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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1924
Page
2
Bridgeport's vote tally shows strong support for Coolidge across multiple precincts with totals for governor and lieutenant governor, and an array of Democratic and Socialist candidates receiving scattered votes. Strong concentrations emerge in select precincts for various offices, including Board of Education and aldermen races.
The report lists vote totals by precinct for vice president and other offices with names such as Reilly Rosenbeck Ard Whelan Mulligan Sanford and Smith Hayanich Schwarzkopf Meyer Sorenson Brewster Baird Gully Trest. Voter totals indicate major party tallies and high turnout with notable party diversity and reductions in some races.
Amid chaotic statewide results figures flicker from Madison to Des Moines. La Follette predicts six to eight states and a House tie while Coolidge leads West and gains on the coast as late returns trickle in. Governors Smith Roosevelt contest New York outcome as Kansas and Portland show tight races and surveys indicate shifts in Congress.
Early returns from Philadelphia and other cities show President Coolidge ahead of Davis by large margins. Figures from Minnesota and Missouri indicate Coolidge maintaining a growing lead as precincts report nationwide results.
In Louisville Kentucky on November 4 President Coolidge moved into the lead in the presidential race after rapidly closing a large deficit. With results from 2 868 precincts tallied late tonight Coolidge gained a significant edge as vote totals continued to come in.
Early returns across districts reveal LaFollette leading Coolidge in several Bronx precincts while Roosevelt gains in statewide races. Smith appears set to win in parts of New York with Syracuse voting for Smith over Miller by about 6,260. Roosevelt leads in key counties as recounts proceed.
James J. Davis, widely known as Secretary of Labor, was elected Mayor of Mooseheart where over 4,200 children voted. Davis, founder of the Moose children's city, becomes the first to hold the office amid near unanimous support with Mrs Davis receiving the few opposing ballots.
Senator La Follette declined to comment on election results tonight. At the State capitol he awaited full returns, noting he could not appraise outcomes from fragmentary bulletins and would have nothing for publication until the returns were complete.
Continued from page one the text notes representatives chosen for the General Assembly and Republican mayors elected in Stamford and Shelton. Democratic candidates won in Ansonia and Derby, with John Co Mead narrowly re-elected in Angonia by a 45 vote plurality. Early counts from larger towns using ballot voting showed increases in Republican plurality and no impact on the overall result.
Washington report cites Senator Smooth of Utah predicting Republicans must win seats in Tennessee and Kentucky to organize a new Senate. The stray dispatch notes he died after expressing the view that indulgents would continue to follow a defeated Isacler.
In Colorado on November 4 President Coolidge held a strong lead over John Davis and Robert La Follette with about 6,830 votes to 2,719 for Davis and 1,287 for La Follette as results came in around 1:20 a.m.
A reader notice lists meeting venues for various lodges and organizations tonight. Italian Workers Council at 46 Beach Street and a Monitor lodge at 184 State Street are among the sites, with other lodges including Magnacharla, Knights of the Maccabees, St George at Stratford Avenue, and Masonic Temple locations on Main Street and Broad Street.
Evanston Nova Scotia November 4 Charles G Dawes and Calvin Coolidge carried their home precincts by overwhelming margins. Coolidge 624 votes Davis 64 Lakollette 26.
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