Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1929, Page 10

* DEMOCRATS HOLD ~ “REINS IN KENTUCKY G. 0. P. Advances in Two Counties Offset by G(eat Gains in State. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky, November 6— Democratic majorities in both branches of the Kentucky general assembly con- vening in January were indicated today on the basis of returns from yesterday’s election. Republicans sought to gain control of the State Legislature to strengthen the administration of Gov. Flem D. Sampson, two years of whose four-year term remain. The governor and all ap- pointive State officers are Republican. All elective officers except the governor are Democratic. Unofficial returns point to the usual Democratic majority of approximately two-thirds of the Lower House, and control of the Senate. The Republicans, however, made a clean sweep of Louisville and Jefferson County. William B. Harrison, Repub- lican, was elected mayor by an un- precedented majority of 30,000. In the legislative races, the Republican; gained four seats by electing all eight candi- dates in Jefferson County. The one State Senate election in the county also went to the Republicans. Democrats Offset Gains. The Republican gain in Louisville and Jeflerson_ Counties was offset by Demo- cratic gains in the legislative races throughout the State. Several districts that sent Republican representatives to { the 1928 session gave majorities to Democratic _candidates. Twenty-two persons were arrested here during the day, one charged with interfering with voting. At Shepherds- ville, Charles E. Ricketts, 38, railroad employe, fell dead of apoplexy as he entered a booth to cast his vote, and at Louisa, an organized search started for Hardy Hays, 60, farmer, missing since October 28, when he started out 1o, electioneer for a friend. Amendment Count Is Slow. Returns on_the two Constitutional amendments offered were slow. Reports indicated that the vote was about even on the amendment proposing to remove the constitutional limit of $5,000 annual salary for judges of the Court of Appeals. Early returns showed the negative vote to hold a slight lead on the amendment proposing to remove the limitation restricting to two the number of amendments that may be voted on at one time. Among the candidates elected to the Legislature are several who have an- nounced their opposition to the policies of Gov. Sampson, particulatly in con- nection with his proposal for a luxury tax to obtain funds for free textbooks for public grade school pupils. The free textbook act, the principal plank in Gov. Sampson’s campaign in 1927, was held by she Court of Appeals ts be Constitutional, but inoperative until funds had been provided. DEMOCRATIC SWEEP IN THREE STATES COMFORTS LEADERS (Continued From Pirst Page.) remarkable story of Democratic prog- Tess. “Not alone was the return of Vir- ginia to the Democratic column by a majority unparalleled in its history, or the election of the Demoeratic mayor of New York, which was, of course, ex- ted, symbolic of the political trend, ut all through the country wherever an election was held the story varies only in the degree of Democratic suc- cess. Indiana and Kentucky Please. “In brief, the Democrats elected mayors in 11 New York cities, most of them counted as Republican strong- holds; in Indiana, which is even more remarkable, while in Kentucky they won both houses of the Legislature, which insures Democratic control of the redistribution of the congressional dis- tricts, which tls c:mpe'.lYIIEd by the 1;:; rtionment under the new census, :.l?p:e“ as the redistricting of the State for legislative offices. In no section where the Democrats were accorded anything like an equal chance gid they fail of success. In addition to all of this they carried cities that had been Republican for years, as, for example, Springfield, Mass.; Bridgeport, Conn., and Ithaca, N. Y., which is Democratic for the first time in 15 years. Ordinarily municipal elections might not have a great deal of bearing on the national situation, but in yesterday's elections in nearly every case national issues were brought in and_the appeal was made on behalf of the Republicans that the support of Republican national licies and the indorsement of thc Elooover administration was involved in the contest. This was notably so in In- diana, the home State of the majority Jeader of the Semite and therefore Mr. Hoover’s official spokesman in that body. The Democrats accepted the issue and made the fight on that ground. . Muncie Sets Precedent. “Republican Congressmen deemed it sufficiently important to leave the criti- cal situation at the National Capital and campaign for the local candidates. And with what results? Indianapolis, Republican citadel that it is supposed to be, gave a Democratic mayor a 82,- 000 majority; Terre Haute put a Demo- crat at its head with a majority of 4,500; Fort Wayne is Democratic by 3,500; South Bend and Richmond and Evansville, in the same State, joined the procession and Muncie, for the first time in its history, has also a Demo- cratic mayor. “In the East—in addition to the Massachusetts and Bridgeport elections, to which reference has already been made, and Albany and Troy, in New York, which are counted Democratic— Ithaca, Amsterdam, Elmira, Hudson, Lackawana, Rensselaer, Tonawanda, North' Tonawanda, Plattsburg, Glenn Falls, Cohoes, and other cities which have so frequently figured in the Re- publican column, went Democratic.” POLLARD VICTORY MAKES VIRGINIA DEMOCRATIC AGAIN (Continued From First Page.) ginia political upheaval last year, has been known as a “bone dry.” Dr. Pollard’s History. Dr. Pollard has served in the role of lawyer, law writer, benefactor of un- derprivileged children, newspaper own- er, war worker, Government attorney and college professor. The story of his early life is that of struggle with disease. For 14 years, be- tween 13 and 27, he suffered from the effects of intestinal infection and was a semi-invalid. This, however, did not keep him from carryirg on his educa- tion in the Richmond public schools, at Richmond College, and finally at Co- lumbian College, now George Washing- ton University Law School in the Na- tional Capital.” In 1904, Dr. Pollard, then a lawyer of prominence, published his annotated code of Virginia to be followed by ap- pointment as chairman of the Vlrgn a commission on uniform laws, which represented the commonwealth .in a aational conference for the standard- ~ {E EV NG STAR, WASHINGTON. TAMMANY CRUSHES LA GUARDIA AS WALKER WINS BY 497.000 Democratic Tidal Wave Rolls Over New York, Deluging G. 0. P. Candidates. Thomas, Socialist, Polls Rec- ord Vote of 174,000 in Mayoralty Race. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 6.—Democ- racy was more firmly intrenched than ever in the country’s largest city to- day as the result of a smashing vic- tory all along_the line in the quadren- nial municipal election yesterday. Mayor James J. Walker defeated Representative Piorello H. La Guardia, the Republican fusion candidate, by a plurality of 497,165. Tammany Hall was a bit disappointed in th figures, for John F. Curry, the Tam- many chieftain, officiating for the first time in a mayoralty campaign, had estimated the margin at 550,000. The total vote -was: Walker, 865,549; La Guardia, 368,384. But Walker bettered his mark of about 400,000 four years ago when he defeated Frank D. Waterman. ‘Thomas Polls Heavy Vote. Other than the Democratic _tidal wave, the feature of the election was the heavy vote polled by Norman Thomas, Socialist. “Although only 4,000 registered as Soclalists, he received 174931 votes, which represented the peak vote of his party here. The pre- vious record Socialist vote was 145,332 by Morris Hilquitt in 1917. Many reasons were advanced for the Socialist showing. The one most gen- erally accepted was that it was a per- sonal tribute to the former clergyman, who last year carried the Socialist ban- ner in "the presidential campaign. Another contributing factor, it was gen- erally agreed, was that many Repub- licans of the conservative wing who were hostile to La GuArdia, cast their votes for Thomas. La Guardia once was elected to Congress on a Socialist ticket and it was an open secret that many old-line, dyed-in-the-wool Re- publicans did not regard him as a real member of the party. Enright Is Poor Fourth. Richard E. Enright, who was police commissioner under Mayor Hglan, ran a poor fourth as mayoralty candidate of the newly formed Square Deal party, polling only 5,956 votes. Only in battle-scarred Queens did the Republicans derive any comfort. There, George U. Harvey, Republican borough president, who fought ization of certain laws in the States of the Union. Has Been Attorney General. Dr. Pollard served as Attorney General of Virginia from 1913 to 1917. He was defeated for nomination for governor in 1917, running second in a three-corner- ed race. The Government called Dr. Pollard to France in 1918 to explain to the men along the front in -Lorraine the preparations being made by the United States to win. He returned to Virginia to recruit 100 men and 60 girls for Y. M. C. A, work in France and later went back to head the Y court-martial and to investigate all charges against the Y. M. C. A. organization. In 1919 he was assigned to war claims division of the War Dee:n.menz by Sec- retary Newton D. Baker. Before the end of the Wilson administration he was appointed Federal trade commis- sioner, a position he held until 1921. From 1922 until he became a candi- date in the present gubernatorial race, he served as.dean of the Marshall: ‘Wythe School of Government and Citi- fimhlp at the College of Willlam and ary. Dr. Pollard is 58 years old, married, and has three children. Gardening is his hobby. He says he expects to return to teaching when he finishes his work in politics. GOV. BYRD COMMENTS. MAYOR WALKER. own organization for the nomination, was triumphant over Edward W. Co Democrat, by 26,560 votes. The vo! was Harvey, 143,219; Cox, 116,659. Heretofore, Queens, like the other four boroughs comprising the metropo- lis, had been a Democratic stronghold. The upheaval started there last Fall after the conviction of Maurice E. Con- nolly, Democratic borough president, of graft in connection with a sewer con- struction scandal. Harvey then was elected for the unexpired term. The Republicans swallowed a bitter pill in the contest for district attorney in New York County. Frederic H Coudert, jr., the Republican nominee, had violently assailed the Tammauy administration for its fsilure to solve the murder of Arnold Rothstein, gam- bler. Thomas C. T. Crain, a veteran Tammany man, had stepped from the Supreme Court bench to accept tlie Democratic nomination. District At- torney Joab H. Banton had declined io run. The vote was Crain, 214,967; Coudert, 118,104. G. 0. P. Setback on Island. Another Republican setback occurred in the contest for Supreme Court in the Long Island counties. Stephen Cal- laghan, Republican, whose 14-year term expires this year, was defeated by ap- proximately 50,000 votes by District At- torney Charles J. Dodd, Democrat, of Brooklyn. It has been customary for the major political parties to indorse the outgoing incumbent, but the Kings County Democratic leader, John H. McCooey, refused to follow precedent and named Mr. Dodd. His action was bitterly assailed by prominent members of the bar, who argued that high ju- dicial positions should be freed of par- tisanship. Commenting on results of yesterday’s election in Virginia, Gov. Harry F. Byrd said today: “The overwhelming Democratic vic- tory is a high tribute to the character and capacity of our candidates. Per- haps never in the history of Virginia have the people registered their con- fidence in any men to a more remark- able degree than when, under the polit- ical conditions existing, a normal Demo- cratic majority was given to Pollard, Price and Saunders. “The people unmistakably indorsed the Democratic program of progress under successive Democratic admini: trations. And just as emphatically de- clared themselves against the program of reaction as offered by the Republican leaders. The size of the majority can only be accounted for by the fact that independents and many broad-minded Republicans refused to follow the Re- publican leadership in their program of destruction and cast their ballots for progress under Dr: Pollard’s leadership, & progress made under Democratic ad- ministration since ugh Lee and for which I_personally 'deserve little, if any, credit. “Virginia has onry begun to realize her wonderful opportunities. Let us correct any errors the Democratic party has made in governmental affairs. Forget the bitterness of this campaign, and, with the support of all patriotic Virginians of all parties and iactions, bend our energies to make the adminis- tration of John Garland Pollard the Overwhelming ' Victory Is Tribute to Democratic: Progress, He Says. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., November 86— most progressive and the most develop- ing of our economic, social and intellec- tual resources the State has. ever known.” A new adventure in shoe originality joins this Parade” for young women. WW /} p of fashion leaders BOSTON CHOOSES CURLEY 30 TIME Former Drug Clerk Elected Mayor by Majority of 16,649. By the Assoclated Press. BOSTON, November 6.—For the third time Boston has chosen James Michael | Curley mayor. The man who started as a drug store clerk and worked his way up the ladder through 30 years of political battling was returned by & ma- Jority of 16,649 over the combined vote of Frederick W. Mansfield, president of | the State Bar Association, and Daniel H. Coakley, disbarred lawyer. ‘The vote was: Curley, 116,463. Mansfield, 96,946. Coakley, 2,868. The election was non-partisan, but Curley, a Democrat, received the back- ing of most of the leaders of his party. Mansfield, Democrat, former State treasurer, who has been prominent as counsel in labor disputes, was supported by the Good Government Association. Coakley, Democrat, devoted most of his time in assailing Curley and praising Mansfield. Curley has been elected mayor as often as a law prohibiting successive terms permits. He served from 1914 to 1918 and from 1922 to 1926, when he was succeeded by the incumbent, Mayor Malcolm E. Nichols, a Republican. Cur- ley was first elected mayor when a mem- ber of Congress. While a member of the State Legislature he was convicted of impersonating another man in a civil service examination and served two months in jail. Other mayors chosen in Massachu- .;etu cities yesterday were the follow- ng: Worcester—Mayor Michael J. O'Hara, Republican. Springfield—Dwight R. Winter, Dem- ocrat. Cambridge—Richard M. Russell, non- partisan. Lowell—Mayor Thomas h. Braden, Republican. omerville—William S. Howe, Repub- lican (returns incomplete). ‘Waltham—Mayor Henry F. Beall, non- P mee . Pred M ynn—J. anning, non-partisan. Fitchburg—Mayor Joseph N, Carriere, independent Progressive, 14 MAYORALTY UPSETS MARK NEW YORK VOTE 10 Democrats and 4 Republicans Succeed Executives of Op- posing Political Party. By the Assocated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., November 6.— Mayorality elections in 50 up-State New | York cities yesterday resulted in 14 po- litical overturns. Of these, 10 were in favor of the Democrats and 4 to the advantage of the Republicans. Johnstown, Long Beach, Middletown and Poughkeepsie were cities which dis- placed Democratic incumbants by Re- publican mayors-elect, while the cities passing from Republican to Democratic administration were Amsterdam, Glen Cove, Hudson, Ithaca, Lackawanna, New Rochelle, Ogdensburg, Port Jarvis, Rensselaer and Utica. Frank X. Schab, who formerly was elected as Republican mayor of Buffalo, but who this year ran as the Demo- cratic candidate for re-election, was beaten by Charles E. Roesch, Republi- can. S. F. NICHOLLS WINS. Salt Lake City Auditor Trails in Race for Re-election. SALT LAKE CITY, November 6 (). —Samuel F. Nicholls defeated Alvin Keddington, incumbent, who was re- cently indicted by a county grand jury in conection with a shortage of $150,- 000 in city funds, in the race for city auditor, returns from 146 of the 149 districts showed late lastnight. Nicholls received 15,668 votes, against 13,668 for Keddington. Parties were not designated on the baliots. “Bi‘ A $ 5‘;0 Green, Blue, Purple, Brown or Black Suede—Silver or Gold Piping—Modernistie trim. You'll love this new beauty —named after a recent hero- ine of the movies. ly, charming. the Audacicus- vivaciously ¢ hic and 7th & K 3212 14th “Women’s Shop”—1207 F WEDNESDAY, MAYOR CURLEY. CHICAGO COALITION WINS EASY VICTORY By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 6.—Coalition was victorious in yesterday's judicial election, the “regular” Democratic ticket, on which were 10 Republican and 12 Democratic candidates, being chosen in a vote by about one-fourth of the registered electorate. All 17 sitting Cook County circuit and superior judges were re-elected. Although it was the first time since 1920 that voters were given an oppor- tunity to express their choice in a Jjudicial election, the coalition ticket met little opposition. The “regular” Republican slate of five candidates ran a poor second, while the people’s ticket against coalition, with 12 names, trailed. Ten out of 11 special propositions were snowed under, in some instances by almost two-to-one vote. The West Park super-highway bond issue pro- posal for a $20,000,000 elevated roadway to the western city limits was defeated by more than 30,000 vo! ET the feel of the enormompow‘erlmde your control. Test the longer reach, the round-up of far-away stations—go a-roaming NOVEMBER 6, 1929 DEMOCRATS SWEEP INDIANA CITIES Victorious in Mayoralty and Councilmanic Contests in Many Sections. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., November 6.— Victory in Indiana municipal elections yesterday rested largely in the Demo- cratic camps. Led by their partisans in Indianapolis, where Reginald Sullivan was elected mayor, the Democrats swept through | on “mayoralty and councilmanic con- ! tests in a number of the State’s larger | cities. Among them were Muncie, Fort Wayne, South Bend, Evansville, Marion, | Anderson, Terre Haute and Lafayette. ‘The principal Republican successes | were marked up in the Calumet district cities of Gary, Hammond and East Chi- cago and in Kokomo, Bloomington and Richmond. Following defeat of the Republican candidate for mayor in yesterday’s city election, George V. Coffin, Republican city and district chairman, announced his retirement from politics. Coffin’s leadership of the Republicans was made a campaign issue by the Democrats. They contended that it was under his guidance four years ago that John L. Duvall was elected mayor of Indianapolis and in 1924 that Ed Jack- son was elected Governor of Indiana. Duvall later was convicted of violat- ing the corrupt practices act and now has an appeal pending. Jackson was indicted while in office on a bribery charge, but won a directed verdict of acquittal following a pléa that the statute of limitations barred his prosecu- tion. At East Chicago, Raleigh P. Hale, who was indicted recently by the Federal grand jury that investigated allegations of vice and corruption in Lake County, was elected on the Re- publican ticket. Hale is to be arraigned the latter part of this week on a charge of conspiracy to violate the liquor laws. Roswell O. Johnson, Republican, former mayor of Ga who was col violate the liquor laws and was sen- tenced to Federal prison, was again elected mayor. The Democrats at Muncie elected George R. Dale, militant editor, whose | conflicts with former Circuit vudgs‘" Clarence W. Dearth brought him a| sentence to the penal farm on a con- tempt charge. Dale fought his_ con- viction through to the United States | Supreme Court, but was denied a re- | view. He went to the penal farm, but | was pardoned by former Gov. Ed Jack- | son on the day he reached the institu- E tion. Jesse H. Mellett, brother of Don Mel- [ | victed while in office of conspiracy to? | lett, the crusading Canton, Ohio, editor who was assassinated, was elected by the Democrats at Anderson. He has | previously served two terms as mayor | of Anderson. | SUPERVISORS OUT | IN SAN FRANCISCO| Only Three Incumbents Re-elected, With Six New Candidates Victorious., By the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, November 6.— Complete unofficial returns from the municipal election showed today that five members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors had been defeated. Six new supervisors were chosen, one of whom will fill a vacancy caused by | death, and three incumbents were re- | elected. Supervisors Frank B. Havenner, Wil- liam P. Stanton and James B. Mc- | Sheehy were re-elected. New supervi- sors elected were Angelo J. Rossi, James | E. Power, Jefferson E. Peyser, Carl W. Miles, Victor J. Canepa and Thomas P. Garrity. Phil C. Katz, public administrator; Duncan Matheson, treaurer; Edmond Godchaux, recorder; Edward F. Bryant, tax collector; John J. O'Toole, city at- torney; D. S. O'Brien and S. J. Lazarus, public judges, and Mrs. Mary Prag, a member of the Board of Education, were re-elected by substantial majorities. Supervisors defeated are Con J. Deasy, Charles J. Powers, Milo F. Kent, Charles F. Todd and Walter J. Schmidt. The death about a year ago of John Bada- racco, supervisor, caused a vacancy | which will be filled from among the six | new supervisors chosen. | ArwAaTER KENT CREEN-GRID ST S with radio as you never did before. 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The vote was: Bowles, 131,030; Smith, 122,435, The _total vote of more than 250,000 was the heaviest balloting in- a mu- nicipal election since the record vote of 1924. The total was about 57 per cent of the city's registration. At Smith headquarters there was talk of a possible recount petition, but no formal statement was issued. Bowles' election was a victory, in a sense, for the administration of Gov. Fred W. Green In State affairs, although the governor’s opposition to Smith was not an open issue in the mayoralty cam- paign. Smith was known fo be hostile to the governor, and, with control of the heavy Detroit and Wayne County voting strength in the State Republican conventions as the prize, the governor's adherents had hoped for the election of Bowles. In some political circles is was sald the election of Bowles probably will in- fluence Gov. Green'’s plans for the cam- paign next year. 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