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democrats Sweep City, County, State And Nation
A 2 To 1 Victory For
Roosevelt -- Garner
KANSAS CONTEST CLOSE
Clyde R. Hoey Buries Gilliam Grissom, the
Republican's Beaming Hope In North
Carolina, Under Mighty Landslide
New York, Nov. 4.?(U.R)?President Roosevelt has been
elected to a second term in the white house on the basis of
incomplete United Press returns from 18 states.
Gov. Alf M. Landon, his Republican opponent, conceded
Mr. Roosevelt's re-election at 2:80 (EST), today in a tele
gam to the president at Hyde Park.
At that hour Mr. Roosevelt was a winner or leading in
45 states with 510 electoral votes and Governor Landon was
a winner or ahead in three states with 12 electoral votes.
Mr. Roosevelt's plurality promised to he tremendous and
a record breaker. At 2.30 a. m. (EST) the popular vote
standings were:
Roosevelt, 12,807,997;
Landon, 7,733,852;
William Lemke, 137,441.
In his congratulatory telegram, Governor Landon said
that "The nation has spoken" and that the people will abide
by the decision.
At 1:46 a. m. (EST), from Chicago, John D. Hamilton,
Republican National Committee chairman, conceded re-cleft
tion of Mr. Roosevelt.
Almost at the same time Col. Frank Knox, Republican
vice presidential candidate, wired his congratulations to
the president, conceding defeat.
Knox' telegram read:
The American people have clearly indicated their will.
I congratulate you on the confidence they have expressed
in you.
The Democratic victory was rising to extraordinary pro
portions as Governor Landon's congratulatory telegram
flashed half way across the continent from Topeka to Hyde
Park.
Incomplete returns forecast Democratic control of the
House by a 3-to-l nutjAritV'ln thf 57th ?Congress which will
convene in the first week of January to hear, in mid-month,
Mr. Roosevelt's plans for his second term.
Partial returns foretold further New Deal and Democratic
seats in the Senate, already topheavy with administration
voters.
Hamilton's statement conceding the election read:
"Governor Landon has sent his message to the president,
whose re-election is assured.
"None of those who have stood shoulder to shoulder in
this fight need have regrets or fears, for in making this fight
they have freely and courageously followed the dictates of
their conscience.
"Under our form of government a militant and a vigorous
minority has a vital service to render to the nation.
"The Republican party with the co-operation of those
Democrats and independents who find common cause with
us will not fail in that obligation."
| On the basis of a probable vote of 44,000,000 in this elec
tion, Mr. Roosevelt's plurality may be more than 10,000,
000 votes if final returns maintain his lead in the proportion
existing when Governor Landon accepted defeat. Mr. Roose
velt's 1932 plurality was 7,000,000.
Notable in returns which ended a political controversy
raging for months were the Roosevelt lead in Kansas on the
basis of incomplete returns; the prospect that the president
would carry his home state, New York, by a margin of close
to 1,000,000 votes and Governor Landon's failure so far
to keep Delaware in the G. O. P. column. Pennsylvania,
Illinois, Ohio and Michigan, were not complete but the New
Deal Democratic president was leading in all of them as
in Indiana?all states in which the Republicans had con
centrated a hot campaign.
President Roosevelt, at Hyde Park, made the following
reply to the telegrams of congratulations from Governor
Landon:
'I am grateful to you for your generous telegram and I
am confident that all of us Americans will now pull to
gether for the common good. I send you every wish."
In the North Carolina state elections latest returns gave
Clyde R. Hoey a vote of 347,598 to 137,754, his Republican
opponent.
Senator Josiah William Bailey was given 151,05C votes
as compared to 38,600 for Frank Patton, Republican, and
it appeared that the five proposed amendments to the State
Constitution would pass by a ratio of three to two.
(.Continued on page eighP
For President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Roosevelts Take
It Easy At Hyde Park
9
Hytfc Park. N. V.. Nov. 3.?-fU.fi)
rr*mi>-n of his family be
turn, President Roosevelt to
vv with high hopes the
of 45.000,000 Americans
t:'J Tv.ed today in an unprece- i
I feted march to the polls.
*?- cr-.iof executive received the ;
IK* i- I
u" tti'ims ui tiic spacious li
brr; of .immer white house,
*r,Icr- had been converted tem
fetthly into a tabulating office.
returns were brought to him
^ United Press and other
*** associations.
Roosevelt was supremely I
??^'nt of the outcome. He
**?i for las native New York
, up a huge majority in his
i '0r and also for traditionally
JubUcan Pennsylvania to go
' He also felt, it was
^dwl. that at least three of
^ r'K-k-ribbed Republican
England states. Massachu
Rhode island and Connec
'? might fall to him.
hie president took things easy
t'ne day after casting his
1 '*ifh the family in the little
i hall building on a
Mile street in sleepy
Park. |
arrivni at tlie polling place
Jttlat ^'tore noon and to the
ot a hundred or more on
entered the hall with his
y*nk!m. .Jr.. Harvard senior.
^ n s," ittger. son-in-law.
j...' a gray double-breasted
c-ci th, fr :<as hat that served
"ad,tar during the cam
paign, he also proudly showed a!
watch chain of heavy gold that
once belonged to Andrew Jack-!
son. He regarded it as a symbol
of victory. To it was attached the
old-fashioned hunting-case watch
that belonged to his father.
The chain was sent to the pres
ident by Arde Bulova of New York
who expressed the wish that it
would bring him the good luck of
a "convincing majority."
It was made of Carolina gold
and bore the replica of a fox and
hound. It was in the Andrew Jack
son relics at the Anderson gal
leries in New York in 1927.
When the president left the vot
ing machine the rest of the party
then cast their ballots. They were
Mrs. James Roosevelt, his 83-year
old mother; Mrs. Roosevelt, Mr.
and Mrs. John Boettiger, Mrs.
Lamvina Scheider, secretary to
Mrs. Roosevelt; Miss Marguerite
Le Hand, personal secretary to
I Mr. Roosevelt, and Miss Nancy
j Cook.
After posing for pictures the
| group returned to Hyde Park
j house.
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TODAY'S LOCAL
CALENDAR
j A. M.
8:30 Mens Christian Federa
tion.
I P. M.
7:30 Midweek religious ser
I vices.
Library closed.
IV. C. Elects
11 Democrats
To Congress
State Representatives Are
Returned by Comfort
able Majorities
Raleigh, Nov. 4? (U.R)?North
Carolina's 11 Democratic con
gressmen apparently had been re
turned to their seats in the house,
scattered returns indicated today.
In each district, the Democratic!
incumbent was leading his Repub
lican opponent by margins rang
ing from 2 to 1 to 10 to 1.
Tabulations showed:
First District?Lindsay Warren,
D., 18,771; John Wilkinson, R.,
1,656.
Second District?John Kerr, D?
7,211; Dana Dickens, R., 337.
Third District?Graham A. Bar
den, D? 7.975; J. T. Gaskill, R?
869.
Fourth District?Harold Cooley,
5,792; A. I. Ferree, R? 321.
Fifth District?Frank Hancock,
D.. 19,347; Edward Butler, R?
5,599.
Sixth District?William B. Um
stead, D., 9,700; W. H. Slane, R?
3,899.
Seventh District?J. B. Clark. D.,
12,193; W. C. Downing. R., 1.664.
Eighth District?Walter Lam
beth, D., 15,704*/Kyle Hays, R.,
6,233.
Ninth District?Robt. L. Dough
ton. D.. 12,882; W. H. Cragg, R.,
6,451.
Tenth District?A. L. Bulwin
kle, D., 33,289; C. R. Edney, R?
10,422.
Eleventh District?Zebulon Wea
ver. D., 4.433; C. H. Jarrett, R?
1,605.
For Vice President John Nance Garner
Democrats
Sweep The
Albemarle
Democratic Nominees In
Every Albemarle County
Win at Polls Easily
The Democratic nominees of
every county in the Albemarle
section virtually without opposi
tion, as usual were swept into of
fice yesterday as this section pil
ed up large Democratic majori
ties for county, State and national
democratic nominees.
In Currituck County, where not
a single Republican candidate
stuck out his head, the following
Democratic nominees were elect
ed: J. J. Hughes and W. I. Hal
stead, for the State Senate; Ed
win R. Johnson, Representative;
Howard Forbes, sheriff; ;W. San-I
ford Gregory, register of deed; J.I
W. Sanderlin, trial justice; W. B.
McClanna, Norwood M. Ansell and
J. F. BrowfL county commission
ers; H. GigQMler. >$. C. Boswood
and J. E. ij?ikien, Jr., board of
education, ana J. Bryan Smith,
coroner.
In Gates County, the Democrats
likewise had clear sailing, the fol
lowing being elected without op
position: State Senate, J. J.
Hughes and W. I. Halstead; Rep
resentative, Claude J. Gray; reg
ister of deeds, H. V. Beaman;
sheriff. M .E. Langston; surveyor,
T. J. Jessup; beard of education,
Mrs. Marion R. Nixon, H. F. Par
ker and R. E. Williams; county
commissioners, C .E. Sawyer, B.
H. Brown and W. W. Powell; con
stable, Mintonsville township, L.
R. Trotman; Gatesville, L. F.
Overman; Hall, C. C. Lawrence;
Reynoldson, C. V. Gross; Has
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LATEST NORTH CAROLINA
ELECTION RETURNS
Raleigh, Nov. 4.? On the ba
sis of latest returns it appear
ed that the proposed amend
ments to the State Constitution
I would be adopted by a vote of
approximately 3 to 2.
Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 4?fU.R)
With more than half of the
State's 1,853 precincts tabulat
ed, President Roosevelt today
had a plurality of upwards of
270,000 over Landon. On the
basis of these figures it appear
ed certain that the Democratic
President would pass the plu
rality of 290.000 he received
four years ago over President
Hoover.
Returns from 927 precincts
gave:
Roosevelt 360,115
Landon 88,329
Returns from 698 pbecincts
For Governor?Clyde R. Hoey,
D.. 347,598;
Gilliam Grissom, R., 137,754.
For U. S. Senator?Josiah W.
Bailey, D.. 151,056
Fraafc Fatton, R., 38,600.
TheLandonsGladTo
Be Back Home Again
Topeko, Kans., Nov. 3.?(U.R)?
Gov. Alf M. Landon tossed aside.
his old gray campaign hat tonight
and settled mmself in an easy
chair among members of his fam
ily at the executive mansion to
await the decision of "the tribunal
of the people."
Election day was a pleasant and
neighborly time for the Repub
lican presidential nominee?a day ,
in which he and Mrs. Landon
visited with old friends in their
home town of Independence,
Kans., stood in the glare of mo
tion picture camera lights to stulf
their ballots in a big tin box at a
Main street polling place, walked
quietly and happily to their un
pretentious home and then turned
back to this prairie state capital
to wait calmly for whatever the
future may bring.
The governor and hi3 wife were
ready and confident for any de
cision that may come buzzing over
the wires.
All day the governor walked
I among his old friends and neigh
bors in Independence and Mrs.
Landon also moved in a setting of
home-folk.
"It's mighty good to be back
home and to talk to people by
their first names." the governor
told a crowd which greeted him
at Independence when he arrived
on the same special train from
which he campaigned. "I want
you to know how I appreciate this
greeting."
Mrs. Landon. a calm figure in
black with a sunburst of yellow
flowers on her shoulder, told
women friends at a luncheon:
"The best thing is to be back
among our friends on this day?a
rather important day for us. No
matter what the future holds,
we'll always be mighty happy to
come back here; to come back
home."
When the Landons arrived there
was a band out to greet them, but
the governor refused to let the
greeting become a political dem
onstration. He leaned?for tlv
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