Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-07
mitchell DEFEAT {
ADMITTED EARLY
Only First Few Precincts
Needed to Indicate
Landslide.
LOYALTY IS PROCLAIMED
Victor Declares He Stands
Firmly Back of the
President.
SOCIALIST VOTE SURPRISES
Hillquit Close Up to t'usion-
ist; Bennett Completely
Out of the Race.
SOCIALIST VOTE SURPRISES

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-John F.
Hylan, co-judge OF Kings county.
was elected mayor of New York to-
day by plurality of more than l40,-
900. He carried with him the entire
Democratic city ticket. including
Charles L. Craig for comptroller, AL
fred Il. Smith, now sheriff OF New
York county. for president OF the
board of aldermen. and Edward
Swami for district attorney.
The indications are that the Demo-
Gratis will have majority In tho
board of estimate. which controls the
expenditure of the city funds.
Mayor John L. Mitchell, who
sought reelection as fusion candi-
date. altho not formally nominated
by any party, was poor second In
the race. His vote in LAO districts
out of 2,06S in the city was 14l ,033,
compared with 277101 for Hylan.
Socialist Third.
Morris Hillduit the Socialist candi-
date about whom rallied most OF tho
radical elements in the city and all
those who, favor an Immediately me-
gotiated peace. stood third with 129,-
| 371, and william M. Bennett, who
unexpectedly won the Republican
primary nomination from Mayor
Mitchell, was fourth with 50,0S3.
From the time the returns were re-
ceived from the first one hundred
districts the result never was in doubt.
IL was evident that Hylan had scored
an overwhelming victory and again
brought control Of the city adm.nis-
tration into the hands of Tammany
Hall.
Election Conceded Early.
Most of the newspapers which had
supported Mitchell, and that included
all In the city except those owned by
William II. Hearst, conceded Hylan's
election before 7 o'clock. Hilquit
was the first OF the unsuccessful can
didates to admit his defeat. The Re-
publican county committee an
nounced at 1880 that Hylan undoubt-
edly 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 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.
l am indeed grateful for the confi-
dence thus reposed In me by the citl-
zens of the city of New York.
"The result Is a complete justifica-
ton 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.
Hylan Protests Loyalty.
'T want to make 1t plain to the
world that there was no issue Of
4 A
far as / am concerned. There could
be none for l am as good an Ameri-
can 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 government in this war as
any man.
Il ask the editors Of the newspapers
In this 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 no apprecia-
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 govern.
ment are in the slightest involved.
my first utterance In this cam
paign In response to a question put by
Il reporter was that 1 stood uncom-
promisingly behind the president in
support OF the acts and policies of
my country and that the war must
be fought to a conclusion which would
bring an honorable peace to America"
Tamnany Chief Delighted.
Charles f. Murphy. leader Of Tam
many hall, gave out statement
which said in part:
The result of the election Is a
gratifying victory over campaign
Of deception and fraud. 1t demon-
strates that the people are quick to
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