MRS. MCLEAN'S PARROT, AND CORTLAND COUNTY ELECTION

 

Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 1899.

MRS. M'LEAN'S PARROT.

Bird Taught to Welcome Dewey to Become a Part of His Household.

   WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.—Mrs. Washington McLean's parrot, whose new linguistic powers were described in the press shortly before Admiral Dewey became a guest at Mrs. McLean's house, will soon become a part of the admiral's household establishment. It has just become known that the new trick which the bird learned in honor of Dewey's home-coming several weeks ago was taught by Mrs. Mildred Hazen, the admiral's fiancée. The parrot, which has been brought back to town from the country, still calls out cordially every time Admiral Dewey visits the McLean mansion: "Hello, George: Hello, George Dewey; walk in, walk in."

   Poll has become more prized than ever by Mrs. Hazen, and after her marriage to the admiral the bird will be removed to the Dewey residence on Rhode Island avenue.

 

James K. McGuire.

REPUBLICAN VICTORY.

Gains Reported In a Number of Localities.

ASSEMBLY STILL REPUBLICAN.

Entire Tammany Ticket Elected In New York City—Mayor McGuire Carries Syracuse—Rochester Elects a Republican Mayor—Mazet Defeated.

   ALBANY, Nov. 8.—Generally speaking the election in New York state is a Republican victory. If municipal politics is to be considered a part of the election, Rochester, which for four years has had a Democratic mayor, becomes Republican by a majority of 2,500. Utica's Democratic mayoralty candidate is elected by the slender majority of 87, a reduction since the last municipal elections. Albany elects a Republican mayor and comptroller, the party becoming dominant for the first time in years. Troy, another Democratic stronghold, elects a Fusion candidate who is an independent Democrat, indorsed [sic] by the Republicans. Erie county shows large Republican gains; while Kings county's Democratic majority of one year ago, is cut down by about 4,000.

   New York holds its own as a Democratic city as does Syracuse. In the latter city a fusion ticket failed to defeat the Democratic candidate.

   In the assembly the looked-for gains up the state, on the part of the Democrats, are not realized. The Republican majority of last year of 24, will be exceeded this year instead of diminished. There is already a majority in the senate and the results of today give the Republicans both branches of the legislature. In New York city the gains for the Democracy were not great enough to overcome Republican gains in such counties as Columbia, Erie, Putnam and Clinton.

   Mr. Mazet, of the last assembly and chairman of the New York city investigating committee, was defeated after a bitter contest.

   The election in the four counties that make up the city of New York resulted in the election of every Democratic candidate on every county ticket except Gray, Democratic candidate for register in Kings, who was beaten because of his failure to put in an appearance before the Mazet investigating committee and answer charges made against him. Democratic majorities were about normal, being in New York county over 30,000.

   In Kings county the Democratic vote fell off from last year, when Van Wyck ran exceedingly strong in Brooklyn. The Tammany exultation was not over the county ticket's victory, which had been expected, but over the defeat of Assemblyman Mazet, Rep., which they had hoped, prayed and worked for. From Mr. Croker down, the Tammany men shouted over Mazet's downfall.

   Senator Platt intimated late last night that Mazet might be seated in the next assembly, in which the Republicans have 32 majority. The Tammany Democrats openly denounced ex-Senator Hill, whom they blame for the reverses up the state. The Republicans in New York county elected only four assemblymen, one of them a member of the Citizens' Union.

   In Maryland John Walter Smith, Democratic nominee for governor, defeated Governor Lowndes by a plurality conceded by the Republicans to approach 15,000. This result was mainly due to the heavy Democratic vote in Baltimore.

   Massachusetts elected W. Murray Crane, Republican, as governor over Robert Treat Paine, Jr., by a plurality of 60.000, as against 83,186 for Governor Wolcott a year ago.

   Kentucky is in doubt. John Young Brown, Independent Democrat, carried Louisville over Taylor, Republican, Goebel standing third. Scattering returns from the interior of the state indicate Goebel's defeat. Brown's vote, like that of Jones' in Ohio, was larger than expected.

   The New Jersey legislature is Republican and that of Virginia is Democratic.

   Returns from Nebraska show small Fusion gains, and William J. Bryan has carried his own state by a plurality larger than that of last year. The Fusion strength is in the isolated districts, from which returns will come slowly.

   Meagre returns from Iowa indicate Democratic gains. The state has reelected Governor Shaw, Republican, by a reduced plurality.

   Mississippi elected Longeno, Democrat, as governor by a large majority over a Populist candidate.

   South Dakota, the closest state in the Northwest, shows slight Republican gains.

 

THE COUNTY ELECTION.

Count Was Made Quickly as the Ticket Was Very Short.

   Election passed off quietly in Cortland county yesterday. The ticket was a short one and the inspectors very quickly reached the end of the count. Through a very efficient corps of reporters in every election district in the county, the results of the vote quickly forwarded to The STANDARD office and some after 8 o'clock, the vote on the head of the ticket was known, and by 9 o'clock on the entire ticket. The STANDARD wishes to thank all of those who were instrumental in rushing the returns in so quickly and so accurately. In a few districts the vote on the amendments were not included, the evident desire being to hurry off the count on the candidates. Consequently we are short on the figures upon these, as will be seen in the table. Wherever those figures were not attended to on the spot it will be found impossible to secure them till the results are opened next week by the board of supervisors acting as a board of canvassers, as the returns are endorsed in sealed envelopes and are deposited in the county clerk's office. From the results in the districts reported it appears likely that all the amendments were defeated in this county. The primary election proposition in Cortland village was defeated by a vote of 915 to 545.

 

TOMPKINS COUNTY.

Results of the Election of Our Western Neighbor.

   ITHACA, N. Y., NOV. 8.— Tompkins county complete gives Sewell, Repn., judge, 6,532 plurality; Conger, Repn., assembly, 500 plurality; Seaman, Repn., sheriff, 611 plurality; Ingersoll, Repn., county treasurer, 200 plurality; Terry, Repn., coroner, 894 plurality; Updyke, Repn., school commissioner First district, 182 plurality; Miss Sweetland, Dem. and Pro., school  commissioner, Second district, 600 plurality.

 

Police Court.

   In police court this morning George Bulley was fined $3 for public intoxication and James Kelley went to jail for five days for the same offence. The latter was not a resident of Cortland. One tramp was given an opportunity to shake Cortland dust from his feet.

 

TEMPERANCE MASS-MEETING.

Strong Address by C. N. Howard of Rochester—Speaks Again To-night.

   A representative audience that filled the Congregational church to the last seat gathered last evening. The village pastors occupied the pulpit, Rev. Mr. Pound, presiding. A hymn was sung by the congregation and prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Howell of the Baptist church. The congregation then sang, "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name," and the speaker of the evening, Mr. C. N. Howard of Rochester was introduced, who delivered a most masterly and effective address.

   Mr. Howard has justly distinguished himself as the leader of the new movement known as the Prohibition union of Christian men. This union has already achieved great results in Rochester, and is organized and vigorously and effectively at work in Syracuse, Brooklyn, New York, St. Louis and elsewhere. The watchword of the organization is "In the Name of Jesus Christ as King, the Liquor Traffic Must Die." The only solution of the saloon problem that it will accept is no saloon. Its only work is agitation, as legislation must be preceded by agitation. It believes that the destruction of the liquor traffic in the United States is possible at no distant day. It is not a political organization nor is it allied to any political party nor will it endorse any candidate for public office. It proposes to unite Christian men of all creeds and parties who believe that the saloon is a bad thing and ought to die now, reserving to each member absolute freedom of conscience in political action, believing that an aroused public conscience will find a way to destroy the liquor traffic. "Agitation, education, concentration." These words sum up the whole scheme.

   A portion of the address was taken up in results accomplished in Rochester since the organization of the movement there in September, 1897. It has united the enemies of the liquor traffic in that city of 200,000 inhabitants as never before. A hundred mass-meetings have been held in fourteen months. Over $3,000 have been contributed to the work. New sentiment against the saloon here has been created and old enthusiasm revived. It has compelled the police department to enforce the Sunday laws and suffers the concert saloon, and greatly damaged the traffic according to the admission of the saloon keepers themselves.

   Mr. Howard held the undivided attention of the congregation for over one hour with his cogent reasoning, apt and witty illustrations and flights of moving eloquence. He speaks again to-night at the Congregational church at 7:30 o'clock. His subject will be, "What to do With the Nation's Greatest Curse." All who heard him last night will hear him again to-night and if any others get a seat they will need to go early.

 

Prosper Palmer Dead.

   Mr. Prosper Palmer, one of the oldest residents of the county, died at 10 o'clock last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Eugene W. Dates, 56 Greenbush-st., at the age of 90 years, 9 months and 16 days.

   Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 o'clock P. M. and burial will be made in the Cortland Rural cemetery,

   A further obituary notice will appear in The STANDARD to-morrow.

 

BREVITIES.

   —New display advertisements to-day are—A. S. Burgess, Clothing, page 8; F. D. Smith, Red Cross stoves, page 8; W. W. Bennett, Hardware, page 6.

   —The Vitale Bird Concert Co. of New York will be the second attraction in the Hospital course and will be at the Opera House next week Friday night, Nov. 17.

   —The annual meeting of the society of the Homer-ave. M. E. church was held last evening, and Messrs. A. Sager, W. L. Seeber and P. C. Johnson were elected trustees for three years to succeed themselves. H. T. Bushnell was elected a trustee to fill the unexpired term caused by the removal from town of F. W. Webster.