Evening star., 1926-11-03
WADSWORTHLOSES
| BY 131,287 VOTES
Smith Piles Up 273,128 Lead
in New York-Lieutenant
/ Governor Democratic.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, November 3.-Two
products of the sidewalks OF New
York, Tammany proteges, had great
triumphs at the polls yesterday.
Gov. "Al'' Smith is the first man in
the long history Of the State to be
elected to a fourth term as governor.
Robert r. Wagner wrested the sena-
torial toga from James w. Wads.
worth, jr.. a Republican stalwart,
who has worn 1t for IL years.
Both Smith and Wagner grew up
on the teening East Side and had to
work for their livings in their youth.
. Their opponents were Of aristocratic,
wealthy families.
Eventually Smith and Wagner
went to the Legislature together and
worked for the same measures. Smith
became governor and a presidential
candidate, while Wagner. a native of
Prussia, worked his way through col
lege here, studied law and became a
justice of the State Supreme Court.
Popularity i'm City Won.
Both have been noted vote getters
In their home town and it was
largely their personal popularity here
that enabled them to overcome the
normal upstate Republican ma jori-
ties. In the case of WadSworth. an
upStater, however. he ran afoul of
the dry element in his party upstate,
and a wing led by Francis w. Crist-
man of Herkiner obtained enough
votes to undermine him.
Smith. who has been "a guberna.
torial candidate five times. made q
great run in defeating Representative
Ogden l.. Mills of New York. His
plurality was 273,128 The vote, with
23S districts missing, was:
Smith, 1,5O8.022.
Mills. 1,234S94.
WagnerS lead over WadSWorth was
131 .287, with 317 districts missing.
The figures:
Wagner, 1,299.00l
Wadsworth. 1.167,7l4
Cristman, 205,658
Vets Score Triumph.
The Democrats made inroadS on
the State ticket and elected Edward
Corning of Albany lieutenant COVER
nor over the incumbent, ~ Seymour
LoWman. The remainder of the
ticket and the Legislature went Re.
publican as usual
The results showed that the Repub-
ncans had elected q Senators to the
Democrats "a; while the Assembly
stood 81 Republicans to 67 Democrats
Thls was gain for the Democrats Of
two seats in the Senate and 8 In the
Assembly.
The State registered an overwhelm-
Ing vote in favor Of the prohibition
referendum. A plurality of more than
ozf.Z33 votes was rolled up The
Democratic platform urged the voters
to vote yes" while the Republican
document was non-committal.
In campaign where Smith. Wagner
and Wadsworth were avowedly wet,
and Mills mildly so, events reyolved
curlouSly about the issue of milk.
Mills charged that Smith was respon-
siDle for adulterated milk being sold
IN New York City. He declared the
governor in failing to press an inves.
tlgation had 'crawled into q beer keg
TO escape the rattle of the milk can.
The charges collapsed, however. in
The eyes of the Democrats, when an
expert, who analyzed milk specimens
AT the instance of the Republican
committee. later said that nothing in
furious had been found. and that the
supply was superior to most cities.
RancOr Marked CAMPAIGN.
There were minor issues of Coolidge
ana economy. stressed by Mills. and
the latter asserted that the governor
was running for office to aid his can.
didacy for the presidential nomina-
ton. But the governor, a few davs
before election, stated that, If elected
he did not intend to leave the State,
except to play golf now and then. and
would devote his whole energies to
his job. ~
Rancor marked the campaign in it's
CLOSING DAYS, when the governor re-
peatedly accused Mr.. Mills of attack
ing his private life. He threatened
to speak up" if Mr.. Mills did not
retfact and the next day the Repub-
lcan candidate said that the governor
had misunderstood him. That ended
the incident
w lIIlam Randolph Hearst, the pub-
Usher. entered into the picture when
the governor charged that he was di.
fectlng the Mills campaign and that
Il former Hearst editor was conduct
ing the Republican publicity. The
governor and Mr.. Hearst have long
been at swords points politically. The
governor spoke his mind on the
stump about the publisher.
Analysis of the vote shows striking
~ a Hie ol cieaFage between the Re
publican upstate counties and the
five solidly Democratic counties com.
prlsing the metropolis. In effect. il
was one state voting against another.
or the 81 upstate counties only
four-Alhany, Clinton, Oneida and
Reinstatement Democratic.
Smith Carries Upstate Cities.
The governor. however. carried n
number of upstate cities, including
Albany. Buffalo. Troy, Utica, Syra.
cuse. Binghamton and Oswego.
Smiths victory was hailed with de-
light by George W. Olvany, leader of
Tammany Hall, who said: THAT
makes it unanimous for President in
1925"
The governor went to Tammany
Hall during the evening and was
greeted vociferously. At his headquar.
ters at the Hotel Biltmore his body
guard of four detectives was swept
aside and a dozen women kissed him.
The governor and Justice Wagner
Issued this joint statement: THE vote
indicates, that the Republican can
didates and the platform upon which
they ran were out of harmony with
the popular will. The people Of New
York cannot be deceived or fooled for
long. The result IS clearly a mandate