New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-19
Soldier Vote
Changes Two
Offices Here
Troops Ballots Add to the
Majority of Judge
Hylan

was counted yesterday There were
about thirty thousand votes counted.
The soldiers voted closely alorg
party lines. The ratio of the Demo
cratic and Fusion vote. therefore, re
NAMED about the same a. at the No
vemher election. Only two reyersals
resulted from the soldier vote in minor
Offices. A Socialist Assemblyman and
Socialist alderman lost TO their
Democratic opponents.
The official count will not be an
nounced by the Board Of Elections until
tomorrow, but unofficial figures were
given out last night The ballots were
counted at the polling places in the
election districts throughout the city
where the voters lived. under the eye
Of watchers from all parties, including
woman suffragists and watchers of the
Honest Ballot Association.
The returns showed that the soldiers
rallied strongly for woman suffrage.
The vote throughout the city was more
than two 10 one on that question. The
total city vote was 1873 for ami S,'J5
against.
Including the vote on November 6,
this makes the totals for the city vote
on woman suffrage 35l. $50 IN favor and
550,O6S against il. II lifted the plural
ity over the 100000 marx.
Socialists Disappointed
The Socialists me. disappointment
in the soldier Mayoralty vote. They
had predicted that Morris Hllquit
would overcome the 1000 plurality
which Mayor Mitchell had over the So
cialist candidate on November and
relegate Mr. Mitchell to third place.
Nearly twice as many soldiers voted
for Mayor Mitchell as for Mr.. HillGuit.
Nayor-elect Hylan received more votes
than all three other candidates com
bned.
The total soldier vote for Mayor was:
Hylan, lj.722.
Mitchell, 6.22S.
Hillquit, 3.7l7.
Bennett, 1920.
The Socialist soldier vote was COM
paratively light, although it was in eX-
cess Of the Bennett vote in Manhattan,
The Bronx and Queens. In only one
borough. The Bronx, did Mr.. Hillquit
receive more votes than Mayor Mitchell.
The score in that borough was: Hill
quit 637; Mitchell, 564.
I'm Manhattan Hylan received 6,Ol3;
Mitchell, 1923; Hllquit, 1'4Sl, and
Bennett. 1881. The Bronx soldiers
gave Hylan 20S3 and Bennett 37S. In
Brooklyn Bennett ran ahead of Hill
quit the vote being: Hylan, 5,945;
Mitchell. 1877; Bennett, 1,45l, and
Hillquit, 1,243.
The corrected city total on the May
orality vote, with the added soldier
vote. now stands:
Hylan, $4,000.
Mitchell. lj5,j35.
Hillquit, 1850.
Bennett. $1,000.
James F. Donnelly. Sherif-elect Of
The Bronx, materially increased his
lead over Eugene J. Mcclure. the Flu
sion candidate. The November re-
turns gave Donnelly majority OF 1904.
The soldiers gave Donnelly 1903 votes
and Mcclure lisp.
Vote Evenly Divided
In five Assembly Districts in Man
haitian. the 18th, 18th, 18th, 22d ana
Odd where the vote at election time
was close. the results were not changed,
three Republicans and two Democrat
being elected. The Brooklyn soldier
vote for Assemblymen in several dis
tlicts where the vote on November g
was close and the result likelS 20
have been changed, was divided about
evenly between the Fusion and Demo
cratic candidates without changing the
result.
in the 18th Municipal Court District,
Manhattan. the soldiers blasted the
hopes Of the Republican candidate,
Brekytonc. who was confident he would
heat out Friedlaudcr. the Democratic
candidate. The soldiers gave Brek-
stone 457 and his opponent 737. There
are three vacancies in the district. The
winners are Davies and Crane, Repubi-
cans. and Friedlandcr Democrat.
In the 18th Assembly District, Brook
lyn, the November vote was tie be
tween Il. c. Klingman, Democrat. and
his Socialist opponent, We'll. The sol.
ders gave Klingman 20 votes and
We'll &, Klingman winning by o. votes
There was one reversal IN the alder
manic elections. In the 2Oth Alder
manic District, Manhattan, Charles De
lany. the Democrat. received III sol
der votes, beating out the Socialist
candidate, Calman, By II votes.
Court Action in Mount Vernon
I'm Mount Vernon the soldier vote is
almost certain to result in long
drawn out court action. In fact. both
Mayor Edwin W. Fiske, candidate for
reelection. and DR.. Edward T. Brush,
Republican candidate for the Office,
say they will carry the fight TO the
Court OF Appeals. The city election
was close, and the soldier vote was
equally close. Mayor Fiskc claimed re-
election last night by two votes, and
Or. Brush insisted he had been elected
by four votes.
In Glen Cove. Long Island. the sol
der vote changed several of the re-
suits. William McCahill, on the No
vembcr returns, was elected Commits
sioner Of Public Safety by is votes. The
soldiers. however, voted heavily for
Bryan Murray. and he is elected by 9
votes
II. L. Hedger was apparently elected
supervisor by 10 votes until the sol
diers' vote showed Ward Dickson TO
be elected by . votes.
One OF the surprises Of the soldiers
vote at Glen Cove was in the mayor
atty election. Major Bennett II. Tobey,
one Of the candidates. had drilled all
the soldiers from the town before they
left for the front Despite that fact,
however, tire majority voted for James
+. Burns. increasing his majority on
the final count by 26 votes