ELECTION OF LODGE, COX AND O'BRIEN PREDICTED IN CLOSEST CONTEST IN YEARS

Although it was impossible to obtain detailed returns of the Massachusetts' and New York elections at 3.30 o'clock this morning when the CRIMSON went to press, the outcomes of the various political contests were already certain in practically every instance.

With 312 out of 355 towns and cities heard from in Massachusetts the following results were indicated:

Henry Cabot Lodge's defeat of William A. Gaston, his Democratic rival for the Massachusetts Senatorship, by about 20,000 votes seemed fairly well assured.

In the struggle for Governor Channing H. Cox definitely defeated his democratic oponent, John J. Fitzgerald by what will probably amount to about 35,000 votes.

Thomas C. O'Brien definitely won over Joseph C. Pelletier by a majority of more than 15,000. Pelletier was the Democratic nominee.

In the votes on the referenda in Massachusetts a "yes" vote was registered for all but the motion picture censorship plan. The Prohibition Enforcement Act, the law to require District Attorneys to be members of the Bar, and the act pertaining to Voluntary Associations all received a favorable vote, according to returns from all but a few towns.

The Democrats swept New York with one of the greatest majorities ever given a political party in the Empire State. Alfred E. Smith was victorious over Governor Nathan L. Miller, his Republican rival, by some 400,00 votes. Royal S. Copeland also won over the present Republican Senator, William M. Calder.