New-York tribune., 1920-11-04

was not more than 1000 votes behind
Swami. There were 399 election dis
tricts missing out Of total of 99s,
winch left chance of some. Of the Re-
puollcans nosing in at the finish The
hve candidates for the Supreme Court
indorsed for reelection by both parties
were sure of election.
The Republicans elected all five can
didates for the Supreme Court in the
I'd Judicial district (Brooklyn, Queens
and Richmond). With only forty-eight
eiect!on districts missing out of q total
OF 9CI. Justice Jaycox, who was last on
the Republican ticket with the least
number of votes, was nevertheless 35,-
600 votes ahead of Justice Scudder.
who headed the Democratic list with
the largest number of votes. The sue
cessful Republican justices arc Norman
:. Dixie, Joseph Aspinall, John Mac
Crate. Walter H. Jaycox and Selah b.
Strong. Jacob S. Stranl, Municipal
Court justice. who ran in the I'd Dis
trlct without party Endorsement. polled
almost 100000 when the returns are
all in.
The Democrats were able to return
some of their members to Congress
from the city, as we'll as state Senators
and Assembtymen IN the strong Demo-
cratic districts, but the Republicans
made gains in all three cases. Daniel
J. Riordan, Tammany candidate in the
1lth Congressional District, WAS ap-
rarently reelected, as were Peter j.
Dooling in the 18TH and John F. Carew
in the 18th District. w. Bourke Cock
ran appeared to have been elected in
the 10th District. In Kings, Thomas
h. Cullen, Democrat. apparently was
elec>ed in the 4th District. Andrew N.
Petersen, Republican. seemed to have
District, which is partly in Kings and
Queens. In Queens. the present Rep
resentativc. Frederick C. Hicks. of Port
Washington, was reelected.
Ogden l.. Mills Elected
The Republicans elected Ogden L.
Mills, in the 17th District, and Wal
ter NJ. Chandler, in the 18TH to Con-
gress, and made other gains through
out the city.
Queens County Republicans yestcr-
day celebrated the biggest victory in
the history of the party in that
borough since consolidation of the
greater city. 1t has been twenty tive o
years since Republican Sheriff was
elected in that county, and eighteen
District Attorney. The election of
Republicans to these two Offices was a
hard blow to the regular Democratic
Organization. headed by Borough
President Maurice E. Connolly. John
Wagner, Deputy Commissioner of
Jurors, was elected Sheriff over
Borough Secretary Joseph Flanagan.
Considerable patronage is connected d
with the Sheriff's Office. Danna Wal
lace was elected District Attorney
over Lawrence T. Gresser. son of the
sformer Queens Borough President, and
the present District Attorney, Denis
,OLeary, who ran ependently,
The Republicans repeated their vic
tory Of last year in Queens, electing
four out of six Assemblymen and one
of the two state Senators.
Almost completed returns last night
showed the election OF Gustave Hart
man, Republican candidate for the
City Court in Manhattan. John G.
McTieue. Democrat. was elected to the
Municipal Court, 4th District. Man
hattan. In the Municipal Court, 7th
District, Brooklyn, Harrison c. Glore,
Republican, was elected.
Robert L. Moran. former Democratic
President of the Board of Aldermen,
Was reelected County Clerk in the
Bronx. c. Livingston Bostwick was
reelected County Clerk in Richmond.