The Irish standard., 1905-11-11
FALL ELECTIONS ARE HELD
MCCLELLAN REELECTED MAYOR
OF NEW YORK.
Jerome victorious-Landslide for Re.
form in Pennsylvania-ohio Re-
suit in Doubt-other Returns.

clean sweep IN Massachusetts and in |
Chicago and Cook county, Illinois, and
nave carried their tickets in New Jer-
sey, Rhode Island, Nebraska and
Maryland.
In New York, Hearst had a plurality
IL the borough of Brooklyn of almost
10000, with IA election districts miss
ing. The returns indicate McClellan's
reelection by 5000 or 1000 plurality.
Hearst has charged fraud in the vot.
ing. Bird s. Coler was elected borough
president Of Brooklyn, on the mum.
cipal ownership ticket. The New York
election shows that municipal owner
SHIP will be considerable factor In
the city's politics. In Ohio the result
is still doubtful, though the returns to
late hour indicated the election Of
Pattison, the democratic candidate for
governor. The suffrage amendment in
Maryland was defeated overwhelming
ly. Massachusetts, elected q republi-
can governor by majority approx
mating that Of Douglas. the present
democratic governor. There were
charges of fraud in New York city and
i'll Louisville. There were q few
clashes at the polls, but no serious
injuries.
The following is a summary of tho
returns:
NEW YORK-Mayor George B. Nc
Clellan (dem.), reelected by small plu.
rality William Travers Jerome (ind.).
district attorney, reelected Bird S.
Coler (mun. ownership. elected Dor
ough president of Brooklyn.
OHIO-Both democratic and republi-
can leaders claim election; Pattisou
(dem.) carried Cincinnati, Cleveland
CITY and county, and the democrats
showed gains in Toledo and Akron.
MARYLAND-The Poe proposed
constitutional amendment, whose al,
legged purpose was to disfranchise ne
gro voters, was defeated; republicans
elected the state comptroller and city
officials; political complexion of legis-
iature uncertain.
MASSACHUSETTS - The republi.
cans elected Curtis Guild, Jr. (rep.).
governor by 29,435 plurality, and E. S.
Draper (rep), lieutenant governor, by
5.942.
CHICAGO-Republic made a
clean sweep in Chicago and Cook coun-
W: Robert r. Mccormick (rep.) elect
ed president of the board of sanitary
trustees.
RHODE lSLAND-Clean republican
sweep.
PENNSYLVANIA - Philadelphia
Overwhelmingly carried by the city
party (reform ticket; Berry (dem.l
elected state treasurer by upwards OF
$4,000 plurality; landslide for reform
in city and state.
VIRGINIA-The democratic plurali-
ty is about 10000 and Swanson is elect
ed governor; negroes generally re-
manned away from the polls; the next
legislature on JOINT ballot will have 70
republicans, instead Of 16, as at pres
ent.
SALT LAKE C1TY-The American
Earty (anti- Mormon) defeated the
Mormon, democratic and republican
candidates for mayor.
LOUISVILLE-Demo elected q
mayor, and legislature remains practi-
cally unchanged with q good working
democratic majority.
NEW JERSEY-Republican gains
in legislature sufficient to preclude aIS
democratic successor to United Statea
Senator Dryden.
NEBRASKA - Republicans elected
state supreme Judge.
SAN FRANCISCO-Union labor can
didate for mayor probably elected by
is 900 majority.
Observation-Disclosures mayor
elected.
President Roosevelt remained at his
Office in the white house until after II
o'clock reading returns from the cleo
tons. He evinced great interest in the
results, particularly in the results
from New York, Ohio, Massachusetts,,
Philadelphia and Maryland. He made
no expression of his views.
Hearst Will Contest.
New York, Nov. 8.-William r..
Hearst has issued the following state
ment: 1--WE have won this election. All
Tammany's frauds. all Tammany's cor.
ruption. all Tammany's intimidation
and violence, all Tammany's false reg
istration. illegal voting and dishonest
count have not been able to overcome q
great popular majority. 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 disfran-
chised by any effort of criminal bosses. !"
In Starving Condition.
London, Nov. 8.-The Toxic corre-
spondept of the Daily Telegraph says
| that rice famine exists In the three