ALL ALONG THE LINE

Northern Advocate, 8 November 1934, Page 5

ALL ALONG THE LINE

SWEEPING VICTORIES VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS. UPTON SINCLAIR DEFEATED,

[United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Received 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, November 7. Early election returns indicated that the predictions of a widespread Democrat victory were being fulfilled. The next Congress will be preponderantly Democratic, with the likelihood of gains of five seats in the Senate, and the party’s strength in the House of Representatives probably being increased, in spite of the Republican leaders’ hopes that they would regain at least 30 seats. Some Democrat candidates gained bigger majorities than those of 1932. New York and Connecticut re-elated Democrat Governors and other State . officials and delegations to Congress. The former Mayor of Boston, Mr ’ Curley, a friend of Mr Roosevelt, apparently has won the Governorship of .Massachusetts.. . 1 ' Vermont, which has not returned a Democrat for 75 years, seems to have chosen a Democrat Senator, Mr Fred Martin. Senator van den Berg (Michigan) seems to have been defeated by the Democrat aspirant, Mr Frank Pickard. Democrat campaign managers everywhere hailed ..the result as an overwhelming victory for the “New Deal.” Sixty-eight candidates for major offices in the Senate and House of Represeritatives arid for Governorships were Unopposed. Among noted Democrat Senators,two re-elected - were Messrs D. L, Walsh (Massachusetts) and H! F. Byrd (Virginia), brother of Rear-Admiral Byrd. Virginia incidentally chose nine Democrat members of the House, and Florida five arid a Democrat Senator. ‘ Texas re-elected a Democrat Senator, Mr T. Connolly, and 21 Democrat members of the, House. Rhode Island gave the Democrats a sweeping majority. Kansas was one of the exceptions to the rule. It appears to have elected a Republican Governor. Maryland Anomaly. In Maryland a curious anomaly occurred. Apparently the' Governor, Mr A. C. Ritchie, one of the most noted Democrats in the country, and four times Governor, was defeated by his Republican opponent, Mr Harry Nite. An interesting explanatiori is given for Mr Ritchie’s defeat, namely, that he is noted for opposing the “New Deal,” while his Republican opponent, curiously enough, has outspokenly supported. Mr Roosevelt’s measures. Illinois appears to have gone strongly Democrat and to have returned Democrat members to the House of Representatives, * Senator.H. D. Hadfield (Republican), one of the most outspoken critics of Mr Roosevelt, was defeated in West Virginia. r Democrat nominees in Tennessee led by a substantial margin. Senators K. D. McKellar and- N. L. Bachman have been re-elected, as well as the Democrat Governor. Democrat victories, including Governorships and members of Congress, were recorded in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, North and South Dakota, Oklahoma and North and South Carolina. Well-known Democrat Senators reelected include Messrs Key Pittman (Nevada), B. K. Wheeler (Montana) and W. H, King (Utah). Nebraska, like California and Kansas, was one of, the few states to elect a Republican Senator and Governor. In California, Mr Upton Sinclair, the author, has ijeen defeated by Mr Frank Merriam, Republican, for the Governorship.