The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-17
CRIES FRAUD.
The Courts Will Decide Between
Hearst and Mcclellan.
in NEW YORK CITY.
Mcclellan ected on .he Face Of th.
Returns, but Hearst Says lie Was
Counted Out and Appeals to
the Counts for a Recount
of Votes

Ine election in the City CT n w
on Tuesday Of last week vas one o.
the most exciting ever held In thai
city. The candid ates for mayor were
| Geo. b. Mcclellan, Democrat, w. II
Hearst, Mu llcirel o gnershipOL:ague
and w. M. WINS, Republican. AS
counted the vote stood as follows:
Mcclellan ...... ......... 22S 65l
Hearst. 1926, l66
Twins. ......... ........ 1877, O49
This gives Mcclellan 3, 1856 plurali
tY over III ,arSt and Ill COZ over Wins,
bui whether Mcclellan or Hearst will
DC The next mayor Of Greater New
York the clurts lst decide. Hearst
declared Immediately after the vote
was declared that he would take an
appeal to the supreme court, his man,
ayers having stated that they had SO.
'ured tvidelce OF illegal acts against
. % thousand inspectors Of election,
and that thirty thousand Hearst men
who went to the polls to vote for
Hearst had found that their names
nad already been voted.
lIearst'a proposed action met with
VAIN approval In many quarters, even
among those who opposed his election,
and he received many Of
support. District Attorney Jeromr
expressed himself in terms Of strony
approval OF Hearst's programme and
declared that he would immediately
institute a searching investigation OF
the alleged democratic frauds. He also
ordered the returns from the eighteen
th and sixth districts to DO carefully
guarded. lvins, the defeated R-pub
l,cau candidate, assured Hearst OF his
support in his fight.
Ga Wednesday afternoon the exc.
cutlye committe Of Tammony Hall Is
sued the following statement: "rhe
executive Committee Of the democrat
'c organization protests against the
outrageous published threat of the de.
feated candidate Of the Municlpal
Q "nership League to overthrow the
viii OF the people rs expressed by the
vote casJ on election day and directs
It's law c)mmittoe to exert it's best
Efforts and take subj Steps ana inSti
tute SUCH proc seding3 as will safe
guard the election Of George b. Nc
Cieltan as mayor Of New York. We
,nd tho o~ns,nainn as ~ - po1'o"
1rce.ryo y son~ -, ="
nrforanco ~, nn~ln on ~
vhoriZ d source"
a., W,0,,nu3.v u,.o
following statement: I'VE have this
election. All Tammany's frauds, al.
Idmmany'scorfuptiun, all Tammany'o
manv,s taI"a 800 ,tnn Oh " -
mo ana disnonss+ ]norn" i"aa 'oU.
noeen INA 10 1885, o1u,'l,s ."'o ~
MI VIM Tho rnonnn hi1"u .pu'"i
.e'h1vs wnn M aIao,,nn ~ '"N'
Gnou.and ri v,,ta. - oraIi ,iiY5ht ..'i'
3attla IN ,ho nnd IL hsHs r ~ ,ho r
Ole who nav. cast tnnir vorno ~
|nd wnn ehaII ~ -" ~ .oYoo ~ 'lo
anv r. n nrlmi, ~, h"saa 1''u ~
HW1,IIsu R.Mnn nI r.
Al.lonvn McCh.Innn n III I'LL "A,
mo ca,onlnto rotnrns 90, nioo"n ~.
| nlnr,li,v of 2aaS tha@ II@ ~
lost baavilv NJ ~, - mn'ntN
n Isrnno $500 .naant ~ "",n4.an4
attorncy. ~ a sevrra hInw :" thn%V,m
MANY orpaoyltinn which ovr,.d -.
the force AT its command 70 deteet
him. His victory Ia remarknhlo uhan
It is considered tnat ne was the c.ndi
date OF no party and made his apncaI
for votes solely on his record IN ,rice
for the last four y ur years and NAV
svery man who voted for him voted y
pilb ticKet'
III MS demand FOR q recount Hearst
IS supported by District Attorney WI
lafn L. Jerome, hinseif victorious In
MS Slnglonanutd light against the
Srcat Iatnmany machine. He says:
slaii lmnedlately institute an 10
Vesh9atlon OF the frauds perpetrajc0
ocy I4mmany at the polls Wednesday.
II n lacts warrant | shall begin an
immediate prosecution against those
guilty. or crime"
BIRD ., Colcf, elected president OF
tne borough OF Brooklyn on the Nun.
iclp@l O"nerShip League ticket, also
supports liears6's contention that he
"aS fighCIully eltcCed. Co.cr said:
W. 1iears' mas beer elected by 49,.
wv V1Ces' lie mas peer cheated by
yHo clonleiluous ifaudS or Tammany
',"h' 1tioio is no doubt whatever OF
u" elecVlon, | Shail work night and
TO- ~ zee CilaC Jut6ice IS done. The
poop'c VI New YORK W elected him
ln"yoi' qua 1T mas only oeeD BY the
100 ouoi"HoouS, of@z'n ana rotten