Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-11-04
TAMMANY MAYOR.
BUT SAVES LITTLE ELSE IN
GREATER NEW YORK
ELECTIONS.
TOM JOHNSON Is BEATEN
Usual Election Disorders Occur in
Kentucky. Heney Beaten For
District Attorney In San
Francisco.

Francisco.
New York-Tammany elected an
other mayor of Greater New York, but
lost it's grip on city finances. William
j. Gaynor, Brooklyn swept the five
boroughs to victory as mayor by at
least 10000 plurality, defeating Otto
T. Barnard, Experimentation, and
VIM. Randolph Hearst, Independent.
He failed, however, to carry his ticket
with him and the Republican-Fusion
forces will control absolutely the board
of estimate and apportionment which
will disburse approximately $1,000
100000 during the administration.
This is more than half a defeat for
Tammany, for the control of the board
of estimate was one of the principal
issues of the campaign. In addition
the Republican Fusionists elected
Charles Whitman district attorney,
who defeated George Gordon Battle,
the Democratic nominee, by at least
10000 plurality, and John S. Shea, for
sheriff over Christopher D. Sullivan
Democratic by approximately 10000.
With a total of 16 votes in the
board of estimate, the Republican,
Fusion forces will yet have II votes,
two more than the necessary MAORI
ty.
Hearst ran poor race. Once de-
~ f1, I1o W
against Mcclellan in 1905, he went
down with a total of less than 100000,
as against approximately 245,O00 for
Gaynor and 174,0O0 for Barnard.
With but 36 election districts out of
1879 missing, the total vote Of the
greater city for the three candidates
was as follows:
Gaynor, 243,870. p 4,
Barnard, 174,399. = y: f:,
Hearst, 148,549. ~~@'' 'N''''S
This gives Gaynor lead of 70,470
over Barnard and 95,321 over Hearst.
Signature Law Tried.
The features of the election were
the general absence of disorder and
the rapidity with which the vote was
cast, notwithstanding the unwieldly
and complicated ballots.
Although many arrests were made
for violation of the election law, the
greater part of these were found to be
due to clerical errors or misunder-
standings. The professional repeater
and the guerilla were chiefly notable
by their absence.
Credit for this satisfactory state Of
affairs was given largely to the new
signature law, put into practice for
the first time in New York municipal
election. Under this law, every voter
after reviewing his ballot is compelled
to write his name and have it COM
pared with the signature which he
made at the time of registration.
Massachusetts.
The Republicans carried Massachu-
sets by the narrowest margin in the
state for nearly a quarter Of century.
Nearly the entire ticket was elected,
but Diapers plurality Of 10000 last
year was cut to 100000. While Louis
A. Frothinghams which was $4,000
in 1908, was reduced to 1000 votes.
The next legislature will show the
customary Republican majority in
both branches.
In Boston, District Attorney Ar
thur D. Hill was defeated by his Demo
cratic opponent, Joseph G. Pelletier.
indianapolis.
In the municipal elections held
throughout Indiana the Republicans
scored several important victories, the
most vital of which was in Indianapo-
lis. Samuel Lewis Shank, the Repub-
ll1an candidate for mayor, and the en-
tire Republican ticket were elected by
majorities ranging from 1000 to 1,50O.
Louisville.
Through the returns from 80 scat
atty slightly, late indications are that
w. o. Head (Dem.) mayorality candi-
date has won over Mayor James F.
Grinstead, Republican candidate for
reelection by 1000. The election of
the entire Democratic ticket for coun-
is conceded by the Republicans.
New York State.
The election throughout the state
for members of the assembly resulted
| in the choice Of lower branch of the
legislature having Republican ma
jority of about SO, as compared with
a Republican majority of 48 in the
last assembly.
City and town elections were held at
many points with varying results.
| Louis Fuhrmann, Dem, was elected
mayor of Buffalo; James B. McEwan,
Rep, mayor of Albany; Hiram N.
Edgerton, Rep, reelected mayor of