New-York tribune., 1920-09-17
i've Expelled
Socialists Win
Again at Polls
sion Candidates Make q
Poor Showing, as Repub-
licans and Democrats Stay
Away From Polling Places
Disorder at Booths
alloting Unusually Light,
but Gives the Ousted Mem
Overwhelming Majorities

The entire Socialist delegate I.
Shich was ousted from the last ses-
sion of the Assembly by Speaker
shaddeus c. Sweet, was reelected at
w..
~~Fhie the vote in each of the five
&Stricts was considerably smaller than
ut year. the Socialists won over their
S>sion opponents by considerably larg-
e, ma critics.
The small vote for the fusion candi-
Satcs proved the statements made by
D Arnuhlican and Democratic leaders in
districts that the rank and file
81 the two major parties would not go
10 the polls as protest against the
custer of last winter.
Socialist Vote Falls OFF
.. The Socialist vote in the five dis
&'icts was only half of what itewas a
$ear ago, yet four of them won by
Gnaj ajorities in excess of 1000 and a
Sfth had majority of more than 600.
The small Socialist vote was sur
F"isc. in these five districts more than
1900 Socialists were added to the So
cialist strength by legalized coloniz-
ing-moving Socialists from other dis
trlcts into the five where the special
elections were being held.
A year, ago the vote for the Social
lists in these five districts was 28,469,
Yesterday it was but 1860, falling
off of 10,S09, or nearly SO per cent.
Another surprise yesterday occurred
in, the 10th Assembly District, Brook
lyn, where a special election was or
dered because of the death of Assem-
blyman John Damico. Republican.
There the Democrats elected Benjamin
C. Kllngman by the narrow plurality
Francis \. Giaccone. His vote was
1880 The Socialist candidate, Nat
Rubin, polled but 1904. Klingman
polled 1855. AS in the other five dis
tricts, the vote in the 10th was about
half what it was a year ago.
The elections yesterday were devoid
OF disorder of any kind. Several poll
ing places in the Bronx failed to open
at 6 o'clock as the law requires. Some
plants to the Board of Elections, say
ing that they believed it part of plot
to prevent their followers from voting.
John r. Voorhis, president of the
board, at once requested Police Com
missioner Enright to instruct the po-
iicemen on duty at the polling places
to see that all who were in line at
CLOCK were permitted TO cast thelf
ballots.
The Socialists had written to Gov
ernor Smith and to other officials that
they anticipated frauds, and asked that
they be afforded protection. AS re-
suit of their appeal the Honest Ballot
Association placed special watchers in
every polling booth in addition to those
maintained by the political organiza-
tions.
Vote In Five Districts
The vote in the five districts was:
sTH MANHATTAN.
Morris Reiss, Fusion. 2.A4A
Louis Wuldman, Socialist. ,086
Waldman's majority. .622
nth MANHATTAN.
Augusta Rosenzweig, Fusion. .222o
August Claessens, Socialist. .3,735
Claessen's majority ...........1,51
Sd BRONX.
Milton Altschuler, Fusion
Samuel A De Witt, Socialist. 1866
De Wits majority. 1,556
4TH BRONX.
James J. Collins, fusion on.........s,oes
Samuel Orr, Socialist. Att
Orr's majority lila
2sD BROOKLYN
Jonathan Schneider, Fusion. go. 1921
Charles Solomon, Socialist ..... SIG
Solomon's majority. .......... 1926
d, The vote in the above districts last
year was: