Evening star., 1934-11-08
NEW YORK AWAITS |
DISTRICT CHANGES
Reapportionment Believed
Certain With Democrats
in Control.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. November S.-With
the Democrats in complete control
of the State for the first time since
the Bull Moose" split of 1912, re-
apportionment of congressional. Sen.
ate and Assembly districts Is re.
garded as almost a certainty.
II was always for . sound re-
apportionment," Gov. Herbert H.
Lehman said in discussing policies
consequential of his reelection. and
that is one Of the things I intend
to take up this Winter"
For years the Democrats have
sought reapportionment. but the Re-
publicans always blocked 1t in the
Legislature.
Now, the Democrats not only con.
troll the Senate. but also the Assem-
bly-as the result Of Tuesdays land
slide. They can try TO carve into
hitherto traditional @. o. p. baili-
wicks-such as those that returned
Bertrand H. Smell, James w. Wads-
worth and Hamilton Fish to the
House OF Representatives. The last
reapportionment was in 1915.
IehmanS flurAnty Cut.
With only 223 upstate districts
missing, Lehman has 2,l70,80l votes
and his Republican opponent, Rob-
ert Moses, 1,353,0l0.
These returns cut Lehman's plu-
rality to 8l7.79l - approximately
10000 under his plurality in 1892
over William J. Donovan
The Governor. however. still led
by more than 1900 upstate.
From all indications, Lehman ran
about 1905 votes ahead Of the re-
elected Tammany Senator. DR.. Royal
s. Copeland.
With Sis districts unaccounted for,
Copeland polled l,987,6S3 to l,273,255
for E. Harold Cluett. the Troy collar
manufacturer and bitter opponent Of
the New Deal
The extent of the Democratic sweep
was reflected in the Assembly victory,
where they apparently will hold II
seats to 73 for the Republicans. The
final Senate tabulations give the
Democrats 20 seats and the Repub-
liCanS ~.
Tammany in Renaissance.
The States congressional status
was unchanged, with one district,
the thirty-third, unaccounted for.
In New York. riding with the force
of the Roosevelt wave, Tammany Hall
was in q renaissance with its con-
trollership victory.
Fusionists and Republicans were
not yet ready to concede the defeat
of the incumbent, Joseph D. Nc
Goldrick, at the hands Of Tam
many's Frank J. Taylor-despite the
Taylor plurality of more than l3 900.
Led by Mayor La Gusrdia, the
fusionists were quick TO belittle the
Tammany-Taylor victory.
The mayor compared the tre-
mendous vote for the Democratic
State ticket and the narrow victory
for Taylor and added:
1T has demonstrated that Tam
many needs the respectability OF
Roosevelt TO pull them through and
that a big majority in this city is
istratlon."
Representative Fish-one of the
stanchest opponents Of the New Deal
in Congress, and reelected from the
Presidents home congressional dis
trict-said the mandate of approval
given Mr. Roosevelt over the Ma
tion Is also AN unmistakable man
date that the Republican
party must humanize and liberalize
its policies. The Old Guard reac-
tionaries we're slaughtered by the
voters all over the country"
Fish declared The liberal and
younger element will insist from now
on in a much greater share In de-
termining the policies Of the
Republican party"