The New York herald., 1922-11-08
Smith With About
100000 PLURALITY
CARRIES HIS TICKET
State G. 0. P. May Save It's
Legislative Majorities
From Wreck.
BIG UPSETS UPSTATE
Republican Strongholds Are
Smashed in Vote Record
Never Made Before.
BIG UPsETs UPSTATE

1t was moro than the predicted
landslide. The Smith tornado which
swept through the State yesterday
completely wrecked the G.. O. P. There
never has been anything comparable
with it In a straight State election in
New York
Alfred L. Smith has repeated the
political miracle he performed two
years ago, when he turned over nearly
q million votes in a Presidential year.
He has carried New York by 100000
or more and cut down to barely $4,000
the Republican upstate plurality on
which Gov. Miller relied. Smith beats
Hylan's record of last year; he beats
all records of all candidates for Gov
ernor.
All tho Democratic State ticket is
carried through, but by much smaller
pluralities than Smiths. Estimating
on the vote OF the several candidates
in the Same number of districts in
this city, the pluralities Of the several
nominees are:
Mayor Lunr, for Lieutenant Gov
ernor, 2l2, 900; James a. Hamilton, foi
Secretary of State, $4,000; James w
Fleming, for Comptroller, 267 900:
George X. Shuler. Treasurer. $4,000.
Carl Sherman, for Attorney-Ge General
217 900. and Dwight La Due, state
Engineer. 172,0oo.
With the Republican pluralities up
state all running under 100000, the
State pluralities for all these candi-
dates appear to be safely about the
100000 mark.
Copeland Carried Along.
While running far behind Smith. DR.
Royal S. Copeland has been carried into
the United States Senate on the wave
His vote would be amazing were II not
beaten so far By Smiths.
The returns at II o'clock showed that
Miller had $500 plurality only upstate.
The minimum estimated By the mos;
pessimistic Republican leader was that
ne would have e50.0c0. Smith led up
state until more than half the districts
we're reported lie swept city after
city; he broke down Republican majori-
| ties he smashed into strongholds where
Democratic pluralitie5 had never been
recorded in a State election. All signs
and precepts went by the board as Smith
went crashing through the State taking
everything before him.
These same returns gave Calder 10000
upstate, but Copeland was leading N
l.. o .Nt,
PIursIitics I'm City.
The Smith plurality by boroushs as
( Indicated with returns incomplete is:
I Manhattan. 1900: Brooklyn. 1900:
/ Bronx. 5000; Queens, 5000 and Rich
inond, 1900
I The Calder plurality upstate with
I 1913 districts missing wns estimated al
10000 while the Copeland indicated
! plurality in New York was $500
The Republican state Committee con-
ceded the defeat of Gov. Miller and
Senator Calder at 10 o'clock
There is little 10 be said: the figures
speak for themselves" George *. Nor
ris. State chairman said. THE election
Of a Republican majority IN both houses
| of the LEGISLATURE Is indicated"
| Mr.. Smith ran ahead Of tho other
candidates on the state tickets even In
their own homes. lie beat all his own
running mates.
! Sensations I'm Country, TOO.
Tho sensations IN tho voting were all
irost as numerous in the country districts
az in the cities Smith carried Troy
( BY 5000. Buffalo by 1887 Rochester
by 5.535 and so Il went, Wherever the
I Public Service Commission. appJintei
10 Gov Niiter had Qrantnd "A street chr
/ ar gas and lighting increase ia fare
| there was recorded a big vote against
| Miller. Tho protest IN the vote stuck
1 out 10 plainly 81 could not be missed.
I Full returns from Buffalo. except one
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