South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-11-06
TAMMANY ROUTED
BY THE RETURNS
Mitchell Elected Mayor of New
York by a Plurality of 108,-
000-SuIzer Elected by a
Big Vote.

NEW YORK. Nov. s. - Voters of
New York have humbled and stripped
nammany hall of its power by elect
ing John Purroy Mitchell. the fusion
nominee. mayor by a plurality. accord
ing TO revised returns. Of about 1885,
600. MitcheFs strength carried
through the balance OF the fusion
ticket. Predictions were made that
Chas. F. Murphy will be eliminaed as
a political figure in the future.
The toga Of leadership Is expected
to fall upon the shoulders of u. s.
sen. Jas A. O'Gorman. which means
the Wilson contingency in the demo-
cratic party would assert dominancy.
There was an overthrow through
out the state. The repu blicans Sc
cured control OF the assembly. This
puts the Empire state IN the position
of having a democratic executive but
a republican legislature
Sulzer was swept into office upon a
triumphant wave of popularity and
declared that he felt he had been COM
pletely indicated OF the charges
brought against him while he was
governor. The Sulzer victory was an
other smash in the face of Tammany,
for Sulzer and his cohorts among all
the anti-Tammany factions, conferred
their assaults upon Murphy and his
organization.
According TO revised figures the re-
publicans will have SO seats out of $50
in the next assembly, while the pro-
greSsives claim II to 20.
Lunn Defeat Is Surprise.
One of the big surprises was the de-
feat of Mayor George r. Lunn Of
Schenectady, who was seeking re-
election on the socialist ticket Louis
VIII, and out and out progressive.
was elected mayor of Syracuse. while
Louis p. F>uhrmann, an anti-organ
democrat, was elected mayor of Buff
falo. There was a democratic land
slide at Troy, but the republicans car
ried the day in Albany and Rochester.
Marcus NJ. Marks fusionist, the
newly elected borough president of
Manhattan, is a student OF sociological
questions and promises innovations in
his office. The boroughs Of Brooklyn
and the Bronx Independents were
elected; in Richmond and Queens
borOughs, democratic organization
men were elected borough president.
This result gives Tammany but two
votes out of sixteen in the board of
estimation and appOrtiOnment, the
legislative branch Of the municipal
government.
There was no contest for district at
torney of New York, the incumbent,
Charles s. Whitman, winning hands
down No sooner had Mr. Whitman
learned that Mitchell had been elected
mayor than he pledged the power Of
the district attorneys ONCE to give the
city the best and cleanest administra-
ton ii has ever had.
Mitchell Youthful Mayor.
Mitchell is the youngest mayor New
York city has ever had. He tends
towards radicalism and many political
opponents worked against him be-
cause they feared he would try to
carry out socialiStic experiments.
Charles Edward Russell, the social
list candidate for mayor, made show
ing which was disappointing to his in
innate friends and followers. But
this was explained by the hostility be-
tween the Tammany and anti-Tam-
many forces, which clouded everything
beyond the range Of the Mitchel-Mc-
Call fight.
Although SulZer won his own con-
test, be lost his fight against Aaron ].
Levy, one Of the managers of the Sui
ger impeachment, whom the eX-gov-
ernor tried TO keep from being elect
ed to the bench OF the municipal
court Levy had a plurality of 600
over his two opponents.