Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-05
N. Y. STATE REBELS
AGAINST TAMMANY
La Cuardia, Republican, Elected
Head of City Aldermen
by 1868 Majority
SOCIALIST BALLOTS SLUMP


turns of the Board of Aldermen show
that Representative +. II. La Guardia.
Republican. defeated Robert i. Moran.
Democratic incumbent, by 1863 votes,
An official recount will be asked for
in Mr.. Moran's behalf.
The vote was: La Guardia. 4O9,O5l {;
Moran, 401 ,6Ss James O'Neill, social
ist. 126, ,365.
Tammany lost all contests for seats
on the Supreme Court bench in the
First and Second Judicial districts.
Justice Joseph u. Newburger. VINO was
refused denomination by the Demo
Gratis and then was placed in the field
BY the Republicans, had little difficulty
in defeating Irwin Untermyer, thirty
three year old attorney, nominated by
Tammany.
anti -Tammany candidate in the hrst
district, won from Justice Robert j..
Luce.
James A. Foley, SON in law Of
Charles f. Murphy, Tammany leader,
scored moderately easy victory over
James O'Malley. his Republican oppo-
nent, for surrogate Of New York coun
ty. This was about the only solacc
Tammany found i'll the result, for Henry
n. Curran. Republican. was elected
president of the borough of Manhattan.
Reuben L. Haskell. Republican. was
elected n county judge in Brooklyn on
"wet" platform.
Socialists Run Poor Third
Tho Socialists failed to make good
tbeir claim they would poll a larger
vote than they did in 1917. polling less
than one seventh of the ballots cast
for aldermanic president.
Indications mt 10 a. N. today were
that the Republicans had gained seN
eral seats in the state Assembly as n
result of the election yesterday. Their
renresentation had been increased by
five, with no reports available on ten
doubtful districts in Kings county.
Inst year the Assembly consisted OF
"a Republicans. 81 Democrats and :
Socialists. e-.....,
Socialists yesterday elected samuel
A De Witt in Bronx county, but sam
uel Orr lost the Seventeenth New 1orN
district.
Roth the women who served at the
last session were defeated by men for
re election. Mrs. Mary NJ. Lilly.
Democrat, lost to Noel Il. Fox in the
Seventh New York district, and Mrs
Ida Il. Sammis. Republican, was
defeated by William &. Carroll, he-
publican. in the second district of Suf-
folk
Two other women will sit at the
next session however. They are DR..
Elizabeth Van K. Gillette, of the Sec
ond Schenectady district. n Democrat;
who won from the man VINO dcteateu
her last year. and Margaret l.. Smith
who ousted Martin j. Henly. Demo
cratic incumbent in the nineteenth New
York district.
ThaddeUs c.. Sweet. who was speaker
az the Assembly last session. was vic
torious over Miss Marion Dickcrman,
although she had the support Of Demo =
Z Gratis ProhibitiOnists and women 5 or
ganizations. e., =.
The Republicans were successful IN
most of the upstate municipal eiec-
tions. In Schenectady George X. Lunn
was elected mayor by the Democrats,
an Office he had twice held as a So
cialist.
Murphy Influence Je0pardiZed
The anti -Tammany forces here sue
ceeded in electing Justice Richard H..
smith TO InP NlIs 'oh''' IL ~ 70 ~
~ fine candidates for the three places on
this court. He has been turned down
for denomination by Tammany and was
made the Republican candidate.
Louis Wendell and Major Thomas T..
! Reilly, Tammany candidates, nosed out
/, the Republican candidates, Henry X.
Davis and William II. Chorosh. for the
second and third city court justiceship.
The defeat of Untemyer and the cleo
tion of Newburger and Smith, dissatis
faction with the Tammany leadership,
undoubtedly placed the Murphy leader
ship in the greatest jeopardy.
1t looked as though the Republican
county ticket in Brooklyn would be
elected with the exception Of james
G. iMcLeer, the candidate for surrogate
against Surrogate George A. Wingate
Wingate was running in way thai
would give him plurality of abou
10000.
John II. McCOoey worked desperately
for Wingate, and the leaders were tolC
to fail to do nothing to bring Nc.
Cooey's superior officer in a winner.