Evening star., 1933-11-10
PARTY SETBACKS
DENIED BY FARLEY
Describes New York Results
as "Repudiation of
Machine There"
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The New York election in which
Tammany went down was "a repudia-
tion of the machine there" Postmaster
General Farley, National and State
Democratic chairman said in a state
ment released for publication today.
Elsewhere in the country, wherever
there was "clean-cut contest between
the two major parties" Farley said,
the results showed the Democratic tide
which elected Franklin D. Roosevelt to
the presidency year ago is still run
ming strong"
To President Roosevelt, Farley threw
the credit for repeal.
Il think" he said, 'it was the Presi-
dents Endorsement of repeal and the
knowledge that he was sincerely COM
mitted to it that really lined up the
necessary three-fourths of the States. 3"
Farley added, however, that it was
true that when the time came for
voting" the repeal question ceased to be
a party issue, although he saw in the
Democratic platform and Mr.. RooSe-
velt's campaign Endorsement of repeal
beginning of the move that ended Tues
day. He had no comment on the de-
feat of repeal in North and South
Carolina.
Disregards Assembly Results.
Farley, in the statement which was
handed to newspaper men late yester-
day. did not comment on the failure
of his party to capture additional seats
in the Lower House of the New York
Legislature.
In his political past rs State chair
man in New York, Farley actively CAM
paigned Upstate New York for the OBJ
1ective sought by Mr. Roosevelt and
himself while both were Empire State
fgures-capture of the Assembly. His
campaign bore fruit Upstate, but the
upset in New York more than neutra-
1ized the gain in seats.
The New York City election, Farley
made plain, was not looked upon by
him as one of the "clean-cut contests"
between the two big parties.
THE mayoralty election in New
York" he said, while it amounted to
a reputation of the machine there, was
in no sense a party election.
The last figures I have seen show
that the combined vote of the two
Democratic candidates was quarter of
a million more than the Fusionist who
won the mayoralty."
Plans Detailed Analysis.
He dismissed the defeat of Joseph v.
Mckee, for whom he spoke in an elec-
ton eve speech; the election of Fiorello
H. La GuaEdia and the downfall of
TammanyS candidate, John P. O'Brien,
with this single paragraph in his state
nent. 1t was understood, however. that
q more detailed analysis and comment
might be forthcoming this week end
when Farley visits New York.
He was asked by newspaper men who
crowded his room for a press confer
ence what he thought of the charge by
John F. Curry, leader of Tammany,
that Farley had disrupted the Demo-
cratic party in New York City and
chairman If Democrats succeed next
election.
Listen" said Farley characteristic
cally, 'I have no comment either of or
on the record on anything Mr.. Curry
may say"
Halls Philadelphia Results.
His statement, in summarizing what
he termed the whole picture of salts
faction of the country with the Roose-
velt administration" said:
lie EGlIlSylNdIlld I6SulJS were Sig
nifcant. The Democrats elected a
mayor in Pittsburgh, the citadel of the
Mellon Republican machine for nearly
so years, and all the candidates run
ming on the Democratic ticket, includ-
ing 10 city magistrates, were elected in
Philadelphia, resulting in the routing of
the long established Ware Republican
machine
Likewise in Lancaster, the Demo-
Gratis elected a Democratic mayor for
the first time in 35 years.
"a Democrat was elected mayor of
Boston and Virginia elected Demo-
cratic Governor, Democratic Senator,
and 98 of the 100 members of the
House of Delegates will be Democrats"
Whatever the fortunes of his efforts
in New York, city and State, Farley
came back to his desk at Washington
the jovial Big jim"
I'm going to fold up and take a
rest" he said, adding he planned to
leave Washington for three weeks va
cation beginning November 25