Evening star., 1943-11-03
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

Sweeping Republican victories
were scored in yesterdays scat
tered State and municipal elec-
tions, giving the COP courage
for the presidential and congress
sional elections next year.
Wendell L. Willkie, Republican
candidate for President in 1910; Re-
publican National Chairman Harri-
son B. Spangler and House Minority
Leader Martin viewed the results as
presaging a Republican victory in
the 1914 elections.
The foremost victory was that Of
Republican State Senator Joe R.
Hanley, whose margin in the contest
for Lieutenant Governor of New
York was approximately $4,000.
While Mr.. Hanley was expected to
defeat 1t. Gen. William N Haskell.
Democrat, by 100000 votes, the
actual result as surprising.
In 8-907 of 1887 precincts the vote
was: Hanley, 1,824,903, and Haskell,
1 ,483,570.
Former Gov. Walter E. Edge of
New Jersey, the Republican candi-
date for Governor of that State. ran
as expected. winning by about
l25 900. This gives the Republicans
Is Governors out of a total of 4S,
reducing the Democrats to %.
The complete vote: Edge. Repub-
lican, 63l.352 and Vincent J. Muir
ply, Democrat, 5l03l8.
Kentucky Race Close.
In Kentucky, the Republican
surge showed the Republican candi-
date for Governor running right on
the heels of his Democratic oppo-
nent. AS this is written, the final
outcome is still in doubt, though a
Democratic victory is indicated by
a narrow margin. Normally Ken
lucky is strongly Democratic State.
In 2,499 of Apt precincts the vote
was. T. Lyter Donaldson. Democrat,
l74,753 and Simeon G. Willis, Re-
publican, 1881.
Philadelphia. which President
Roosevelt carried in 1910 with a lead
of l77,000 over Mr. Willkie and which
was won by Republican Gov. Edward
j. Martin last year by a scant l57
votes. elected Republican mayor,
Bernard Samuel, over former Am
bassador William c. Bullitt, Demo-
crat, with a lead of $1,000.
The complete vote: Samuel, 343.-
807; Bullitt, 28O,467, and Jules C,
Abercamp, Independent, 14,251.
The only Statewide contest in
Pennsylvania was for a judge OF
the Superior Court. The Repub-
lican candidate, Judge Claude T.
Reno, led his Democratic opponent,
Common Pleas Judge Curtis Box of
Philadelphia, 100000 votes with one
fourth of the State still to report.
Jeffries Wins In Detroit.
In Detroit Mayor Edward Jeffries,
Republican, has won reelection over
Frank FITZGERALD, Democrat and
abor-supported candidate. The
! election there is nonpartisan.
The vote in all 1857 precints: JEFF
fries, 207, ,799, and FITZGERALD, 49,
I817.
Thomas A. Aurelio, repudiated by
both the Democratic and Republican
lparty organizations after he had
been placed on both ballots, because
of his pledge of "undying loyalty"
to Frank Costello, gambler and slot
machine king, was elected a Judge
Of the New York Supreme Court,
over Matthew M. Levy, American
Labor with Democratic support, and
George Frankenthaler, Republican.
The contest was in Manhattan and
the Bronx. Mr. Aurelio's name re-
manned on the Democratic and Re-
publican ballots, despite efforts to
get it off. His victory is explained
by the large number of straight"
ballots cast by Democrats and Re-
publicans. The vote was: Aurelio.
267 ,349; Levy, 217,507, and Franken-
thaler, l40,767.
The American Labor party's claim
that it held the balance of power
in New York State contests was ef-
Ifectually proved to be untrue in the
election of the lieutenant governor.
Mr.. Hanley had the support of the
State Federation of Labor, an AFL
Organization. The American Labor