New York was startled on Wednesday by the result of
the contest for the Mayoralty. Mr. A. Hewitt, the candidate of the respectable Democrats, received 90,296 votes ; Mr. Roosevelt, the Republican, 60,392 ; and Mr. H. George, the " Labour " candidate, who preaches the nationalisation of land, 67,999. As the vote was a heavy one, it follows that nearly every third man in New York City is disaffected towards the existing arrangements of society. It is calculated that Mr. George drew away 54,000 votes from the Democrats, a large proportion of whom would be Irish- men, and 14,000 from the Republicans, mainly Germans ; but under the ballot, the figures must be somewhat un- certain; In Chicago, Mr. Strneber, a Socialist, received 18,000 votes for the Treasurership of the county—of all offices in the world—bat was not elected ; and at Milwaukee, a Socialist can- didate was returned to Congress. In Chicago, moreover, the Socialists, coalescing with the Democrats, elected three Judges, and it is assumed that the anarchists under sentence of death will therefore be reprieved. The power of pardon rests, how- ever, with the Governor of Illinois, who has hitherto shown great willingness to assist in preventing anarchist outrages.
