ELECTIONS IN AMERICA.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 285, 5 November 1925, Page 9

ELECTIONS IN AMERICA.

HOW PUBLIC OPINION MOVES. INTERESTING - SIDELIGHTS. NEW YORK, Nov. 3. The results of the nation-wide elections throw interesting sidelights upon the movement of public opinion in the United States. Tammany Hall has gained one of the most sweeping victories in its history. In New York City, Walker (Democrat) was elected Mayor with a plurality of 100,000 with a complete Democratic city Government, while Boston, traditionally the stronghold of the Democratic Party and the counterpart of New York Tammany, elected a Republican Mayor, Malcolm Nicholls, for the first time in many years. New Jersey elected Mr Moore as Governor, and endorsed the “wets ” Three cities wherein the Ku Klux Klan was a bitter issue recorded one victory and two defeats for that organisation. Indianapolis elected John Duval, a Republican, as Governor, who is supported by a Klan mayor. Buffalo elected Francis Schwab and Detroit elected John Smith, both antiKlan Mayors. Other cities and States showed a complete lack of uniformity, Republicans and Democrats being fairly equally successful in gaining various offices.—A. and N.Z. cable.