The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-11-05
GLOOM HANGS
OVER TAMMANY
Republican Candidate, La
guardia, Supported by
Women, Leads.

New York, Nov. 5.--Gloom hung
over Tammany Hall today as a. re-
suit of the stinging rebuke admin
istercd by the voters in the election
in the greater city. The returns
showed that Tammany had lost two
supreme court justices, one city court
justice, five votes in the board of es-
innate, president of the borough of
Manhattan and three assemblymen.
This showed close contest. La
guardia was the republican candi-
date against Tammany and was
strongly supported by the women
voters. Irwin Untermeyer, a Tam
many Judiciary candidate who was
bitterly asasiled for his war record,
and Robert l.. Luce, another candi-
date for the bench on the Tammany
ticket, were among the defeated ones.
Complete returns of the vote for
Ereslient of the board of aldermen
Show that Representative r. II. La
guardia, republican, defeated Robert
l.. Moran, democratic incumbent, by
1868 votes. An official recount will
be asked for in Mr.. Moran's behalf.
The vote was: Laguardia, 403,051;
Moran. 401,6SS; James O'Neil, So
cialst, 126,365.
Tammany lost all contests for seats
on the supreme court bench in the
first and second judicial districts.
James A. Foley, son nin-law of
! Leader Murphy scored a moderately
easy victory over James O'Malley,
his republican opponet,n for surro-
gate of New York county. This was
about the only solace Tammany found
in the result, for Henry H. Curran,
republican, was elected president of
the borough of Manhattan.
Reuben l.. Haskell republican, was
elected n county judge in Brooklyn
on a wet platform.
The socialists failed TO make good
their claim they would poll a larger
vote than they did in 1918 and were
credited with little more than 10 per
cent of the ballots cast for alder
manic president.
ohio For Prohibition.
A total socialist vote in New York
City of more than 10000 is indicated
today, according to socialist party
headquarters. Returns are trickling
in slowly, but the socialists claim to
have elected four aldermen and five
assemblymen.
James O'Neal, running for the pres
idency of the board of aldermen, re-
ceived 124,259 votes.
Columbus, o., Nov. 5.-Ohio yes
terday voted to remain in the dry
column by a majority which may
reach three times the size of that by
which it voted prohibition year ago,
according to incomplete and unof-
fioiaI returns received early today at
4 AG -
Secretary of State Smith said early
today that partial returns to his Of
fee from half the counties in the
state indicated a dry majority of all
four prohibition proposals of ap-
proximately $4,000.
In addition to defeating the pro-
posed repeal of statewide prohibition,
Ohio yesterday apparently voted by
big majorities to uphold the action
of the legislature in ratifying the fed
eral prohibition amendment; TO kill
a proposal for the manufacture and
sale of beer containing as high as
2.75 per cent. alcohol, and to put into
effect the Crabb prohibition enforce
ment bill passed by the legislature
last spring. All of the prohibition
proposals 'Wer initiated by the vets.
kentucky Governor G. o. p.
Louisville, KY, Nov. 5.-With ten
counties missing out of 120, unofficial
returns early today gave Edwin P.
Morrow, republican, a majority of
23,579 votes over Gov. James ID. Black,
democrat, in the race for governor
of Kentucky. Unofficial returns from
thirty counties indicate the statewide
prohibition amendment was defeated
by a majority of 1851. The vote
stood: Against, 25,340; for. 9,S29.
Twenty-Five counties favored the
amendment and eight were against
it. Jefferson county, which includes
Louisville, cast 22,S7S against the
amendment, and 7,541 for it.
Another amendment voted on was
that providing for removal of peace
officers who fail to protect prisoners
from mobs and early incomplete re-
turns indicated it was adopted by a
large majority.
Republicans elected fifty-three OF
100 state representatives and the
democrats forty-six, while one county
provided a tie. OF the nineteen sem
ators elected, the republicans elected
thirteen and the, democrats six. As a
result the republicans will control
the lower house and the democrats
the senate. the latter having left
overs.
Maryland in Doubt.
Baltimore. Nd, Nov. 5.-The result
of the election in Maryland yesterday