The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-10
MAYOR MITCHELL DEFEATED.
N'N'S COUNTY JUDGE ELECTED
riYOR OYER THREE OTHER
CANDIDATES..
Mitchell Runs Poor Second With Hill
quit Third and EaInct Far i'm Rcar
-Jammany Candidate Shows Great
strength Fairly In Day and Holds
Lead.

4 county judge Of Kings County, was
elected mayor of New York today by
a plurality of more than 100. 900. He
carried with him the entire Demo-
cratic city ticket. including Charles Il.
Craig for comptroller. Alfred T..
Smith. now sheriff Of New YORK
county. for president OF The board Of
aldermen. ana Edward Swami for dis O..
trlct attorney.
Tho indications are that tho Demo
Gratis VIII have majority i'm the
board of estimate which controls tho
expenditure Of tho city funds.
Mayor Jno. p. Mitchell, who sought
reelection as n fusion candidate al
though not formally nominated b.
any party. was a poor second in .he
race.
Morris Hinquit. the Socialist candi-
date about whom rallied most of the
radical elements i'm the city and all
. those who favor an immediate nego-
tiated peace. stood third. and William
VI. Bennett, who unexpectedly won
The Republican primary nomination
from Mayor Mitchell. was fourth.
From the time the returns were
received from the first 100 districts
the result never was in doubt. II
was evident Hylan had scored an
overwhelming victory and again
brought control of the city into the
hands OF Tammany Hall.
Most OF the newspapers which ha 1
supported Mitchell. and that included
all the city except those owned by
W.<R. Hearst. conceded Hyian's elc.-
ton before o'clock. Hillquit was
the first of the unsucc cssrul candi .
dates to admit defeat The Republi-
can county committee announced ri
$50 that Hylan undoubtedly had
been elected.
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 i'm no uncer-
tain manner. Democracy has once
more been restored to power. The
people and rot tho corporate interests
will rule for the next four years I
am indeed grateful for the confidence
thus reposed in me by the citizens of
the city of New York.
THE result is n complete justinca-
tion of the fight we have made for
honesty. efficiency and economy i'm the
public service. That was the sole is
sue upon which the election was de
cided.
IL want to make it plain to the
world that there was no issue o.
Americanism or Loyalty involved, 50
far rs ann concerned. There coull
bc none. for am as good an Amcri-
can as any man. as loyal to my naE
AS loyal to my country and as firm
ana determined i'm support OF ever
act of the government in this war as
any man.
II ask tho editors OF the newspa =
pcrs i'm this city and i'm other cities 70
Give prominence TO this declaration
so that there may not go abroad to
the people of this country who have
no appreciation of our local situation
the slightest intimation that tho
question of the war or the war policy
OF President Wilson and the United
States government are i'm the slightest
way involved.
MY first utterance i'm this cam
paign in response to a question put VI,
by a reporter was that I stood IN
compromisingly behind the president
In support OF the acts and policy oe
my country and that the war must
be Fought to conclusion which
would bring an honorable peace to
America.
Charles r. Murphy. leader of Tam
many Hall, gave out the following
statements
The result of the election is a
gratifying victory over a Campaign of
deception and fraud II demonstrates
that tie peonle are quick to detect
the difference between the true and
sham. "a
fha returns evidenced the fact
that unscrupulous newspapers no
longer represent tho opinion or SEN
tinent Of the people. That the latter
do their own thinking and refuse 10
be mislod by misrepresentation o.
suppression of the real issue
The voctory also shows TINT injcc-
tiOn az foIcC ieeuoc foiind Il, ;tc IL,