| Show VICTORIOUS IN UTAH BUT UFFER SETBACK N NATION Disclose New Strength Point To Campaign of 1940 0 P. P Defeats N New r w Dealers in ill Industrial Centers and Faz Farm nl States By Associated Press A revitalized Republican party delivered se- se reverses reverses to the new deal in the nations nation's m in- in r centers today and then moved ahead of Democrats in significant farm s state tote lung fungo plated l t d returns from rural areas I ij it Republican standard bearers to the front in Iowa Wallaces Wallace's home state state state- Indiana fud ana Should the trend cone conJe con- con Je e their party would pick up a al 1 l of of ten seats in the senate ormer ormer Senator L L. J. J Dickinson trailed r led Senator Guy M. M GilD Gil- Gil EW D for Iowa's le Ie l in the the Hoosier state Senator derick Van Nuys D dropped Republican entry Rayed Ray- Ray id ld E. E Willis IG O. O P. P Gains Ground l i a the new deal major first election defeats in ye years s 's the Republicans put into ce governors and 67 new nb ers of the house of ve ves eS counting these gains in the states of Pennsylvania Massa- Massa Ohio Michigan and on onh he h Pacific coast And all the had not been counted n leaders were quick to th the Democratic reverses as au- au ell for their chances in the presidential year Landon who contested t President Roosevelt two rs sago ago and lost asserted the Rel Re- Re lican l victories indicated thou Election Results on Pages Two vo and Seven Se is of f Democrats joined in the the Roosevelt po poli- poli li- li which were wrecking their f r and country l W Il street traders rushed to stocks carrying many shares to othe the highest prices quoted in ine e ethan than a year in brisk post elec I buying though h ugh Republican gains in the house exceeded by far number which many of their fuls had expected the Demo- Demo retained control othi branches the t two biggest state elections work and the Pennsylvania the split even vernor Herbert H. H Lehman York York Democrat won oy over r Thomas E E. Dewey after tag hours of vote-counting vote in inh h first one and then the other d ahead ad Robert F. F Wagner D. D Q a staunch Roosevelt super sup- sup er Can Re-Can falso also outdistanced his Re- Re ican rival ican rival and Representative es i Mead D. D was chosen ill the seat made vacant by leath of Senator Royal S. S Cope- Cope Rear Rear-by bY near Pennsylvania just Vt t tithe the reverse occurred Gov- Gov r 1 George H. H Earle who gave tate state tate a little new deal failed ia effort to unseat Republican nor James tor James J. J Jim a ii shut thur H. H James who campaigned promise promise to undo most of what s done was elected gover- gover IRis Democratic opponent was Je Alvin Alvin Jones JiIn n the solid south did Dem- Dem tie lines remain intact r toss foss Ss the middle and northern o ons' ons s of the country the ReI Re- Re I cans ns counted governorships in i states states which at least for the thet t two wo o years the Democrats had hadJ J E lor lorado do Connecticut Idaho M u Massachusetts Oregon sYlvania Rhode Island Michi- Michi Ohio Oio and Wyoming also y captured the Wiscon- Wiscon from Governor pL Ph LaFollette head of the ther r ive party and won in l leaota ota whet the La Farmer-La- es have ave ben in power since 1930 1 late le upheavals were not so Wit ut they far exceeded Demo- Demo predictions I of what the Rens Re- Re cans ns would win In addition to sylvania Republicans captured senate seats in Con- Con cut Kansas New Hampshire Continued en pi rare Fat Seven L RETURNS ENCOURAGE I GE REPUBLICAN LEADERS FOR 1940 1 I tI Continued from Page One w Jersey Ohio Oregon South kota and Wisconsin 1 Glenn Frank chairman of the Re Re- Reit national program commit commit- 4 t haIled these results as J a a return return to political and eco eco- emit sanity t The drift toward a virtually one one- ty nation with the vindictive inI in in- I trance that goes with it has tn n stopped he said The Republicans on the other lost the Maryland governor governor- lip m Olson Leads Merriam Iii California there was a pros pros- a Democratic governor for first time in 40 years C Culbert I I. I Olson whom President o sevelt indorsed as a liberal w kd d up an impressive lead over the c publican incumbent Frank F. F i 3 Sheridan Downey who also bore a aS S blessing had a if lead over his Republican wt t Philip Bancroft in the Call Cali- V irnia nia senatorial race i j Among ong the Democratic senators i were McGill of Kansas co- co j thor of the crop control act Bulk Bulk- of Ohio Harvard classmate of ei i president Brown of New i and Duffy of Wisconsin o had the presidents president's indorse indorse- y at L Parties Suffer Both of the country's foremost or parties the parties the Progressive and Laborites Laborites suffered suffered seIi se- se Ii rely ely Ii T To the days day's excitement Keny Ken- Ken made its well ky y a a series of gun fights which eight were killed four killed four of ofin i i i in Bloody Harlan county national guard was summoned I d counting vote counting stopped there I is was the states state's bloodiest elec- elec i n since 1933 when 18 persons I elec-I ire re r slain lain k 1 While some Republican victories b r re not unexpected by Democratic I ders d rs the latter studied the rems re- re re-I re ms r s with extraordinary care toy toy to- to y both for their effect on the of congress during the next i I and on the presidential I of 1940 I Republican strategists had put I I 1 emphasis on winning gov- gov 1 hoping thereby to build tate state organizations preparatory I 1910 1940 Democrats had been equal- equal in trying to protect the republican territory they had taken Sr er since 1928 I G G. 0 O. P. P Picture Brightens I 1 The The elections of that year which I Hoover in the White i j souse ouse were the last until yesterday the Republican party had hadI i I gained aired strength President Roosevelt went to bed r m. m without commenting on 1 eL e returns which he received with s ly at Hyde Park N. N Y New York with its huge block of I etoral oral votes and its national per- per furnished one of the most II X races that races that between vetran vetran vetran vet- vet ran ran Governor Lehman D. D and the old 6 old ar-old Dewey R. R nemesis of racketeers r 5 Lehmans Lehman's victory after four hours f sawing flee sawing ee-sawing returns dampened ewey's prospects as a Republican f presidential presidential hopeful in 1940 Many pf Deweys Dewey's friends however saide said e was by no means out of that battle battle i fAt At the same time it brightened abe ill 9 1940 chances of of other winners of major senate seats and end governorships Among these were Robert A. A Taft r Zon of the former president who Was alj elected senator in Ohio and Il rett who defeated IJames ames Curley D. D for governor of Massachusetts Massachusetts the Democrats Demo- Demo f. f rats lost two other New England governorships In Connecticut a Sizable ble Socialist vote helped defeat th lh scholarly Governor Wilbur L. L Cro doss Cross s who will be succeeded by Raymond ay aymond mond Baldwin R. R William Vanderbilt R R. descendant of famous commodore unseated Governor Robert E. E Quinn in Rhode land island d. d Democrats Win Vin in Illinois Democratic ranks apparently held heldum I um m in Illinois where jve five Scott W W. Lucas who campaigned sra Ta ra Roosevelt supporter with an c dependent mind had a commanding command command- ing lead over Richard J. J Lyons R. R new new deal critic The iThe south remained true to its Democratic i traditions and there thearty the thearty party arty elected six governors and andI I fight ight senators among them Alben JPY Barkley of Kentucky senate majority leader Two other congressional con con- gressional leaders House Speaker jWilliam B. B Bankhead of Alabama l rid Majority Leader Sam Rayburn gf Texas were returned Democratic candidates inV in V t Rocky mountain states were successful C but further west the rule 1 did t n not of hold true uniformly In Oregon Charles A. A Sprague R. R W was elected governor over Henry L L. Heal liess who had won the Democratic primary inary with new deal support |
