The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-09
HOW KINGS COUNTY LINED UP
ROOSFb ELTISN 4 PItIN 1851 ~
~ THE CONTEST.
Republican Losses the Most Marked In the
Party's STRONGHOLD Rrbukr tn the
Leaders Who sided With Thro.iore
Roosevelt against the Old Guard.

{ The election IN the Borough Of Brook
lyn, which is identical with Kings county.
/ comprising "A registered voting poruat ion
| of 80. O95. passed or NOR. quietly and
with fewer disturbing incidents AZ I'm.
polls than any other political contest
IN the county There wer. only q few
arrests for alleged attempted fraudulent
voting. and th. star Of lawyers ~ tho
rival party headquarters had no demand
fnr their services II was the opinion Of
all close observers at the polls Yesterday
I that the floating vote had been we'll nigh
completely eliminated.
IN. result of the election did not come
as surpris. 10 IN" political manag gers
IN th. rival camps, except so far az III"
hig shrinkag- in the Ind" pendenco League
vot. WAS concerned IL was not expected
that the big vote of NOR" than 20 OOO for
Hearst last year would he reduced 20 "A
/ CO.. cast for the head OF the League
ticket this year. Tn" falling of in the
League vot. il attributed Ivy some ofthe
students OF the Assembly district figures
TO instructions sent out during the last
week 20 its supporters 70 discard Hopper
and vote for Stimson. thus saving the
Republicans from a worse defeat than
they suffered.
II is significant that the Republican
losses were moro marked in their own
- rongholds than in thoae Of the Demo
Gratis IN which the Independence League
main 81 rengh had been cent red in previ-
Gus campaigns. The Republican losses
were most pronounced in the Assembly
dis, riots Of which the leaders had come
uut for Col. Roosevelt in his fight wit
he old guard AZ Saratoga. These are the
Twelfth. the Sixteenth. the Eighteenth
and the Invent III bird. in which Congress-
man calder. Post master VOORHEES,. Naval
OFFICER Kracke and Borough Secretary
Haskell are the respective leaders
In each Of these districts hundreds Of
R.pihlicans who had never des.rted
thslr marty voted not only for Dix and
all his associates on the State ticket
bui for the local Democratic candidates
for congress the Senate and the Assem-
hlv in reVtdiation of Col Roosevelt and
tho New NatIonalism. and was rehuke
10 their four special champions in Kings
county.
II WAS a very dismal election night AT
Republican headquarters in the Temple
Bar. the gloom which had perry AIDED IL
from the start 81 the campaign continuing
tho county leader. did not put in an ap
psaranCe during the night. and the few
friends Of the county leader. who had
been 80 Inundated nv col. Roosevelt. did
MT express any surprise or regret as the
depressing figures came in showing a hg
sweep for DIX and loss Of three Con-
gressmsn. two Senators and four Assem-
b,yrnen Nhen the final returns from the
sixteenth Assembly district were footed
up. showing thar II had given a plurality
- more than = .6S for Dix. Democratic
gain ~ >. 3IS over last year. the lights were
p,It out and the few faithful members Of
the old guard on hand took their depart
tura
Democratic headquarters in the Thomas
Jefferson Building was the scene Of Juhi-
laiinn all through the night and il culmi
mated when the figures showed tina, the
plurality for Dix was likely to reach II
not exceed the record plurality of ~ 90
for Golfer IN 1902
John H. McCooey. who has been At the
head Of the organization since the death
~ senator McCarren about year ago,
made this statement:
Tn" result in Kings county Is most graft
fying To the Democratic party and its lead
ers The splendid plurality OF about cs.cco
gwen to John A. Dir for Governor empha-
sizes the harmony that existed in the Demo
cratic ranks for tho nrst time In years.
The Democrats made almost a clean
sweep in the eix Congress- contesta Gap
turing all OF them except the Sixth. In
which Congressman Calder was reelected
by a plurality Of lc~s than 500 against
his 500 odd Of two years ago The Dem
ocrat- thus made gain Of three Congrass
seats They also elect seven Of the eight
Senators q gain Of four over two years
ago. and elect seventeen Of the twenty
one Assemblymen. a gain Of four over
last year.
Mayor Gaynor spent election day and
night in Brooklyn He piotored sarly
IN the afternoon from ~ James and
after taking lunch in the Montauk Club
went around the corner TO the booth
81 the First election district OF the Tenth
Assembly, district and cas-, Ms vote. ~"
then returned 20 the Montauk Club. who're
hs rpc-ivsd tho returns over a special
wir. He was evidently gratifed over
he result bur declined To make any
comment, r-tnarking that he didn't want
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