Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-09
THE ELECTIONS.
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ported by District Attorney William T.
Jerome, himself victorious in his single
handed fight against the great Tam
many machine. Mr.. Jerome said, today:
Il shall Immediately institute an in
vestigation of frauds perpetrated by
Tamrlany at the polls, yesterday. If
the facts warrant, shall begin an i'm
mediate prosecution against those
guilty of crime.
Bird S. Coler, elected president of the
borough Of Brooklyn, on the Municipal
Ownership League ticket, also supports
Mr.. Hearst's contention that he was
riGhtfully elected. Mr.. Coler said that
Mr.. Hearst had been elected by 10000
votes and accused Tammany of "out-
rageous. brazen and rotten fraud
The stock market showed some sem
sativeness to the Hearst vote and to the
fact that the Municipal Ownership
1.eague'will have representation on the
board of estimates and apportionment
which controls municipal franchises.
Stocks of several of the local corpora
tons operating under city franchises
ran Off rather sharply on feeling that
the Hearst representation will be able
to influence the city's policy in the
granting OF future ITdllCIliSe'' NA''
Hearst has contended that the city has
not been properly compensated for val
liable privileges granted to corporations
in recent years.
From Mayor John Weaver of Phila-
delphia, Dist fict Attorney Jerome re-
ceived the following telegram
Accept my heartiest Congratulations
on your well-earned victory. The hearts
It was announced at the Hearst
HEADQUARTERS. today, that the contest
over the office of mayor would be taken
at once to the courts over the heads OF
the board of county canvassers 1t was
also said that evidence had been Sc
cured upon which about one thousand
election officers could be sent to prison
and that al least 10000 Hearst follow
ers. when they went to the polls found
that their names had been voted. on by
others.
District Attorney Jerome announced,
today, that he will do all that he can
10 see that there is a fair count of the
vote for mayor. He gave orders to his
assistants that the returns from the
18th and 9Th Assembly districts be
guarded carefully. Charles F. Murphy
is leader Of the 18th and Timothy d.
Sullivan is leader of the 9Th district.
Mr.. Jerome said: take these returns
from the 18th and 9Th Assembly dis
tricts and lock them up. Guard them
carefully. They may cut big figure in
this count. 1 propose to see that there
Is a fair count in this mayoralty con-
test. no matter whom it hurts"
With two election districts to be
heard FROM today, District Attorney
William T. Jerome, Independent. had
plurality over James w. Osborne, DEM
ocrat, for district attorney OF H'4oo
votes Tile totals for district attorney,
not including the two districts missing
were:
Jerome. 1859: Osborne. 1Os1sS;
Shearn, Municipal Ownership. 12,492;
Flammer. Republican, 13,34S.
The results of the two missing dis
trrcts cannot affect the general result.
In the commercial district practically
all bets made on Mcclellan will be held
up pending developments. A few Je-
rome bets were cashed, this morning,
but the shareholders have decided not
to pay the bulk of the Jerome money
until the official count is in.
New York. Nov. S.-This city, yester-
day. elected Geo. b. Mcclellan, the
candidate of the Democratic party for
mayor by plurality of 34S5 over Will
lam r. Hearst, the nominee OF the Mu-
.nicipal Ownership League. Mcclellan
received 22S,651 votes, Hearst. 225l6t
and William NJ. Ivine, the Republican
candidate, 131O49.
William Travers Jerome. independent
candidate for district attorney, was ap-
IL 1te--
tricts to be reported, today, he had a
lead of 2525 votes over James w. Os-
borne, the Tammany candidate. Mr.
Hearst refuses to admit McClellan's
election and will make a contest in the
courts.
The new city government. exclusive
of the board of aldermen, will be con-
sttuted as follows:
Mayor-Geo. IS. Mcclellan. Democrat
Comptroller-Herman A. Metz, Dem
ocrat.
President of the board of aldermen
Patrick F. MCGOWAN, Democrat.
Borough Observation-Disclosures, JOhr
+. Ahearn, Democrat; Bronx, Louis F
Haffen. Democrat; Brooklyn, Bird S
Coler, NJ. O.; Queens. Joseph Bermel
Republican, and NJ. o., Independent
well. Republican.
EARLY today. William r. Hearst lef
his headquarters in the Hoffman House
for his residence, following a confer
ence with his campaign managers anc
the heads of the Municipal Ownership
League ticket including Justice Sea
bury. Senator Ford, ]. G. Phelps
Stokes. Clarence Shearn and Max f
Ihmsen.
Mr.. Hearst himself would make NJ
statement, and referred all questioner!
10 Mr.. lhmsen. The latter said that Mr.
Hearst claimed his election as mayor
by Il good ma jority. That a fraudulen
vote of at least 10000 had been cast il
Greater New York was the claim o
the Hearst managers. 1t had been de
cided. Mr.. Ihmsen said. to demand ;
recount OF the entire ticket, if after tn,
1874 missing ballot boxes had been 10
dated and counted, it was found Mr.
Hearst still lacked sufficient votes t,
elect him.
1T must have heen that these hoye