Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-11-08
ET TU PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO
The Philadelphia Machine Broken Mcclellan and jerome
Elected by Narrow Margins. Hearst Threatens to
Carry the Campaign Into Court.

ed from the fact that there was no fu-
sion of the opposition parties, the
means by which the organization Had
been combatted heretofore but that
Jerome, running as a candidate of no
party and with his record in office as
his platform, succeeded in overcoming
the former prestige of the democratic
organization, and VIM. Randolph
Hearst, standing as nominee of the
municipal ownership league a new fac
tor in New York politics, came within
a few thousand votes of being elected
mayor.
At II o'clock, when about half of the
returns for New York county were in,
it appeared that Jerome had won by
several thousand votes. His triumph
was almost entirely personal one, and
showed that an appeal may be made
successfully to the voters on the
strength of personal honesty and per-
sistent, systematic denunciation of
graft and bossism. Mr.. Jeromes cam
paign was conducted with a special op-
position to Charles F. Murphy, leader
of the Tammany hall, and his reputed
wealth and the result practically is a
defeat for Murphy as we'll as for Os-
| borne.
Up to IL o'clock Mr.. Hearst, who
carried the boroughs of Brooklyn and
Queens, refused to concede his defeat
and his campaign managers declared
that a contest would be made. VIM.
NJ. WINS, republican nominee, was
third in the race for mayor and ran
far behind Hearst.
Bird S. Coler was elected borough
president of Brooklyn on the municipal
ownership ticket and Hearst carried
| that borough by plurality of 15.62S.
Returns up to IL o'clock indicated
| that McClellan's plurality in Manhat-
tan and the Bronx and Richmond
would more than overcome the Hearst
| pluralities in Brooklyn and Queens bo-
l'roughs. The vote for mayor shows
| that Hearst polled a little more than
200 600 votes, and that apparently these
| votes were drawn almost equally from
| the democratic and republican parties.
McClellan's vote this year was about
! 10000 smaller than his vote of two
years ago. while WINS vote was about
125,000 smaller than Lows vote of two
years ago. These figures, however,
| may not be entirely accurate, owing to
| the fact that a number of republicans
probably voted for Mcclellan in order
to defeat Hearst.
! Hearst's vote shows that the munic-
, ipal ownership league must be reckon
ed with as a factor in the city's poll
| tics. Coler's selection as the president
| of the borough of Brooklyn gives the
| league representation on the board OF
estimates and appropriation, which has
control of the city expenditures. 1t is
estimated that this board will direct
the outlay of $500 100000 during the
| next four years.
Less than a month ago, when Hearst
accepted the nomination of the munich
pal ownership league, McClellan's re-
election was regarded as a certainty,
and the mayor himself declared that
he intended to make only a few
speeches. With the sudden outburst of
enthusiasm on the part of Hearsts
| supporters the situation changed so
swiftly that the democratic leaders
were startled from the repose Of their
| quiet confidence to engage in a hard
fight. Hearst wound up his campaign
! on Sunday night at Madison Square
garden with the garden crowded to the
doors and tens of thousands of men
standing outside for hours cheering for
him. 1t was felt then that the vote