ECHOES OF
ELECTION.
The
Result In New York and Other States.
HOT SHOT
FOR TAMMANY HALL.
Rev. Dr.
Parkhurst Tells How the Republicans Lost New York City—Canal Amendment Carried by a Large
Majority—What the Britishers Say.
NEW YORK, NOV. 7.—The latest returns from
all sections of the state do not lessen the extent of the Republican victory in
New York.
The total vote, unofficially compiled, gives
Palmer, candidate for secretary of state at the head of the Republican ticket,
a total of 572,525, while his Democratic opponent, King, polled 505,590, making
the Republican plurality 66,935.
While this is, of course, a falling off from
the phenomenal plurality of 156,108 given to Governor Morton in 1894, it shows
a large gain over Palmer's plurality of 24,484, in 1893, the last off year.
Both branches of the state legislature will
be Republican by a majority of more than two to one.
Although Tammany elected most of the
assemblymen in this city, the seats gained by the Republicans in the state make
the total membership 102 Republicans and 48 Democrats, which, with the present
complexion of the senate, gives a Republican majority of 48 on joint ballot.
The
Tammany victory in the city is not greatly changed by the complete returns from
the estimates of Tuesday night. The head of the Tammany ticket, Purroy,
candidate for county clerk, has a majority of 16,429.
The Fusionists figure that Tammany's majority
was given it by the stay-at-homes and not by gains in votes, because while last
year Hugh J. Grant, the Tammany candidate for mayor, polled 100,000 votes and
was defeated by 45,000.
William Sohmer, the strongest man on the
Tammany county ticket, polled 122,000 or only 10,000 more than Grant, and was
elected by more than 16,000. Had Grant polled the number of votes given to Sohmer
he would still have been defeated by more than 20,000.
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| Charles Henry Parkhurst. |
REV.
PARKHURST'S OPINION.
Reasons
Why Tammany Hall Carried New York City.
NEW YORK, NOV. 7.—Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst gave his views of the results of the election as follows:
"While deploring the local results of
Tuesday's election, I am calm and collected and grateful for the lessons taught
us by defeat. This defeat is distinctively due to three causes; the only one I
care to mention is the intrusion of the excise question.
"Without discussing the merits of our
excise laws, it suffices to say that Mr. Roosevelt
and his colleagues would have deserved impeachment if they had not bent every
energy of their office to its enforcement. And what do those who have gone over
to Tammany as a result of that enforcement expect to gain by it?
"There will be no relaxation at 300
Mulberry street; even the mayor will not pull the commissioners from their
sworn duty, although it is presumable that he will try to. The honest,
law-abiding public expect them to go on as they have been doing, and will stand
by them to the death. Neither need they anticipate any help from Albany. Even
if just such laws as they might prefer were enacted by the legislature, the
governor, it is safe to say, would scarcely care to sign them. If the question
should be referred to local option it is safe to say that the liquor interest
of this town would be pummelled into an indistinguishable mass of helplessness
and unconsciousness. What, then, do those who have gone over to Tammany as a
result of the commissioners' action expect to gain by it?
"They have encouraged the most
thoroughly organized band of political cutthroats the civilized world has ever
known and have the supreme satisfaction of having persuaded the public that
they were playing the hypocrite last year when they shouted against Tammany and
that a pot of beer counts more with them than the decalogue or their own self
respect.
"They have harmed the public good and have
done it in a way that makes it less, rather than more likely, that they will be
now in a situation to pamper their own bellies.
"Nothing has occurred that discourages
my hopes, dampens my ardor or in any way obscures the end toward which I am laboring."
ACROSS
THE WATER.
What
John Bull Thinks of the Late Elections.
LONDON. Nov. 7.—The Post (Conservative) will
say in an editorial today of the elections in the United States: "The
general result confirms the opinion that the reaction against the Democrats
which was so conspicuous last November is still in operation. The Democratic
success in New York city was truly remarkable and was doubtless partly due to the
intolerance of the reforming party."
LONDON, Nov. 7.—The Daily News (Liberal)
says of the result in the United States:
"The elections are going so markedly in
favor of the Republicans that the presidential seat is all but safe for next
year.
"Tammany's success in New York city is
of no real importance and will not stop the reforms."
The Chronicle (Liberal) says: "It is
quite clear that there is no real Democratic revival. We regret, but are not
surprised at the victory of Tammany in New York. It carries an important moral
for our too extreme temperance friends."
Canal
Amendment Carried.
NEW YORK, NOV. 7.—The canal amendment has
been carried by a large majority and the canal officials will have $9,000,000
to improve the canals of the state.
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| Tramp walking on railroad between Syracuse and Cortland, N. Y.. |
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
Make Them
Useful.
The tramp is beginning to troop in fat and
lusty from the summer cornfields and sweet potato patches. He desires and
intends to go into hibernation at the police stations of the city, rustling for
his food at soup kitchens, restaurant doors and basement entrances, where the
servant girl feeds him unknown to her mistress.
For his whisky he will accost the mushy
hearted citizen with his usual, "Say, boss, could yon assist a poor man a
little with a nickel?"
Now is the time to frustrate his comfortable
plans. In every city and town in this Union there are streets unopened and
unfinished, park digging, blasting and grading that cannot be done because
there is no money to do it with. In every country neighborhood there are rough
roads, impassable in winter, a danger and a detriment to all who would travel
there. Set the tramp to work on these streets, roads and parks. Wherever one of
them is caught begging arrest him and put him to work under strict supervision.
This course can be
taken by the trustees of any township, the
council of any village or city.
Feed the tramp while he is at work. See that
the work is faithfully done. Have a home in which tramps may live meanwhile and
make them take a thorough bath at least once a week, fairly scouring themselves
with scrubbing brushes. Thus will good roads be made; thus will the country be
rid of tramps in one season. The tramp who will not work will quickly leave
town.
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| Roger A. Pryor. |
◘ The winter literary and debating societies
will open soon. A live topic for them will be this: "Should the United
States recognize the independence of Cuba?"
But, lest all the debaters should be on one side of this question, let them try
the following: "Should Cuba be annexed to the United States?"
The Republican Associations.
To the Editor of the Standard:
DEAR SIR—At a meeting of the Central
Advisory committee of the Republican associations of the town of Cortlandville
held last evening, the following resolutions were moved by R. T. Peck, seconded
by C. P. Walrad and passed unanimously:
Resolved, That this committee, composed of the chairmen and secretaries of the
various district organizations of the town of Cortlandville, congratulate the
said district organizations upon the resolute and efficient work at the polls
on election day, in contributing to secure the unprecedented Republican
plurality of 1,029 in the town of Cortlandville:
That this committee also desire to speak in
the highest terms of praise for the efficient work during the late campaign, of
the Republican county committee, through its membership, executive committee
and officials; and also of the Republican electors at large, for their activity
and zealous support, in placing the town of Cortlandville among the Republican
strongholds of the state:
That the committee recommend reorganization,
in the several districts of this town, at an early day, inviting all Republicans
to take a part therein, and that in due time a new central advisory committee
be organized as a council to direct the general work:
That the present chairmen and secretaries of
the various districts are hereby directed to, at an early day, reorganize their
respective districts, by calling a public meeting of all the Republican
electors in their districts at a convenient time and place, giving due notice
thereof in the Cortland STANDARD of at least ten days; and for the purpose of
uniformity in the organization of each of the said districts, we recommend the election
of a chairman, two vice-chairman, a recording secretary, corresponding
secretary, treasurer and an advisory committee of five members, exclusive of
the executive officers, who shall be ex officio members thereof:
And we further recommend that the several
organizations effect a central committee or council therefrom and that it be
made up of the chairmen and secretaries of the various district organizations.
We also recommend that the present chairmen
and secretaries of the various districts enroll the entire Republican electors
in each of the said districts during the said ten days' notice, in such a
manner as may be deemed best to make a complete enrollment; and
That the Central committee now declare
itself dissolved.
At this meeting it was also resolved that
these resolutions be given to the Cortland STANDARD for publication.
Very truly yours,
E. M. Santee, Sec.
The STANDARD publishes the above with more
than ordinary pleasure. The action of the Central Advisory committee shows a
desire to remove all cause of offense, to recognize all who are Republicans as
entitled to be consulted and have a share in a permanent organization of the
party in this town, which shall be open to all and which invites all to become
members of it. The committee have acted in the interest of party harmony and
party strength, and this prompt, wise and unanimous proceeding on their part
ought to do away with all criticism on anything which is past. It ought also to
be followed by complete enrollment of the Republicans in every election
district, and by organizations which shall seek to represent all sections of
the party without regard to previous factional relations.
If this is done, and the work is entrusted
to the new central committee of preparing a constitution and by-laws along the
lines adopted by Republican associations in New York City and elsewhere, which absolutely
insure fair caucuses, there ought hereafter to be none of that discord and
mutual recrimination which come from mob primaries where the doors are wide
open to fraud, and where whatever fraud there is is certain to be angrily
resented.
The public notice of ten days to be given
before the new associations are organized is ample, and we trust that enrollment
will be swift and general. Next year is presidential year, and Republicans
cannot prepare too early or too thoroughly or too harmoniously for the work of
the campaign.
A New
Car Has Arrived.
A new vestibule car for the Cortland &
Homer Traction Co. arrived at the E., C. & N. station yesterday. In a few
days it will be put on the McGrawville division and car No. 7 will take the
place of the open car now running on the Homer-ave. line. A combination
passenger and baggage car is expected soon and when it arrives will be used on
the McGrawville line, the present new one on the Homer-ave. line and No. 7 will
be used as an extra.
BREVITIES.
—New advertisements to-day are Bingham Bros.
& Miller, page 6.
—The case of The People against Ed Huguenin,
charged with assault has been discontinued.
—The C. L. S. C. will meet with Miss Louise
Hawley, 9 Charles-st., on Monday evening, Nov. 11.
—The regular meeting of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians occurs in Empire Hall
to-night and a full attendance is requested.
—The Crescent club give the first of a
series of parties in Empire hall to-morrow night. McDermott's orchestra will
furnish music.
—A mistake of one figure in the type last
night made Dr. Johnson's plurality for state senator 3,908 when it should have
been 3,508.
-—Evidently one voter in the Sixth election
district of Cortlandville had ideas of his own for he cast his ballot for Miss
Helen E. Kirby for county judge.
—Rev. Jeese W. Hough, D. D., son of the late
Joel J. Hough of Homer, died at Santa Barbara, Cal., on Oct. 29, at the age of
63 years. Mr. Hough was well known to the residents of Homer and vicinity.
—The case of the People against Frank Bates
charged with violation of the excise law was called in police court this
morning. A panel of jurors had been previously drawn and the case was set down
for Nov, 15.
—Mr. Chas. H. Gaylord received a telegram
yesterday announcing that Capt Fred
A. Gee, late of the Tenth N. Y. Cavalry, and a former resident of this village,
died at Washington, D. C., Nov. 5, aged about 60 years.
—There will be a rehearsal this evening at
the home of Miss Margurite Force, 21 Tompkins-st., of those who are to take
part in the comic opera Mikado. Mr. and Mrs. Dixie will be there and it is
urged that every singer be present.
—A regular meeting of the W. C. T. U. will
be held on Saturday, Nov. 9, at 2:30 P. M.
Reports from the national convention will be given and business of importance
will also come before the union. Let there be a large attendance.
—Charles-st. is opened to-day to Grant-st.
through the Gas company's and B. S. Conger's land. Mr. H. S. Bliss has been at
work getting the rights for the last two months, and has done the village as
well as the property owners in that vicinity a great service. The grading on
the street is nearly done, and travel is already going on over it.
—Ithaca's board of health would seem to have
new and strange duties thrust upon it. The Journal of that city says:
"Complaint comes to The Journal that the playing of scales upon a piano up
to nearly midnight is torturing the residents of a certain block on South
Cayuga-st. The Journal respectfully refers the complainant to the board of
health."
DEPARTMENT OF GOOD GOVERNMENT.
NO
WONDER.
It can be no wonder that the officer charged
with the duty of bringing into court men to serve as jurymen, when the list
drawn is exhausted, does not bring in men who are opposed to enforcing the
excise law. In any case he ought not to summon those who are known to believe
that the law ought not to be enforced against the saloons. But the case stands
differently. The present village government was elected on the special issue of
law enforcement. The officer in question was selected by this board, pledged to
do their utmost to enforce the excise law. For an officer employed by this body
to present men for jurymen who are known to be opposed to enforcing the law would
be at least a strange procedure. So long as he brings first class business men
of known integrity, whom every body believes would render a true indict, just
complaint is possible.
THE ROWE
TRIAL.
All day yesterday the police court room was
filled with spectators eager to witness the proceedings in the case of Chas. E.
Rowe, charged with violating the excise law. Irving H. Palmer, the village attorney,
appeared for The People and Jas. Dougherty for the defendant. Most of the day
was spent in securing a jury. From the standpoint of laymen it seems amazing
that, because a man is strongly in favor of enforcing the law, that fact should
be made a reason for his not serving on a jury. Yesterday Mr. Dougherty
protested against the class of citizens that the officer brought in from the
street to be drawn upon for jurymen. The only ground for such an objection is
the fact that these men are supposed to be in favor of enforcing the law.
Two witnesses for the prosecution were
examined. These men had been employed to secure the evidence which they
produced. They swore positively that they bought whiskey of Rowe on Sunday,
Oct. 18, and related all the attending circumstances. The counsel for the
defendant is making a desperate, almost frantic effort to prove that these men
are worthless characters whose testimony cannot be trusted even under oath. It
is clear that the country has been scoured through and through to find
witnesses who will so swear. It will be strange indeed if, in the whole lives
of these men, they have had no enemies who have disliked them and who would be
glad to swear against them. It would be strange if they never committed the
slightest wrong. If they did, we expect the most to be made of it.
The whole saloon element of the
community are aroused and will do all in their power to overthrow them. We do not
know to what means they will resort. We felt that in employing men to secure
evidence no mistake should be made in their trustworthiness. We do not believe
any mistake was made in the present cases. They are men who have sustained a
good character for intelligence and honesty. If they did not buy liquor of Mr.
Rowe they are not only liars but fools. The straight forward way in which they
tell their story of the purchase and all the attending circumstances we believe
can leave no doubt in the mind of any unprejudiced man who hears the testimony
that Rowe did sell whiskey to them at the hour and place stated.
Now if it can be proved by reliable witnesses
that these men cannot be believed under oath, and that there is a reasonable
doubt that they bought the liquor, then we hope that the jury will bring in a
verdict of not guilty.
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