The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-10
GEO. B. MCCLELLAN AGAIN ELECTED
MAYOR, BY VERY SMALL PLURALITY

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j West Philadelphia the Reform ticket
got $50 votes IL a total Of 361. This
ratio was very nearly maintained IN
other localities.
Philadelphia, November 7.-Phila-
:delphia has been swept by the reform
movement, the city party ticket win
ming by a surprisingly Large plurality.
While returns from only six of the
i. wards in this city mad been counted
up TO midnight, enough is known of
the result in the remaining wards &c
indicate the defeat OF the republican
local ticket by from $4,000 10 5000
plurality.
The victory of the city party carries
with it the election Of William III.
Berry, the democratic and reform en-
for state treasurer. ]. Lee
IPlummer, the Republican candidate
for that office was badly cut through
out the city and state and he has lost
his own county which is usually repub-
.lican.
The result has every appearance of
"a landslide for reform not only in Phil
Iadelphia, but throughout the state.
Contrary to general expectation there
"do In F'SI iouo 'RA-G'J udl1NS ia IL SASS
today. There were, however, May
small scrimmaSes at polling places,
especially in the more thickly Sette,i
wards where the Republican organi-
cation IS very strong, and where the
city party put Up a o determined
fight. The poice department was at
all times master of the situation, and
whenever trouole was started II Was
quickly stopped Some of these dis
turbances blossoned into small riots,
but after the smoke had cleared AWAY
they found that no one was seriously
wounded.
Never in the history of the city wee
such complete arrangements made fOr
preventing the casting of illegal votes.
Besides the large number Of watchers
and Oyerseers located at the LOO poll
ing places, there were from one to
six police stationed at each of these
places Their orders we're explicit, and
tie numerous %suuabbles between po-
lic3men and election officers proves
that they attempted to carry them out.
The orders Of the police proved ex-
tremel, irksome to many election Off
GERS, principally those affiliated with
the Republicans. In many cases they
the police away from the poll
ing places, and upon their refusal to
leave ACCk the Eiatter to court where
the differences were patched up. The
election officers also complained Bit
terly Of police interference with lega.
organization voters and assert hat in
many instances honest voters were ter
Tho ctarro cQpi0r of tho 6aU WAS IN
the Fifth ward, where election day
seldom goes by without trouble. To-
day this ward, within whose bounda-
ry stands Independence Hall, was in
an uproar most of the day. There was
and the Republicans.
The greatest trouble was experience
ed in the 18th division where not a
ballot was cast until 5 o'clock in the
afternoon. The election board refus-
ed to open the polling place until the
police left the building. The police
men refused, and h whole party was
hauled into court. The Judges in
structed the election board to return
and open the polls. h they refus-
ed to do and a curb stone election was
held for a selection of a new board
while several hundred people looked
en-
The voting place was then opened
with the new board under the protec-
ton of a Gordon OF police. MANY or
ganization Republicans, it is claimed.
refused to vote. One of the incidents
of the Fifth ward STRUGGLE was the
arrest of Harbormaster Samuel G..
MalOney. on the charge 81 cOnSpiracy
to hold an illegal election. He is the
Republican leader Of the ward. and
hiC fn1l0yvnrS nrn rco1yy 70 cforpo the
police station if he was O released.
He secured bail and will be given a
further hearing. Police Magistrate
Fealy was also arrested for INTERFERE
ing with a policeman and was releas-
ed on bail.
Similar scenes were enacted in the
Seventh ward, the home Of Israel w.
Durham, the leader of the organization
and in the Eighth district. where
The polling place where the Senator
voted vas closed for several hours,
because the election officers claimed
the police interferred.
Outside of the centrally located and
thickly populated wards the city was
comparatively quiet.
The number arrests made up to a
late hour tonight for election frauds
500. Police Magistrates were on
uoty III all pdTlS Oh the CITY giving the
prisoners harangues. The at
the central police station at the city
hall was without precedent. More
than 200 prisoners were given hear
ings there for alleged fraud. Today
several hundred persons were gather
cred in the court yard, watching the
prisoners arrive in wagons loads. Ev-
cry batch of prisoners was Kissed or
hooted as they We're ead into the city
nall. The nearing room was crowded
and otaers. AS quickly as a prisoner
was brought in he was given immediate
hearing, be held in bail for further
hearing and promptly released by a
waiting bondsnan. The released men
were then ordered back to their re-
spective election divisions.
OHIO GOES DEMOCRATIC