Evening star., 1933-11-08
FUSION JUB|LANT
AT TIGERS DEFEAT
La Guardia Is Elected by
250,000 Vote Plurality.
Election Violent.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, November 8-The Tam
many dynasty in New York City has
fallen-swept from power in yesterdays
election, which gave F1orello H. La
Guardia the mayoralty by a 100000
vote plurality and crushed the Farley
indorsed candidacy of Joseph v. Mckee.
Never in the recent political history
Of Tammany Hall has the wreckage of
its city-wide machine been so complete.
Tammany salvaged from the election
upheaval only its New York county
ticket. In victorious Fusion quarters
the assertion was made that Tammany
had passed the word to vote from the
right'-to knife Mayor John P. O'Brien
and trade him in" as a desperate at
tempt to save what it could from the
Fusion landslide
failed to carry one of the five borouglas
and finished third in the three-cornered
race.
On the other hand, the Fusion party
carrying its opponents before it under
the dynamic rush of the fiery La
Guardia-gained complete control OF
the municipal government by winning
13 of the 16 votes on the Board of Esti-
mate. the policy-determinging body Of
the city.
S5S,551 for La Guardia.
The final mayoralty vote gave La
Guardia 858,551 votes; Mckee, GOA, ,045;
O'Brien, $685. 100, and Charles Solomon,
Socialist, 63,450.
Outstanding in the election was the
failure of John H McCooey, Democratic
boss Of Brooklyn, to carry his own cleo
ton district; the overwhelming defeat
OF Ferdinand Pecora, nationally known
Senate Banking Committee counsel and
Mckee candidate for New York County
district attorney; the blow to the pres
tige of Postmaster General James A.
Farley. who indorsed Mckee, and La
Guardia's sweeping victory in every
borough, including McKee's home bor-
ough OF the Bronx and the Tammany
stronghold Of Manhattan.
w. A. Cunningham, fusion candidate
for controller, turned in an upset VIC
tory over Frank j. Prial, who won the
Democratic nomination in the primary
over the opposition of Tammany.
Other victorious fusion candidates
were Bernard S. Deutsch as president
Of the Board of Aldermen: Raymond v.
1ngerson as preident of the borough OF
NCOA sc ~. 11dlNCy do pICcl-
dent Of the borough Of Queens, and
Joseph A. Palma as president Of the
borough of Richmond (Staten Island).
Tammany's sole victory of city-wide
Importance was turned in by Samuel
Levy, who retained the presidency Of
the borough of Manhattan and gave
Tammany its three votes on the Board
of Estimates. On THE Halls" winning
county ticket, Magistrate william c.
Dodge defeated Jacob Gould Schurman,
fusion, for district attorney.
Election Is Violent.
The election was ACCOMPLISHED with
the liberal use of blackjacks, brass
nuckles, lead pipe, bricks. knives and
hob-nailed boots. 1t marked the most
violent election period in a generation,
but failed to halt the largest turnout
Of voters in any New York City rnayoral
election-nearly 100000 of the 2,3OO.-
600 registered voters.
When Mayor LaGuardia enters office
January /, with complete control of
the administration and Tammany's
scalp at his belt, it will be in sharp
contrast to another day four years ago
when the popular James j. Walker
buried him under half million votes.
But the Tammany defeat did not
stand alone In the eyes of fusion to-
day. The national democratic ramif-
cations OF the Mckee Recovery party
were quickly seized upon.
w. hingsland Macy. Republican State
chairman, interpreted the fusion VIC
tory as "a rebuke to the arrogant at
tempt of Washington personages to
dictate to the people of this city,
The injection by Mr.. Mckee of POST
master General Farley was an un-
iooked-for blow at the forces of decency
and honesty he said. but the people,
or befogged"
Up at the national Democratic head
quarters, Farley, the national chair
man, remarked graphically:
Wen, We lose but Tammany doesn't
win.
The voters showed they are thoroueh-
~ dissatisfied with the present Demo-
cratic leadership in the city of New
York:
Macy supplemented his victory state
ment by adding;
THE fusion triumph opens to the
republican party in this municipality
further opportunities for constructive
public service"
Violence Marks Day.
Determination of the election results
followed quickly after the polls closed
at the end of the day of violence and
disorder on the East side and in Har-
lem
Mckee conceded defeat at $50 pm.
312 hours after the balloting ended.
Mayor O'Brien acknowledged the fusion
victory an hour earlier.
The cheering crowds which iamrneS-
broadway at Times Square in a double
celebration over repeal apd the fusion
victory, were far removed from the
gloom of Tammany Hall
There, surrounded by his sacT,ern-
Gov. Alfred z. Smith was conspicuousIy
absent-John F. Curry pondered an
future.
1t is generally believed that his cleo
tion losses spell his retirement. par
tlcularly in consideration of the fact
that he was elected leader four years
ago by narrow margin of is votes.
and over the opposition of both former
Gov. Smith and United States Senator
Robert F. Wagner
His first difficulties occurred In the
Hofstadter Committee "tin box" reye-
lations Of Irregularities In the city gov
ernment and in the resignation of
Mayor Walker while under fire.
Thus, should his leadership fan. Il
would fnlf0w what anoIptS tn a. ~.