The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-10
ELATED.
Witty Bruce
Next Year
DEMOCRATS SAY.
Wolcott's Plurality Nearly
as Large as Last Year.

Boston, Nov. 9.-While the result of
election in Massachusetts yesterday
was received with considerable salts
faction by the republican managers as
Gov. Wolcott received a substantial en-
dorsement, the returns were especially
gratifying to the democratic leaders,
for not only did the vote for their party
candidate for governor show an in
crease of so per cent over last year, but
they succeeded in electing two addi-
tional congressman and materially re-
ducing the republican majorities in ev-
cry one of the other districts.
The state delegation to the national
house of representatives will this year
be 10 republicans and democrats, and
while Senator Lodge will be elected by
the legislature which meets in January,
the democrats made substantial gains
in the lower branch and will constitute
one-third of that body, where last year
they had only a quarter of the mem
bers.
The interest in the election, aside
from democratic gains in every con-
gressional district, was the entirely I'M
looked for defeat of Joseph H. Walker,
who for ten years has been the repub-
lican representative in the third dis
trict and has held the position of chair
man Of the committee on banking and
currency in the national house for the
last three sessions.
Mr.. Walkers defeat was a purely
personal one, as his opponent is cred
tied with being an advocate of the gold
standard and has other republican
proclivities.
1t is also claimed that Naphen, the
successful democrat in the tenth dis
trict, may break with his party in cong
ress on this same question.
The total vote for the two candidates
was: Wolcott, republican, 1870, 246; Bruce,
democrat, 106, S9S, a republican plurality
of S3,348.
The senate of 1899 will stand: Repub-
licans, 33; democrats, Z. And the house,
republicans. 1861 democrats, 81; indie
pendents, 9 prohibitionists, /; social
democrats,2; partican, l; and there
are two ties to be decided either by a
recount or another election.
William S. McNary, secretary of the
democratic state committee, says, in a
statement issued tonight, that the ma
jorities polled by the republican party
differ widely on the state ticket anc on
the congressional tickets The republic
can majority for governor by the latest
returns is S3,142, but the republican
majority in the congressional district
offset by three districts carried by the
democrats is only 43,333, showing that
| the democratic interest was strongly
centred in the congressional contests.
Mr.. McNary says that the plan of cam
paign, namely, of lighting on national
issues, was sensible, and is proven by
the tremendous gains of the democrats
in each congressional district MI. NC
Nary analyses in detail the vote gwen
to the democratic candidates who We're
defeated and in conclusion says that
Mr. Bruce will head the ticket next
year as compliment to his worth as
a campaigner.
Complete returns show that Gov. VOL
colts plurality over Bruce is only 2195
| less than it was over Williams. last
year. He carried every congressional
district by n large majority, save the
ninth, which went democratic. The
total republican vote was about $4,000
larger than it was last year and the
democratic vote was increased by about
| q, 900.
The election of Joshua Holden as
councillor from the fourth district makes
| the governors board of advisors solidly
republican once more.
The congressman elected are: District
II. Lawrence; ?, Gilett; g. Thayer; 4,
| Weymouth; 8. Knox; g. Moody; Z, Rob
erts; 8, Mccall; g. Fitzgerald; 10, Nap
hem H. Sprague; H. Lowering; IS,
Greene All are republicans save ten
republicans and three democrats, viz:
Thayer. Fitzgerald and Naphen.
| The following table gives the vote for
governor and congressman by districts: