The Mena weekly star., 1909-11-11
HENEY WAS BEATEN
SAN FRANCISCO GRAFT PROSE cuToR LOST BY MAJORITY
 OF ls.ooo VOTES.
THE RESULT IN OTHER CITIES
Republicans Regain Control In Ne hraska--Brand WhItIock Reelected Mayer o5f4 7F=sssissse es--Demoerats Lose
 Massachusetts by Very Close Margin.

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 San Francisco, Nov. 4--shortly af- ter midnight Francis J. Honey, con. ceding his defeat for district attorney. said.
 eThe first battle for equality before the law has been fought and lost, but the war against graft will continue to he waged by all true soldiers who have been fighting with me in the great cause of common honesty, common de. cency and civic righteousness.
 aWe have been defeated In this cleo ton. but the sober. moral sense of the community will again reassert itself and San Francisco will yindicate itself before the world I retract nothing have said in tne recent campaign. have no regrets except for poor San Francisco and the many thousands of persons who fought shoulder to shonl- der with me In the good fight. l will continue the fight and be right here two years from now"
 Estimates based on count of 50 per cent of the total vote are that Charles NJ. Fickert's majority over Heney will reach 13,00e. and that P. H, Mccarthy, the union labor candidate for mayor, was elected by a plurality of 5000.
 Rudolph spreckles. one of Heney's packers. said
 ''We will get together in the morn ing and organize for the next cam paign. Now Is the time for every man to come out into the open
 Omaha. Nov. 4--ElectIon returns from the state are too meager to show conclusively which party has won. but enough is known to make 1t certain that the majority given William ] Bryan a year ago has been almost. If not quite. wiped ont. Indications are that the Republicans have elected their three candidates to the supreme bench. making that court solidly Re publican.
 That party also made clean sweep in this (Douglas) county and in Lam caster county (I.incoln). both of which went Democratic year ago. The vote was much smaller than that of last year.
 Philadelphia. Nov Philadelphia reelected Samuel P. Rotan, Republi- can candidate for district attorney by large majority. His opponent was D. Clarence Gibboney. long leader of the reform element and widely known by his connection with the Law and Order society Rotan's majority was more than 45.000 The vote was the largest in the city's history.
 On the state ticket the Republicans elected ] A stober, state treasurer: A. F. Sisson. auditor general. and Robert von Moschzisker. judge of the supreme court Two years ago John o. Eheatz. Republican. was elected state treasurer by 146.224 plurality.
 
 Toledo, O.. Nov 4-Brand WhItiock, author and political successor of the late Golden Rule" Mayor, Samuel NJ. Jones, was elected mayor for third time. Practically the entire independ- ent ticket was elected with him. in- cluding the council Fairly complete returns show that Whitlocks plurality over David T. Davis. Republican. is approximately 4.5oe, compared with 6.so0 two years ago. Mayor Whitlock's platform was a three-cent street car fare
 Trenton. N. J.. Nov. 4.--The returns thus far indicate that the Republicans will retain control of both branches of the legislature In Jersey City Mayor Wittpenn, Democrat, has been re- elected by large majority The Dem- ocrats have elected a mayor in Bay onne for the first time in 12 years. The Democrats carried Trenton by a large majority, re-electing Mayor Walter Madden.
 Boston, Nov. 1.-The Republicans rarried Massachusetts in state cleo lion by the narrowest margin in nearly quarter of a century The party ticket was reelected, but Gov Drap- CTS plurality Of 60.00o last year was cut 5000. while that of Lieut.. Gov. Louis 4 Buckingham. which was &C., 900 in 1908. was reduced to 1000 votes.
 The Democrats also made gains In
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