The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-29
Labor Halls Smith
 Victory; Hopeful
 of New Legislation
By International Labor News Service.

Albany, N. ", Nov /2o-The trium- I phant reelection of Gov. Alfred E. Smith for the third term, with plur-
 ality of 115,00O despite the great Coo
 lidge majority in New York State, IS
 not only merited tribute to Gov. Smith
 but is convincing evidence of the suc- cess of a union of progressive voters to
 assure Gov Smiths retention at the head of the State government, says the New York State Federation of Labor
 Bulletin. E.--
 With Gov. Smith in the executive
 chamber there can be no breaking down
 of the gains accomplished in good gov
 ernment," says the Bulletin, which adds
 His veto power and appointment and
 removal authority will be effective weapons against unjust legislation and crippling administration"
 Commenting on the strength of the La Toilette and independent vote in
 New York, the Bulletin says:
 Casting about three and a quarter million votes on November 4th, the cleo torate of this State gave Coolidge and Dawes, for President and Vice Presr- dent. nearly 100000 majority over the Davis and La Toilette national tickets. La Toilette and Wheeler secured ap- proximately half million of these votes, receiving some Tn each county of the State. Hamilton county, the smallest f1,a 4, <>f siderable less than 4,OOO, giving the least number, 36, and Greater New York casting 286,930. Erie county gave the next highest number, 35,o10. Monroe ranked third with 22,A5, Westchester fourth with 14,533, Oonondaga fifth with o,O88, Chautauqua sixth with 5,837, Schenectady seventh with 5,S25,, and AL bany eighth with 5,27o. Chautauqua is the only county where the La Toilette vote was larger than the Davis vote, exceeding it by 2o4.
 Although Coolidge carried Greater New York by a plurality of about 138,- 900 over Davis, yet the Davis and La Toilette vote combined exceed the Coo lidge total of about 150,00O Another index of the major strength of the co",- b;ned La Toilette and Democratic vote is given in the face that of the 43 rep- resentatives in Congress chosen here on November 4th, only 20 are Republican, 2 are Democratic, and one, Congress |. La Guardia, of New York City, ran as La Toilette party candidate
 ."Ihe State platforms of both parties /, l,dged legislation to establish 48-hour working week for employed women ape. 1maors; to provide needed additio ial and ample means for enforcement of exl ting, and new labor laws; to further inn rove the workmen's compensation law; and to ratify the pending amen |, IT ent to the Federal Constitution to re $ ct child labor It can be fairly as stunned that the legislature of 1925 will ances They were given in response D the legislative proposals submitted by this Federation and the four railroad l I,rotherhoods to the State party conv 'r- tions. Several other of our legislative contained in the platform on which Governor Smith was reelected will undoubtedly be urged by him for in his messages to the leg s-t lature in addition to the proposals in- dorsed by both parties. Taken as a whole, the prospect is hopeful for la Dor and progressive enactsment which will in some degree approach the ex- cellent results achieved in 1923 and 1924 despite a politically opposed Senate and Assembly"