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Show RESULTOFELEGTIQH TAMMANY WINS BATTLE AND ELECTS GAYNOR, WHILE TOM JOHNSON IS DEFEATED. Massachusetts and Rhode Uland Elect Republican Governor, While Virginia Vir-ginia Returns a Democrat. Heney Defeated In San San Francisco. Now York City. The elections held throughout tho country on Tuesday developed the usual surprises. New York City elected the Democratic candidate, Judge William J. Gaynor, mayor, while in Philadelphia, tho ef-rort ef-rort of tho reformers to break the Republican organization failed. In New Jersey tho Republicans held their own everywhere Tom L. Johnson, John-son, Democrat, has been defeated as mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Massachusetts and Rhode Island havo ro-elected Republican governors, whllo Virginia has returned a Democrat Demo-crat to this office Tho latest returns from San Francisco Fran-cisco Indicate that Francis J. Heney has been defeated for district attorney. attor-ney. In Maryland tho paramount Issue was tho so-called disfranchising amendment designed to ollmlnaio the negro as a political factor. The amendment has been defeated. In Indiana tho Republicans .scored sovenil Important victories, particularly particu-larly in Indianapolis, whoro Samuel Ix)wls Shank, Republican, was elect-od elect-od mayor and tho entlro Republican ticket returned. Tho Republicans carried Massachusetts Massachu-setts by tho narrowest margin in the history of tho Bay stato for nearly a quarter of a century. Tho entire party was elected, hut Governor E. B. Draper's plurality was cut down from 00,000 last year to 8.000.- it is apparont that Governor Aran J. Pothier, Republican, has been reelected re-elected over Olney Arnold, Democrat, In Rhode Island by several thousand majority, and that the next legislature legisla-ture will remain Republican. Tho Democratic victory in Virginia brings Judgo Mann to tho office of governor. His majority apparently will bo tho usual ono for this stato. |