The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-03
FusiOnists Make Clean Sweep of
Everything Else.
HENEY is DEFEATED
Union Labor Scores Triumph
in San Francisco.
Mayor Tom johnson Meets His
Waterloo i'm Cleveland.

New York, Nov. 3.-The forces of Fu-
sion will be in practical control of New
York city's government after January
10, next, although the Democratic can
didate for mayor. William J. Gaynor.
was elected to that Office yesterday by a
plurality of approximately $4,000 votes.
With the exception of mayor. the Fusion
sweep was complete Not another DEM
ocratic candidate on the city or county
tickets won success.
The Fusion forces. by electii.g their
candidates for comptroller and presi-
dent of the board of aldermen, together
with the victory of Fusion and Anti
Tammany candidates for the preSiden-
cies of all five boroughs, will give the
opposition to Tammany IL out of 16
votes in the important board of esti-
mates. This board will have in its
hands during its term of office the ex-
penditure of practically one billion dol
lars.
On the county ticket the Fusionists
elected theif candidates for district at
torney, sheriff. county clerk, register
and city court judge, which, with their
other victories will place nearly every
bit of patronage in the greater city in
their hands.
Complete returns on the vote for
mayor show the following:
Gaynor 250,678; Barnard 1852;
Hearst 153 S43. Gaynor's plurality 73 016.
Below mayor. the Fusion candidates
on the city ticket won by substantial
pluralities, that of Prendergast. for
comptroller. being approximately $1,000
and that of Mitchell. for president of
the board of alderman $4,000.
The borough presidencies all went to
the Fusion or Anti-Tammany candidates
In Manhattan, George McAneny was
elected by a plurality of $500; in the
Bronx, C. c. Miller won by 1850 votes;
in Brooklyn, A. E. Steers had a mar
gin of Is, 900; in Queens, Lawrence Gres-
ser: Independent won by 1900 plurality,
while N the borough of Richmond.
George Cromwell. the Fusionist. had
100000 plurality.
The strength of the Fusionists in
New York county was Indicated by the
plurality of $4,000 votes which Chas. S.
Swyman, the Fusion nominee for dis
trict attorney received over George Cor
don Battle the Democrat. John s..
Shea, Fusionist. was elected for sheriff
by a plurality approximating 1900.
The Democratic candidate for the city
court bench, George F. RoeSch, was
showed under by $4,000 votes by his Fu-
sionist opponent. Richard H. Smith.
The board of aldermen will be COM
posed of AZ Democrats and 36 Fusion
lists.
From present indications the state
assembly will have a Republican, major
ity of 43, a Democratic gain of 5. There
was no election for members of the
senate.
CharleS r. MURPHY, leader OF ram
many Hall, would not discuss today the
report that in view of the loss to Tam
many of the board of estimate and ap-
portion1nept he would resign as Tam
mapy's leader at the December meet
ipg of the county and executive COM
mittees.
An interesting result was revealed
in the complete vote tabulated today,
which gives Hearst 81 more votes
than Barnard in the boroughs of
Manhattan and the Bronx.
In Kings county the. Democrats saw
ed their county ticket, including sher-
iff. by pluralities ranging from 5000
to 1000.