Evening star., 1927-11-09
Al SMITH VICTORY
SEEN IN BALLOT
ON AMENDMENTS
Governors Supporters Also
Claim Psychological Gain in
Kentucky Election.
REFLEX TO AID HUGHES
CANDIDACY EXPECTED
Success of Ware Ticket Was Fore
gone Conclusion-New York
Sends Hancock to House.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

AL Smith of New YORK DufSts IoHi
the election day aftermath a more
dominating figure than ever in Demo
cratic politics.
The victory of the Democratic con-
stitutional amendment program In
New York State, a program which
Gov. Smith strongly sponsored, was
Overwhelming. Smiths friends TO-DAY
are hailing it as a personal triumph
for the governor, one of the greatest
of his career.
OF the nine proposed constitutional
amendments, Smith supported eight
and opposed one, No. 6, which pro-
posed TO increase the term of gov
ernor to four years and bring the
eubernatorial nomination in the same
year as that of the presidential elec-
ton. Gov. Smith himself believes
that the term of governor should be
four years instead of two, and has sup
ported that proposition in the past.
Gained Through Errors.
What he objected to-. however, was
the attempt to make the election OF
a governor an adjunct of the national
election for President. The people OF
New York backed him strongly in
this, Republicans upstate as well as
Democrats in New York City. and the
amendment was lost. The other
amendments carried.
The governor apparently has gained
through the mistakes of the Republi'
cans in New York. Many times the
Republican leaders have sought to
put the governor in a hole" only to
find that he had not only crawled out
of the hole, but pulled the hole over
them.
Republicans are seeking consolation
from the fact that they held controi
of the lower house and gained three
aor four seats, but the personal victory
goes to Gov. Smith
Smith followers are claiming at
least psychological advantage from
the election yesterday of Republican
governor in Kentucky. The liberal
forces in both the Republican and
Democratic parties made this possible.
J, G. Va Beckham former governor
ana former Senaf 81 tile Democratic
nominee, was the reform candidate,
with anti-races track platform. = He
wished to put an end to- the pari.
mutuel betting system. Elem d.
Sampson, the Republican nominee,
took the other side OF the controversy,
. and won by 1000 votes or more.
Chance i'm Convention.
The Smith followers in Kentucky,
and there are many, feel that they will
have better chance to elect Smith
delegation to the Democratic national
convention, with the reform Demo
Gratis unhorsed. In 1924 there were
Smith men on the Kentucky delega-
ton, but because of the unit rule, they
were unable to cast their votes for the
New York governor. A fist fight on
the floor of the convention occurred
when some of the Smith delegates un-
dertook to carry the State banner in
the parade of delegates around the
hall for Gov. Smith.
Beckham had been suggested i'm
some quarters as a possible rallying
point for the anti-Smith forces in the
Democratic national convention, if he
were elected governor yesterday.
Beckham denied himself that he would
be a candidate for President Ken.
lucky may send a delegation instruct
ed for the new Democratic Senator
Barkley, who was elected last year
But the results yesterday have given
the Smith people encouragement.
Because Kentucky went Republican
this year in the gubernatorial race is
no criterion for what may happen
next year. Party lines smash easily
in the Blue Grass State. For ex
ample. in 1919 Morrow, a Republican
was elected governor by 10000 votes
and in 1920 Cox, the Democratic
nominee for President, carried the
State notwithstan nding the Harding
landslide. Again in 1923 the presen,
governor, Fields. Democrat, won by
$4,000 and in 1924 President Coolidge
carried Kentucky by $4,000 votes.
Reflex Is Expected.
The boost which the Smith-for
President movement received from hte
election results yesterday, sparse as
they are the country over, is expected
to have its reflex action. 1t is likely
to make the Republicans of New York
more determined than ever to nOmi
nate Judge Charles Evans Hughes, il
they cannot have President Coolidge
They believe that Hughes can bea1
Smith in New York. They believe thai
President Coolidge could turn th'
trick also But they have greater
doubt about another Republican nomi
nee. whether Hoover, Dawes or Low
den. They cannot get away from th'
lnea lndL soUlltH ptISUiIdl popuIdI IL.
must be offset by the strongest Re
publican in New York they can find
The vacancies in the House OF Rel
resentatives were filled by electio
Yesterday, resulting in three Repuf
lican victories. James NJ. Beck, forme
Solicitor General of the United State!
was elected in Pennsylvania to tn
seat formerly held by Senator-elec
William S. Ware and which becam
vacant recently. In the New Yor
thirty-fifth congressional distric
Clarence E. Hancock, Republican, wa
chosen to fill the vacancy caused o
the death of w. w. Magee. also R
publican. Charles g. Tattgenhorst,
RepubIican, was elected in Ohio.
the political complexion of the Hous
remains unchanged by the election
Yesterday. The Republicans nave
safe working ma jority in the Congres
which is to open December B so Ia
as the lower house is concerned.
Ware Victory Was Assured.
Victory of the Ware ticket In Phii'
delphia, headed by Harry Mackey, M
Vare's campaign manager last yea
was a foregone conclusion. The val
machine, built up through years
effort. was not to be overthroWn IN
few months. The same machir
saved Ware In the election year ag
when the rest Of the state turned
a lead for William B. Wilson, n
Democratic opponent. Mackey D
comes mayor, defeating j. Hampto
Moore. the protest candidate. by Us
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