Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-03

| 1t and place it in the hands of the l officials.
 Both Hearst and Justice Gaynor were more tardy about getting their ballots in. Mir. Hearst voted in an uptown i garage shortly after noon, and Justice | Gaynor appeared at a little Brooklyn | tailor shop where he cast his ballot, only an hour before the time assigned for the polls to close. Both were pret- | ty thoroughly photographed while they were preparing to vote.
 The Betting. The betting odds which had made | Justice Gaynor l to favorite last night advanced still more in his favor during the day. By the time the polls closed Gaynor money went begging at 1 to 3. There was far less confidence among the bettors, however, as to the remainder of the democratic ticket, and the Gaynor men demanded slight odds on the entire city ticket. With Gay nor quoted at to 3, Barnard money 1 asked to 1 and Hearst dropped to 8 to 1.
 Ballots Marked Before Being Handed to Voter. Herbert Parsons, the republican county chairman, said tonight that the election had been the hardest fought municipal contest ever held in New York. Tt is true that this has been a quiet election" he said but there has been much crookedness and think we shall hear more of this later. Our watchers reported all day long that ballots had been found already marked with a cross in the democratic column before being handed to the voter. There were other peculiar things going on, too, how generally I cannot say at this time"
 With a total of sixteen votes in the board of estimate, the republican, fusion forces, even counting out the election of the borough presidents of the Bronx and Staten Island, will yet have eleven votes, two more than the necessary majority.
 The Vote for Mayor.
 With only twenty-one election dis tricts missing, the vote for mayor was as follows:
 Gaynor, democrat, 246,715.
 Barnard, republican fusion, 175,062.
 Hearst, independent, 15O 560.
 Gaynors' plurality, 71,653.
 First Returns Foreeasted the Result.
 From almost the moment the returns began to come in it was apparent that Gaynor was elected and as early as o'clock the republicans conceded his election. In Staten Island only did Barnard poll vote anywhere near the democratic candidate. There Gaynor's plurality was only 2,O43.
 In Long Island alone Hearst ran second.
 The race for the district attorney ship appeared to be close at first but as returns came in it was apparent that Whitman was leading Battle by approximately 25,00O.
 Tammany was also defeated in the struggle for supreme court justices in New York county with the election of Nathan Blur, Edward J. Gavegan and Alfred R. Page, all republican fusion candidates, by safe majorities.
 Whitman, the New District Attorney,
 Born in Norwich.
 Charles S. Whitman, the new district attorney, and the supreme court vic tory places the reform element in con trol of important factors of the judi cial machinery of the city and county. MT Whitman was best known as the originator of the night municipal court and was born in Norwich, Conn.,, Al years ago, and later graduated from Amherst college and the New York University Law school. In 1901 he gave up modest private practice to become assistant corporation counsel and legal advisor to Mayor Seth Low. who later appointed him a police mag istrate. He became president of the city magistrates, but resigned when appointed to the court of general ses- sions by Governor Hughes. In 1907 he was defeated for reelection.