Evening star., 1905-11-08
THE HEARST PROTEST
Latest Phase of the New
York City Election
INMAY0RALTYCONTEST
TAMMANY'S FINE MACHINE
WORK IN McCLELLAN's VICTORY.
Narrow Margin Indicates That Repub-
ncan Votes Saved the Democratic
Ticket From Defeat.
INMAYORALTYCONTEST
Special From a STAFF Correspondent.

NEW YORK, November S.-As an oml-
nous growl from a great beast Iashing it,
self TO anger arises today through all New
York the protest of tho Hearst followers
al being deprived OF their prey by Tam
many. Angry faces. snarling voices anu
vehement gestures indicate the passionate
resentment of the Hearst people in every
group and crowd. What shape will Il
finally take? No man can tell
1t is regarded as unfortunate on all sides
that the vote for mayor was so close. u
would have been better either that hearst
should have been elected or defeated by
telling plurality. AS 1t stands now. he Is
a martyr. and will be played up by ms
clever henchmen. Many people felt ina,
if Hearst had been elected it would have
been the end of him. because he could not
have made his promises good ana would
have brought down the wrath of the peo-
pie his head within six months
Now, all that discontinued and socialistic
elements which Hearst has assembled ana
formed into a political body is convinced.
and their opinion is not susceptible easily
of change, that they were robbed of the
election by Tammany. Hearst will be more
than ever their idol, their hero and their
martyr, and he has eminent capacities Tor
posing in these roles.
Hearst Working on Masses.
Mr.. Hearst is encouraging the masses
whom he has fired with his doctrines IN
the belief that they have been cheated by
Tammany. Backed by the tremendous vote
which he was allowed to receive, indicating
the possession of the confidence of a pro-
portion of the electorate that is consider
able, he announces his intention to go TO
the bitter end to secure justice.
Tammany's fine machine work and the
reinforcement of republican votes carried
Ill ,-s.t1
ness of the margin between the vote he
received and that given to Mr.. Hearst Is
sufficient indication of the extent of the
Hearst sentiment and Justifies the state
ments made prior to the election that
only organization and assistance from re-
publicans could save the democratic
ticket.
Mr.. Hearst is entirely justified in maxi
ing a contest. He may not be able to up
set the figures but he has ample grounds
for charging that some of his vote was
kept away from the polls by familiar
Tammany methods. The contest Will be
brought in the first instance before the
board of aldermen, which at present is
thoroughly Tammanyite.
Board of Aldermen's Duty.
The board of aldermen will assemble
within the next ten days to sit as board
of canvassers officially counting the vote.
The board cannot go behind the returns,
but can only certify to the number Of bal
lots cast and those protested. void or
doubtful. This result is certified to, and
it is then in order to take the matter Into
court. Tho court will examine all the
contested ballots and direct the board to
cast out such as are in Its opinion de-
fective or void. These proceedings will
occupy weeks, and it will be near the end
of December before a decision can be OBJ
tained.
In the meantime the ballots remain In
the possession of the police in sealed pack
ages, together with the registration lists
as checked off.
1t is expected by politicians that Mr..
Hearst will keep up his agitation and try
to hold his following until next year, W hen
he will be in the running for the nomina-
ton for governor. He will pound away at
Tammany every day in his newspaper and
will continue the tactics by which he ar
rayed the classes against each other In
this town. whereas, II he had been elected,
he would have been more conservative.
The Hearst and Odell Deal.
Mr. Hearst's Endorsement of republican
assemblymen has resulted in increasing
Odelrs hold on the legislature. 1t does not
appear from the figures that Hearst got
much in return in this deal with Odel. for
1t is certain that the republican vote that
was not cast for Ivans went to Mcclellan
for the most part. Odel has reason to be
very well satisfied with the outcome, ex-
cept for the election of Jerome. The con-
SeryaIlNeS OF Dbln parties are pIedStu Win
the outcome and will be entirely satisfied
If only Hearst would keep quiet.
They think that Mayor Mcclellan Will
make even a better administration than his
present one, as he Will, In measure, reel
erna ncipated from Tammany's grasp by rea-
son of the support given him personally
by so many independents. Jerome and
the mayor will soon get together, although
they have been opposing each other, and
clean and conservative reign is expected.
Hearst's Statement.
Mr.. Hearst has issued this formal state
ment: I'VE have won this election. All
Tammany's frauds, all Tammany's corrup-
ton, all Tammanys intimidation and vio-
lence, all Tammany's false registration, ilie-
gal voting and dishonest count have not
been able to overcome a great popular ma
jority. The recount will show that we have
won the election by many thousands OF
votes. l shall fight this battle to the end
in behalf OF the people who have cast their
votes for me and who shall not be dis
franchised by any effort OF criminal
BOSSES"
William Randolph Hearst at midnight
sent for Bird Coler, who had been elected
borough president OF Brooklyn, and all OF
the Brooklyn members of the law commit
tee OF the Hearst campaign. A call was sent
out for every lawyer In town on the list OF
the law committee. They came in, some of
them in evening clothes. from the theaters.
At that hour there were so many men
waiting to make affidavlts that there were
not enough lawyers TO handle them. MeE
were coming into the Hoffman House with
bruised and bleeding faces. One man came
in with broken arm and another with his
head cut open so badly that Mr.. Hearst
had to put him to bed in the hotel They
were telling stories of being thrown out OF
polling places in the eighteenth. fourteenth
and sixteenth districts and of being as
saulted by Tammany gangs.
The Hearst lawyers announced that they
had affidavits from lot of men. one of
whom had his finger chewed off and an
other his eye gouged out. All had tales of
outrage at the polls and of suspected fraud.
One Election Dodge.
One election dodge which was worked