The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-08

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 John A. Danaher, Republican. Re- publican incumbents were trailing ir two other states but a few Jersey Republican was leading for a seal presently Democratic and Sen. Guy M. Gillette, Democrat, was trailing in Iowa. As of 6:30 a. m., it looked like net Democratic gain of one seat.
 The big city machines poured 1T the presidential ballots for MT Roosevelt-New York, Jersey City Chicago. Philadelphia and Pitts burgh remained loyal to the PreSi- dent, but Dewey was running him a close Pennsylvania race. Here 1T New York city MT. Roosevelt had z greater vote and a greater plurality than four years ago. His big towr bulge this time was 769,849 votes compared with 718,459 in 1940.
 At 2 a. m., EWT, MT. Roosevelt was leading in 35 states with 41C electoral votes and Dewey was ahead in 13 with 121. An electoral col lege vote of 266 is sufficient tc win.
 At that hour the popular vote waS:-
 Roosevelt-16,684,918.
 Dewey-l4 ,388, ,386.
 Of those votes, MT. Roosevelt had boiled 53.8 per cent and Dewey 462 per cent compared with the 545 and 45.5 boiled four years ago at the same hour by MT. Roosevelt and the late Wendell L. Willkie, re- Spectively.
 The 35 states in which MT. Roose- welt was leading were:
 Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Cali fornia, Connecticut, Delaware, Flor ida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Ken lucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mass achusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mex leo, New York, North Carolina Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and wyoming.
 The 13 states in which Dewey was ahead were: Colorado, Indiana Iowa. Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Ne braska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont and Wis conSin.
 Democratic control of Congress, however, will be more numerical than actual on many issues. There is an anti-New Deal coalition ot Republicans and conservative Dem- acrats which is likely to challenge MT, Roosevelt on almost anything excepjt war appropriations and suchlike.
 Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, N. J., the Democratic boss ot the state, could congratulate him. self on two counts as final returns came in. His Hudson county machine apparently had turned up the votes to overcome Dewey's lead accumulated elsewhere in the state. Perhaps more important to Hague, it appeared that the proposal for scrapping New Jerseys constitution for new streamlined model had been licked with vote to spare.
 Among the advantages claimed for the proposed new constitution was a set of provisions calculated to break Hague'S organization wide open and end his manipulation ot one of the slickest political machines currently in operation in this coun- try.
 Gov. Walter E. Edge, Republican advocate of the new constitution, complained yesterday that Catholic priests had recommended in thelr churches Sunday that their com municants oppose the new consti- tuition. Edge charged that Hague had misled the clergy.
 The New Deal-Democratic ma chine, aided this time by a watch works organization of left wing albor, was purring like postwar motorcar. The popular vote was comparatively close and MT. Roose- welt knew he had been in a con- test. Dewey's chief consolation, as- suming there is no change in the trend, may be that he came closer than Herbert c. Hoover, Ali M. Lan- don or the late Wendell L. Wlllkle did to licking the champ.
 The electoral vote score ln those contests was, respectively, 472 to 59; 523 to 8; and 449 to 82.
 The president stayed up until shortly after 3:3O a. m, EWT, hS- tening to the news, working pencils down to hubs on his own calcula- tions and conferring by telephone with his scattered lieutenants. Be- tween times he joshed with his White House aides gathered with him at Hyde Park and talked to the neighbors who assembled a couple of thousand strong in the grounds of the Big House" around midnight.
 Dewey sent no telegram of con- gratulations, fact which presiden- tial secretary Stephen T. Early re- marked to newsmen at Hyde Park. But the president heard the broad cast report of Dewey's concession and sent this telegram at once: His Excellency Thomas E. Dewey, Governor of New York,
 Roosevelt Hotel, N. Y.
 T thank you for your statement which have heard over the air a few minutes ago.
 "(Signed0
 Franklin D. Roosevelt.
 Dewey Statement
 Tt is clear" Dewey had said to the reporters assembled at head quarters, that MT. Roosevelt has been reelected for a fourth term