Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-08

changes now just because an election has
been held" said he. Il have said before
that commissioners should not be dis
turbed in holding or exercising office for
whim or any cause except incompetency
or dishonesty and such will continue to
be my attitude"
WASHINGTON, Nov. Z. = President
Roosevelt today issued the following
statement regarding election held Tuesday
last:
1.-THE president regards the result of the
election as extremely gratifying. He has
sent a letter of hearty congratulation to
Mr.. Heney to San Francisco.
THE victory in New Jersey was pre-
cisely what happened nine years ago in
the middle of President McKinley's ad-
ministration. He had carried New Jersey
by SS,OOO AS compared with the elections
next preceding the last presidential cleo
ton we have done decidedly better than
we did in 1903. Then, as on Tuesday.
Rhode Island and Maryland went against
US, but this year we have won sweeping
victory in Kentucky for the first time
since McKinley's first election, and the
victory in Massachusetts was also re-
markable.
"The showing in Pennsylvania is equally
good The showing in New York state, as
u
was the case prior to the last presidential
election. That the result in Manhattan
was due to purely local causes is shown
by comparing 1t with the decisive tri-
umphs in Brooklyn, Buffalo, Albany and
ir the state generally. The president s
home county of Nassau made a better
showing than 1t ever has in an off year
AS whole, the showing has been an I'M
provement over what 1t was <our and
eight years ago."
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1.-THE count
of the votes cast in the city and county
election was completed at 1880 p. m. today.
1t shows that of the 57,201 ballots cast
for mayor Dr. Edward r. Taylor, the
Good Government incumbent, received
rs, $685. P. H. Mccarthy, Union Labor,
1857; d. A. Ryan, Republican, 9277; Il.
L. Reguin, Socialist, 1903.
Taylor's plurality over Mccarthy is
II .1S9 and his majority over his three
opponents is All. OF the 58,OSl votes cast
for district attorney William H. Langdon,
Good Government incumbent, received
81, ,795; Frank MCGOWAN, Union Labor,
Is, ,97s; Ernest e. Kirk, Socialist 1888.
Iangdon's plurality over MCGOWAN is
1851 and his majority over his two
opponents is 19,50s.
The completed semi-official returns
show that not single Hepupllcan can
didate was elected and only the city
treasurer, John P. McDougald, and the
county clerk, Harry I. Mulcrevy, were
elected on the Union Labor ticket, each
by an insignificant pluranty The Good
Government forces elected the mayor, the
district attorney, solid board of super
yisors, the auditor, assessor, tax collec-
tor. recorder, city attorney, public ad-
ministrator, sheriff, coroner and two po-
lice judges.
Twenty-one charter amendments and
one ordinance were voted upon, chief
among them in popular interest being an
amendment empowering the people to
recall faithless public officials and elect
successors to them. BY a vote of 22,961
against 5565 the people adopted this rad
ical principle of municipal reform. Nlne-
teen of the twenty other amendments
were adopted and the proposed ordinance
reducing by 500 year the retail liquor
license was defeated.