mcclellan had 205,598; Hearst, 2O3,370; Wins, 130,S26.
 1:45 a. 1n.-Returns at this hour are complete in Greater New York in the rnayoralty contest with the exception of 51 election districts scattered through the city. The vote on these returns give:
 Mcclellan. dem., 221 ,S15; Hearst, nu- nicipaI 218, ,65T; Twins, rep, 132, ,317, a plu- rality for Mcclellan of s15S votes.
 The following statement was issued at n7idnight by W R. Hearst:
 ssWe have won this election. All Tanmany's frauds, all Tammany's cor ruption all Tammanys intimidation and violence, all Tamrnany's false reg istration, illegal voting and dishonest count have not been able to overcome a great popular majority The recount will show that we have won the elec- tion by many thousand votes.
 q shall fight this battle to the end, in behalf of the people who cast their votes for me and who shall not be dis- franchfsed by any effort of criminal bosses.
 "Wm. Randolph Hearst"
 Tn New York county the Municipal Ownership league endorsed a number of the republican candidates for the state assembly, ard late returns indi- cated that the democrats have lost twelve assemblymen from this county. Max Ihmsen of the Municipal league said tonight that the league has evi- dence of fifty thousand illegal votes having been case. He said that frauds have been discovered in all five bor- oughs and that the law committee of the league is gathering all evidence.
 MT, Ihmsen also announced that all the candidatetes in all boroughs on the municipal league ticket had been asked to assemble at MT. Hearst's office in the Hoffman house for an all night con- ference on the situation.
 At midnight the indications were that the following ticket had been erected. Mayor-George B, Mcclellan, dem.
 President of the board of aldermen P. F. McGowan, dem.
 omptroller-Herman A. Metz, dem. President of Manhattan borough John F. Ahearn, dem.
 President of Brooklyn borough-Biro s. Coler, M. O.
 President of Queens-Joseph Bermel, M. o.
 President of the Bronx-Louis F. Haffen, dem.
 President of Richmond George Cromwell, rep.
 Sheriff-Nicholas Hayes, dem.
 The ticket gives twelve votes to the democratic members of the board of estimate, and four to the opposition, Coler and Bermel being municipal own- ershfp candidates, and Cromwell re- publican. Mcclellan, Metz and Mo Gowan have three votes each in the board, Ahearn and Coler two votes each, and the others one v6:e each.
 The board of estimate will control the expenditure of $900, 100000 the next four years.
 District Attorney Jerome issued this statement tonight on being as- sured of his election:
 T was certain that the people would not back up the attempt of the bosses to force me from office. Coming as it does straight from the hands of the people, in spite of the opposition of bosses and machines my election is pe- cu1iarly gratifying.
 "The district attorneys office will go on for four years more under my di- rection under the same system that has prevailed for four years. There is nothing more to be said, save that it was a test of strength be- tween corrupt bosses on one side and an aroused public opinion on the oth- CT. There is no trifiing with the peo- pie when they have been aroused, and my election is a lesson that the bosses I'll not soon forget. 2,
 '+Hr Mcclellan, upon learning that '-.szr. .....l. -.