Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-06

New York, Nov. Each successive
recapitulation today affirmed the
crushing defeat of Tammany in yester,
day's election. The organization was
not only engulfed in plurality sof
more than 10000 votes with which
the fusionists elected John Purroy
Mitchell. mayor OF New York City, but
in many upstate districts severe, re
huke was administered to the Tam.
many democracy that has been IN con-
troll OF the state since the days OF
Gov. Hughes.
William Sulzer, deposed by Tam
many.s exposure of his unlisted cam
paign contributions was reelected to
public Office. less than, three weeks
having intervened since he was re-
moved from the governors chair. He
8 will return to Albany in January as y
member Of the assembly. Many of the
legislators who voted to 1mpeach MIN
met defeat, with the.result that ne Will
sit in an anti-Tammany house. On the
basis Of incomplete returns 1t was esti-
mated that the next assembly will be
composed of IS republicans, IL pro-
gressives and 48 democrats. Many OF
the latter were said to be men Of pro-
gressive or independent tendencies
Mitchell Easy Winner.
The fusionists won the mayoralty
contest in New York with a plurality
almost as large as that which the Tam
many chieftain Charles F. Murphy had
said yesterday would elect Charles e..
Mccall. Returns we're still lacking
from a few districts early today, but a
Mitchell plurality of 100000 to 115,000
was certain. The borough Of Brooklyn
showed a vote Of $4,000 toward the
plurality or more than half Of the ad-
vantage which spelled the Tammany
rout while Manhattan gave Mitchell a
plurality of about 10000.
With much reduced pluralities, but
by safe margin, the fusionists elec-
ted William A. Prendergast, comptrol-
Ter OF the city and Geo. McAneny,
president of the board of aldermen.
They kept out of Tammany's hands the
three principal boroughs, Manhattan,
Brooklyn and the Bronx, and thus in
creased the anti-Tammany majority
on the board of estimates which con-
trolls the city's expenditures.
The fusion vote on the board will
be IA to Tammany's two.
A fusion majority in the board of
aldermen was also elected.
Two democratic congressman were
elected in the city. from the thirteenth
and twentieth districts. From the for
mer. Geo. w. Lof was chosen to arc-
ceed the late Timothy D. Sullivan.
Jacob H. Cantor was elected in the
twentieth to succeed Francis Burton
Harrison.
May Fight Barnes.
Albany, N. Y, Nov. Sit being
generally conceded around the capitol
today that the republicans would have
a safe majority in the state assembly,
speculation turned to the probable
nominee for speaker.
Harold j. Hinman Of Albany. minor
ity leader in the present assembly was
generally regarded as the choice Of
State Chairman William Barnes for
the speakership. Hinhan was re-
elected yesterday by the largest plur-
ality he has ever received.
If there was no internal dissension
in the republican pariy, Hinman prob
ably would win easilyS But not all Of
the republicans are pleased with the
rule of Mr.. Barnes. With their eyes on
the day when they shall measure
strength with the state chairman in an
effort to oust him from the state COM
nittee, the insurgents are desirous Of
preventing him from installing his
speaker in the next assembly.
There seems little doubt that the in,
surgents action will decline to caucus
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