Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-11-03
THE ELECTIONS.


Elections were held in number OF
States yesterday ap.d the result in the
main is most gratifying to the demo
Gratis, that party making large gains in
nearly all those states.
VIRGINIA.
The election in Virginia was without
enthusiasm on either side, and hardly
more than fifty per cent. of the usual
vote was polled. Tyler's vote for
Governor ran a long way behind
Bryan's last year. Tyler, Echols and
Montague, the democratic State candi-
dates, however, have probable ma
jorily of $4,000. The returns mostly
report only the majority vote.
In the southwestern counties, in the
Valley and in other white counties,
McCaull, the republican candidate for
governor, polled a fair-sized vote, but
in the black belt, where the negro pre-.
dominates, his vote was very small.
This is attributable to the factional
fight in the party in the State.
The republicans generally seemed to
take little interest in the election, and,
in consequence, the republican repre-
sentation will be smaller in the legisla-
ture than it was last session. In many
places they refrained from voting at all.
The independent and populist vote was
much smaller than expected.
On account of the peculiar conditions
the democrats made gains over the re-
publicans, although almost ridiculous.
iy email vote was polled. The effect
will be to largely decrease the represen-
ta.ion in the democratic State conven-
ton next year. The reelection of
Senator Daniel to the United States
Senate was foregone conclusion, and
yesterdays election makes it doubly
sure.
Joseph E. Willard, democrat, was
elected member of the House of Dele.
gates from Fairfax county, by 5e2 ma.
jority, nearly double the majority usual.
ly given by the democrats.
At Warrenton light vote was poll.
ed, about fifty per cent. of last years
vote. The town gave Tyler, democratic
candidate for governor, 396; McCaull,
republican candidate, 46.
The democrats carried Lexington
and Rockbridge county by 100 ma
jority, democratic gain of 500 over the
last presidential election; light vote
was polled.
S. Haskins Hobson, the chairman OF
the populist State committee, is defeat.
ed for the House in the Powhatan aud
Chesterfield districts by q democrat.
Nine out of eleven precincts in War
rem county give S. S. Thomas ma
jority of ITO over J. R. Castleman, the
boiling democrat. In Clarke county S.
S. Thomas, democrat, defeats ]. R.
Castleman, by about 30 majority.
Berrey, democrat, was elected to the
House from Stafford and King George
| counties. These counties were repre-
sented by republican in the last leg
| islature.
About one-third OF the usual vote of
Loudoun was polled yesterday. Lees
burg precinct gives Tyler, for governor,
232; McCaull, 80; for Sepate-Fairfax,
266; for House-Ryan, 269; Hatcher,
272.
The only county thus far reported as
having gone republican is Allegheny,
which has very large anti.democratic
majority.
MARYLAND.
Reports from the State show large
gains for the democrats, sufficient, it 10
believed, to overcome the large repub.
lican majority and elect Senator Cor
man to succeed himself. The three
legislative districts in Baltimore city
have all gone republican. The repub-
lican ticket in Baltimore city was sue
cessful by about 5000 plurality. Mr..
William T. Master was elected Mayor
over Mr.. Henry Williams, though the
latter ran considerably ahead of his
ticket. The democrats made large
gains and succeeded in capturing q
number of members of the two branches
Of the city council. The republicans
elected the various local court clerks,
sheriff, register of wills and surveyor by
about the same maj as the head
of the ticket. The civil service amend
ment to the State constitution was
showed under in the city.
NEW YORK.
The Tammany ticket entire was
elected in the five boroughs of the
Greater New York. Parker, the demo.
cratic candidate for judge of the Court
of Appeals, won by a fair majority over
Judge Wallace. In Brooklyn the fight
between Van Wyck and Low was close,
but Van Wyck, the Tammany candidate
carried the borough of Brooklyn and
also carried the borough of Queens. All
along the line Van Wyck showed un-
expected strength, while Low slumped
terribly in New York city, and failed
to come up to expectations in his ma.
tive town of Brooklyn. He had little
strength elsewhere.
The pluralities for the Tamma2y
ticket is about 55 900 in New York city
proper, 5000 in Brooklyn, $500 in
Queens, 1000 in Richmond or Staten
Island, or about Is 500 in all. There
is no question that all of the candi-
dates of Tammany Hall have won;
that Parker, democrat, has beaten
Wallace, republican, in the State for
appellate Judge, and that the republi-
can majority in the Assembly has been
greatly reduced. The surprising fea-
ture OF the whole vote is Lows failure
to carry Brooklyn, and Glesson's fall.
ing off in Long Island City.
Young Georges strength dwindled
surprisingly, and seems not to have