The Weekly Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 7, 1903 Page: 1 of 8
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SATURDAY.
M'MBER 30.
STATE OF SENATOR
BREAKS THE RECORD FOR
REPUBLICAN MAJORITIES
iMyron T. Hcrrick Sweeps the State by Overwhelming Plu-
rality of One Hundred and Twenty Five Thousand
Exceeding the Most Sanguine Hopes of His Managers
-Legislature More Strongly Republican Than Ever.
Columbus. 0., Nov. 3.—Shortly be-
I'oro midnight Chairman Dick announ-
(od that Myron T. Herrick's plural-
ity for governor over Tom L. Johnson
would exceed 125,000 and that there
Vould be over 100 of the 143 votes in
the legislature for the reelection of
Senator Hanna. It is thought that
the republican majority In the legis-
lature on joint ballot will exceed 75.
. 'ena tor Foraker had a record
breaking majority of 35 on joint bal-
lot for his re-election two years ago.
On account of the votes on five con-
stitutional amendments, the counting
was delayed all over Ohio tonight and
when returns were received they could
not be compared with those of any pre-
ceding state election as the seventy-one
municipalities with 5,000 population
or over had been redistricted under a
new municipal code that went into
effect this year and changed the vot-
luuniclpalites.
Almost all the returns received were
' from the cities iu which the gains and
lo.- over previous years could not
be estimated.
It is said that the democrats who op-
|K ?ed Johnftdn tVidfc:# tfill continue
t'.eir organization to prevent him
from controlling the next democratic
state convention or naming 'he Ohio
delegates at large to the next nation-
al democratic convention.
The democratic .-tat^ committer sopn
abandoned its roQme tonight
home of Hanna Clark', H«rrl< k and
Johnson, by mien a decisive plurality. It is
stated that the republicans have carried
thr«*e fourths of the eighty-eight • ountles.
An hour after midnight Chairman
Dick, of the republican .state cen-
tral committee gave out his lant an-
nouncement. for tonight, that the re-
publican plurality would exceed 125.-
i)00; that tho republican# had elected
2K and the democrats four state sena-
tors, with three districts not heard
from, that the republicans had elected
R7 representatives and the democrats
12. with 11 districts not heard from.
Before retiring Chairman Dick sent
following telegram to Senator Hanna
at Cleveland:
"Herrick's plurality will reach 125,-
000. Republicans elect 20 senators;
democrats elect lour. Republicans
elect 80 members of the house and tb*
democrats 12. Twelve districts are not
yet reported. This insures a repub-
lican majority on joint ballot of 87
[ llcan majority on jout ballot of 87
i givlnv you the largest vote for U. S.
I senator ever recorded in the general
| assembly of Ohio and marks the most
' cQJgpiete political ri 'mph in the his-
j ;ory of the state. Please Accept mv
earnest congratulations on this de-
1 served vindication and merited en-
| dorsement."
^Washington. Nov. 3.—Forecast:
• •lahoma and Indian Territory
Fair Wednesday. Increasing cloud-
iness Thursday.
or" carried In a triumphal procession to-
night during the celebration of his re-
election. With him practically the entire
democratic ticket was carried into office.
Mulvihlll defeated George K. Hill, the
republican candidate by 'J. 18- votes in
the greatest poll In the city's history.
SALT LAKi: DEMOCRATIC
Salt Lake. Nov. :i,—Almost complete re-
turns give Morris. democrat. about 1.500
majority over Knox, republic;, r The
democrats also elect twelve of the fifteen
cottnellmen. Light are Mormons.
LABOIt WINS IN CONNECTKTT.
New Ilnven. <*onn . Nov . :t. Mayor
Charters, the labor candidate, is re-elect-
ed In An.«onia by forty votes.
RHODE ISLAND.
Providence, It. I Nov. 3.—At midnight
the returns indicate th« re-elei-ti.in of
Oovernor Gaivln by a democt i
plurality. Th« republican -ti
committee claim"! :it mlduiffhi
would overcome Oarvins' 1* d over Cr.lt.
republican..
In Providence Mayor Miller, democrat.
ctr
Owlng to t\
j towns and the fact
close until 7 p. m..
not be received be
fated «
tomorrow
TRIUMPHANT VICTORY FOR
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET
I N PENNSYLVANIA
Pluralities Aggregating Two Hun
dred and Eighteen Thousand
are Piled up in Favor of Head
of Republican Ticket.
p r—
W
IPHF
remained closed until noon KlJ/y went
and shortly returned accompanied by two
other men. a row followed and Kiley
opened Are on Krleger and hie compan-
ion. Krleger stood his ground an<l re-
turned the fire, one of his bullets entering
Ktley'* head at the right temple At tho
city hospital tonight Klley's condition
was reported serious Krleger Is a promi-
nent eitlMn. being the eon of a former
bank president
At D&nvllle. Ky . Fountain Hasby's
skull was crushed during an election row.
At Troy Philip Rielly was shot by a
deputy sheriff for venturing too near the
polls At I<a wrencehurg Constable James
Edwards was fatally cut by Olivet Cary
during a light In an election booth
Of the 119 counties in the stale returns
have been received from 38. Theaa «lvo
Beckham .">4.034 and Belknap >;.7T0 Over
forty of these counties are nmote some
of them being nearly two days journey
from telephone or telegraph wires. Louis-
ville and Jefferson counties gave BVk-
ham 5.200 majority over BelkiT&p In round
numbers. Yerken, republican carried
Louisville and Jefferson county at the Inst
gubernatorial election by 5100. This gain
of 10,000 votes added to Beckham a ma-
jority of 3,.VX at the last election insures
him a majority of 13,500 If all V other
counties in the state duplicate their vote
at th last gubernatorial election. Beck-
ham. however, has made a tot *1 pain of
nearly .'.000 in his total vote from the JO
odd counties heard from The eleventh
district, composed ot remote mountain
counties. Ia.«t year furnished 1 ,000 republi-
can majority and will probably duplicate
It tills year Returns from that <TT-;frlct
will not be completed before Thursday
night None of the counties In the dis-
trict has been heard from.
TAMMANY IS VICTORIOUS
IN GREATER NEW YORK
COUNTRY REPUBLICAN
George B. McClellan and Entire Tammany Ticket Carry
City ot New York by Pluralities of Sixty Thousand-,
Down State Cities and the Rural Districts Return
Republican Majorities.
;i t i. No
In C
statements. Chairma.. .
i land with Mayor Johnson, John
. .-ike. the democratic candidate
senator and othe
lldatcn Senat
democratic
. liiuiumvo . Richardson was tnc
onlv one here and he left the democratic
headquarters before he could «fk re-
tarding the result*. Chairman Du k. ol
i he publicsu committee said was
d ue to the remarkable persoflfiliN ot
Hanna the popularity of Merrick, the
r ' It r.-ement of Roosevelt and the State
administration." that there was harmon n
sntoi'R tiie republicans, whilo the dem-
ocrat" were divided into fat tlpns and es-
pecially "one great faction tliat repudiat-
ed the ningie tax and other fads and if=ms
ei Tom Johnson." In his bulletins, Chair.
, , 11: k lutod what was tended "dlplo-
, i.igcage." In saying that "H«|rricK
would have a larger plurality than any
oiler governor of Ohio" Ohio has ex-
-ded loo.ooo plurality only twice. In lw.'
.lohn lirough. republican, was elected
governor of Ohio by 101.0*«8, when his
democratic oponent. Cleant I,. Vallanding
ham was an exile In Canada and the sold-
iers were voting outside the state
The only other time when the plurality
e\, . fded lrto.#5n In Olilo was iu 1894, for
"W r- tacv of state, when there wa.- a
panic ind the democrats did not vote
Tin fepublican plurality of 1W4 was what
w.i. railed "the crest of the Mr c-dey
wave'" hut It wa? on a total vote almost
Hlfi.nOO less than the vote case today. The
derm..-rats did not turn out in lFf 4 as they
did today. The result of 1894 was attri-
buted to them "hreaklng party Ihvs
At the gilt J- hall, where tenublican
airman Dick and others received the
re-urns, the greatest demonstrations were
made over the announcement from Clev e-
land that the republicans had carried the
col u mini.': 1
carried this
i ep ti hi lean pi
ei.«ctnlg four
mpletc
rile republicans
unprecedented
i00 and Frank-
ELECTIONS IN
OTHER CITIES
San Francisco, Nov. 5.—Today's election
brought out a heavy vote, one of the larg-
est in years. Wltftre the issues were purely
of n local charact'-r. Incomplete returns
tonight indicate thut Eugene T. Schmitz.
the union labor party candidate, has been
re-e| . d Wi tvor with Charles Crocker,
republican, a fairly close second. The
"nrlicr returns were largely in favor of
achmilz. but when the tenublican .strong-
holds began to reach the lead of the labor
man dwindled to such an extent that the
Crocker people took heart. Positive as-
sei lions on the result cannot be given
until further semi-official returns are re-
ceived. The count in many districts has
been proceeding more slowly than usual.
Ume. the democratic candidate. Is a lame
third in tlr race. It is very prolmble that
the democrats have elected the assessor,
sheriff itnd district atorrtey. The repub-
licans claim the tax-collector and county
clerks, although Frederick, the labor can-
diadte for clerk, is making a strong show-
ing.
mclvihill is re-elected,
Riidgeport. Conn.. Nov. ;t.— Mayor Den-
nis Mulvihlll, known as the "stoker may-
PhllaJolph.a, Nov. 'Estimates
from the t'V COtmtle «i tin t.ue n-
dlcate a plurality for Mat hue.-, the rc-
publlcan candidale for state treasurer
of 217,784. Snyder for auditor general
and Morrison and Henderson for jud-
ges of the supreme court were given
approximately the same immense plu-
ralities. Snyder, who became the ob-
ject of criticism as a state senator he-
cause he voted for what is known as
the "press muzzier," law was appar-
ently cut very light. The returns indi-
cate repuOucon gains in 49 counties
and democratic gains in the remaining
18 counties.
Philadelphia, Nov. 3.—All the candi-
dates on tho republican city ticket
were elected today by the usual laTge
republican plurality. Although the
vote polled was not heavy the official
figures will show a plurality for the
several candidates ol' probably more
than 100,000. The successful candi-
dates are:
Judge Common Pleas Court, No. 3.
Robert Von Moschrisker.
Judge Common Pleas Court. No. 4.
William Wilkins Carr, a democrat who
was nominated by both republicans
and democrats.
District Attorney. John C. Bell.
City Treasurer. Henry R. Shock.
Register of Wills, Joseph H. Clem-
mer.
The candidates on the republican
state ticket for state treasurer, audi-
tor general and two judges of the su-
perior court carried the city by plural-
ities as large as that given the local
candidates.
The election was one of the quiet-
est held here in years.
The vote of the independent party
was not large.
fCr ^ A 3 CUMMmS ■
OOVERNOR A R CUMMINS RE-ELECTED GOVERNOR OF IOWA.
CLEAN SWEEP OE I0W4' ELECTION IN KENTUCKY
BY GOVERNOR CUMMINS MARKED BY DISORDER
AND REST OF EICKET AND RIOI AT POLLS
j Repblican Ticket Elected by Six- Republicans Concede Re-Elec-I
ty Thousand Ptui ality—Legisla- tion of Gov. Beckham by Plu- j
ture Wi I be Overwhelmingly ratify of Fifteen Thousand-Polls!
MASSACHUSETTS GIVES A
HANDSOME VICTORY TO
THE ADMINISTRATION
Gov. John L. Bates is Reelected
Over William A Gaston by a
Plurality of Forty Thousand-
Republican Central Legislature
With the Administration.
i Republican Districts Closed
.rlz
Vith the close of f
and
ralltv. The legisl
substa
latv
• the
not complete, indicate Mttie chango fr
two yeair ago. when the house contali
eighty-two republicans and eighteen de
ocrats. and the senate forty republic)
and ten democrats. The democrats n
gain two or three members of the hot
dences of mun> gross irregularities, the .
re -•• l i u of Governor Beckham, demo-
crat. over Col. Morris B. Belknap, repub- i
j llcan. by a majority of fully l.'i.ouo seems 1
i sored The republicans concede the
election of Beckham
Today in Louisville was an exciting one
and the olectloa was bitterly fought The J
flail
thro
pre
light:
'ummlns:—"I have e
•celve a plurality of 60
■c how I could go abc
if the present is kept
n Silence of the n
an ;
city the polling places In republh
nets were either kept closed all
of the time and removed to obscure ,
s. They also charge ballot bo* 1
r,K. the forcible ejection of republican :
"ti officers and tho Intimidation of
) voters by the police/hen and tin
1 i l<e_|,!. ,i> dcUiMer.ui. eity iulmln- j
vltnesses Krleger
iff leer resisted an
1 republican elec-
sult that the polls
REVOLUTIONISTS IN PANAMA PROCLAIM
INDEPENDENCE AND STORM CAPITOL
. j
Government is Overturned and Columbian Navy and Army Officers
Are Taken Prisoners by Seven Thousand Armed Mer,—-Battle-
ships Sail to the Scene of the Uprising to Protect the interests
of America.
Boston. Nov. 3.—John L. Bates was
re-elected governor of Massachusetts
today by a plurality of about 3u,000
over William A. (iasion the democratic
candidate. With a dozen cities and
towna to hear from, Bates had a lead
ol 32,315. but as the missing towns are
all strongly republican, there is every
Indication at a late hour tonight, that
the plurality of the republican candi-
date would be practically the same as
that of last year, although the total
vote may run higher.
The legislature remains practically
unchanged, so far as the democrats and
republicans are concerned, but the so-
cialist party which had three members
last year will he represented by only
one, a member from Brooklyn. The
socialist, vote fell off considerably from
last year and the fall urn to re-elect
Representative Carey of Haverhill, one
of the party leaders and a member of a
branch of the legislature for the last
four years, was one of the election re-
turns.
The weather was fine and the vote
remarkably large for an off year.
The early returns showed that Gov-
ernor Bates had made slight gains
in the small towns and cities, hut this
was overcome by the democrats who
polled up a big vo'e in Boston for Wm.
A. Gaston ,the democratic candidate.
The bird Wkork Of the party man-
agers iu this city resulted in increas-
ing Gaston's plurauity of 13,000 last
year to nearly 20.000 this year.
In addition to electing their state
ticket and holding the legislature the
republicans were alio successful in
retaining control of the governors
council, which will be composed of
five republicans and one democrat
The socialist vote from early returns
showed a falling off from last year,
and that party also lost a representa-
tive from one of the Plymouth county
districts, so that the party will have
but two members in the coming leg-
islature.
The prohibition and socialist-labor
vote averaged about the same as in
previous years.
McClellan's plurality In the city of Naw
York It 61.414.
New York. Nov 3—After a remarkable
I campaign In which there was united
1 agalwt him nearly all of the newspapers
nid practically every minister of religion
| in this eity. Oeorge 11. * McClellan. son of
j 'he Civil war general, was today elected
third mayor of (heater New York over
| rteth I.ow, ftwlonlst. the preaent mayor,
by a pluralltv of about 70,000.
F.dwurd M c J ron t was elected comp-
I troller and Charb V. Fornea president of
j the board of aldermen. Theae two men
• i Hnnllv Mu tiie fusion ticket and
were endorsed by Tammany, whereupon
■ the fuslonlHta took their names from the
I . .. ■.■ ..ini nominated other citndl-
i datet- It was the nomination of (Jrout
and Fornea by Tammany that caused
Hugh McLaughlin .the veteran leader of
the Kings county democracy, to bolt and
declare that he would not support men
who were not democrat* In spite of his
defection, however. McClellan. (Jrout and
Fornea carried Kings county. The man-
agement of their campoiKn was taken
over by State Senator Patrick H. McCur-
ren when McLaughlin refused to aid.
A surprise was the low vote for De.very,
former chief of police who ran on an In-
dependent ticket which v%as given practi-
cally no support. Results sh.iw a tre-
tn ndous change of public sentiment since
Mayor Low's election two years ago, when
he won by 31.632. At that time he carried
ill the boroughs but Queens, his plurnllty
In Manhattan and lb" Bronx being G.663.
in Brooklyn JB.767 and In Richmond <63.
In Queens Rhepnrd. democrat, had a plu-
i ralltv of 561. '
! Today McCle
borough—Rich-
Today McClellan carried Manhattan and
i the Bronx by r>8,O00. a gain of 63.000,
I Brooklyn by about 6.000, a gain of 31.000,
find Queens by about 5,000 a gain of 4,-
ono Tills makes a total net gain for Mo-
Clellan of about 103 000 as compared with
I Shepnrd's vote of two years ago.
: Isiw carried onlv
mond— by about 200
The result was known curly, and at
R 16 Mayor Low sent the following tels-
gr;tm of congratulation to McClellan:
I congratulate you on your election. If
I can be of service to you. pray command
I me Heth Low."
! The mayor then said: "I think that the
' telegram sums all that I have lo say to-
M> McCMlsn. who Is at present a
I member of congress, made the following
' statement:
I "I Htn deeply graieful to my fellow citl-
In
I "hull turn my
•f invite the
Isen whether he
re an rd his poll ti
ch I hsve made before
ve no hitterneas of feel-
I shall no at once to
ire pa re for the extra-
tnd nil *o<'n as the ques-
•iproclty is disposed of,
tentlon to the affalr.s of
of «
ery elt-
i the advanca-
I democrats for the presidential con-
rl*s l<\ Murphy, the leader of Tam-
'Ives. and
•The flgur
the people hi
>. r<l1r "the
Robert Fulto
next election. Be Is persuaded that Its
services will be required «t tlfat time
With Commissioner Green at pollcs
headquarters watching the return wa*
Dlatriot Attorney Jerome When tha
election of McClellan was usaurnd Mr. Je-
rome wus asked If h« had anything to
say.
"Not a funeral note," he replied.
Later, however, a statement which hs
had made before Low was nominated iu
which he said that the mayor. If renom-
inated would be beaten by u majority ofi
from 26.000 to 40.000, was shown to, nlm
"That was my calm Judgment, on ths
conditions," he nald "but wnen/cot Into
the right my Instinctive Judgftent was
lost. It simply resolved Itself intft a ques-
tion as to whether you could put out a
naked principle to be supported by an
unlovable man."
Commissioner Green said he would sure*
ly resign his office on or before Decem-
ber 31.
The victory, great as It Is for McClellan
Is of more significance to Mr Murphy,
who made up the democratic ticket an<4
who managed the campaign DeTeffl to-
day would have meant for him deposi-
tion from his post as leader, with all Its
powers and opportunities and the acces-
sion to control of another faction. In-
deed. plans had been made by certain In-
dependent democrats, based on the belief
that Low would be re-elected to reorgnn-
frlends would have hnd little to hope for.
The carrying of Brooklyn for MoClellnn.
caused astonishment as It was believed
the cry of "no red lights In Brooklyn"
would cause an Increased vote foi*"L<>w in
that borough.
The campaign was one of the most in-
teresting In the history of New York City.
From the day Mayor Low was renomi-
nated his supporters urged his re-election
on the ground that ne partisan question
was Involved, but that every man should
vote to uphold the existing administration
because it had given the city a business
like conduct of nffairs and because It had
done much to stamp out tho "Red light,"
evil of the east side.
It was argued by fuslonlst orators thai
the return of Tarnmany men to offlca
would mean "a wide open town." unre-
stricted in lawlessness and the renewed
terrors of the Infamous "cadet system.'*
by which ignorant girls were forced Into
lives of shame, their earnings going to
men whom they supposed to bo their
husbands. Mr. McClellan was attacked
by the speakers for the fuslonlsts becauso
they alleged he had sold the name of his
father honored to cloak the dealgns o$
•vll men. To these statements tho demo-
crats responded with the charge thai
Low's nonpartisan claims masked an at-
tempt to secure control of the city In th«
Interest of Oovernor O'Dell, and that ev«.
ery democrat should cast ballot for Mc-
Clellan In view of the Important bearing
this city's vote would have on th# elec-
tion next year. Both candidates mads
nluhtly speeches Low's principal sup-
porting orator wis District Attorney Je-
rome. who bltterlv opnosed th mayor's
renomlnatlon on the ground that he was
unpopular, but who alter the nominating
convention, made few speeches for fusion
ticket.
8'arcely second In interest to the de<
feat of Low Is the effect of the resull
of the vote on the fortunes of the Octo«
genarlar Hugh McLaughlin, who fos
more than a quarter of century had b««a
r •• ic.ider of 'ti- Kiniti county democracy
gnd who now finds that bis former lleiH
ten 11 t McCarren, able to so nianags
(Continued on page two.)
BRYAN'S STATE
(JOES REPUBLICAN
Returns Indicate Election of En-
tire State Ticket by Ten Thou-
sand Plurality.
I'ATB SENATE IS
Washington, Nov. 3 .Sensational
advices were received tonight from the
isthmus of Panama to the effect that,
a revolution was in progress and had
been acclaimed. Prediaent Roosevelt
at nine o'clock Kent for Secretary Hay
and Acting Secretary of the Navy Dar-
ling. Assistant Secretary of State Loo-
mis and Admiral Taylor to come to
1 the White House, where after a con-
ference lasting nearly two hours or-
i ders were despatched to the Dixie and .
j the Atlanta, on the A.lantit side and J
I the Boston on the Pacific coast, to pro-
ceed with all poBsibis speed ;o the ifl- '
1 ihmian waters to uM the Nashville ill |
protecting Arawican interests and
maintaining a free transit across the.
Isthmus in connection with the treaty i
of 1894. Orders were also sent to Rear .
Admiral Glass, commanding the Pa-1
cific squadron, consisting <>f the Con-1
cord, Marblehead and Wyoming at
hold its crew in readiness to proceed
on a mr.reent's notice. When the Bal-
timore reaches San Domingo orders
will he cabled her to go to the isth-
mus if the situation demands her j
presence.
The rejection «f lie /auama oanai
treaty is generally supposed to be the j
moving cause for the revolution, but •
no official information on this subject]
could li" had.
After the conference the statement
was authorized that the sole purpose of
the orders was the protection of Amer-
ican niterest*. The most explicit in-
structions are being cabled onight to
the American consuls at Panama and
Colon and to the commander of the
Dixie, who is in charge ol the vessels
on the Atlantic side, to direct their
movements with this end iu view.
' i:riher sia «-ment wes authorise^
ti.a* •ti" s'ai.e department regards '.fft
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