Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-11-06
TAMMANY GOES
DOWN TO DEFEAT
All Three of its Candidates for
Supreme Court Bench
Seem to Have Lost

New York. Nov 4.-Tammany Hall ap-
parently went down to defeat in the
municipal election here to-day. All three
Of its candidates for the Supreme Court
bench seem to have lost
With returns lacking from 223 districts
out Of 9i8 in the first judicial district.
which includes the boroughs of Manhat-
tan and the Bronx. Justice Joseph F. New
burger, who was denied a denomination by
the democrats and then placed in the
field by the republicans, had 713 votes,
while Irwin Untermyer, 33-year-old son
Of Samuel Untermyer, his opponent, had
S301.
Major Philip j. McCook, the other anti
Tammany candidate had 107 1926 and JUS
tice Robert l.. Luce. 9i,193.
In the second judicial district which in
cludes the boroughs of Brooklyn and Rich-
mond with 2Oi districts lacking out 954. A.
l.. Squiers. republican had 14.564 and
George ]. s. Dowling. democrat. 110,31.
The indications were that Robert L..
Moran, Tarmany candidate for president
Of the board Of aldermen. the only office
for which the entire city voted, had been
defeated by Representative F. L. ",
Laguardia his republican opponent. by a
narrow margin. The vote in 2,310 districts
out Of 1867 was: Laguardia So. AL: Moran
35970. Part of Laguardia's strength is
supposed to have resulted froN his
record in the aviation service
Notwithstanding the fact that 1t was
an "off year" the voting was heavy.
The registration considerably exceeded
100000 and of this number $4,000 were
women. Political leaders were hard at
work tonight analyzing the vote to deter
mine IL possible whether the granting
of suffrage accounted for the poor show
ing made by Tammany or whether 1t was
the result of other issues.
The democrats conceded that ono factor
in the judiciary election was the assault
by William Randolph Hearst upon Gov
ernor Smith and the Tammany candi-
dates. Hearst is credited with having
stood sponsor for Mayor Hylan and there
has been no break between them although
the city administration has remained al
peace with the Governor.
The socialists had predicted that James
O'Neil. their candidate for a,dermanic
president. would poll more votes than
Morris Hi,lquit did in the mayoralty CON
test in 917 but they failed to substantiate
their claim although he had 1921 in 2,31r
districts out OF 1861. In proportion to the
total, the socialist vote was heavier in
the Bronx than in any of the other
boroughs. Brooklyn was carried by the
republicans.
Representative Reuben L. Haskell,
republican. was elected county judge
in Brooklyn. He made his campaign
what was virtually a wet" plat
form. He issued a statement in which
he declared the constitution should be
amended again to provide a direct
vote prohibition and that all
amendments proposed in future to re-
strict personal liberties should be sub
mitted to n nation wide referendum.
Samuel S. Koenig, chairman of the
New York county republican commit
tee. announced that every election dis
trct In the city was being covered"
to see that nothing happens" to the
ballots
Were not going to take any
chances" he said,
He said he was convinced that
Lasuardia had won but by not more
than 1000 votes.