The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-09
HYLAN PLURALITY
WAS THE HIGHEST
EVER RECORDED
Democrats Carried All the
Principal City and Coun-
ty Offices in New York
Municipal Election -
Their Control of the City
Is Complete

New York, Nov 9.-Democratic can
didates, headed by Mayor John +. Hy-
Ian. made clean sweep Of the princi-
pal city and county offices in yester-
day's municipal election, the mayor re.
ceiving the unprecedented plurality oi
4l7,0S6.
The complete vote in the city's 2,OI9
election Districts was: Hylan, 754,Si4;
Henry Fl. Curran, Republican, running
on n coalition ticket. 336,SSS; Jacob
Panken, socialist, S3,2O9.
Mayor Hylan's plurality is the larg-
est ever received by Democratic can
didate for any office in this city and Is
comparable only with President Hard
ing's plurality of 43S,47l in the presi-
Dental election last year.
The highest previous Democratic
plurality was that of former Governor
Alfred u. Smith, who carried the city
over Governor Miller by 3lo,920 in last
years election.
Approximately 95 per cent of the
city's .263, $40 registered voters which
included 447,0l5 women, went to the
polls. John r. Voorhis, veteran com
missioner of elections, declared it was
one of the quietest elections in his
career. No serious disturbance was re-
4vsertcd. In every sberonghv the coalition
candidates went down under an avail
anche OF Democratic votes, the mayors
plurality in each case exceedingsthe to-
TAI vote cast for Curran. In the Bronx
he led by more than 3 to ].
Mayor Hylan ran away ahead of his
ticket, leading Dock Commissioner Muir
ray Hubert, successful Democratic
candidate for president of the board of
aldermen, his nearest rival, by about
$4,000 votes. State Senator Charles G.
Lockwood, Republican candidate for
comptroller led the coalition ticket, re-
ceiving approximately $4,000 votes
more than Mr.. Curran, but nearly 250.-
900 less than his successful Democratic
rival.
The ticket elected was:
Mayor. John r. Hylan.
Comptroller. Charles j. Craig.
President of the board of aldermen,
Murray Hubert.
President borough of Manhattan, JUL
ius Miller.
President borough of Brooklyn, Ed
ward f. Riegelmann.
President borough of Bronx. Henry
Bruckner
President borough of Queens, Mau-
rice L. Connolly.
President borough of Richmond, Mat
thew j. Cahill.
The smashing Democratic triumph
gives the party all the votes on the i'm
portant board of estimate and appor-
tionment, which consists Of the mayor
comptroller, president of the board of
aldermen and the five borough presi-
dents. The Democrats also are assured
of heavy majority in the board OF
; aldermen.
In the statewide contest for asso-
ciate Judge of the court of appeals
Townsend Seudder. Democrat, carried
the city by plurality of 26l ,975 over
William 5. Andrews, Republican. The
complete vote was: Scudder. 629, ,QS5
Andrews. s6s.0lO; Hezekiah Wilcox, so.
cialist, l02254.
There was a heavy slump i'm the So
cialist vote. Jacob Panken polled ap-
proximately 62,000 less for mayor than
the vote cast for Morris Hillquit -four
years ago. Socialists elected Louis
Weitz as assemblyman in the Fourth
Bronx district and August Claessens in
the 18th New York district.
Women candidates for municipal and
county officers, with the exception OF
Miss Annie Matthews, successful Dem.
ocratic candidates for registrar of Ma.
hanntan county. did not fare well
The vote in this city on the eonsti.
tutional amendments based on very In.
complete returns. showed large major,
titles against the soldier civil service
preferment amendment and the amend
Z ment providing for increased salaries
for legislators, and a substantial ma.
jority in favor Of the literacy test for
voters.