The sun., 1918-11-07
Justice Leander B. Faber Only
Republican Elected to I
Supreme Court.
BEATS MAURICECONNOLLY
Whitman Carries just Three
Election Districts in New
York City.

Leander b. Faber to the Supreme Court
bench in the Second Judicial district
where he@has been. sitting by appoint
ment Of Gov. Whitman, and the election
Of a Congressman in Democratic dis
trict In Kings,
Although County Judge Robert H.
Roy, Democrat, was elected ia one 81 the
places by a total vote of over 230, 900
Justice Faber won over Borough Presi-
dent Maurice f. Connolly by something
! like $4,000 votes. This was due, how
ever. to his vote in Nassau and Suffolk
counties, as Connolly -an ahead Of JUS
tice Faber in Kings Queens and Rich
mond
Alfred e. Smith. the Democratic can
dtdate for Governor. had q plurality OF
2s0,4S3 over Gov. Whitman I'm the city.
Brooklyn was the big surprise. While
Y was figured that Smith could not pos
sibly win by more than TO. 900 there, his
plurality reached 77,t42. In Manhattan
II was 1882; in The Bronx. 45,s05
Queens. 2s.2s3. and Richmond. COLI
McCrate Wins I'm Kings. 80,
In Kings county the Republicans won
one, Congress seat. the Third, where John
McCrate. with the Democratic as well as
the Republican nomination, defeated
Michael Fogarty. running Independently.
but with the support Of the Democratic
organization.
Another source Of comfort was in the
reelection OF Representative, Reuben L.
Haskell In the Tenth District. He was
seriously threatened by Abraham Ship
lacoff. the Socialist candidate. The lat
ter was defeated by a plurality of 1897.
Representative Frederick W. Rowe in
the Sixth district. supposed to be strong
ly Republican. got through by the mar
row margin Of 1874 votes. The Republi-
cans In Kings lost Congressman in
Representative Oscar w. Swift, but he
was running In a new district, where his
chances were never considered good.
Although the Republicans In Manhat-
tan helped to elect-Henry NJ, Goldfogel.
Democrat, by fusion, defeating Repre-
sentative Meyer London, the Socialist.
and reelected Representative r. II. La
Guardia and Isaac Siegef through the
aid Of the Democrats. they lost the seat
In the Nineteenth. held by Representa-
tive Walter NJ. Chandler, and failed to
elect Frederick c. Tanner In the Seven.
teenth. which was believed to be a safe
Republican district
two Senators. In the Sixth district
Senator Charles r. Murphy was beaten
by Loring NJ. Black. Jr.. by a plurality
OF s62. Senator Robert F. Lawson also
went down to defeat IN the Ninth. his
Democratic opponent. Charles E. Rus.
sell. winning by 1856.
Senator Charles c. Lockwood in the
Seventh defeated his Democratic adver-
sary by 1899. Although two of the
three. Assembly districts in the senate
district are now held by the. Socialists
Glassberg. the candidate of that party
for the Senate, ran a poor third in the
race. Senator Alvah W. Burlingame, Jr.,
Republican. was returned to the Senate
by a reduced plurality.
Democrats Sweep Manhattan.
In New York county the Republican,
did not elect a single Senator, losing two
seats Senator Albert Ottinger was de-
feated by Abraham Kaplan. Democrat. in
the Fifteenth by 20.593 to 25.054. Schuy
Ter NJ. Meyer. running In the Seventeenth
district. to succeed Senator Courtland
Nicoll. Republican, was defeated by Ju-
Illus Miller, Democrat, by a plurality
OF 2,0s2. There had been much conf
dence In the election OF William DuRran.
Republican. in the Nineteenth, hat he
lost to Edward J, Bowling. the Demo-
crat, by GAS. There was even a bet
ter chance OF Harold C. Mitchell. the
Republican candidate for the Senate In
the Twentieth district. winning, but Will
lam c. Dodge. the Democrat, defeated
him by 6.414.
Republican was elected to the SEN
ate In the Twenty-second district in The
Bronx. Peter'A. Abeles, but II was done
through fusion with the Democrats in
order to defeat the Socialist. .,
Gov Whitman carried only three cleo
ton districts in the entire city, one in
Manhattan and two In Brooklyn The
honor OF holding up the Governors
standard in Manhattan fell to the TWEEN
ty-hrst district. of which Moses M Nc
Kee, secretary of the Board Of Elections.
Is leader. The Twenty third district.
which Is normally heavily Republican.
fell down badly. going for Smith by a
vote of 1o.77S to s.2s5 for Whitman.
Smith Wins "Diamond Back"
The Governors own election district
which as a Republican district of con-
sequence has been known as the Dia-
mond Back district, went against him
by 7.l7S to $500 for Smith.
The two Brooklyn districts carried by
the Governor were the Twenty-first and
the Seventeenth. In the first Whitman
got 1889 to .9.e03 for Smith. This Is
known as the Flatbush district, through
which the Brighton Beach Elevted line
runs and where the fatal accident oc-
Cured on Friday night. The district
was carried by the Republican candi-
date for the Assembly a year ago by
1000. although the womenn were not
voting then. F. J. II. Kracke, one OF
the members OF the Public Service Com
mission. which was criticised so severely
by Mr.. Smith in his campaign speeches.
Is the virtual leader OF the district.
The Eighteenth Assembly district, which
is adjacent TO the Twenty first and for
merly part of 1t. went Republican for
the Assembly year ago by 500. With
the women voting this year. Whitman
lost II by more than 1000,
Another district through which the
Brighton Beach line runs and In which
the victims OF that wreck live Is the
Sixteenth 1t went for Smith by s,6s7
to 1855 for Whitman. Last year the
Democrats carried II by less than 1000
for the Assembly.
The Socialists lost eight OF the ten
Assembly districts now held by them
holding only the Twenty-thIrd In Brook
fyn. where Charles Solomon was elected,
and the Seventeenth, Manhattan. where
Assemblyman August Claessens was
reelected. There was no fusion against
the Socialists in these districts as in
some OF the others.