Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-08
FUSION CANDIDATE
WINS IN NEW YORK
JOHN PURROY mitchell CHOSEN
AS THE MAYOR OF NEW
YORK CITY.
TAMMANY WAS SHOWED UNDER
William SuIzer, Recently Deposed
Governor, Elected to Assembly
on the Progressive Ticket.
Democrats Victorious.

| New YOrk.-Fusion carried New
/ York City Tuesday, electing John
! Purroy Mitchell mayor by approx
mately $1,000 plurality and retaining
control OF the important board OF es-
innate by safe margin.
Tammany Hall saw its nominee for
the mayoralty, Edward E. Mccall, 90
down to defeat by one of the biggest
/ pluralities ever given against can
didate of the organization. The big
| vote for Mitchell pulled through the
| fusion candidates for president of the
! board of aldermen and controller,
| George McAneny and William a.
Prendergast, against whom the indie
pendence League as well as the demo
cratic organization candidates were
running.
The election of Mitchell was early
apparent, but not until nearly two
! thirds of the returns were in was the
success of McAneny and Prendergast
assured.
Apparently, with the exception of
assemblymen in the districts which
| usually go democratic and minor Of
fices in some of the boroughs. Tam
many succeeded in electing only one
of its nominees-Maurice f. Connolly,
for borough president of Queens.
The fusionists elected borough pres
idents in Brooklyn, the Bronx and
Richmond, and apparently have pulled
through their candidate for president
of the borough of Manhattan, Marcus
Vi. Parks, by small majority over
DR.. Thomas Darlington, Tammany.
The result thus indicated would leave
Tammany but one vote out of the six
teen in the board of estimate, which
controls the city's purse. \ fusion
majority in. the board of aldermen also
seems assured.
In the Sixth Assembly District Viii
liam Sulzer, recently depOsed as gov
ernor, was elected on the progressive
ticket.
Tammany leaders early conceded
the election of Mitchell, but it was not
until nearly midnight that they would
concede the board of estimate to
fusion.
1T looks as if We had lost every,
thing. Secretary Thomas Smith OF
Tammany Hall finally admitted
At the same time Samuel S. Koe-
mig, chairman of the republican coun-
ty committee, claimed the election OF
the entire fusion ticket in the greater
city and of the New York County
ticket as well.
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam.
many Hall, followed shortly with a
brief statement.
THE result speaks for ITSELF" he
said. Mr.. Mitchell has been elected
by majority of the voters. His OPP
ponents join in the wish that he may
have successful administration and
hope that it will be of substantial
benefit to the city
/ In three es-Massachusetts New
Jersey and Virginia-where guberna-
torial elections were held Tuesday,
the democrats were successful by
large pluralities; and in Maryland the
democrats elected a United States SEN
ator and congressman and late returns
indicated democratic gains with a
probability of a two-thirds majority
in both houses of the state legislature.
Virginia finished an uncontested
election for governor, Henry c. Stuart
being elected by a practically unani-
nous vote.
The four-cornered fight in Massa-
chusetts resulted in the election of
David /. Walsh, democrat and present
lieutenant governor. by a plurality of
more than $4,000 votes over Charles
S. Bird, progressive; Augustus p.
Gardner, republican, and Eugene n.
Foss, independent, who was three
times elected to the office as a demo-
crat.
The New Jersey returns indicated
the election of James F. Fielder (dem-
ocrat) for governor by a plurality of
more than 10000 over Edward c..
Stokes republican,, a former gov
ernor, and Everett Colby (progres-
sive). Also indicated gains in the as
sembiy which the democrats will prob
ably control by vote of 40 to 20.
The democrats will control the senate
II to 8.