The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-04
Rice Wins Over Martin By 2029
 In New Haven
Mullen, Hackett and Fresenius
 SurmOunt Landslide and Win Despite Mayoralty Handicap

New Haven, Oct. 4.-Despite a landslide for the head of the ticket. which carried Mayor Frank J. Rice pack into office with plurality over James B. Martin of 2,O29 votes, the Republicans, at the annual city cleo ton yesterday, failed to get three or the important city offices, that of controller, which went to Arthur D. Mullen, Democrat, with a plurality over Jonathan N. Rowe of 204; tax collector, which was carried by Will liam H. Hackett with the comfortable margin of 1,199, and treasurer, to which Henry Fresenius was re-elect- the small difference of 97 votes.
 The Republicans made clean sweep of the rest of the ci6y ticket and elected thirteen aldermen, which the board of 1912 and 1913.
 With the offices divided in this way, both parties found an excuse to celebrate last night and consequently the excitement around the center of the city was noticeably greater than usual.
 The citizens ticket, headed by ex- Senator Frank $. Butterworth, failed to cut in materially on Mayor Rice, and Butterworth got but 1,187 votes in the whole city. The Socialist can didate for mayor. Abram Ford, beat
  in itself was a big surprise as two years ago the Socialists. polled only 570 votes.
 The voting while heavy was lighter than was thought during the day and the final returns show that neither as in 1909. Furthermore the com bined votes given to Rice, Martin and Butterworth would not be SO large as the combined votes given to Rice and Martin two years ago. The fn- crease in the number of votes cast was so small that it can be accounted for by the natural growth in the city's voting strength.
 The Ninth ward, which it was claimed was going to be stum bling block for the Republicans, came up Rice as compared with 965 for Mar tin and 299 for iButterworth, both of whom live in this ward. The Social ists boiled over. 300 votes in this ward. V
 The Tenth ward gave an enormous majority for Rice. Martin got but 391 votes in this ward, while Rice got 1,319 and Butterworth 133.
 Altogether Mayor Rice carried nine out of the 15 wards and was not badly beaten in a single ward in the city, even in those that are seldom out of the Democratic column. The Fifth ward which is naturally slightly Democratic give Rice 306 votes and Martin but PIP.
 The frequency with which the tick cts were split xEas very noticeable and is clearly shown by the large margin given to Hackett and the. close mar gins by which, Fresenius and Mullen won as compared with the vote on the rest of the ticket.
 The victories of Hackett Fresenius and Mullen, especially the latter, are looked upon by the Democrats as par tial consolation for the defeat of the head of the ticket. Mullen made a fine run, and in the opinion of ex- perienced politicians did extremely well in defeating MT. Rowe who has held the office for 12 years. Rowe's change-over from one party to the other is believed to have lost many votes for him. l.
 in doubt until the last minute, when the final returns showed plurality of 97 for FreseniuS. There was re- port around the city early in the night that Lee had only defeated Allen for registrar of vital statistics by two votes. but when the official returns began to come in this was proved to be far from true for Lee pulled out with a plurality of over 1,400.
 The size of the majority given to Rice was a great surprise even to the. Republican leaders. It was more sur prising in view of the very confident and optimistic views of the Democrats, who prophesied a victory for Martin by about 800. The reports of the big Democratic vote being polled contin- ued, to pour in until the polls closed, when the actual counting proved just which way the vote was going. Many people who looked at the situation from a disinterested standpoint proph- esied a victory for Martin on the ground that the third ticket would take away good many Republican votes. but all "dope" seems to have been wrong.
 One of the surprises of the cleo tion was the fact that the 11th ward, which is usually Republican went Democratic. A