The Barre Daily Times from Barre, Vermont • 1

THE BARRE DAILY TIMES EXTRA EXTRA PRICE TWO CENTS BARRE VERMONT WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9 1988 VOL XLIL-No 202 Lehman Re-Elected New York Governor Republicans Carry The Middle-west New Deal Fared Rather Hard Republicans Swept All Vermont Offices By Smashing Majorities Aiken Leading Cr Both Party Mates Gibson and Plummy -sK Repeats Beats Curley Democratic Assault On The Iiublican Stronghold in Green Mountain Stale Failed to Gain Expected Momentum Slight Gain By Republican Party in House Early Tabulation Showed 13 House Seats Snatched Saltonstall Beat Curley In Bay State Strong Showing in Normally Democratic Boston a Surprise Whacking Victory in New York City Overcame the Upstate Lead Of Thomas Dewey Racket Buster SENATOR JAMES DAVIS HAD A SUBSTANTIAL LEAD ON NEW DEAL CANDIDATE LEGISLATURE WILL BE STRONG-LY REPUBLICAN WITH SCATTERING OF DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE All Republican Candidates For State Office Swept Back Into Office Including State Treasurer Thomas Cave AND NOT ONE LOSS TO DEMOCRATS SHOWING IN THAT CITY CUT Frank Murphy Was Running Behind in Reed Was Ahead ol Senator McGill Brown NH Defeated Republicans Sure of One More Seat in Senate On Uncompleted Returns Saltonstall Was 30 000 Ahead John A Gordon re-elected Barre Representative over Charles Wishart Leverett Saltonstall elected Governor of Massachusetts Vote for Senator by Gets Fourth Term Gordon Sent By Barre To Legislature He Defeated diaries Wishart Republican In Sharp Contest Boston Nov 9 Leverett Saltou-stall socially prominent Republican early today appeared assured of elec tlon as governor on the strength of a mounting lend over his veteran Democratic opponent James Curley With more than' half of the 1794 precincts tabulated including 330 of the 388 in Boston the Republican (jf Democratic 111 standard hearer and former speaker of the Massachusetts House was leading Curley by approximately 30000 votes Saltonstall ran strong in Democratic Boston and piled up a mounting plurality elsewhere in the state Republican leaders declared he would carry the rest of the 0 slate with him to vidorv Sen Lonergan Seems To The 330 Boston precinets gave Curley 154357 votes against 102290 for his opponent far under the 97000 Boston plurality received by Sharles Hurley (D) two years ago in winning the gubernatorial contest by 28000 New Haven Conn Nov 8 (Pi Con- HAD A MAJORITY OF 221 VOTES Justices of the Peace List Divided 8 Democrats 7 Republicans United States Senator Ernest Gibson of Brattleboro Congressman Charles A Pluniley of Northfleld Gov George Aiken of Putney and all tim Republican candidates for major offices in Vermont were re-elected yesterday by commanding majorities over John McGrath of Milton Janies Leamy of West Rutland and Fred Martin of Bennington respectively On virtually complete returns Aiken led Martin by 37270 votes which was a largely increased plurality over victory two years ago Gibson led McGrath by 36377 and Plum ley was ahead by Leamy by 31712 All the other state officers were reelected by lesser pluralities over their Democratic opponents The successful candidates were William Wills of Bennington for lieutenant governor Thomas Cave of Barre for state treasurer Rawson Myriek of Montpelier for secretary of state Benjamin Gates of Montpelier for auditor of accounts and Lawrence Jones of Rutland for attorney general The defeated candidates for those offices were respectively Samuel Crosby of Hartland for lieutenant governor Peter Hineks of Mkldlebury Samuel Richard soil of St Johns-Imrv Armand Coder re of Rieliford and Bernard Leddy of Burlington The Vermont legislautre will be strongly Republican with a few scattering Democrats in the House and Senate Aiken gray -haired and in his forties had a precedent in his favor that no Vermont governor seeking a second term ever had been defeated A vv idely known horticulturist the Governor has been critical during his two years in office of New Deal policies He bused his ileas for re-election on hat he labeled as his record of economy and pay-as-you-go Martin a genial six-footer and his party's best drawing card in the Green Mountain state in recent years slashed at Aiken's attitude toward the federal Washington Nov 9 (IP) Mounting election returns early today recorded some Republican gains in the House A tabulation at 1 a (EST) showed the 0 had won 13 seats held by Democrats in the last session Democrats had failed to capture a single seat held by Republicans The Republicans had elected 51 representatives compared with 83 seats in the last Congress Democrats with 328 seats at stake counted 151 victorious candidates The Republican gains were recorded in a half dozen states and included four seats in Pennsylvania three in New York and two in Connecticut Returns from the Senate contests were inconclusive but Republicans had won the New Hampshire seat now held by Fred Brown A consistent administration supporter Brow was de- tested by Hep Charles Tobey Rftl)(rt A Taft Mm the former neetieut Republicans bounce! hack i ir(idet apparently had won the sennight from the 100000 vote defeat they ator 8(at Kobert Bulkley the suffered in the 1930 Roosevelt laud Democratic incumbent in Ohio Bulkley slide with a victory surge which on hag the support of President Rooaavalt the basis of unofficial election returns CttliforlliS) Sheridan Downey had apparently swept out of office most of (l wJd marKjn ovcr Phijp nnm-roft the Democratic incumbents among a Kepublican opponent Downey who espoused the $30 every -Thursday pension plan had been praised by the President Senator Robert Wagner and Rep James Mead Democrat were ahead in their races for the two New York Senate seats at stake in yesterday's election Democratic incumbents coasted to re-election in Maryland Georgiu Alabama South Carolina Florida Arkansas Oklahoma and North Carolina In Missouri Senator Bennett Champ Clark often mentioned as a presidential possibility rolled up a substantial majority over Henry Caulfield his Republican opponent them the veteran Governor Wilbur Cross and Senator Augustine Lonergait Big votes polled In normally Democratic urban eetners by Jasper McLcvy Socialist guliematorial nominee cut deeply into the 7fl-year-old 1930 pluralities and appeared to assure the election of a Republican Raymond Baldwin for the first time since 1930 With returns from election virtually complete John A Dan-aher Republican led Senator Lonergan by more than 7000 votes unofficial tabulation Gov Herbert Lehman of New York LEGISLATURE GOP of Gain Control (By the Associated Press) Sjc The New Deal suffered a body blow in (Tuesday) elections when Republicans recaptured their old stronghold of Pennsylvania and made striking gains in other states However the Republicans took some buffeting themselves They lost their try for the New York governorship though by a that was breath-taking Their gubernatorial and senatorial candidates were trailing in California scene of the $30-cvery-Thursday agitation Robert A Taft Republican son of the former President seemed headed for victory over Senator Robert Bulkier Democrat seeking re-election in Ohio This was considered Bure to put Taft's name in the list of possibilities for the Republican presidential nomination in 1940 LaFollette Regime Wavering The LaFollette regime in Wisconsin wavered before Republican battering Julius Heil Milwaukee manufacturer carrying the Republican banner had a long lead over Gov Philip La-Follette who was seeking re-election after projecting a national progressive party which some predicted would he his vehicle for a 1940 presidential bid Alexander Wiley Republican foe of the New Deal went along with Heil toward victory in the senatorial contest Herman Ekern Progressive was second and the Democratic incumbent Ryan Duffy third Other Republican Gains And this was not all Republican senatorial candidates were leading in Kansas Now Hampshire and North Dakota while the party's gubernatorial nominees were in the van in Connerti-cut Iowa Kansas Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Nebraska New Hampshire Oregon and Rhode Island Republican Ralph Carr wrested governorship from the Democratic incumbent Teller Ammons John Hamilton Republican national chairman declared in a statement at Washington early today that the returns were although he said he would not appraise the significance of the election until a complete was obtained later in the morning Besides taking New York the most powerful political unit in the country Democrats also were leading in the senatorial races of Illinois Indi- Republicans Houses in State Now York Nov 8 (7P) Republicans for the first time since 1932 gained control of both houses in the state legislature on the basis of early returns tonight The Republicans strengthened their domination in the assembly and picked up four seats in the Senate giving them a majority One town missing Vote for Congressman by John A Gordon Democrat was reelected as Barre city representative in a closely contested election here yesterday defeating Charles Wishart bis Republican opponent and a former representative by a margin of 221 votes The total east for Gordon was 1902 against 11581 for Wishart The Republican candidate gave Gordon a much closer contest than he had two years ago when he was elected over Davis by a wide margin Wishart took ward one away from Gordon by a margin of 50 votes and lie also cut heavily into the normal Democratic vote in ward five Wishart carried only the first and second wards and ho lost ward three by only 32 votes Efforts on the part of both candidates to bring out (lie vote resulted in a heavy total east in the city for an off-year election There were many indication that party lines were not followed too closely in the contest the ward voting varying considerably from the totals east for other candidates for office The total ote by wards was a fol- MANHATTAN SAVED LEHMAN Enabled Him to Overcome Dewey's Lead Up State New- York Nov 9 (p) Gov Herbert Lehman Democrat was re-elected in nationally important New York election and on the face of nearly completed returns early today all other major members of the Democratic ticket likewise were successful Thomas Dewey Repub lican opponent conceded defeat at 1 a (EST) congratulations on your he wired the Governor wish you every success and It was a slim victory for Lehman for with more than 4(170000 votes tabulated of an expected total of nearly 5 000 000-odd he led by less than 75000 Dewey ran vastly ahead of his Re publicans but New York City a historic Democratic stronghold overcame the marked upstate preference for him by turning in a great Democratic plurality of some 080000 votes Baldwin on trailing during the early hours of the count steadily overcame the Governor as the votes rolled in from the normally Republican rural areas and then jumped into a slim lead (Continued on Page Eight) Re-elected Tobcy Beat Brown In New Hampshire And Governor Murphy Had Commanding Lead Over Sullivan Democratic Candidate Manchester Nov 8 UP) Re surgont Republican forces apparently scored a clean sweep in New Hampshire tonight unseating New Deal Senator Fred Brown in favor of II Rep Charles Tobey and re-electing Republican Governor Francis Mur-Ihy With 243 of the 295 precincts tabulated Tobey piled up (15193 votes against Brown's 49131 Governor Murphy had (18835 votes to Sullivan's 48-135 Precincts still to be counted were normally Republican The forces likewise appeared to have returned one congressional seat and ousted a Democratic incumbent from the other In the first district Arthur Jonks Republican ran well ahead of Rep Alphonse Rov who sat through the filial six days of the last Congress after a congressional investigation decided Jenks held the scat illegally Foster Stearns so nof Frank Stearns advisor of the bite President Coolidge had an even more commanding lead over his Democratic opponent Alvin A Luclcr former mayor of Nashua Throughout the campaign Tobey attacked Brown as being what he called a for the administration Governor Murphy defeated John Sullivan a young aggressive attorney WEST VIRGINIA SHOOTING One Man Fatally Wounded and Another Injured Seriously Welch Ya Nov 8 (fp) -One man was fatally shot and another seriously wounded tonight on the main street of Bradshaw in what authorities said they believed was an election quarrel Shall Dillovv 35-year-old Bradshaw miner died at a hospital shortly after he was brought in with a bullet below hia heart Charlie Carter a timekeeper was shot in the abdomen His condition is serious Deputy Sheriff Zaddoek Waldron said a "38 -year-old Bradshaw miner is being sought for questioning Purge of Rep Completed By Fay Chairman of House Rules Committee Defeated for Re-election in New York by Outspoken New Dealer New York Nov 8 The presidential purge of John chairman of flic House rules committee who was denied Democratic nomi nation hut adopted by Republicans in the primary was completed today by the election of James II Fay to Con gross from the Kith New York dis trict Fay an outspoken exponent of the New Deal won O'Connor's seat by 24 013 votes to 20081 (Continued From First Page) Barre Went Republican on the State Ticket I Barre's vote on state officers was predominately Republican yesterday James Leamy Democratic candidate for representative to Congress beating out Congressman Charles A Plum-ley' Republican for the sole Democratic win The vote was a switch from two years ago when Barre gave its vote to the Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gov George Aiken led hia party (Continued on Page Three) STASSEN WON iS'jijX'j''' Senator Ernest Gibson State Senators Addison County George Payne (Rj Bennington County Walter Hard Edward A Tobin (R) Caledonia County Harry Randall (Rj John Hancock (R) Essex County Philip Bartlett (R) Lamoille County Russell Page Hyde Park Orleans County Flora Coutts (R) A Fletcher (R) Orange County Edward Mason (R) Washington County Corry (R) Joseph Denny (R) A Smith (R) Windham County Howard Rice Brattleboro William Darrow (R) Grand Isle County Brower Hall (D) Rutland County Henry Braneliaud (R) Henry Carpenter Mortimer Proctor II Smith (R) Windsor County Leon Gay Clarence Cleveland (R) Ernest pea (R) Brings in Young Republican-Aged 99 Nashua Nov 8 (P) A Republican party worker sent out today to bring in the Young Republican vote returned with diaries Andrews 99 who cast his first Vote in 1800 for Abraham Lincoln Kale and hearty Andrews said he had voted a straight Republican ticket" Elected Governor of Minnesota Over Benson Minneapolis Nov The Minneapolis Tribune early today conceded the election as governor of 31 -year-old Harold Stassen Republican over Elmer A Benson only Farmer-Labor governor in the nation who had sought to retain his seat in balloting One town missing Poletti Polls Bigger Vote Than Gov Lehman Former Barre Boy Wins Lieutenant Governorship by Large Majority-Political Protege of Lehman New York Nov 8 (p) Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor and attorney general outdistance their Republican opponents on the basis of incomplete returns tonight while Governor Lehman held a comparatively slight margin over the Republican front-runner Thomas Dewey Breaking party lines the voters in fi02fi of 9051 election districts gave Attorney Genera) John Bennett jr a load of 37341 0 over Arthur McDermott Republican Both left the American labor party candidate Joseph far in the rear Tlie vote at that stage with New York City Democrats overbalancing Republican pluralities upstate showed: Bennett McDermott 1248-000 310193 of which only 30590 was milled outside New York City Poletti a former supreme court justice and political protege of Lehman received 1541372 to 108(1287 for lion tecou Scant returns mostly from the Republican strongholds upstate gave Julius Rothsteln Republican an early lead over Morris Tremaine Democratic incumbent for state comptroller With 1594 districts reported -only 128 of them In Democratic New York Rothstein had 405021 to Tremaine's 27(5144 and 14905 for Langdon Post candidate of the American labor party For major state offices liesidcs comptroller and attorney general the American labor party threw its support behind regular Democratic candidates (Poletti who is native of Barre and attended the schools of this city has many friends in the granite center who have followed his law and political career with great interest) Would Walk 10 Miles to Save Writing Stowmarket England (P) -Rather than write letters Suffolk farm workers walk 10 miles to deliver a message This was reported by 1) Eastman a member of the West Suffolk Education committee which was considering plans to improve the spelling of Murphy Triumphant Unseats Sen Brown REP FISH RE-ELECTED New York Congressman Critic of New Deal Wins Handily New York Nov 8 (P)- Rep Hamilton Fish (R) consistent New Deni critic was re elected in President Rouse volt's home district today by a 20000 plurality over Ben Martin (D) Fish said election the end of one-man government in the United Slates and likewise the end of a third term Bruce Barton Re-elected New York Nov 8 New York's "silk district the 17th today returned Advertising Man Bruce Barton to Congreu for a second term The Republican candidate amassed a -ubslantial majority over Walter Uibinan Chicago Teaches Shag Chicago (JP) More than 1800 boys and (100 girls in the Chicago puhiic schools signed up to learn the lambcth walk and shag when the schools opened modern dance courses Marks Ballot Then Drops Dead Portland Ore Nov 8 (P) Elza Conner 72 marked hia ballot and dropped dead of a heart attack In a voting booth here today A member of the victim's family handed the ballot to the voting board chairman It was counted in the returns A Lot Of Food Those Stingless Bees Have All Died London (Ah The ingle bees presented to the Zoological Gardens by the Southern Rhodesian government are all dead It is believed the cold weather killed them The first stingiest bees ever brought to Europe alive travelled 8000 miles by air in part of a tree trunk that was their natural home Modesto 111 (P) food assembled to feed 75000 spectators at the state coruhusklng contest included 5000 pounds of hamburger 500 pounds of weiners 1000 pounds of ham 1000 pounds of fish 75000 buns 10000 plee 1200 pounds of coffee requiring 3600 gallon of water and finally 80000 bottles of soft drinks Re-elected Governor of New Hamp-hire Easily Charles Tobey of New Hampshire jg Congressman Charles A Plumley.