TAMMANY TRIUMPH IN NEW. YORK

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 110, 5 November 1925, Page 7

TAMMANY TRIUMPH IN NEW. YORK

(AIISTB/IIU.V.NEW ZB.-SUND CASU ASSOCIATION.) NEW YOEK, 3rd November.

The results of the elections throw interesting sidelights upon the movements of public opinion in the United States. Tammany Hall gained one of the most sweeping victories in the history of New York City, Mr. Walker being elected Mayor, with a complete Democratic city government; while Boston, traditionally the stronghold of the Democratic Party and the counterpart of- New York Tammany, elected a Bepublican Mayor, Mr. Malcolm Nicholls, for the first time in many years. New Jersey elected Mr. Moore, Governor and endorsed the wets.. Three cities in which the Ku Klux Klan was a bitter issue recorded one victory and two defeats for that organisation. Indianapolis elected Mr. John Duval, Republican, and supported aKu Klux Klan Mayor. Buffalo elected Mi. Francis Schwab, and Detroit elected Mr. John Smith,' anti-Klau Mayors. LACK OF UNIFORMITY Other cities and States showed a complete lack of uniformity. Republicans and Democrats being fairly equally successful in gaining various offices. New York City has elected the first woman alderman in its history, Mrs. Ruth Pratt. - The New York State electors endorsed four hundred million dollars expenditure for public improvements. Atlantic City, New Jersey, re-elected Mr. George • Goll, Mayor, against his wishes, and under the law he must serve. The usual election day fatalities were not missing, three being killed in Kentucky during rows before polling places. ...