Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-11-09
DEMOCRATS CARRY
NEW YORK ELECTION.
BY LARGE MAJORITY.
MAYOR HYLAN WINS OVER RE.
PUBLICAN OPPONENT BY 400, 900
ON FACE OF lNcoMPLETEp RE.
TURNS ANNOUNCED TODAY.

New York, Nov. 9.-Mayor John f.
IIylan, Democrat was reelected yes
terday by the greatest plurality ever
given a mayoralty candidate in the
greater city.
Returns from one.sixth Of the city
indicated that the mayor had carried
the city by more than 100000 over
Mayor Curran, the coalition candidate.
He was victorious in every one of the
five borougs. His greatest plurality
was in Brooklyn, his home The may
or swept all other candidates on his
ticket into Office with him.
The vote with fifty election districts
missing, was Hyland, 4l,OiG; Henry
II. Curran Republican, INNING on =
coalition ticket, ?31,1G3, and Jacob
Panken. Socialist, 81, 10.
Mayor Hylan's plurality is the larg
est ever received By a Democratic can
didate for any office in this city. The
highest previous Democratic plurality
was that of former Governor Alfred
f. Smith, who carried the city over
Governor Miller by 3l9,929 in last
years election.
Approximately IS per cent of the
City's 1858, $40 registered voters,
which included 44IO1j women, went
to the polls
Murray Hubert won handily over
Vincent Gilroy for aldermanic Presi-
dent.
The city board of estimate and ap.
entirety The Democratic majority in
the board of aldermen will be in
creased.
Democratic candidates for borough
president in Manhattan, Bronx, Kings
Queens and Richmond appear to have
been elected. The Democratic sweep
also seems to have carried with it the
district attorneyships and minor Dor
ough Offices throughout the city.
A running gun fight in which one
man was seriously injured and nearly
score of shots were fired enlivened
election day in the Eighteenth Alder
manic District.
Angelo Marseno, said by police to
have begun the battle, was shot
through the hip by one of two men
who gave the names of Samuel Kupf-
erman and John Ryan. A dispute
over merits of rival aldermanic can
ddates preceded the fight.
Buffalo Elects wet" Mayor.
Buffalo, Nov S.--Frank X. Schwab,
Republican, running on platform ask
ing amendment of the Volstead act to
permit beer and wine, was elected
mayor Tuesday by majority of 1858
over Mayor George S. Buck, also a
Republican. Mr.. Schwab said in his
campaign that a vote for him would
be a protest against prohibition laws
Take Two States.
New York. Nov. 9-Two states
Maryland and Kentucky passed
from republican to democratic control
as result of yesterdays elections as
shown in returns available here this
morning
In Maryland the entire lower house
of the legislature and Il ont of y
members of the senate were elected
and it was believed in Baltimore early
lOudN tiluI lHt ucIllVNldlS ituN SNtul C'
a dominating position in both houses.
In Kentucky the democrats regained
control of the state legislature, lost
to the republicans two years ago and
, claimed 50 out of 100 members of the
lower house and 10 out Of SO seats in
the senate.
Gain % Seats In Assembly.
Albany. n. Y. Nov 9.-The demo
Gratis gained twenty-five seats in the
New York assembly yesterday when
they elected 50 members Returns froW
all but four of the one hundred and
fifty assembly districts show the re-
publicans will continue to have a
working majority, having carried
ninety-three districts. a loss Of TWEEN
ty-six from last year. The senate is
republican.
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