New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Lewis Is Ahead
I'm Contest for
Supreme Court
Kings District Attorney Has
Lead of 2,O44 Over w. +.
Hagarty; Mays Election
Assured on First Returns
La Fetra and Valente Win
Mulqueen, Talley and Man
cuso Seem Victors in
General Sessions Battle

The local judiciary returns received
UP to I o'clock this morning indicated
that Of all the coalition candidates
District Attorney Harry Z. Lewis of
Kings County, nominee for Supreme
Court in the I'd District. was the only
one likely to show plurality
In the election to fill the two vacan-
cies in the Supreme Court. at, District,
returns from $50 districts in Brook
lyn, SO in Queens, so in Richmond and
20 in Suffolk County showed County
Judge Mitchell May, Democrat, with
vote of 132,4SS, leading his nearest
competitor by 12,S43. Lewis and Will
liam r. Haggarty. Democrat, were only
3,044 apart, with the former in second
place. Frank S. Cannon Jr., liepub-
lican candidate for rc-olection, was
running poor fourth, leading only in
his own Borough of Richmond and
showing vote 3o,9o1 less than that
for Judge May. Joseph A. Whitehorn.
Socialist. had polled 1890.
With the figures available early, the
Indications were that Justices Edward
B. La Fetra. and Louis A. Valente had
been reelected to the bench Of the
City Court.
Justice La Fetra has served more
than full term of ten years in the
City Court, while Justice Valente has
been filling a short term.
:. They were the Democratic candidates.
Opposed to them we're William II. Cho-
rosch and William j. Millard, Repub-
licans.
The returns up to midnight on the
election of judges for the Court Of Geu-
eral Sessions indicated that Judge
Joseph F. Mulqueen, Judge Alfred j.
Talley and Magistrate Francis X. Man
cuso had been elected to the three
vacancies that will occur on January /.
Judge Mulqueen, who already has
served term on the General Sessions
bench, was the candidate of the Demo
cratic and Republican parties. Judge
Talley was nominated by Tammany
Hall, after he had been turned down
by Charles F. Murphy in favor of Mag
istrate Cornelius Collins.
The protest from members of the
Tammany organization that followed
the decision of Boss Murphy not to
nominate Judge Talley, who had been
vacancy. caused by the death of Judge
Malone, compelled Murphy to retain
Judge Talley. His nomination was
made possible when Magistrate Collins
declined to be the candidate in the pri-
mary election.
Magistrate MancNso is serving on the
City Magistrate bench.
The two Republican candidates op-
posing Judge Talley and Magistrate
Mancuso were Judge Morris Koenig,
now on the General Sessions bench bv
appointment of Governor Miller, and
John II. Iselin, formerly Assistant Dis
trict Attorney.
election districts showed Burt JAY
Humphrey, Democrat, leading three to
one in his contest for reelection to the
county iudgeship. He had polled 1868
votes, rs against 1,780 for Henry G.
Wenzel jr., Republican nominee, and
PIT for Louis Roeper, Socialist.
The totals at / o'clock for each can
didate for the Supreme Court, Second
Lewis Brooklyn, 1o2, ,977; Queens, g.,
439; Richmond, 6,410; Suffolk, 1919;
total, 119,645.
Gannon-Brooklyn, s2,5o2; Queens,
5,66s; Richmond, $3.50; Suffolk, a,45s;
total, 1O1,5S7.
May Brooklyn, III 1927; Queens, H.
2s1; Richmond, 1859; Suffolk, 1921;
total, 1872, ,488.
Hagarty- Brooklyn. 97,617; Queens,
1o,O5s; Richmond, 1898; Suffolk. 9,
OPT; total, 117,6OI.
Whitehorn- Brooklyn, 17,476 Queens,
556. Richmond o02. total a oe0