Evening star., 1923-11-07
TAMMANY ELATED
AT BEAT|NG.HE
Republicans Hold Assembly.
Gain One Seat in .
Congress.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November THE
Tammany tiger purred today, not
only because of the sweeping victory
yesterday, but because 1t had downed
william Randolph Hearst in his ju-
dietary contests in Manhattan and
the Bronx.
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam
many Hall, today issued a statement in
which he attacked William Randolph
Hearst for his failure to support the
democratic judiciary ticket in yester-
days election.
He said the voters, by their ballots,
had rebuked Mr.. Hearst for his atti-
tude.
Gov. Smith. who, during, the cam
paign, made several attacks on the
editor-politician," also issued a
statement expressing satisfaction over
the defeat of the judiciary can
didates supported by the Hearst
newspapers.
Republicans Hold Assembly.
The republican representation in
the New York assembly, the lower
house of the legislature, was 1ncreas-
ed by six members in yesterday 8
election. The 1924 assembly will be
composed Of 81 republicans and 63
democrats. The present assembly Is
made up Of 81 republicans and 6S
democrats.
Democratic candidates for the ten
justices of the supreme court in Man
haitian and the Bronx defeated the
candidates on the republican and the
Observation-Disclosures ticket, sup
ported by Hearst, by an average plu-
rality of more than 10000
A proposed constitutional amend
ment to legalize a bonus of $4,000
600 for ex-service men was favored
by big margin, but proposed
amendment to permit the use of part
of the state forest preserve for the
development of water power was de-
feated decisively New York city
voted yes" on referendum as to
whether the minimum of policemen and
firemen should be $2,50o a year.
The republicans made a gain of one
seat In the four congressional cleo
ttons in New York state.
Former Representative Benjamin L.
Fairchtld, republican, was elected in
the twenty-fourth district in the cleo
ion made necessary by the death of
j. V. Ganly, democrat
Sweet Succeeds Mott.
In the thirty-second district Thad-
deus G. Sweet. republican, was elected
to f1ll the vacancy caused by the death
of Luther w. Mott, republican.
Aiming S. Prall and John j. o'Con-
nor, democrats, were elected in the
cltftHlH anu ulSITlCIS, re-
spectively, to fill the seats left vacant
by the deaths of Daniel j. Riordan
and Bourke Cochran, democrats.
Gov. Smith said, concerning defeat
of the judiciary candidates supported
by Mr.. Hearst:
There can be no question from the
figures about the attitude of the peo-
pie of Manhattan and the Bronx as to
the self-appointed guardian of the in
terests of the people. William Ran
dolph Hearst. He registered on Octo-
Der 13, and ran away to Florida and
failed to vote for the candidates he
advocated in his papers. He under
took to play the role of the general
and stands convicted as a deserter."
Republican leaders were elated over
the gains made in the assembly.
George K. Morris, state chairman
said: This means reputation of
the efforts of Tammany to gain con-
troll of the state, and particularly of
the administration of Gov. Smith, who
made a personal appeal for the cleo
tfon of democratic majority. APP
parently the people will have no more
of the governors so-called program
Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secre-
tary Of the Navy, who spoke In behalf
of republican candidates during the
campaign, said the increase in the
assembly majority was IAN earnest
indication that next year New York
state will line up behind the repub-
lican ticket for the presidency"