New Britain herald., 1928-11-07
Votes in Small e,c,s ~,
Wipe Out Jeffersonian
Victories in Most Bigger
Cities in State-Bauot-
ing Is Fairly Uniform,
Although Walcott Runs
Ahead of Others On
Ticket.

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can faith In the loyalty OF its men,
bers in the country towns of Con-
necticut was fulfilled In yesterdays
election, and the vote which was
cast In them turned back a great
democratic surge OF pluralities
which many OF the cities had heaped
up.
The seven electoral votes OF Con-
necticut went to Herbert Hoover
and Senator Charles Curtis. republi-
can nominees respectively for presi-
dent and vice president, fulfilling the
republican declaration OF months
that Connecticut could not be classed
as doubtful"
Plurality Of 44,O41
The aggregate of the vote cast
yesterday was more than $4,000 out
Of an estimated C2s.000 registration
and OF this total Hoover had 1851
votes and Gov. Smith ca2.0ds. q re-
publican plurality Of t4.0ai.
An incident Of the vote Cast was
that 1t ran uniformly thrc ughout
the general ticket. Gov. .otn n.
Trumbuil being reelected over
Charlea q. Morris. Democrat nomtnt c
for governor. 7s5.7s0 to :5:,tls, or
a plurality Of 1852.
Walcott Runx Ahead
Senator Frederic =. Walcott. who
will take the seat of United States
Senator George p. Mclean when he
retires from active political life
next March received total of 1885,
7sS votes as against 251.1S3 votes
for his opponent Augustine Loner-
gan. his plurality being %5,6l5.
The five republican congressman
we're reelected by substantial plurali-
ties although when the early returns
came in from the cities which are
largely voting machine places II
looked as II they would have a hard
time weathering the democratic tide.
but here again the towns which,
using the paper ballots, were late In
reporting their count gradually
reeled up the margins which car
FleQ tNeW 3d1ely 10 VlCtOIy.
Vote For Congressman
The total vote cast for all republi-
can congressman was 29S,17S and
for their democratic opponents $780,
1s2. total Of 54s,37o as compared
with the total Of votes cast for
Hoover and Smith combined Of
54s,177.
The individual votes for congress-
men we're:
First district-Fenn. republican.
1919: Kopplemann. democrat, 65.-
SIS. Fenn's plurality. 1o,o64.
Second district - r. p. Freeman.
republican. 4S.64s: w. NJ. Citron.
democrat. 1851: Freeman's plural
ity 1926.
Third district-Tilson. republican,
5S,321: Mosely. democrats, 52,362;
Tilson's plurality. $3.50.
Fourth district-Merritt, republi-
can. 7e,2os: Sunderland. democrat.
55.os5: Merrtts plurality. 17.1l3.
Fifth district-Glynn. republican.
1924; Mascola, democrat. 3?,35s.
Make Up OF Senate
The senate Of 1929 will be made
up of 13 democrats and % republi-
cans, gain Of ~ seats for the for
mer. due in large measure to that
party capturing the senatorial dis
tricts In the cities. notably three In
New Haven. three in Hartford and
two In Bridgeport.
in the defeats went down Mrs.
Alice Patterson Merritt. twice a
member OF the upper branch from
the second district for two sessions.
and Mrs. Hannah Draper Townshend
in the eighth district. but Miss Mary
Weaver. a veteran legislator in the
house. won for the senate in the
3cnd district.
House Elections
The house Of representatives saw
slight democratic gains, again due
to their strength in the cities and in
the industrial towns in the north
eastern part Of the state. The house
standing politically will be 227 re-
publicans and IS democrats ~
against 237 Of the former and Is Of
the latter In the last house.
Vote For President