The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-11-16
DEMOCRATS GET Pie
WILL CONTROL VAST ExPENDl-
TUREs IN NEW YORK
BY ELECTING STATE TICKET
Expenditure OF Nearly S2,ooo,ooo,ooo
Will Be in Hands OF Demo
cratic Engineer.

cratic Engineer.
New York Except William Il.
Hearst. who was defeated by Mr.
Hughes by plurality OF GLOSS in
the state. all the rest OF the demo
cratic candidates for state Offices arc
probably elected. Lieut-Gov Bluce.
the republican managers still claim.
Will squeeze through by small plu
rality.
Here are the pluralties OF The m.
ocratic candidates in Greater New
York:
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler for leu
tenantgovernor. 1888.
William 5. Jackson. for attorney
general, 14l li6.
Frederick Skene, for state engineer
and surveyor 144.1SS.
John : Whalen, for secretary OF
state. 1891
Martin H. Glynn. for comptroller.
14l 466.
Julius Hauser for state treasurer.
142. 399
Mr.. Hearst's plurality was 73Si4
Mr.. Hughes plurality above the Har-
lem river was 1882 Any republican
/ candidate falling TO secure plurality
equally TO his abov the Harlem Is
\ defeated and in the case OF the ma.
I jority OF state officers the plurality
] he 4 81,
Mr. Hughes in order to meet the dem
ocratic pluralities rolled up in the city
OF New York.
Lieut.-Gov. NJ. Linn Bruce. accord
ing TO returns from all the IA counties
I received. was running on equal terms
with Mr.. Hughes above the Harlem
AS Mr. Chambers plurality below the
Harlem was 1894 Mr.. Bruce will
be elected by less than 900 votes,
assuming that he comes down to this
city with a vote equal TO that of Mr..
Hughes.
Mayer Defeated.
Little chance of election Is believed
70 be left TO any OF the other repub-
lican state candidates. The defeat OF
State Engineer and Surveyor Van AL.
styne seems assured. and the election
of the other republican state officials
seems to be equally in doubt
To be elected encouragement May
er must come TO the Harlem river
with plurality of 141 ,4i6-the plural.
ity Of his opponent. William S jack.
son, in this city Returns received
on the vote for attorney-genera. indi.
Gated that Mr. Mayer was running con.
siderably behind Hughes and Bruce
and that he will be defeated b. prob
ably 5000 votes.
State Engineer and Surveyor Van
Alstyne must do even better than Mr.
Mayer If he is TO win out His oppo
nent, Frederick Skene one OF joe
Cassidy's men in Queens. rolled ur
the remarkable plurality OF HISS in
Greater New York He ais polled a
remarkably big vote on Long Islani
His election was practically conceded
by State Chairman Woodruff
Returns from the upstate vote arc
remarkably incomplete The full vote
for governor only has been received
and only a few counties have sent in
the fun vote for the other offc rs or
the state ticket excepting lieutenant
governor
The democrats confidently claim The
the election OF the entire state ticke
except Hearst They declare the of
fetal canvass OF the state board
might be necessary to determine tho
result
Control Of the office of state engi
p, neer and surveyor would give tn,
democrats charge of the spending Of
$751; 100000 appropriated for the ca
nal Improvement and Of big slice o.
|, the 5O.OO0.000 to be appropriated fol
! good roads. The spending of the lat
ter amount will begin the first Of ihe
year, and after the work is once start
ed 1t is in the hands Of the state en-
gineer and surveyor
In the attorney generals office :
half dozen good places will be made
, for democratic lawyers The power
= OF this Office is great. and an attorne,
r general so disposed can make much
trouble for the trusts
Hearsr Vote a Surprise.
The opposition to Hearst by demo
S Gratis in this city. resulting in df
a ference Of over 10000 votes between
; him and his running mates. was Tho
: surprise Of the election The cutting
was general in all the boroughs. Ii
. Manhattan. Hearst was cut almost a!
freely as IN Brooklyn.
. Among The various boards OF which
/ the election Of the state officers would
. give the democrats control are the ca
nal board, commission of the cana
: fund, board ~ state canvassers, anC
state board Of equalization.