Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-11-10
FOR HONEST GOVERNMENT
GRAFT TURNED DOWN IN MANY
STATES AND CITIES.

Jerome Victorious in New York
Hearst Win Contest MoclsIlsn's
EIection-Bossism Routed in Ohio.
Tuesday marked the closing OF one
of the most interesting on-year cam
paigns In the history OF the country
IL was chiefly notable for the compar-
atIyeN new graft" issue which was
uppermost In many states and cities.
Elections were held I'm seven states
and In six of the larger cities In
Massac chusetts Rhode Island. virginia
and Ohio. a governor and other state
officers were chosen. and In Pehhsyi-
vania, Maryland and Nebraska minor
state officers, judges or regents OF the
state university. In New York. In
dianapolis, Louisville. Salt Lake ana
San Francisco a mayor and other city
officers. and. In Chicago. sanitary trus-
tees and Judges were voted for. Inc
democrats and populists fused In Ne
braska. the republicans and demo-
Gratis against the union labor party IN
san Francisco, and the republicans
and other parties against the demo-
Gratis in Louisville. In Pennsylvania
there was miscellaneous indorse-
ment of the republican and democratic
candidates The prohibitionists had
ticket in Massachusetts,, Rhode island
Pennsylvania, Maryland. ONO; Ne,
braska. New York. Indianapolis and
Chicago: the socialists In Massachu-
setts, Rhode Island. Pennsylvania,
ohio, Nebraska. Virginia. New York
and Chicago: the socialist labor party
In Massachusetts. Rhode Island. ohio,
Pennsylvania. Virginia. New York ana
indianapolis: the municipal owner
shin party in New York. and the Am
erican party in Salt Lake. There were
six candidates for mayor in New
York and four i'm Indianapolis.
The campaign in Ohio has been one
of the most active ever known IN tne
state and has been been devoted main
~ TO the record of Governor Herrick.
who sought reelection. Another in
teresting contest was that In Mary
land. where the issue was the Poe
DISTINGUISHING amendment which in
wolves also Senator Gorman's control
of the state.
The election returns show that in
New York city Mcclellan. democrat,
was re- e-elected mayor by 34s5 plurality
over Hearst municipal ownership.
The total vote was Mcclellan 22S,65l,
Hearst 225.166. Ivins l37,049. Hearst
refuses to accept the figures and took
his first legal step Wednesday in IA
fight to secure recount, with the
granting of an order by supreme
Court Justice William j. Gaynor in
Brooklyn, compelling Police Commits
sioner McAdoo to remove every bal
lot box from all the precincts In Great
er New York to the bureau of elec-
tions. McClellan's plurality Is the
smallest ever recorded for success
full mayoralty candidate. Hearsts
lieutenants claim that 10000 Hearst
men were defrauded of their right to
vote Tuesday and that 1000 election in
spectors were guilty of illegal acts.
The contest will be carried immedi-
ately by appeal to the supreme court
Jerome, independent candidate for
district attorney, was elected by
plurality of between 1900 and 10000.
Bird S. Coler, municipal ownership,
was elected borough president of
Brooklyn.
In Pennsylvania, Philadelphia was
overwhelmingly carried by the city
party (reform ticket. and in the state,
Berry. democrat, was elected treasur-
er by upwards of 100000 plurality. In
Maryland the Poe proposed constftu-
tional amendment, whose alleged pur-
pose was to disfranchise negro voters,
was defeated The republicans elect
ed the state comptroller and Balti-
more city officials.
In Ohio John NJ. Patterson. demo-
crat of Cincinnati, was elected gov
ernor of Ohio for three years by
plurality running above 10000 over
Governor Myron T. Herrick of Cleve-
land. republican. The democrats have
working majority in both houses OF
the legislature but the rest of the
state ticket is still in doubt The re-
suit in Ohio is construed as rebuke
to Boss" George B. Cox. who. Tues
day night, announced his withdrawal
from active service in the republican
party.
In New Jersey the republicans
made gains in the legislature sum
cient to preclude any democratic sue
cessor to United States Senator John
F, Dryden in 1907. Colby, anti-ma-
chine republican. won in his fight for
a seat in the state senate. In Vir-
ginia the democratic plurality is about
90. 900. Claude A. Swanson being elect
ed governor. Negroes generally remain
ed away from the polls. The next legis-
lature on joint ballot will have 23 re-
publicans, instead of Is as at present.
In Salt Lake City the American party
(anti- Mormon). defeated the Mormon,
democratic and republican candidates
Gratis elected a mayor. The state leg
islature remains practically un-
changed, with a good working demo-
cratic majority. In Nebraska the re-
publicans elected their state supreme
Judge. In San Francisco the union Ia
Dor candidate, Schmitz, for mayor was
elected by $4,000 majority. In Chicago
the republicans made a clean sweep.
both in Chicago and Cook county. In
Rhode Island there was clean re-
publican sweep, Gov. George H. Utter
winning over Lucius F. c. Garvin by
5000. 1t was a bad day for bosses.
In Massachusetts,. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Curtis Guild. jr, of Boston, the
republican candidate. was elected gov
ernor by a plurality of 23,116 over
Gen. Charles w. Bartlett of Boston,
the democratic candidate.
For the second place on the ticket,
for which there was an unusually
warm contest, Eben s. Draper OF
Hopedale the republican candidate,
won over Henry M. Whitney of Brook
line. his democratic opponent and the
leading advocate for reciprocity. by
plurality of 1896.
The total vote for the two leading
candidates was: Governor Guild, res
publican. 1889; Bartlett, democrat,
174396: lieutenant governor. Draper,
republican. 1S2,197: Whitney. demo-
crat. 1S0,201.
Chairman Lyman of the executive
committee of the democratic state
committee. stated to the Associated
Press Wednesday that the democratic
leaders would request a recount OF
the vote for lieutenant governor
The republicans elected seven OF the
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