The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09
Republican Party Has
Won Political Prizes
Representative
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Best news for Democrats is that
Governor Herbert H. Lehman was
reelected for a fourth term, de-
feating Thomas E. Dewey, Republic
can, who returns to his district at
torneyship here to continue prosecu-
ton racketeerS. The defeat prob
ably removed Dewey from consider
alton for 1910 COP. presidential
nomination.
Lehman's victory and election of
the statewide Democratic slate, in
Guiding two candidates for U. S.
senator, kept the Democratic party
in the running for presidential con-
troll of this important electoral vote
area. Shading the triumph was
Lehman's narrow margin of APP
proxi..sately 10000 votes. He would
have lost without the support of the
American Labor party, one of the
New Deals liberal allies.
Olson Is Winner
Culbert Olson, Democrat, who
flirted with the $3O-every-T Thursday
pension plan, was elected governor
in California, the first non-Republi-
can to win that office in As years.
Sheridan DoWney, Democrat, who
used to be a Townsend pensioner,
but who also held hands with the
30-Thursday brigade, was elected to
the senate seat held now by Senator
William G. McAdoo, Democrat, for
whom Mr.. Roosevelt failed to OBJ
tain primary denomination.
New Deal Hit Hard
Michigan hit the New Deal hard
est, bluntly shunting Governor
Frank Murphy out of executive Of
flee after a campaign in which his
gentle handling of sitdown strikes
was the principal issue and during
which Mr.. Roosevelt and the New
Deal National administration rallied
to his defense. Former Governor
Frank D. Fitzgerald, Republican,
beat Murphy. He proclaimed his
victory "a significant indication of
what may happen nationally in
1940." The New Deal was at stake
as Michigan was polled yesterday
and the answer seems to have been
mol"
Presidential Timber
Republicans came up with new
presidential timber and younger
leaders despite the body block that
grounded Dewey in New York. Mas
Sachusetts continued its blue blood
tradition by choosing Leverett Sal
tonstall, Republican descendant OF
colonial ancestry, to be the next
governor, changing parties for that
office for the first time since 1880.
He beat James M. Curley, demo-
crat, who lost the senate race two
years ago to another Republican
blue blood, Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge.
Saltonstall, sitting in the office
where Calvin Coolidge once presided,
may be pardoned an occasional
thought of the White House. Penn
sylvania offers Judge Arthur H.
James, former coal miner, as poten-
tial Republican presidential mater
ial. He was elected governor in
poll which returned the keynote to
the Republican arch. Senator
James j. Davis, Republican, re-
tanned his seat there, defeating
George H. Earle, Demo-
crat.
Two Favorite Sons
Ohio is in with two Republican
favorite sons, Robert A. Taft, son
Of president, who defeated New
Deal Sen. Robert j. Buckley, and
John w. Bricker, who will be the
first G. Q. p. governor there since
1880.
Mayor Frank Hague's New Jersey |
Democratic machine was etilted if
not tipped when William H. j. Ely,
backed by the New Deal for sena-
tor, was defeated by former Sen.
w. Warren Barbour, Republican.
Republicans gained senatorial and
yubernatorial seats in: Connecticut,
Kansas, Ohio and Wisconsin. Their
senate gains without gubernatorial
included New Hampshire,
New Jersey. and South Dakota. The
Republican senatorial candidate in
Oregon was leading in Q contest