Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-11-08


Albany, n. Y. Nov. Coy
ernor Miller, receiving the returns
in the executive chamber # the
capital carry tonight, conceded
Mr.. Smiths election and sent a
telegram OF congratulation to his
opponent,
with $3.50 out of 2,747 districts
in New York city heard from,
Smith had run up q plurality of
442,S04. The greatest margin ever
given a candidate by the city in
any previous election was 417,000,
won b. John Il. Hylan in the may
orally contest last year.
New York, Nov. (by the Asso-
ciated Press) AT II o'clock
eastern standard time less than
half of the returns for United
States senator and representative
in congress were in and less than
half a dozen turnovers in the
present lineup. had been recorded.
In the house, Speaker Gillett
has been reelected and Meyer
London, the Only socialist, had
been defeated.
In the senatorial contests, the
New York republican state COM
mittee had conceded the defeat of
Senator Calder by DR.. Royal S.
Copeland, New York citys demo-
cratic health commission. In
Connecticut, Senator Mclean, re-
publican, was leading Thomas j.
Spellacy, his democratic oppo-
nent. In Delaware. Senator Du
Pont, republican, was leading for
both the short term and the long
term to follow. In Indiana, for
mer Governor Ralston, democrat,
with only a part of the state re-
ported, was leading former Sena-
tor Albert J... Beveridge, republi-
can, in what appeared to be a
close contest.
Speaker Gillett, republican, was
reelected from the second Massa-
chusetts district for his sixteenth
term, making him the patriarch
OF the new house of representa-
tive, an honor held now by for
mer Speaker Cannon, who was
not a candidate for reelection to
the new congress. "Uncle Joe"
Cannon has had % terms but
they were not continuous.
Three chairmen of important
committees of the house of rep
resentatiyes were returned in the
reflections of Representatives
Butler and McFadden of Penn
sylvania and Dempsey of New
York. They are chairmen of the
naval, banking and rivers and
harbors committees, respectively.
New York, 1,ov. Up to 8 p.
m. eastern standard time the re-
turns from the national congress
sional election We're coming in
slowly and the polls in many states
were at that hour still open.
The "solid south" returned as
usual democratic delegations in
Georgia. Louisiana and Mississippi,
with indications that other demo-
cratic strongholds south of the
Mason and Dixon line were in no
danger.
Returns from the northeast and
west however, We're just beginning.
In Massachusetts the first returns
showed Senator. Lodge running
ahead of his opponent. The out
standing result early in the even
ing was the apparent defeat of
Governor Miller in New York by
Alfred Z. Smith. the democratic
governor of two years ago. Smith
carried Syracuse. the home city of
Governor Mile, by 6.704 votes.
The first five women candidates
for the house to appear in the re
turns were beaten. Forr were in
Pennsylvania and one was in North
Carolina.
In the south Senator's Trammell
OF Florida, George of Georgia,
Stephens Of Mississippi and Swan
son of Virginia evidently are elect
cd. Senator George SUE ceeds Mrs,
w. II. FELTON,, appointed by Gov
ernor Hardwick to succeed the late
Senator Thomas Watson. She was
the first woman senator Lut never
took her seat.
Early returns from the sena-
torial contest in other states were
not indicative of the results. al
though shortly after o'clock the
New York Times announced the
election OF DIR. Royal S. Copeland,
democrat, to the senate. in defeat
Of Senator Calder, republican.
Alfred f. Smiths plurality over
Governor Miller of New York con-
tinued to mount as the returns
piled in.
The first turnover in the con-
gressional elections came in Ten
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