Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-09
HYLAN PLURALITY |
IN n. Y. 417,986'
Mayor Gets Largest Vote Ever
Received by Democratic
Candidate in City
CARRIES WHOLE TICKET

Srccidi Dispatch 10 EUcrta1 Pubrc LcG0sr
New York, Nov. 0.-,Tohn +, Hylan
was re elected Mayor Of New York City
yesterday.
ITc won over Borough President
Henry II. Currnn. the Republican
Coalition candidate, by a plurality Of
~ .OSG
The Mayor got the largest vote ever
received by q Democratic candidate
rprp. The complete vote in the 2070
districts was: 1Iylan. 754.S74; Cur
ran 33G. .SSS
The Democratic sweep also carried
Mayor IIylan's colleagues On the Demo.
Garlic ticket with him to n much less
impressive victory.
Charles l.. Craig was reelected
Comptroller over Senator Charles {.
Lockwood by an estimated plurality Of
2A3 900.
Dock Commissioner Murray Hubert
was elected president Of the Board ~
Aldermen over Vincent Gilroy, the
young Democrat who ran on the Coali-
tion ticket. by an estimated plurality
Of 2G2 900.
HOre for Justice
Tho smashing Democratic triumph
carried with IL every one Of the Demo-
critic candidates in the five counties
of the city. The only hope the Re-
pubicans bud at all was that possibly
District Attorney Harry +. Lewis
might be able to squeeze in as SUI
premc Court Justice in the Second Dis
trict. through the aid of 10000 plu-
rality given BY Nassau and Suffolk
Counties.
The hope of the Coalition!sts that the
Democratic women would break away
from their husbands and vote for Henry
II. Curran in response TO his dcnuncta.
tion Of the Hylan Administration s
treatment of the schools and policies in
other matters pertaining to the home,
was not realized.
Mayor TIylnn's plurality is compar-
able only with President Harding 3
nlurallty Of 43S.4Tl. The highest pre-.
vious Democratic plurality was that Of
former Governor Alfred +. Smith. who
heat Governor Miller by 310,020 last
wear. Mayor Hylan defeated the late
John PurrOy Mitchell four years ngo by
! 15S. .4B6, but that was before the women
voted.
%incty.fi five Per Cent Vote Cast
Approximately % per cent of the
city's .2G3 .040 registered voters, which
!
polls. John II. Noorhis. veteran COM
| missioner Of elections, declared It was
one of the quietest elections In his ca =
rccr.
! In every borough the Coalition cam
didetcs went down under an avalanche
of Democratic votes, the Mayors plur =
al!ty in each case exceeding the total
vote cast for CurraI. In the Bronx
| he led by more than three 20 one. Mayor
! IIylan ran away ahead of his ticket,
leading Dock Commissioner Murray
Hubert. successful Democratic candi :
date for president Of the Board OF
Aldermen. his nearest rival. by about
| 1874 900 votes. State Senator Charles
G. Lockwood, Republican candidate for
| Comptroller. led the Coalition ticket
receiving approximately $1,000 votes
more than Mr. Curran. but nearly 30.
600 less than his successful Democratic
rival.
Elect Borough Presidents
Tie FIVE borough presidents elected
| BY the Democrats with an indication
OF their final pluralities, based on IN
Complctc returns, are:
julius Miller. in Manhattan, defeat
cd Ernest F. Eilert by 93 900.
Borough President Edward Ricgel.
mann defeated George w. Baker by
III 900 in BROOKLYN.
Borough President Henry Bruckne'
defeated Joseph ". Levine by $4,000
in the Bronx.
Borough President Maurice f. Con,
molly defeated Edgar F. Hazleton by
43 .OOO in Queens.
Matthew J. Cnlill defeated Gcorg,
Cromwell in Richmond by 1000.
Joab II. Banton, 1t was indicated
would carry New York County for Dis
trict Attorney over John kirkland
Clark bv 104 900.
Miss Helen Varick Boswell kept dowI
the plurality Of Miss Annie Mathews
hor Democratic opponent, to abou
1O4 900.
Mayor IIrlan. who received the re
turns at tho Commodore. with othe
members Of the Ilylan LcngIe. issued
statement and then made a speech 4
his enthusiastic friends. He called tn
result n great victory for the pcopl
agairst the interests who were tryin
10 drive him ont Of city Hall.
Major Curran was philosophical il
defeat, saying that maiorities rule il
this country and the majority here ha
spoken.