Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-07

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 Throughout the state there has been . notable falling of in the vote from 1904. which was a presidential year. The Republican ticket showed tho greatest loss in this respect, especially in the cities.
 In claiming the election of MT. Hughes by large plurality Republican State Chairman Woodruff said:
 T knew all along we had lost the h. bor vote. Every possible thing was done to recover 1t, but think without avail"
 Close Shave In Brooklyn.
 There were many odd turns to tho balloting. Here in New York 1t was Richmond borough that defeated MT. Hearst for mayor year ago. and it was Brooklyn, with big plurality. which helped him. to make the race 70 close. This year Mir. Hearst barely car. ried Brooklyn and ran far ahead In Richmond.
 In Schenectady. one of tho best or. ganlxed labor cities In the United States. 1t was expected MT. Heart would have . substantial plurality. Tho Republican ticket was successful by 874 votes as against Higgins plural lty of 1921 two years ago.
 The New York delegation In congesA t is believed. will undergo only slight changes. Representative Wadsworth, father of the speaker of the New York assembly, has been defeated in the Thirty-fourth district. The speaker was reelected.
 Buffalo Goes For Hughes.
 Complete returns from Buffalo gave Hughes 31.9S2 and Hearst 32,O12. Utica complete returns gave Hughes I,5S6. Hearst 6,628.
 Syracuse gave Hughes 15.576. Heart i1,75O.
 The city of Albany went Republican by about 5000.
 Rochester, the center of Monroe coun- ty, was carried by Hearst by 731 plu- rallty in total vote of 35.0O0. The Re publlcans had figured on carrying Mon roe county by 10,0O0.
 Elmira, the largest city in Chemung county, was carried by Hearst. Tho total vote, which was considerably less than in 1904, indicated net loss in the city of 1.O06 votes for the Republican state ticket.
 Fine Weather In New York.
 Better weather for an election never favored the voters of Greater New York. The day was bright and crisp, and the early poll was unusually heavy in every section of the city. In many districts more than two-thirds of the registered vote had been boiled by tho hour of noon, and when the polls closed at o'clock practically the full regis tration had voted. Unusual vigilance was exercised at the polling places. All the interested parties had their watchers everywhere, and challenges were frequent. Four hundred arrests were made for alleged violations of the election laws.
 Among the early voters was Charles D. Hughes. the Republican candidate. Leaving his home in West End ave. nue before o'clock, Mfr. Hughes walk. ed to the polling place In his district, located in an Amsterdam avenue bar. Der shop. He was given ballot l40. and took but few moments to mark 1t and see 1t placed in the ballot box. He returned at once to his home and remained there during the day and tho evening.
 w. R. Hearst, the Democratic-Inde pendence league candidate. did not cast his vote until o'clock in the afternoon. He voted in m undertak. CTS establishment in East Twenty. ninth street. On the way to the poll. ing place Mir. Hearst was cheered by many people in the streets md on his way back home stopped to shake hands with several children. He remained at home throughout the day, receiving tue clcCtlOu Ielufub ONcf oPSSs"i Whv which had been run Into his house.
 Up to midnight neither Mir. Hearst nor his campaign managers would con. cede the election of Mir. Hughes. con- sistently maintaining that when all the votes would have been counted Mir. Hearst would have a safe majority.
 Leader ,Murphys Statement.
 Charles F. Murphy. leader of Tam. many Hall. who, with number of dis. trict leaders and candidates. received the returns at Tammany hall, just be- fore midnight said:
 Tt Is now clear to every one that at Buffalo this organization CTammany) did nothing more than recognize and obey the demands of the people,"
 This was Mir. Murphy's only com ment on the election.
 Mayor Mcclellan sent the following telegram to Charles E. Hughes:
 Accept the congratulations of one who, believing in Democracy. believes also that its highest interests are serv. ed by your election"
 At night New York city turned out Ito myriads of people for the usual cleo ton night revel. All the pent up enthu- siasm of an unprecedented state cam paign was vented in a frenzy of noise. Broadway. from Forty-second to Four teenth street. and along Park row. from Brooklyn bridge to the end of newspaper row." was one mass of