Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-05
Tammany Given Severe
Rebuke in New York
City ard State.
SULZER FOR ASSEMBLY
OepoSed Governor Returned to
Office and Many Who Voted
Against Him Defeated.

New York, Nov. Each successive
recapitulation today affirms the crush
! ing defeat of the Tammany forces in
yesterdays elections. The organiza-
| tion was not only engulfed by plural
| ity of over a hundred and ten thousand
votes with which the fusionists elected
John Purroy Mitchell mayor, but in
many of the upstate districts severe
rebuke was administered to the Tam
many democracy that has been in con-
troll in the state since the days of Gov
ernor Hughes.
William Sulzer, deposed by Tam
many's exposure of his unlisted cam
'"ign contributions, will return to AL
" in January as a member of the
assembly. Many Legislators who voted
to impeach him met defeat, with the
result that he will sit in an anti-Tam-
many house. On the basis of incom-
plete returns it is claimed the next as
sembly will be composed OF 50 repub-
licans, II progress.ve5 and As demo
Gratis. Many of the latter are said to
be of progressive or Independent ten
dencies.
f-nucf-reduced pfuralities but
with a safe margin. fusionists elected
William A. Prendergast, comptroller
of the city, and George McAneny pres
ident of the board OF aldermen. They
kept out of Tammany's hands the pres
idency of the three principal boroughs,
Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx,
and thus increased the anti-Tammany
majority on the board of estimate,
which controls the city's expenditures.
The fusion vote on the board will be
IA to Tammany'S .. A fusion major
ity on the board of aldermen was also
elected. Two democratic congressman
We're elected in the city.
Complete returns show Mitchell, fu-
sion, led Mccall, Tammany, by 121,-
209. Russell, socialist, polled 1,109.
Mccall ran behind his ticket in all
of the five boroughs
The election of Bartlett. democrat,
as chief Judge of the state court OF
appeals was conceded at republican
state headquarters.
GOOD GOVERNMENT WINS.
John Purroy Mitchell made the
statement:
The sincere personal qualification
l feel is tempered by my sense of deep
to my fellow citizens.
1t is not a personal triumph but & |
victory for the cause of good govern. |
ment.
II shall be mayor for all the people |
of New York. and not for any faction, !
division or party. | have only one 1
l,S& - - al ATa1.-
York City the best governed munich /
paiity in America.
ITO Judge Mccall l extend my sin !
cere greetings. He has reaped the /
whirlwind and suffered the conse- /
Iuences of intolerable conditions of /
a corrupt machine and leadership.
The campaign and its incidents are |
now history. and as mayor l shall in /
vite the cooperation of Judge Mccall /
as chairman of the public service COM
mission in carrying out the plans for |
rapid transit in the city.
The fight for good government has I
just begun, and / ask the cooperation
Of all the people
sULZER ALL SMILES.
There was jubilation unbounded in
ne IOTmST governor : headquarters dS 4
he court began to record Suffers vic
DRY. Sulzer himself was all smiles.
He regarded his triumph as a personal /
he said, and issued
thanking his supporters and /
scoring Charles F. Murphy. leader OF
Tammany hal, who. he declared was
condemned by the vote that gives the
district to William Sulzer as its rep
a. Albany.
THE people of the sixth assembly
district" Sulzer said in his statement,
think better Of me than Mr. Murphy
They know why Mr. Murphy removed
ne from the goyernorship; they know
when Mr.. Murphy asked me to- do
wrong I refused to do wrong. They
know when Mr. Murphy tried 20 bribe
ne refused 10 be bribed; they know
when Mr.. Murphy threatened me
iefied his threats. The voters have
low condemned Mr. Murphy. reversed
he decision of his high court of in
amy and vindicated me by the YER
lict of the polls. which in the last an
slysis is the opinion OF mankind