The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-07
HYLAN Defends HIS LOYALTY
HOW NEW YORK VOTED
"Hylan's plurality. ........1 1
with 72 districts missing.

New York, Nov John F. Hylan,
county judge of Kings county, was
elected mayor of New York Tuesday
by a plurality of more than 10000.
He carried with him the entire
Democratic city ticket, including
Charles L. Craig for comptroller, Al
fred E. Smith, now sheriff of New
York county, for president of the
board Of aldermen, and Edward
Swami for district attorney
Indications are that the Democrats
will have a majority in the board of
estimate, which controls the expendi-
ture of the city funds.
Mitchell Poor Second.
Mayor John P. Mitchell, who sought
reelection as fusion candidate, al
though not formally nominated by any
party, was poor second in the race.
With only q districts missing out
of 2,O6S, his vote was 145.459, COM
pared with 2SS. .435 for Hylan.
Morris Hillquit, the Socialist candi-
date, about whom rallied most of the
radical elements in the city and all
those who favor an immediate negO-
tiated peace, stood third, with 134, 800,
and William NJ. Bennett, who unex-
pectedly won the Republican primary
nomination from Mayor Mitchell, was
fourth with 51.956.
Result Never in Doubt.
From the time the returns were re-
ceived from the first 100 districts the
result never was in doubt 1t was evil
dent Hylan had scored an Oyerwhelm-
ing victory and again brought control
of the city administration into the
hands of Tammany Hall.
HillQuit was the first of the unsuc-
cessful candidates to admit his defeat.
The Republican county committee
announced at Z 80 that Hylan un-
doubtedly had been elected.
Other yictors in the city election
were:
Manhattan borough. president. Frank
L. Bowling, Dem. Brooklyn borough,
president, Edward Reigelnann, Dem.
Bronx borough, president. Henry
Bruckner, Dem; Queens borough.
president, Maurice E. Connolly, Dem. ;
Richmond borough. president, Calvin
d. Van Name, Dem.
Swami was reelected district attor-
ney of New York county by an esti-
mated plurality of about $4,000. Four
hundred election districts out of 739
gave him 54,96S: William L. Ransom,
the Republican-Fusion candidate, 33,-
954, and Joseph E. Corrigar. independ-
ent, 5,5S5.
Judge Hylan's plurality is the great
est given any victorious candidate for
mayor of New York since the consOli-
dation.
Loyal as Any, Says Hyian.
Judge Hylan's first act after being
assured of his election was to make
this statement:
"The result speaks for itself. The
people have spoken, and in no uncer-
tain manner Democracy has once
more been restored to power. The
people and not the corporate inter-
ests will rule for the next four years.
''I am indeed grateful for the con-
fidence thus repOsed in me by the citi-
zens of the city of New York
s'The result is a complete justifica-
ton of the fight we have made for
honesty, efficiency and economy in the
public service That was the sole is
sue upon which the election was de-
cided.
Il want to make 1t plain to the
world that there was no issue of Amer-
icanism or loyalty involved. so far as
! am concerned. There could be none,
for I am as good an American as any
man. as loyal to my flag. as loyal to
my country and as firm and determined
In support of every act of the govern
ment in this war as any man.
Stands Behind President.
'I ask the editors of the newspapers
In aiis city and In other cities to give
prominence to this declaration. SO that
there may not go abroad to the people
of this country who have 10 apprecia-
ton of our local situation the slightest
intimation that the question of the war
or the war policy of President Wilson
and the United States government are
In the slightest way involved.
my first utterance In this cam.
paig1 In response to a question put by