The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-09
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VIVA. NJ. WINS Says TammaBy Bought
Every PurcaasabIe Vote

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william H. WINS, the defeated Re
publican candidate for mayor, warmly
commended Mr.. Hearst's preparations
to demand a recount OF Tuesday
election returns.
''Tammany had at its command not
less than a million dollars. and be
lieve that every purchasaoIe vote was
purchased said Mr.. WINS. THE
shamelessness with which 9ammany
Hall taxed the civil servants and drew
upon the resources OF Wall street mas
never been surpassed. One Of the
masked features Of yesterdays election
was the breaking down through the
use of money by Tammany Hail OF the
Hearst election machinery II BIZ.
Hearst had had a good working or
Ranization behind him he would have
been overwhelmingly elected Mr.
Hearst and Mr. Jerome have a great
work cut out for them Whether a
man differs with Mr.. Hearst or not IS
a very immaterial matter as compared
with the necessity for preserving the
purity Of our elections, and in his ef-
forts for that Mr.. Hearst should have
the support of every true American
MI Hearst's vote is indicative of pro-
found and very largely Justtflable dis
satisfaction with political managers
and with lawless corporate manage
II feel sure" Mr.. WINS declared,
that If 81 were possible to eliminate
Mr.. Hearst would lead the Doll.
That the city is profundly stirred to-
day by the charges Of fraud ana the
manner in which returns were brought
in last night may be judged rom The
following extract from the Evening
Post, which paper opposed Hearst
throughout the campign:
Arrests Begin.
'.Pronors of support have been COM
ing to Mr.. Hearst's Office all day. Men
hr ~ FafF77 as. his ticket
Who, indeed, on the day before yester-
day were talking about anarchy came
to pledge themselves against what
they term AN intolerable offense
against order and the American form
OF government What the ohense is in
detail. is being told in af1davits.
On Williamsburgh. an election Off
cial. who took the ballots into a closet
and locked himself in there with them
to count them has been arrested and
the ballots seized and sealed up for ex-
animation later. Staten Island returns,
which, showing Hearst leading sud
denly We're intermitted and then show
ed Mcclellan In the majority, are be-
ing looked over. The reason for hold
ing back 189 districts Of Manhattan, at
the moment when Mcclellan was rum
ming a thousand behind, and keeping
them unannounced for two hours, is
also being investigated.
Julius Henry Cohen, a prominent law
yer and one of Jerome's principal sup
Dorters, said this afternoon:
Fl did not vote for MI Hearst for
mayor. 1 voted for Mr.. WINS. but ]
confidently believe thaT a careful re-
count viii show that Mr.. Hearst is
elected If this is so and he has been
defeated by the returns, q greater prin-
ciple is at stake tkan municipal owner
ship or Mr.. EIearst's vindication. What
ever one may thing about the personnel
sf candidates or the principles which
fhey represent. this government cannot
proceed unless the choice of the people
rvhether it be right or wrong, is prop
eriw recorded
~ hone that Mr.. Hearst win make
ese aeht for a record and that the
American people viii again assert their
sense o9 fair play and insist that this