Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-03
GAYNOR ELECTED
MAYOR0F GOTHAM
Early Returns Indicate Tammany
Candidate Has Carried City by
About Seventy Thousand.
BARNARD COMEDIES HIS DEFEAT
Says Republicans Will Control Board
of Estimate.
MASSACHUSETTS Is REPUBLICAN
Governor Draper is Reelected by
Decreased Plurality.
CLEVELAND AND CINCINNATI
Republican Mayors Are Elected in
Each of These Cities-shanS,
Republican, Chosen Mayor
of Indianapolis.
Says Republicans Will Control Board
of Estimate.
MASSACHUSETTS, Is REPUBLICAN
Governor Draper is Reelected by
Decreased Plurality.
.CLEVELAND AND CINCINNATI


NEW YORK, Nov AIT 3 o'clock returns |
from 800 election districts in New York |
City out of 1879 gave Gaynor, democrat, |
3l,1SS Barnard, fusion 9l,T6S Hearst, in /
dependent, 1855. II this proportion is |
maintained Gaynor will have a plurality of |
1900 over Barnard and the latter a plural |
ity of 81, 90 over Hearst
AT o'clock the returns from 500 election |
districts in New York City for comptroller, |
give Prendergast, fusion, $780, Moore, |
democrat, 71471.
If this proportion is maintained Prend-
ergast will have a plurality of 10000
At the same hour the returns from 495
districts in New York for president Of the
Board of Aldermen gave Mitchell, fusion,
81 G56; Calvin, democrat, 7l,722. If this pro-
portion is maintained Mitchell will have
a plurality of $1,000.
Barnard comedies the Gaynor victory,
but maintains that the fusion forces will
control the Board of Estimate.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-The features of to-
days election were the general absence of
disorder and the rapidity with which the
vote was cast, Notwithstanding the un-
wieldy and complicated ballots
Although many arrests were made for
violation of the election laws. the greater
part Of these were found to be due to cler-
ical errors or Observation-Disclosures The pro-
fessional 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 receiving his ballot,
is compelled to write his name and have
it compared with the signature which he
made at the time Of registration.
Polls Well watched.
| If ever a New York election was well
watched it was todays. Every polling
place had its full quota of watchers, in
cluding nearly 1000 college students from
/ Columbia, Yale and Princeton and other
nearby Institutions who were distributed
throughout the greater city. The entire
police force Of lO,1OO men was on duty be-
fore daylight the majority of them at the
polling places, with squads of plain
clothes" scouts and detectives ready for
any emergency.
| Robert A. Taft, the presidents son, who
was among the earliest college men to
volunteer as a watcher, was stationed early
IN the day at a Third avenue polling place.
His presence, however, proved such an at
traction to the East Side crowd that the
police were called upon TO dlsperse the
spectators and young Taft was transferred
to work as a republican scout" For the
remainder Of the day he spent his time
hurrylng by automobile from voting place
to voting place, investigating reports OF
trouble and witnessing the playing Of the
political game in hundred different cor
/, ners Of the greater city. Elihu Root, jr
also studied the election system of the
city as a scout-watcher. Today's weather
was all that could be desired.
Barnard Votes Early.
Otto T. Barnard. the republican nomine,
for the mayoralty, voted early. A Ions
line of his supporters kept up a continue
cheering during the minute or two which
1t took him to receive his ballot, mark /
and place 1t in the hands of the officials
Both Hearst and Justice Gaynor wer,
more tardy about getting their ballots in
Mr., Hearst voted in an uptown garag,
, shortly after noon and Justice Gaynor ap
peared at a little Brooklyn tailor shop
where he cast his ballot. only an hour be
fore the time assigned for the polls 4
close. Both were pretty thoroughly flash
lighted and snap-shotted while they wer
h preparing to vote.
{ Mayor Elected in New York.
r BUFFALO, n. Y, Nov. 2-Louis T
e Fuhrmann (dem) was elected mayor toda
4 by 1,246 plurality. The remainder of tn
y democratic city ticket was defeated wit
e the exception Of John c. Betz, for asses
Il sor, who was elected by plurality OF 100
o ALBANY-James b. McEwan (rep) wa
h elected mayor OF Albany over George c
Hisgen, candidate of the democrats an
IT Independents by an estimated plurality G
e 900. Mr. MeEwan is postmaster Of tn
e city
n ROCHESTER-Hiram II. Edgerton (rep
D. was reelected mayor by a majority {
p 6,45l. This insures the election Of all fiy
candidates for members Of assembly. Mayo
.g Edgertons majority two years ago wa
"a lbs.
TRoY-Mayor Elias II. Mann (rep) r,
d elected.
n UTICA-Gilmore (dem.) Is elected mayo
At OSWEGO-JOhn Fitzgibbons (dem
x elected mayor.
Dr. sYRACUsE-Edward sehoeneck Uep
elected mayor.
to AUBURN-Thomas H. oNem Crep) W,
d elected mayor. -
n (dem) was elected mayor.
st BINGHAMTON-Mayo Clarence !
Slauslon (rep) was today defeated for r
D. election by John J. Irving Cdem.l by abor
n 100 plurality. All Of the rest Of the r
publican ticker was elected