Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-07
ENTIRE TAMMANY I.
TICKET GOES IN.
WITH NEW MAYOR.
Elected Over Incumbent in
New York City by Plu- IS
rality Of 100000. s; s..
HlLLQUIT THIRD IN RACE
AND BENNETT POOR FOURTH
Successful Candidate Makes Vig-
orous Defense of His Loyaltyss
and Americanism. AZ
FIRMLY BACKS GOVERNMENT
Declares Question of War and Poll.
cics Of President Not in Slight 81 IS.
est Way Involved.
HlLLQUIT THIRD IN RACE @
AND BENNETT POOR FOURTH
FIRMLY BACKS GOVERNMENT
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NEW YORK. November 6.-John r. Il
Hylan. a county judge Of Kings County.
was elected Mayor of New York to.
day by 4 plurality of more than 140, 900. Il
He carried with him the entire Demor
cratic city ticket, including Charles l. q
Craig. for comptroller; Alfred Il. Smith.
now sheriff OF New York County, for s
president of the Board of Aldermen.
and Edward Swami. for district attore
ncy.
The indications are that the Demo- N
Gratis VIII have majority in the Board
of Estimate. which controls the exc
penditure of the city funds.
Mayor John p. Mitchell who sought
recollection as Fusion candidate, al.
though not formally nominated by any q
party, was 4 poor second in the race.
With only seventy-two districts MISS
ing in the greater city tho vote for
Mayor was: Bennett. 51,956; Hy!an,
2SS.i3o; Hillquit. 13ASso: Mitchell. s145,-
400. HElan's plurality over Mitchell
was 1896. AIitchers lead over Hili-
quit was lo,6s9.
RADICAL ELEMENTS
RALLY AROUND HILLQUIr
Norris Hillquit, the Socialist candi- Il
date. about whom rallied most of tie
radical elements In tie city and all y
those who favor an immediate nego-
tiated peace, stood third. and William
NJ. Bennett, who unexpectedly won the
Republican primary yS~somination from
Mayor Mitchell. was fourth.
From the time the returns were RS.
ceived from tho first 100 districts the
result never was in doubt. 1t was evil
dent Hylan had scored an overwhelnl-
Ing victory. and again brought control
of the city administration into tho
hands OF Tammany Hall.
Most of the newspapers which had
supported Niitchel-and that included
all in the city except those owned by
William r. Hearst-conccded Hylan,s
election before o'clock. Hillauit
was the FIRST of the unsuccessful can3i-
dates TO admit his defeat. The Repub-
lican County Committee announcediat
1880 that Hylan undoubtedly had been
elected.
Judge IIylans 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 uncertain
manner. Democracy has once moro
been restored to power. Tho people.
and not the corporate interests. Will
rule for the next four years. am In
deed grateful for the confidence thus
rcposed in mo by tho citizens OF the
city of New York
NO ISSUE OF LOYALTY
INVOLVED IN ELECTION
II want to make it plain to tho world
that there was no issue of Amerlcanism
or loyalty involved, so far AS am con-
cerned. am as good an American as
any man, ms loyal to my flag. as loyal
to my country and as firm and deter
mined in support of every act Of the
government in this war. as any man.
.5 ask the editors of the newspapers
# this city and In other cities to give
u minence TO this declaration, SO that
Sa e may not go abroad to the people
oS'this country. who have no apprecin-
tion 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 campaign.
in response to question PUT by
reporter. was that stood uncompro-
misingly behind the President In sun
port of the acts and policies of my
country, and that the war must be
bring an honorable peace to Anericas'
Mayor John Purroy Mitchell issuea
tho following statement after re had
sent his telegram OF congratulations to
Judge Hylan:
There Is nothing to be added to the s.
mandate which the citizens FAYE given
To Judge Hylan. All good citizens owe
to the new administration the same
cooperation which they have accorded
to the present administration.
With our nation at war, there Is \
no room for division at hcfno. This
people Of this city have selected Judge
Hyian as their representative to CO.
ordinate tho city's energies with those
OF the nation. Every ono will WISH
Judge Hylan the large measure of z
success in discharging tho great re-.
sponsibility which now Is his.
9TRAfNMAN AND FIREMAN
ON; NEW YORK RAlLROAD1 M
Judge John F.. Hylan was born Aprf, f$
20, 1868. ut Hunter. Greene County; a
New York, Whom not busy on Ill "a
fathers farm, he worked ps watsf$