The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-08
HE WILL FIGHT.
Hearst Declares He Is Entitled
to Office of Mayor.
win Contest McClelIan's Elec-
tion in the Courts.
UNOFFICIAL COUNT .
Gives the Mayor a Plurality Of
3,485 Votes.
Hearst Claims Official Canvass
viii Wipe This Out.
TAMMANY HARD HIT.
Wigwam Lost Control of the
Board of Aldermen
And Twelve Members of the
General Assembly.
The Election Of Jerome Worst
Blow Of All.
WigWam Lost Control Of the
Board of Aldermen
And Twelve Members of the
General Assembly.
The Election Of Jerome Worst
Blow Of All.

0lUW u @AA-P
New York, Nov. S.-Whether George
b. Mcclellan or William r. Hearst is
to be the next mayor of the Greater
New York must be decided by the
courts. Full returns from every election
district give Mcclellan plurality Of
3.4S5, but this is so small-only little
more than one-half of per cent of the
vote cast-that a recount and reinspec-
tion Of the ballots might easily sweep
st away and show Hearst the winner.
Indignant at what he believed to be
suspicious holding back of returns last
night and reused to passionate resent
ment by stories of violence and outrage
at the polls told at his headquarters by
scores of his followers. Mr.. Hearst re-
fused to admit defeat and declared that
he would see that every man that vo-
ted for him got a fair count of his vote.
In his demand for a recount Mr.. Hearst
is supported by District Attorney will
lam II. Jerome, himself victorious in
his single handed fight against the
great Tammany machine.
Mr.. Jerome said today;
Il shall Immediately institute an in
vestigation of the frauds perpetrated
by Tammany at the polls yesterday. If
the facts warrant I shall begin an inn
mediate prosecution against those
guilty of crime
Bird s Colers elected president Of -tl4e
borough Of Brooklyn. on the municipal
ownership league ticket, also supports
Adr. Eearst's contention that he was
rightfulIy elected. Mr.. CoIer said:
"Mr- Hearst has been elected by 10
coo votes He has been cheated by the
tremendous frauds of Tammany Han.
There is no doubt whatever of his cleo
tion. shall work night and day to see
that Justice is done.
The people of New York have elect
ed MIN mayor and it has only been nv
the most outrageous, brazen and rot
ten fraud that I ever heard of that
Iammany is trying to keep the high Of
flee away from him.
Ihe stock market showed some SEN
SltiNeness TO the Hearst vote and to fbe
Iaet that the municipal ownership
league will have representa- tiOu on az
board Of estimate and apportfonneTf
Whlch controls municipal franchises.
STOCKS or several Of the local CORPORA
llons operating under city franchises
ran OF rather sharply on a feeling that
the Hearst representation viii he ahIe
10 influence the city's policy I'm +he
granting of future franchises Mr.
I1earst has contended that the city has
nor peen properly compensated for val.
liable privileges granted to corpors
tions in recent years.
The Total Vote.
New York, Nov S.-The eitv e,f Nan,
ork, but unofficial, gives GTcCIellsn
o,feo plurality over Hearst. The total
vote was Mcclellan, 22S.651: Hearst
225.166: Wins 1908. 81
Election day came to a close wifi, %
oIaIfaaLlc scene at the Hoffman house
mere w ltlian h Hearst gathered his
friends and advisers around him 80
DEZan f1H 7-clf ff,,, - Ii
test of the returns which Indicated fbe
success OF his Democratic opponent
McClellau- As the late votes came IN
showing Mcclellan only a few thou
sand ahead. and as 1t was noticed tbs+
figures from some of the east side 5is-
Irtcts were missing, Mr. Hearst said he
believed he was being cheated ont of q
hard fought and honestly won viofor[,
.,44o announced ms intention to make
Ct contest IN the courts He sent ont q
San at once for the mem bers of me
law committee of the municfDal ov,-r,
ersnlp league and soon they began 10
$3.50, many OF them in evening
comes they having been found at So
cla4 gatherings or at the theaters A.
the motel waiting for the LAWYERS we've
scores or Hearst voters with stories of
NtoieHee ana outrage at polling places
Wnefe Ehey had gone to cast their
ballots 1ii7ii
Men were coming into the hotel
constantly with bruised and bIeedine-
'7~99 one man mad his arm broken
and another's head was cut 50 bs71I,
that Mr. Hearst had him put to he's
IN 1he hotel Reports were brought in
leiling Of a man having his eve
Eouged out and of a Hearst man whose
nnger had been chewed off in a pou-
ing place. Ao1i-
After considering the situation f,lIv
A1r. Hearst gave out the folIov-ine
statement which is repeated TO-DAY in
mis- newspaper, the Evening Journal
we have won this election. An
Z 4aTnnany.s fraud, all Tammany's cor
rupuons all Iammany's Intimidation
ana violence. all Tammanv's false
registration, Illegal voting and dfshoD-
est count have not been able to over
come great popular majority. Tha
recount VIII show that we have zro1
the election by many thousands Of
votes.
II shall fight this battle to the end
IN behalf Of the people who have cast
their votes for me and who shall nof
be disfranchised by any effort of Grim
lnaI bosses.
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST g.
The evening Journal also prints =
notice that bets on the mayoralfv
should not be paid. declaring that the
sfhcial count win show Hearst elected.
hIr. Hearst. in making his contest
nay demand That each OF the 1915