Milford chronicle., 1936-11-06
Democratic Landslide
Continues AS Returns
Are Near Completion
[CoaImasa Ir0m - PaRsl

ing beyond 300 seats. In the upsets,
they had taken two Republican seats
for every one the Republicans had
gained from them. They had 30S
members in the last House.
Not since William Howard Taft
went down in the snorting Bull
Moose rampage of 1912 had the for
tunes of the Republicans fallen to
SO low a state. Even then, though
Taft got only the eight electoral
votes of Utah and Vermont, all of
H the rest did not go to the Democrats.
Theodore Roosevelt got So; Wilson
the remainder.
In the aftermath of the baIlotting,
the nation settled slowly back to
work. Candidates exchanged friend
ly messages with a common call for
all Americans to obey the will of the
majority.
Governor Landon, his defeat be-
hind him and congratulations al
ready sent the winning candidate, |
told reporters he had no comment to
make on the election, nor on future |
Republican plans.
81 expect to go duck hunting in a |
few days, he said
Bitterness Vanishes
At least part of the bitter taste
of the words that the two parties
had flung at each other last week
was being washed away. Governor
Landon sent a message to President
Roosevelt saying "every American
will accept the verdict and work for
the common cause of the good of
our country" Mr.. Roosevelt replied
that he was confident that all of
us Americans will now pull togetn-
er for the common good"
Alfred Z. Smith, the Democratic
candidate of 1928 who took off his
coat and worked for the election of {
LandOn, said that "every citizen,
every real American, must put his
shoulder to the wheel and stand be-
hind the President"
The words that came from most =
of the others who had taken a prom
inent part in the campaign struck :,
a similar note.
In international circles, similarly p
came expressions of satisfaction
that Americas foreign policy was
to be continued without Interrupt E,
tion. This view came from French,
italian and Austrian officials. G,
Big States Deliver
The full power of the push for D
President Roosevelt was partly evil
denced in the bulge of his plurali- u
ties in states that had big bundles of
electoral votes to deliver. He cap II
tured California by 100000; Illinois
by 100000; Michigan by 240,000; n
Missouri by 100000; New York by
100000; Ohio by 100000; Pennsyl- l.,
vania by 595,OOO. u
Many old lines were thrown as T.
kew, traditions upset. Michigan in
stalled its first entirely Democratic c
State administration in history. Vir+ r.
ginia gave the President the largest
popular majority it had ever given -
a candidate with major party oppo- =
;ition.
Kansas, in addition to giving her ie
electoral vote to the opponent of her -
governor, put a Democrat in the IL
chair Landon now oc- n
upies. -
New Jersey, for the first time in
istory, will have two Democratic n
senator's. 1t gave President Roose-
cit 100000 popular plurality. Ell,
Pennsylvania Swing Over
The one-time Republican strong riI
old of Pennsylvania, in addition to
living its electoral vote to the Pres
lent, swept two Democrats into DO
tate Offices and elected rs Demo- .
rats to "a of its Congressional a
eats. The last time Pennsylvania
Oted Democratic was for it's native
IN, James Buchanan, in 1856. Only BIZ
nee since had it broken away from wit
epublican ranks. That was for spe
heOdore Roosevelt in 1912. n
New Hampshire had not given its the
ectoral vote TO a Democrat since bui
'oodrow Wilson ran in 1912 and ear
l16. n
Delaware and Connecticut, which day
oted for Herbert Hoover in 1892, wit
i'd not gone Democratic in a Pres n
ential election since 1912 spe
Vermont has voted Republican in and
cry Presidential election since tar
)hn C. Fremont led the brand new N
lrty in its first fight in 1856-the Fau
me year that Pennsylvania last turl
ted Denoocrotio rela
- -, nj, h
NOiIls' DOIah WIN spei
In the Senatorial elections, Nor her
J, of Nebraska, had been reelected. S
had Borah of Idaho. Norris was B
e only Republican Independent get
10 had the vigorous endorsement Hos
President Roosevelt. Borah has G.
zen frequent strolls from the Re looi
blican reservation in the past. b
But such Old Guard Republicans and
Metcalf of Rhode Island, and oysi
stings, of Delaware, both veter- Ihe
5, retired under the bombardment
Democratic votes. Dickinson, of IL
va, another frequent opponent of
New Deal, was trailing, McNary, M
Oregon, was hard pressed, but few
S leading M
n the House, such veteran Re Mr..
)licans as Bacharach, of New M
sey, Bolton, of Ohio, Mrs. Flor days
e P. Kahn, of California, and M
lsley, of Pennsylvania, were re- sons
d by their constituents in favor tiveI
Democrats. Smell, of New York, oyst
House leader, was reelected. III
f the Governors, the Democrats all
back into office Davey of Ohio, pers
'ner of Illinois, Lehman Of New III
k and Cross of Connecticut. the MIS-.