Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-08
UPSETS MARK
ELECTIONS IN
MANY STATES
Tammany Routed In New York
As Fusionists Sweep LaGuar-
dia Into Office.
WARES LOSE PENNSYLVANIA
Control Wrested From Political
Machine In Power For Over
Fifty Years.
BY SIDNEY b. WHIPPLE
United Press Staff Correspondent


United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Nov. "a civic rev.
olution, reaping the whirlwind OF
James j. Walkers seven lush years
in city hall, today found the Tam
many hall political machine shat
tered and a reform group headed by
Major Fiorello H. LaGuardia in
complete domination of the next
municipal administration.
LaGuardia, fiery, independent lea
der of coalition of Republicans
and anti-Tammany Democrats,
overwhelmed both Tammany's can
didate and protegee of Postmaster
General James A. Farley by plur-
ality of more than 250,000.
The complete vote, considered 4
stiff setback for Farleys prestige as
chief political director of the ad-
ministration, was:
LaGuardia, 858,551.
Mckee, 604,055.
OBrien, 586,100.
With LaGuardia were swept into
office the fusion partyS candidates
for comptroller, president of the
board of aldermen, and the borough
presidents of Brooklyn, Queens and
Richmond, to give the party 13 out
of the 16 votes on the board of esti-
mate and control, which is the DOM
inant agency of this municipal gov
ernment.
While a thousand street cleaners
swept up the flood of debris in mid
town New York, the residue of the
widest, most abandoned political
celebration known to the history of
Father Knickerbocker, the Tam
many Tiger retired to inspect its
wounds and count the few political
offices salvaged from the cyclone OF
ballots.
Saves One Office
Tammany was not without one
piece of political comfort. Out Of
the battle it had saved one of the
most coveted pests in the admins
tlation. 1t had elected William c.
Dodge district attorney, not only
over fusion's aristocratic Jacob
Gould Schurman, Jr., but also over
Ferdinand Pecora, recovery party
candidate of recent national fame
for his conduct of the United States
sepate's investigation of Wall Street.
Tammany also club to the borough
presidency of Manhattan, returning
Samuel Levy to office by a narrow
margin over fusion's candidate,
Langdon w. Post.
The victory of fusion, arising out
of two major circumstances-the re-
velation of Samuel Seabury's legis-
lative investigation into municipal
corruption, and the desperate finan-
cial situation resulting from years OF
eXtravagance-was complete and
convincing.
1t marked the first time in 20
years that control of city hall had
been Wrested from the Columbia or
der or the Society of st. Tammany.
1t marked the second time in two
generations that the citizenry,
aroused by revelations of purport-
ed liaison between politics and crime
had been sufficiently aroused to vote
down this powerful political system.
DETROIT, Nov. 8. U.P-Frank
Couzens, 81. was elected mayor by
a majority of nearly two to one
over his veteran opponent. former
Mayor Philip Breitmeyer, final re-
turns of Tuesdays elections showed
today.
He was electedt just Is years af-
ter his father, James Couzens, now
U. S. senator, was chosen for the
same office.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 8. W.P)-
The long rule of the Ware Repub-
lican machine, one of the Oldest
and most powerful ir~- America,
seemed to be broken today follow
ing an unprecedented voters rev.
olution. The political dynasty was
founded by the three Ware brothers
SO years ago and has ruled with
few Interruptions since.
Only one Ware candidate appar-
emily was victorious. The Demo-
cratic plurality for other offices
was steadily mounting.