Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-10
Gains Are Made
By Democrats
In Elections
Republicans Lose Control OF
State Legislature in Ken.
tucky--G. o. p. Loses
In Albany.

New York, Nov 9.--tinal sum
nation tonight Of results OF yes'er
days elections indicated substan
tial gains for the democrats in Mary
land, Kentucky. Virginia and New
York, while municipal ballots il
many cities resulted in changes o.
party control.
The outstanding case OF state
wide democratic victory was ir
Kentucky, where that party re.
gained control Of the legislature
which has been republican for two
years.
In Maryland, where the lower
house was elected, with twenty-se-
ven members OF the senate, demo-
cratic control was increased.
In Virginia the democratic gu
berna,orial candidate, State Senator
Z. L. Trinkle, led his republican
opponet by wide margin, which
extended also to his running mates,
including J. M. Hooker, the party's
candidate for congress.
Increase Lead in New York.
In the New York assembly the
democrats increased their represen-
tation by twenty-three seats, al
though the republicans, with 90 as
scmbly men, still retained a wide
working margin.
Albany will have democratic d.
mjnistration for the first time in 22
years. The democrats siezed every
berth in the city administration bal
lotcd on, including a large majority
OF the 10 aldermanic seats.
Detroit reelected Mayor James
Cousens, whose campaign was
waged on platform calling for
municipal traction ownership, while
Cleveland gave Fred Gopher a SUBJ
stantial plurality over Mayor w. 5.
Fitzgerald, republican, and voted to
change to a city manager plan in
1924.
Cleveland proposed to be the larg-.
est city which has adopted this plan.
Republican mayors were elected
in Indianapolis and Cincinnati.
Tammany Chiefs Celebrate.
New York, Nov. 9.-Tammany
chiefs tonight were celebrating the
results of yesterdays election, which
promised unchallenged control OF
the city's governmental machinery
after January !.
In the greatest republican rout
experienced here, Mayor Hylan was
reelected, as was every one OF his
running mates on the democratic
ticket. He had a plurality of
4l7,986 over his coalition opponent,
Henry H. Curran.
Ninety-three per cent of the
1,268,464 voters registered voted
turnout which observers declared
was the heaviest in New York's his
tory.
Townsend Scudder, democrat,
carried the city BY 26l,975 over w.
S. Andrews OF Syracuse for judge
of the court of appeals. 70
A feature of the election was the
small vote Of the socialists, about
$4,000 less than given Morris Hill
quit when he ran for mayor four
years ago. Jacob Panken, the
party's candidate, received $500
votes.
An exception to the general demo-
cratic sweep was in the Second ju-
dicial district, where District At
torney H. E. Lewis, republican, was
elected as a candidate for the SUI
preme court bench.
Women Elected.
Trenton, N. j., Nov. o.--Two
women were elected to the New
Jersey house in yesterdays election
They are Mrs. Laird, republican, Of
Essex and Mrs. Catherine Brown,
democratic, Hudson.
DR.. Walter G., Alexander, negro
physician OF Newark, the first col
ored member of the legislature, was
reelected.
City to Run Cars.
Detroit, Nov. 9.-Conforming to
an custer ordinance adopted by the
voters yesterday, the Detroit United |
railway will discontinue. operations
on two of the principal thorough
fares by November rs to make way
for municipal street car lines, it wa.
announced by A. F. Edwards, vice
president. The company, he added,
will contineu to operate its other
lines.
Submission OF the ordinance to
vote followed refusal of the COM
pany to accept the city's offer of
S388,000 for the lines on Fort street
and lower Woodward avenue, where
the company's franchise had cx-
pircd.
The Fort and Woodward lines ag-
gregate about 10 miles, crossing the
business district