The sun., 1916-11-09
BROOKLYN'S SWEEP
SHOWS SILENT VOTE
Individuals, Not Parties, Gave
Kings to Wilson Only and
Record for Calder.
HARD SLAP FOR M'COOEY
Leaders Concentration on
Brennan and Neglect Of
O'Neill Rebuked.

Complete Brooklyn returns confirm
earlier reports OF Republican Victory.
but not the landslide the Democratic
organization was all but willing to con-
cede late Tuesday night. The Republic
can State and county tickets were sue
cessful without exception. The vote by
districts. however. cleaving closer to
party lines apparently. shows little
change.
Analysis OF the figures shows one out
standing feature-that individuals were
considered rather than the political com.
plexion OF the candidates Normally
Democratic by more than 10000 accord
ing to political statisticians. Brooklyn
gave President Wilson a plurality OF
only $3.50 while piling up a record break
ing plurality OF 49.0s0 for the Republic
can Senatorial candidate. william NJ.
Calder.
The independence OF the Brooklyn
voter was still further indicated in piu-
ralities Of 1861 for whitman. 1I.436
for state Comptroller Travis. and 1891
for Supreme Court Justice Cropsey. The
results ranged from the plurality OF
6.Sos for Henry II. Curran. Republican
candidate for President OF hts Board Of
Aldermen. to Senator-elect Calder's 49,
$50.
SnOwunBs
District Attorney Harry f. Lewis's
plurality of 26,o65 over James T. O'Neill.
whose personal popularity enabled him
to wrest the nomination from the Nc
Cooey candidate at the primaries, was
one or the surprising results OF an elec-
tion that surprised even the wisest OF
the party prophets. Early returns on
! District Attorney were so misleading
that Republican district leader. who
! accurately estimated n plurality OF more
than 10000 for Calder, doubted whether
Lewis would get 1000.
The Democrats were less interested In
the Lewis victory than In that Of Justice
Cropsey over Philip A. Brennan. In fact
many O'Neill supporters charge that the
| regular McCooey organization failed tc
support the independent Democrat. II 1.
certain that McCooey made his big hgh
for Brennan and that the organization
lost hope when early returns indicated
the defeat Of their judicial candidate IL
the county.
The Presidential figures which cam,
in hrst. held little comfort for the Demo
Gratis Then came the figures on tn,
Senatorial contest indicating an enor
nous plurality Tor Calder. When tn,
figures on Whitman. Travis and Cropse,
began to come In nothing more mattered
Many Voted for Wilson Only.
BY midngh, Cropsey's election wa
assured. and the faithful at Democratic
headquarters were ready to admit a Re
publican landslide. with Wilson alon
saved by voters. who apparently ha,
turned out for him but neglected to vot
for state or county candidates.
That the landslide did not material!z
was due to another erratic twist In IN
Brooklyn vote. Despite overwhelmin
Republican pluraltl.s IN state and coun
~. the vote In Congressional. state Sen
at"r.al and Assembly districts was onl
slightly changed from that OF last yeai
} when all the Democratic candidates Wit
one exception were elected by substantial
= plurilit'cs, The exception was Justic
Cropsey, who got n plurality ~ 20 90
over Howard Nash for District Attorne,
The only change in the Assembly wa
in the sixteenth district where Greer
, Republican. oustci Joseph. pemocra
with a plurality OF 500. There was n
change IN the State senate. where tn
democrats retain three out Of eigh
Congress too remains unchanRed-fou
: Republicans and four Democrats.