ROOSEVELT WINS

Hokitika Guardian, 5 November 1936, Page 5

ROOSEVELT WINS

HUGE MAJORITY \ ./ •. , ; ; ■ ']■' ’ . - -• i• 7** LAN DON WINS BUT TWO STATES. "(United Press Association —By Electric Telegrap.t—Copyright). • NEW YORK, November 4. , The final returns in the. presides , ential election show that Mr 'RooseV velt has won 46 stages , with 523 y electoral votes. ,Mr r Ljindon won ~, x two states with Height ' electoral '"'votes. ' V‘v' Mr Landon’s . defeat was de- >•> cisive, and in many respects humiliating. Mr Roosevelt’s, landslide in 1932 was so great/ that even with losses to-dpy his victory, will,, go down in history as one of the greatest in American presidential ele'etions.

Mr Roosevelt’s full majority will possibly reach 8,000,0C0, or .1,000,000 in excess of 1932. He carried huge majorities in virtually all the principal i cities, notably New York/Chicago, jPhiladelphia, and Boston. ~. Mr Landon’s home state- (Kansas)

■j" was reckoned safely Republican, Out ' V -.'late returns, appear , to. haye, robbed j; Mr Lantlon ,of Hhe state, Mr Roosevelt’s .majorjtyii.Jaeing ..approximately . 20,000.,, ‘ . k ., ri j. -V ; Mr-.Handon, conceded that it/rwas MryßoorievelHso'.election,- ■ and telegraphed..' ri ihiso!congratulations to Mr Roosevelt; 5 He/said: he nation has spoken. Every American will accept the verdict and. work in the common cause for the good of the country. That isi/the- spirit of democracy. You hav©, my sincere congratulations.” • •} " Mr. Roosevelt replied: “I am grateful for- your generous telegram. I am confident that all of us , Americans will. pull together f.o,r. the common good. . I .send -you iibvery gocu irtsh.”" vi / • -

. ■ Mr Roosevelt, surrounded bv his pf family.'/’was greeted by hundreds of

his townsmen of Hyde - Park. .. The village gave him a plurality of 33 county remained Republican. As- 'formerlyj the President made no speech, but the National Democratic 1 . chairman;' Mr James A. - Farley, made: the significant statement that the victory had cleared the way for Mr Roosevelt to continue the economic leadership of the, nation for four more years. He predicted that' - this: leadership would, , clear

L away : the remaining effect of the de-. - X pression, aiid make impossible,, a recurrence of a similar crisis. ;..... Mr Farley added: “In spite.of tfhe bitterness during, ,th.W campaign of Mr Roosevelt’s opponents, there will be nos reprisals'. The .United States is in safe hands. No no corporation that plays fair with the people,- has anything .to fear from the future actions of ,the . Government.” . • ' • ,

Expert opinion that Mr Roosevelt s strength w.ould be marked .among the labouring classes was. borne out in such . states, as Pennsylvania, which; is; highly industrial, and where mining. and steel mills are. operating, and also in urban areas, which generally voted heavijy .for ; liiin. r The negro vote similarly was .Mr Roosevelt’s; The coloured wards of Cleveland, New. York and Chicago gave him substantial majorities.

The position in the Senate at midshowed that 16 Democrats have been elected and eight Republicans. Among ■ well- known Democratic figures, re-elected ar© Senators Robinson, Bankhead, Lewis, Harrison,, uyrnes, and Glass, Republicans •’ re-,electq(i f ,.ivere Senatorsyßoran mid Uap»^ a( dl r c £tdl doubt|iiL 4iud^ vacancies gave, five more seats the statutory 32 ,to, ; ,,be JilJecj -at riihis election. The" vote of the minor .parties was completely... no effect ,0)1 the outcome; ... •, , -

Tlieii,election had interesting, sidelights. I)r F. E. Townsend, founder of Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd., lost his own vote, in California, ti’.ie legality of his . registration- ' being questioned. The Rev. Gerald Smith epeiit two hours in gaol for uttering foul language'during a speech in Louisiana.

The approximate standing in the House of Representatives at 3 o’clock this morning-was :V Democrats 208, Republicans 95, ( Progressives 6. The remainder , are still undetermined. . The Democrats were. thus victorious in both Houses, but,.with slightly decreased majorities. •

The' editor of the “Literary Digest” said he would ‘make’’n study of the reasons for the inaccuracy of his presidential election u forecast. He believed that the “Digest” either had not reached a representative cross setcion of the population, or there ■had been a late shift of sentiment. A . later message says that mr Roosevelt’s, sweep to power with a possible plurality of 10,009,000 mi* brought to office also many Democratic gubernatorial candidates and other minor officials.

The standing of the House of Representatives at 6 a.m. was: Democrats 245, Republicans 92, with possible slight further losses.

In the. senatorial race, three outRepublican* appear to have been defeated —Senators Bourbon (New Jersey), Hastings (Delaware), and Metcalfe (Rhode Island). •Mr Roosevelt- . won 472 electoral votes in - the 1932 election', as against Hoover’s 59. The popular voting was: Democrat- 22,822,000. Republican i-L----762,000., , •