Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-08
Vote Results Spur
6. 0. P. Claims for
Pennsylvania in 40
Conservative Trend Is
Shown in Defeat of
Pension Proposals
By G. GOULD LINCOLN.

BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Elections yesterday gave the Re-
publicans a chance to crow over
their victory in Philadelphia and to
predict that the keystone State
would be in the G. o. P. column in
1910. Democrats were correspond
ingly disappointed.
Take it by and large, however,
there was little enough to show a
national trend for or against the
New Deal.
The drubbings that the ham and
eggs" old-age pension plan in Cali
fornia and the Bigelow pension plan
in Ohio were handed clearly in
dictated that the country is not
swinging toward the radical SIDE.
Californians voted two to one
against the ham and eggs, while in
Ohio the vote was three to one in
opposition to the Bigelow pension
plan. The "ham-and-eggers' wanted
TO give every one over so years of
age $50 every Thursday-or its
equivalent in script. The Blgelow
plan in Ohio called for a $50-a-
month pension for persons 60 years
old or more.
Plan Opposed by Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt ranged him.
self against the ham and egg" plan
and so did Gov. Olson of California,
Democrat. Senator DoWney, Demo-
crat, on the other hand, supported
the plan, and so did hundreds of
thousands of Republicans. The vic
tory could not be called a Demo-
cratic victory by the widest stretch
of the imagination. The size of the
vote against ham and eggs" was the
surprise. Its opponents looked for a
100000 margin. Instead they rolled
up 1,621,75l votes against 1910 in
10,176 voting precincts out of a
total of 11,165.
Chairman John Hamilton of the
Republican National Committee
read into the election results an
omen of national Republican victory
next year. He said:
Results in yesterdays elections
generally confirm that the trend
toward conservatism and sound gov
eminent which became apparent one
year ago still continues to noun.
Elections from the Atlantic to the
Pacific reflect this fact.
The crushing defeat of the in
sane ham and eggs plan in Cali
fornia and of the Bigelow pension
plan in Ohio plainly indicates that
the people have become alarmed
over the crackpot panaceas which
have their inspiration in the reck-
lessness of the New Deal theorists.
Sane Program Urged.
"CallfornlanS are to be congratu-
lated on having escaped disastrous
consequences which might have
spread to the Nation had the dema-
gogues in that State succeeded In
this instance. The whole country
should be thankful for the check
given the fantastic pension schemes
by California and Ohio. Yet we
should not now dismiss as solved
the problem created by aged persons
In distress. Their plight merits our
careful consideration and demands
that renewed efforts be made for
sane and sound old-age pension
program.
With only a few exceptions Re-
publlcans yesterday maintained or
increased their strength compared
with a year ago, notably in Penn
sylvanla, New Jersey and other
Eastern States. Significantly the
failure OF the New Deal to restore
to the country economic recovery was
made the issue in a number of
local contests which Republicans
won.
Thus the trend continues to
point toward Republican victory
next year and an end 10 reckless,
Wasteful and crackpot government"
Democrats in Kentucky elected
Keen johnson Governor over his
republican opponent, Judge King
SWope, by considerable margin.
Mr.. Johnson, formerly Lieutenant
Governor, became Governor several
weeks ago when Senator Happy
chandler resigned that Office to be
appointed by Mr.. johnson to fill
the Senate vacancy caused by the
Death OF the late Senator Logan.
House Vacancies Filled.
Up in the Binghamton, N. Y, con-
greslsonal district the Republicans
hlled House vacancy and in
democratic district in Pennsylva-
MIA John E. Sheridan, Democrat,
defeated Boise Penrose, I'd, Repub-
hcan, nephew of the late Senator,
by a vote of 5l,152 to 1854. Both
OF these results were expected. The
pennsylvania district was the fourth
congressional district carried by the
Democrats in 1886 with a vote of
TAOS to 41545. BY 1898 this lead
had diminished, however, the DEM
pcrats carrying it by 60,514 to 81 ,343.
1t is part of Philadelphia.
Republican gains in Allegheny
County Pittsburgh also were en-
couraging to Republicans. Pre-
sumably the. party will rally to Gov.
James as favorite son candidate
for the Republican presidential
nomination next year, in view of the
victories at the polls yesterday.
However, it seems unlikely that
Gov. James will be anything more
than rallying post to keep Penn
sylvania's big delegation to the Re-
publican national convention to-
gether until it is decided which way
to Jump
The Philadelphia mayoralty fight,
which was followed with much in
terest, resulted in the election of
Robert E. Lamberton, Republican,
over City Controller Robert C..
White, democratic and Fusion can
dldate, by a vote of 800, 488 to 359,-
969. Mr.. Lamberton won with a
lead of approximately 10000. This
is not so large, in the City of Broth
erly Love, which in the old days
used to roll up tremendous Republi-
can majorities. But Mr.. White, the
Democratic candidate, had the sup
mort Of O y,,,r,,bor af Dap,,LEoo,,.