Evening star., 1927-11-09
NEW YORK VOTE:
BACKS GOVERNOR
Measure to Provide for Sub
way Bond Issue Is SGp-
ported in Ballot.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November "a new
personal triumph for Gov. Alfred r..
Smith had been recorded today by the
electorate OF New York State IN tne
decisive defeat of Il proposed consul
tutional amendment to have governors
elected in presidential years instead
of every two years.
Rallving behind Smiths opposition
to the measure, the voters dupilcateu
the recent action of the electorate OF
New Jersey and buried the proposal
under an avalanche or baliots. re
turns from virtually two-thirds OF the
State showed the plan lost by ma
1oritv of more than 525,00o.
The same time eight other amend
ronts for which the governor had
conducted a vigorous Statewide cam.
naipn. in which ne clashed seVeral
times with Col. Theodore Roosevelt,
anneared from incomplete returns TO
have heen given favorable maJorltles
almost as great.
Seen as Approval.
Democratic chieftains regarded the
vote as emphatic approval or the
leadership Of Gov. Smith. and saw III
If q new boom for the governor as
candidate for the presidential nonllna-
ton. -.u., hoa
The governor, who originally naa
fathered the four-year term loea' hf'u
based his opposition to the alheIlu-
ment as presented to the NoteLs yes
terdav on the clause that Wouid nave
tbrown gubernatorial elections into
nreqidential wears. He took the posi-
zion that TO hold the two elections at
tho same time would result in subor.
dination of State issues and permit
the election of second-rate candidates
to the governorship.
"The defeat of the amendment. the
governor said, must be regarded as
protest on the part of an oyerwhelm'
ing majority of the electorate against
the election of the governor in a year
when presidential candidates are run
ming. Both parties are duty bound
| to keep faith with the people In view
of their declaration Of the necessity
of extending the term and should sub
| nit at the earliest possible moment
an amendment to make this possible.
with election to be held in years when
no presidential candidate is running
Subway Measure Wins.
Nearly complete returns gave the
proposal to increase New York City'a
debt limit to permit the borrowing
of $500 900 900 for construction of new
subways a favorable majority OF more
than 100000. The mea sure had beer
vigorously supported by Mayor James
]. Walker as necessary to enable him
to keep his platform pledges to i'm
prove transit conditions.
Fairly complete returns on the
amendment to increase the annua
salary Of governor from $4,000 tt
S25. 900 and those Of members Of the
LEGISLATURE to $4,000 gave that meas
ure a favorable majority Of more
than 10000.
The other amendments require the
governor TO submit a budget to the
Legislature, permit county appropri
atoms for grade-crossing elimination
make the governor the titular as well
as actual head of the executive de
partment, permit the construction OF
a State highway in the forest pre-
serve of Essex County, permit coun
ties to condemn land for parks, public
plazas and streets; prohibit the an
nexation of territory by city with
out consent of residents Of the sec
tionS affected.
All Socialists Defeated.
In the election Of assemblymen, the
Republicans made a net gain of three
seats. With one of the $50 districts
missing, the cona,isxicn of the neg
Assembly stood!s.-.1 Republ blicans.. ST;
Democrats, 62.
Clarence E. Hancock. Republican,
of Syracuse, was elected Representa-
tive from the thirtyaifth district, te
succeed the late w. W. Magee, Repub
lican. - .fAf
All Socialist candidates were defeat
ed, including Justice Jacob Panken OF
Manhattan. the only one Of his party
on the bench in the State. /