Evening star., 1938-11-09
New York Re-EIects
Lehman; Lead
Less Than 10000
Wagner and Mead Are
Sofe-RepubIieons Rule
Stute Senute
1y the Associated Press,


~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-President
Roosevelt's native New York-which
will be of the greatest strategic i'm
portance in the 1910 presidential
year-remained Democratic in major
contests in yesterdays spectacular
State election.
Substantially complete returns
showed Gov. Herbert H. Lehman re-
elected over his Republican oppo-
rent, Thomas E. Dewey, but with
plurality so small that during much
of the night nobody could predict
the outcome.
With only nine of the 9,051 elec-
ton districts in the State unre-
ported, the Governor had lead of
less than 10000 votes in total of
nearly 100000. The figures were
Lehman, 1882, ,140; Dewey, 2,313,582.
Wagner and Mead Safe.
Senator Robert F. Wagner, author
Of the labor act bearing his name,
appeared safe, as was Representa-
tive James M. Mead for the other
New York senatorial seat-made va
cant by the death of Senator Royal
S. Copeland
Senator Wagner was opposed by
John Lord O'Brian, who sharply
criticized some phases of the Roose-
welt administration, and Mead by
Edward F. Corsi, generally regarded
as in the liberal Republican camp.
The vote from 1923 districts gave
Wagner 2.4ll,l75 to O'Brian's 1885,
1873, and from s, SOB districts Mead
had 2,342,7l5 to Corsis 1,930,6O5.
The President had strongly and
publicly appealed for Lehman, for
Wagner and for Mead and his pres
cge was directly involved.
G. o. P. Rules Legislature.
The Republicans took control of
the State Senate, a circumstance
which made complete their domina-
ron of the Legislature, since they
already controlled the State As
sembly.
The two seats for Representative
at Large appeared won by Demo-
crate, one of whom was the in
cumbent, Mrs. Caroline O'Day,
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt's close
friend.
One feature of the election was
the showing of the relatively infant
American Labor party, which ap-
parently polled somewhere between
350,000 and 100000 votes. In all top
races A. L. P. adopted Democratic
candidates as its own.
Mr.. Dewey gave Gov. Lehman such
run as he never had known in his
three previous gubernatorial COM
paigns. During the night it was a
see-saw affair, with the lead alter
mating frequently. Upstate, normally
Republican, returned handsome
Dewey pluralities; New York City,
historically Democratic, rolled up a
Lehman plurality of some 680,O0O
Mr.. Dewey, who will carry on his
present Office as Manhattan district
attorney, ran vastly ahead of the
rest of the Republican ticket. A
victory would instantly have placed
him in the list of Republican pres
idential possibilities, and he still
was far from eliminated.
Comedies Defeat Early.
He conceded his defeat at 1 am,
E. S. T., in telegram of felicita-
ton in which he told the Governor: !:
Il wish you every success and hap
piness."
The LehmanDewey campaign pro-
duced no clear-cut New Deal issue,
other than that raised by the Presi-
dent himself in his public speech for
Lehman and the senatorial candi-
dates.
Lehman relied principally upon
his record; claimed DeWeys election
would endanger great social prin-
cipes" maintained by the Democrats
at Albany.
Dewey, never committing himself
upon the issue of the Roosevelt ad-
ministration, attacked corrupt po-
litical machines" of which he
claimed the Democrats had made
use in this State to further candi-
So'So WIZ WCAS pCI
blame.
He dwelt at length upon his work
first as special rackets prosecutor
here and later as district attorney
a record that thrust him into great
national prominence at 36.
Roosevelt Sends Congratulations.
President Roosevelt telephoned
his congratulations to Lehman from
Hyde Park, while James A. Farley
the State and National Democratic
chairman, declared that in this State
the Democratic party had won "its
greatest victory"
The Governor is not in the COM
pany OF 100-per cent New Dealers
in the campaign, however, he did
praise the general objectives of the
Roosevelt administration, and there
were signs that the GOODNESS with the
President, brought about by Leh-
mans denunciation of the Roosevelt
Supreme Court reorganization plan,
had at least to some extent been
forgotten.