The New York herald., 1922-11-08
SMITH CARRIES HIS
TICKET TO VICTORY



der 46,S47, Copeland 43.Ie5.
Nothing like the Smith vote upstate
has ever been recorded in New York.
| II exceeds as a personal triumph. IN
| fact, any record made by any nominee
for Governor, Democratic or Repub'
! lean.
Everywhere the story told In the
bulletins that came from the polling
places was the same. The so-called
rock ribbed Republican districts had the
ribs Knocked out completely.
| Mr. Smith carried Gov. Miller's own
district in Syracuse. William l.. Ward
the veteran and sagacious leader OF
! Westchester, had "A tough time OF 1,
holding his own county. and that ap-
peared doubtful at 3 o'clock.
Rochester. where George Aldridge
held sway for twenty years and where
| a Democratic victory was never krown
in a State campaign. went TO Smith by
more than 5000 broome county, Ca
yuga, Otsego. Wayne and so up the
Hudson, across the State and down
through the southern tier, the Smith
whirlwind swept into every nook and
corner and piled UP ballots like flakes
Of snow in northern, gale.
Monday night when his campaign was
ended Mr.. Smith went for walk from
his apartment in the Biltmore Hotel. He
decided to get haircut and was looking
for barber shop. Meeting a newspaper
friend In the Grand Central. he said:
II cant believe the confidential re-
ports / have received to-day. which IN
dicate that Will carry the upstate by
more than $4,000 and this city by more
than SEQ, 600. 1t doesn't Eeem that q
Democrat could win upstate, but / Will
not be convinced until the ballots are
counted that it Is not possible"
Their political breath knocked ous of
them completely, the political leaders OF
all parties were cropping for the reason
for this political upheavai last night.
They assigned many causes.
Personality a Biw Asset.
Mr.. Smiths amazing popular person
| ality was put first In all the State and
| local headquarters. The next largest
determining factor was set down as a
revolt against the Republican tariff.
Then the advocacy of beer and light
! wines was credited by many with being
| substantial determining issue. The
election is regarded by the leaders as
revolt against the volstead law and its
resultant evils. That Is particularly true
in the cities. Everywhere that large
groups of laboring men live welt over.
whelmingly for Smith and beer is be-
| 1eVeu 10 nave DeeD tne CAUSE
IT was self-evident that the pendulum,
which swept TO the Republican extreme
two years ago had gone on the back
swing to the Democratic side. II
reached just the half way mark in the
Presidential term.
Harding carried the city two years
ago by 100000, and Smith carried It
by $4,000. With half the returns In at
9 o'clock Smith appeared to have car
ried Brooklyn by 100000, double what
the leaders had predicted. Harding car
ried the state by close to 100000. All
Indications are that Smith cannot have
less than 100000 for the State.
Smith carried Syracuse. the Governor s
home city, by 6,704. Two years ago
Miller carried it by 10.o51. Smith car
ried Binghamton by 1900, record in
itself. -
Up along the ST Lawrence River the
Smith vote was staggering. That is. the
part of the State in which in many
cases being Democrat means some
thing queer about man. Yet Smith
carried Oswego by 3.25S. Miller won
there last time by 1000, and anything
less than a 5000 Republican plurality
is almost unknown. 1t was likewise
through the northern tier of Jefferson.
The answer to the north county turn
over was the Governors opposition to
the ST. Lawrence River Canal. Going
into that county the Governor was out
spoken in denouncing the project. The
people up Nort.. believe that the canal
will make them commercially. Their
vote means only one thing--a protest
against Miller's opposition to the canal.
The startling figures contained in the
returns during the first two hours after
the polls closed were continued as the
count went along Thirty districts in
Saratoga gave Smith 5.111 and Miller
1885. Smith was leading by several
hundred in Ulster. Montgomery. Frank
lin. Steuben and Warren. while in a
dozen other counties he was about even.
Occasionally there came a flash that
showed some Republicans were left up
State. In Cattaragus. Miller was 500
aheaP with half the district reported.
He led by 400 In Clinton county. by
400 in Madison. by 2.2o0 in Chcnsngo
and by 500 In Franklin.
City's o O'Clock Returns.
The returns at Q O'Clock for the three
New York city boroughs were: Manhat-
tan. Miller. 4s.o25; Smith. 1878, In
dicating a plurality of 10000 for the
2c.9l4. indicating 10000 plurality
Richmond, Miller. 4.o6e; Smith. 973o,
Indicating 1900 for that borough.
On that basis the Smith plurality for
the city might be 100000.
Returns from 2t7 districts In West
chester gave Miller 40.5ss. and Smith
Se.204. Miller may carry the county by
1900 or less. Calder had 9,615, and
Copeland 7,4s7.
sixty-five districts in Jefferson gave
Miller 1878 and Smith 6.179, while
Calder had 6.5e4 and Copeiond 4,415.
In Schoharie. twenty-five districta
gave Miller 2,505 and Smith 1863. Smith
and Copeland both carried Utica, the
former by 5000 and the latter by 1000.
The vote was within one OF a tie In
Duchess with returns In from thirty
six districts. Schncctady gave Smith
1000.
Joe Murphy made good In Troy. lie
promised Smith $4,000 and they laughed
at him week ago at state headquar-
ters. The returns for that city are
Miller 1914 and Smith 1922.
John d. Rockefeller's district In the
town of Mount Pleasant was the only
one carried by Gov. Miller in the Tarry-
town section. There the majority was q
George X Morris. Republican state
chairman. had only this to say at Q
o'clock.
There Ia no need OF making any
comment now, the figures speak for
Themselves"
GIRL KILLS SELF WHEN
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