The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-11-07
TAMMANY LOST At ALL
POINTS IN ELECTION
Gets One of Most Crushing De-
feats in Its Long History.
mitchell CHOSEN MAYOR.
SulZer Goes to Assembly, Which
Will be Controlled by the
Republicans.

Republicans.
New York, Nov. 5-Each success
sive recapitulation today affirmed the
crushing defeat of the Tammany
forces in yesterdays elections in New
York state
The organization was not only en-
quilted in plurality of over $4,000
votes by which the fusionists elected
John Purroy Mitchell mayor of New
York city, but in many upstate dis
tricts of the state a severe rebuke
was administered to the Tammany
Democracy that has been in control
OF the state since the days of Cover
nor Hughes.
William Sulzer, deposed from the
governorship by Tammany's expos
ure of his unlisted campaign contri-
buttons, was elected to public office.
less than three weeks having inter
vened since he was removed from the
governors chair. He will return to
Albany in January as member of
the assembly.
Many of the legislators who voted
to impeach Sulzer met defeat with
the result that he will sit in an anti
Tammany house. On the basis of in
complete returns it was estimated
that the next assembly will be com
posed of S5 Republicans, II Pro-
gressives and 45 Democrats. Many
of the latter were said to be men of
| Progressive or independent ten
dencies
The fusionists won the mayoralty
contest in New York with a plurality
almost as large as that which the
Tammany chieftain, Charles F.. Muir
ply, had said yesterday would elect
Edward F.. Mccall. Returns were
still lacking from a few districts
early today, but Mitchell plurality
of 12O, 900 was conceded
The vote of the borough of Brook
lyn complete showed a contribution
Of $4,000 toward the plurality, or
more than half of the advantage
which spelled the Tammany rout,
while Manhattan gave Mitchell a
| plurality Of about 10000.
BOARD OF ESTIMATE.
With much reduced pluralities, but
by safe margin, the fusionists elect
ed William A. Prendergast comp
troller of the city, and George Nc
Aneny president of the board of al
dermen. They kept out of Tam
many's hands the presidency of the
three principal boroughs, Manhattan,
Brooklyn and the Bronx and thus
ty on the board of estimate.
The fusion vote on the board will
be IA TO Tammany's 2. This board
controls the city's expenditures A
fusion majority on the board of al
dermen was also elected.
Two Democratic congressman were
elected i'm the city-from the thir-
teenth and twentieth districts. From
the former, George w Loft was chos-
en- to succeed the late Timothy d.
Sullivan. Jacob II. Cantor was elect
ed in the twentieth to succeed
Francis Burton Harrison.
SPORTS GUESSED RIGHT.
The 81 told you so" sentiment was
nowhere more prevalent today than
in the Wall street district, where
those who follow betting pointed to
the currency with which yesterday 5
results were foreshadowed in recent
wagers. Although it amounted to the
smallest total in years, 100000 was
said to have been placed in bets dur
ing the campaign.
The first odds made Edward +
Mccall, the Tammany mayoralty can.
didate, a slight favorite, and after
the death of Mayor Gaynor even
money was quoted on Mitchell and
Mccall until the day after Governor
Sulzer was deposed when the Wal
street betters interpreted this as un.
favorable to Tammany
The odds in favor of Mitchell stead.
lily heightened until during the week
preceding election they ruled as high
as 5 to /, but there was little Nc.
Call money to be obtained.
Only twice since 1888, it was de.
clared in Wall street today, have the
final odds quoted in the financial dis.
trict been in error in foreshadowine
the results of national. state and mu.
nicipal elections. The exceptions
were in the presidential elections OF
1888 and 1892, in each of which
campaigns the opposing candidates
were Grover Cleveland and Benjamin
Harrison.
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