Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-08
CHAMBER NOW LEADS
WITH GOOD CHANCES
How Democratic State Ticket
Carried Greater City. a
MAY ELECT FULL TICKET
Chanler Has Substantial Lead Over
the Republican Candidate.
RETURNS ARE EXTREMELY SLOW
Eight Counties Are Still to Be Heard
From and Some Envelopes Are
Not Opened.
NAY ELECT FULL TICKET
RETURNS ARE EXTREMELY SLOW

Hearst's weakness in Greater
New York was again demonstrated
today when almost complete re-
turns show that with the exception
of governor the democratic state
ticket carried the whole metropolis
by pluralities far in excess of his.
Hearst was further Inundated by
returns from 81 out of OF counties,
which give Lewis Stuyvesant
Chanler an apparent lead over the
republican candidate. There are
eight counties still to be heard
from, however.
NEW YORK, November 7-Almost COM
plete returns from the Greater New York
for state offices show that aside from gov
ernor the democratic state ticket carried
the greater city by pluralities OF from 1885,
OCO to $4,000. This would indicate that I'M
less the republican candidates for Offices
below governor ran ahead of Hughes above
u
except governor. may have been elected.
Returns from upstate counties are as yet
too incomplete to warrant anything like am
accurate forecast.
Chanler in the Lead.
NEW YORK, November s--wfth nearly
complete returns from ffty-one of the six-
ty-one counties in the state. Lewis Stuy-
veSqnf CHAMBER 10 md Ira
pendence League candidate for lieutenant
governor, has lead over M. Linn Bruce.
the republican candidate, of 20,057. The
missing counties are Essex Hamilton,
Herkimer, Niagara. Ontario Orange Full
ton, Monroe. Rockland and Yates. ESTE
mated returns from Orange county give
Bruce plurality of .. 766, and an estimate
from Monroe credits Bruce with n lead of
5000 over Chanler. These figures, de-
Quoted from Chambers whole plurality
leaves him with lead of IA POI, with eight
counties still to be heard from. The re-
turns are coming in extremely slow. and
the count on the remainder of the state
ticket is as far from being complete as il
the total for lieutenant governor. In many
instances the county clerks to whom the
returns Of the county balloting is made
have not yet opened the scaled envelopes in
which the ofAcial reports of voting are in
closed Some of these probably will not be
opened for several days, and the complete
official vote will not be available until that
is done.
Murphy Wanted Hearst.
NEW YORK, November s.--Timothy L.
Woodruff. chairman of the republican
state committee was at headquarters to-
day. He said he was not in position to
make any statement and would make no
claims or concessions
The count in Queens county is under in
vestigation by the Office of the state at.
torney general The reason for 1t is UNI
known.
Charles f. Murphy. leader of Tammany
Hall, was asked if he was satisfied with
the result of the election. Il am not" he
replied. Il wanted the head of the ticket
elected"
Are you satisfied with Tammany's
work. he was asked.
Yes, We did our partial we could
do" he replied.
When asked what the occasion was for
Chairman Corners call for a meeting of
the democratic state committee, Mr. MUIR
ply said: The upstate count is very
close, and the meeting will be for the
purpose of guarding the interests of the
democratic state ticket.