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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6756, 8 November 1928, Page 7

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Greatest Republican Victory in History Former Democratic Strongholds Taken ■ •« ■ ' . ■ —- Hew York, Texas, Virginia Line Up With “G.0.P.” ■ \ Australian Press Association. /' ■’ "• i Received Wednesday, 7 p.m. NEW YORK, Nov. 6. JgOOVER was elected. His electoral vote will possibly be 400 and i his popular majority may exceed 10,000,000. Taken in all, the Republican victory is the greatest in the history of the party. It will control 53 Senate seats, possibly more and a majority of ten is assured. On the other hand, the magnitude of the Democratic defeat cannot be over-estimated. It appears that Hoover will carry Texas with a 40,000 majority and possibly Virginia also. These never before have been Republican. In the House of Representatives, 251 Republicans have been elected, 182 Democrats and two Farmer-Labourites.

How tiie States Voted •. ' * '• • / EMPHATIC ENDORSEMENT OF REPUBLICAN TICKET. RECORD POLL EVEN IN SOLIDLY DEMOCRATIC STATES, Received Wednesday. 8 p.m. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. Pennsylvania, with. 38 electoral voles, was won by the Republicans' by SOOjDOO^pOpular'; majority. The Republicans won Kansas, with ten electoral seats, by a similar majority. x Kentucky's 13 electoral votes appear to be Hoover’s by 30,000 on the early returns. Georgia, with 14 votes, remains safely Democratic with possibly a 60,QOO majority for Smith. It is interesting to note, however, that in this always solidly Democratic State, majorities for Hoover were recorded in possibly 30 counties, indicating how badly the party was divided. Indiana’s 15 electoral votes went to | Hoover, as expected, this state being normally Republican. . ' Ohio’s 24 votes,'on the early returns, were Republican by an estimated popular majority of 200,000. while New Hampshire, with four and Maine, with six electoral votes, also favoured the President-elect.

Minnesota, with 12 electoral votes* had a majority of 150,000. y Wyoming, three votes, 1500 majority. Colorado, six votes, 50,000 majority. Idaho, four votes, 80,000 majority. Nebraska, eight votes, 10,000 major ity. New Mexico, three votes, 10,000 majority. Rhode Island, five votes, 16,000 majority. Utah, four votes, 15,000 majority. “Intangible Forces” “ONLY HOOVER COULD HAVE BEATEN HIM’ ’ V . ■ Received Wednesday. 8 p.m. NEW YORK, Nov. 6. The “New York Times” editorially says intangible forces of various kinds were too powerful for Smith, The larger enrolment of voters meant a lurch of the country to the Republican side. Hoover’s election fully justified the claims that were made for him that he was the strongest man whom the Republicans could put up. No other could have .repulsed ‘ the formidable attack upon his party and especially could no other have snatched New York State' away from Smith. Hoover had scored an electoral victory commensurate with his previous great reputation. The “Chicago Tribune” claims that Hoover has been elected, on the basis of the incompleted . returns, by 340 electoral seats to 114 for Smith. Seventy-seven are doubtful. Smith Congratulates His Successful Rival GRACEFUL ACT. 1 ' Received Wednesday. 8 p.m. NEW YORK,. Nov. 7. At ten o’clock last night, Smith conceded that Hoover had won the election and telegraphed him at his home at Palvalto, California. “I sincerely congratulate you heartily on your victory and extend to you my sincere good wishes for your health and happiness and for the success for your administration, ” “Big Bill” Thompson Proves Broken Reed REPUBLICAN NOMINEES ROUTED. Received Wednesday, 8 p.m. CHICAGO, Nov, 7. “Big Bill” Thompson, of Chicago, interestingly enough, has suffered another defeat. He was in control of the Cook County Republican organisation and it appears that virtually the entire local list of Republican nominees for judgeships, county and municipal offices, were decisively defeated, the entire Democratic list being swept in by huge majorities. Democratic Party May Disappear Altogether POSSIBLE RADICAL CHANGE OF FRONT. Received Wednesday. 10.10 p.m. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. The Democratic party has undergone such a radical upheaval that it is difficult to say whether it may dis appear altogether from the American political scene or undergo a radical change. It must be remembered that even in those solidly Democratic States in the South, where Smith ob tained a majority, the vote cast for Hoover was the largest ever given a Republican candidate. Whole towns and counties wont Republican. Cities like Atlanta, and Georgia, which are centres of denominational colleges, voted overwhelmingly against Smith. The question now asked is whether the remnant of the Democratic party may not combine with the radical Farmer-Labourite sections of the Middle West to form a new party, which will appeal nearly exclusively to the interests of the agrarian worker. Such a metamorphosis would unquestionably introduce an element into

New York City seems to have given Smith a two to one vote, but at nine p.m., Hoover had a majority _of the States, with Smith leading in New York, Wisconsin and the South, but later, the Democratic journal, ‘ the “New York World,” conceded New York State to Hoover. Delaware’s three electoral votes went to the Republican candidate by a 15,000 majority. Wisconsin’s 13 went to the Republican with an excess of 50,000. Maryland’s eight appear to be Republican but the majority will probably not be greater than 10,000. South Dakota's five are also Republican by a majority, possibly 30,000.

• Louisiana’s ten electoral votes, on the other hand are safely Democratic, as always. Smith’s majority being approximately 75,000. New York State, which on a basis of early returns, seemed likely to establish a record of Democratic voting during the Presidential election, reversed itself, as lat,cr returns came in giving Hoover an estimated majority of 100,000 and the 45 electoral votes. New York is ostensibly declining to endorse its “favourite son” for the Presidency, although electing him four times as Governor. New York City, yiffiich is normally Republican during Presidential elections,, gave Smith a 400,000 majority, but it was insufficient to overcome Hoover’s greater majority in the rural 1 districts of the State. '• ' The solid Southern Democratic States, Alabama, with 12 electoral votes, Arkansas with nine, Mississippi (ten), South Carolina (nine) and North Carolina (12) gave Smith comfortable majorities, although a larger Republican vote was cast than at any other time in the history of the counConnecticut’s seven votes went to the Republicans with a 100,000 majorVermont’s four electoral votes went to the Republican candidate by a majority of 20,000. ■ lowa’s 13 are also Republican, the majority being approximately 200,000. Oregon gave five Republican votes to the College by a majority of 200,000. Missouri, with 18 votqs, went Republican by approximately 2000 votes but since the majority is small in proportion to the total vote cast, the result may change with fuller returns. New Jersey, with 14 electoral’wo tea, remained Republican by a majority of 150,000. - California, with 13 votes, had a Ro publican majority of 200,000. Tennessee, with 12 votes, another of the Southern States, went Republican hy a majority of 10,000. Michigan, (15 College votes) remain ed Republican by 500.000. West -Virginia (eight votes) return cd the Republican nominees by 30,00 P votes.

Washington, seven votes, 80,000 mar jority. Later returns show that the Ecpubli cans foa the following further State i

SYDNEY SWETERS WITH THERMOMETER OVER 90 DEGREES Smoke Pali Over City MANY FIRES RAGE THROUGH DRY SCRUB FIRE AT PETROL BOWSER. United Proas Association —By Electri* Telegraph—Copyright. Received Wednesday 10.35 p.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 7. The temperature to-day for several hours was in the nineties, with a maximum of 96 degrees at two o’clock. A boisterous, hot wind from the north-west added to the discomforts and the city was shrouded in a smoke pall from bush and scrub fires in the environs.. The fire brigades had busy times and many amateur fire-fightera were engaged in beating back the flames that raced through the dry scrub, driven by the gale that occasionally topped 50 miles an hour. Bush fires are reported in many of the country districts. A curious accident occurred at the Waterfall Sanatorium. A passenger bus was taking petrol from a bowser, when a flying spark ignited the spirit. The bus was destroyed and thh driver burnt.