Evening star., 1935-11-07
THE POLITICAL
MILL
By C.. Could Lincoln.

COuIltiy 10 W uuNlp 1ICcAOCht xtOOcCFCAe
and his New Deal next year. To the
Democratic high command, however, the
elections Of 1885 are merely local" and
the results cannot be held to forecast
q Republican victory In 1886. It is very
easy to overestimate the significance Of
these scattered elections of last Tues
day. But they do seem to indicate sew
eral things which might well give con-
Germ to the New Dealers.
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For example, If any one still clung to
the idea that the New Deal might win
year, as it did in 1892, the results in New
England, and particularly in Massachu-
sets, might well change their viewpoint.
In the Bay State elections Of mayor were
held in many cities. and the Republicans
mopped up in cities that have been
Democratic strongholds, like Lowell,
which has not had Republican mayor
since Hector was pup. The Repub-
lican candidate in Lowell won by $500
votes. In Worcester, where the New
Deal issue had been stressed and Gov.
Curley'S candidate, Edward ]. Kelley, was
made a target, the Republican victory
was perhaps even more significant.
0OIIiCAfA1C, ESC1Cbts IACdAOAd,
Waltham, Pittsfield all elected Repub-
lican mayors. On the other hand, Fitch
burg, Lynn. Cambridge and Marlboro
elected Democratic mayors. The Demo-
cratic margin of victory in Cambridge,
however, was only 267.
The Republicans will take more Joy
for the future out OF the election results
L., ,t,ar
else While they have insisted there has
been big swing away from Roosevelt
and the New Deal in some Of these big
Midwest States in recent months, there
was nothing tangible to prove 1t. But
now the municipalities and towns in that
State have indicated clearly that they
land and Columbus both elected Repub-
lican mayors. and the results in cities
and towns throughout the State showed
the Republicans winning in a majority
of cases. Republican strength in Ohio
has been greatest in the rural districts.
II the urban centers are turning from
the New Deal, there seems little chance
of the States going for Roosevelt next
year.
lie oROC AO1 ttC 0ShA0SA a 10
in Tuesdays election appears to have
been Kentucky. Happy" Chandler. the
Democratic candidate for Governor, has
apparently won by a wide margin.
Chandler campaigned as a Roosevelt
man, ready to cooperate at all times
with the New Deal President. King
Swope, the Republican candidate, stuck
rather to State issues. His hope was
to obtain the votes of lot Of Democratic
followers of Gov Ruby Laffoon, who
turned against Chandler in a bitter
Democratic factional row. Laf{oon and
his organization have been turned down
cold, it seems. in the large vote given
Chandler on Tuesday.
The Republican victories in New York
State, where they elected majority OF
more in them than appears on the sur
cratic national chairman, Postmaster
| General James A. Farley, insists that
| the Assembly election shows that Pren<
dent Roosevelt could easily carry New
York, because the total vote cast for the
| Democratic candidates for the Assembly
exceeded that cast for the Republican
IlldJ NOtC GllOWc wv, t1Aob
| the Democratic lead in New York State
in 1884, totaling more than 100000 votes,
| shrunk on Tuesday to about $4,000. It
| would not have to do much more shrink
| ing in the next twelve months to turn
the State over to the Republicans, along
with its "a electoral votes for President.
Mr.. Farley, moreover, before the election
| flatly predicted that the Democrats
| ~, 4lA iNv~if ifry Af kI1A
Assembly and virtually accepted the test
Of strength. which resulted in Repub-
| ican victory.
In Philadelphia the election of q
Democratic mayor would have been re-
garded almost as sure augury Of Demo-
cratic victory in the State of Pennsyl-
vania next year. The Republicans were
badly split. The Republican candidate
was disliked by many of them, and was
not regarded as a strong candidate.
Nevertheless, the Republicans went to
the polls and gave Wilson, the party
nominee a lead of 47,0O0 votes over
Kelly. the Democratic selection. Kelly
has been hooked up with the Guffey-
Earle organization, which carried the
State last year.
1t was not only in Philadelphia that
the Guffey Earle organization was
turned down, but out in the State. The
election Of Superior Court Judge pro-
vided Statewide test. The Republican,
Judge Jesse E. B. Cunningham, was
elected with plurality of more than
100000 over Robert L. Myers, treasurer
Of the Democratic State Committee
Myers in his campaigning told the voters
that If they put him on the bench he
would interpret the law in the light of
what he described as the liberal" poll
cies Of Gov. Earle. The election of the
Republican judge was another slap at
the Guffey-Earle leadership. 1t was
not long ago that the voters Of Penn
| sylvania turned down fatty Earle's pro-
| posa1 that a State constitutional con-
vention be called to rewrite the consti-
tuition SO as to conform to New Deal
ideas.
Two of the Republican presidential
possibilities, Gov. ALI. M. Landon of
Kansas, and Senator Vandenberg oi
Michigan, went into action yesterday
Landon came east to Cleveland to
address the Chamber of Commerce there
and Vandenberg spoke to the Hamilton
Club in Chicago. The Landon speech
while it held plenty Of political implica-
tionS, was not strictly political speech
Vandenberg. on the other hand, turned
loose on the Roosevelt administration
| proclaiming it had been guilty of break
ing its pledges to the people and had
gone on a spending spree. The Michi-