The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
HUGHES REELECTED
BY BIG PLURALITY

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so that he came down to the Harlem
bridge nearly 100000 behind the presi-
Dental candidate. The civic sentiment
in Greater New York, however, saved
the day. He did not lose proportion
ately here. There was not the same
percentage of loss in any assembly dis
trict in Greater New York, and so the
final returns on the governor gave him
practically the majority he had two
years ago over Hearst
Chanler failed utterly to get out the
vote that his hackers expected in
greater New York. He did not even
get as many votes as his opponent CON
ceded to him before the polls opened.
Early in the evening the indications
were that Chanler would be victorious
Fragmentary returns from various
state and city districts so cheered his
followers that at the Hoffman house
and other democratic headquarters
sporting men were betting 2h to l on
his chances.
TAMMANY GETS SURPRISE
By o'clock, however, the tide turned
and to the establishment <of Tammany
and the other interests who had worked
for Chanler, the turning was right
here in greater New York. Every time
cheer followed a Hughes loss upstate
corresponding period of depression
came with the announcement of a tre-
mendous Hughes gain in the. city.
Those cities where labor has a large
vote-Albany, Troy, Rochester, SYRIA
cuse, Schenectady and Elmira-were all
won by the governor. Albany county
the home of William Barnes xJrs swho
led the revolt against Hughes renom-
ination, gave Hughes a plurality es-
timated at 1880.
There were no more persistent and
determined voters anywhere in the
state today than the i-Hughesites
| in the districts including Sheepshead
Bay, Brighton beach, and, Coney Island
Men prominent in racetrack affairs
hustled all day in those districts to get
out the full vote of racetrack followers
and according to all reports they sue
ceeded wondrously well.
From o'clock in the morning until
the polls closed Superintendent Mike
Dumphy and Secretary Theodore Rec
burger of the -Gravesend track, the
home of the Brooklyn jockey club
! mobile routing out the voters and no
man who registered escaped this small
vigilant committee.
At the Sheepshead Bay track. in the
Coney Island jockey club bailiwick, the
voting was so heavy that the election
district had to be split up and an extra
polling place provided.
The Cavanagh special, which brought
a crowd of the loyal turtles, variously
estimated at from 500 to 1000 men
from the Pimlico racetrack, on the out
skirts of Baltimore. arrived in the cit,
at 8 o'clock this morning. Though
many of them had had little sleep they
hurried down to the racetrack districts
and held early morning "acceleration'
meetings while waiting for the polls te
| open.
Governor Hughes came in for strong
condemnation on all Sides A second
contingent OF the racetrack followers
came in on regular trains as well al
the congressional special. The Balti.
more crowd put their votes In at the
rate of one minute as soon as the
polls opened, then hurried back te
Pimlico. A good many of them caught
the 6:45 train out of Jersey City.
The Pimlico reserves divided into
small battalions and each division pro-
ceeded. to the polling places in which Its
members were registered. Mortimer
Mahoney, close co-worker of John G.
Cavanagh, who looked after the bookies
in their heyday. had charge of the bal
! loting army.