The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-25
HOW HE WON.
~ 7. Douglas, Iemocratic Governor
IlsctS Scf Ma.s achusetts.

IN y Z. Douglas, Democratic Governor
Ilsct cf Ml!s aohuaetts.
TELLS WHY HE WAS ELECTED.
He Says tho Nation Could Have Been
Won by the Democrats on the
Issues that Elected Him
Governor.
] did what ] set out to do.
made Massachusetts a doubtful State.
Can keep 1t SO? For that we must
walt and see. / believe We will. The
same issue pressed In every other State
In the union, with sincerity, would
have been just as as effective as it was
d In Massachusetts,
William L. Douglas, the most,
stalked-anoutf Democrat in the country
today, mus sums up his victory.
From a plain business man, devotinng
all his time to his shoe business, and
taking little or no part In publ c af.
fairs, he has become the idol OF Mas
sachusetts, and Democratic leaders
throughout the nation are turning
questioning aud speculative eyes upon
him. Forty thousand persons joined
in great celebration Of his victory
at his home town Of Brockton, Wed
nesday night, and the man who has
ho or ri ,x,I, Io
lonRed to Union himself, was cheer.
ed from one end Of the town to the
other.
4 William L. Douglas, the next gov
ernor OF Massachusetts, and who was
elected by the biggest vote ever given
a Democrat In the STATE, is so years
old. He Is medium framed man,
neither large nor small, who dresses
plainly. without the slightest attempt
at show. He wears usually a sack
coat Of blue material. more servicea-
BILE than showy, derby hat, a turn
down collar and plain black tie.
Woodcuts Of MIR. Douglas, printed
for years In newspapers all over the
United States, have made his features
as familiar as those Of any man in the
country. He is few years older
s than those pictures would indicate.
He is very bald, with q head that
rises high in the crown and which is
fringed about the temples and at the
back by close-cropped iron gray hair
His mOustache is iron gray and onl,
partially hides very full firm lips.
His eyes are modest gray, but when
flo
--,,>s A GREAT POLITICIAN
Those WHO have watched Mr.. Doug.
lee IN his recent campaign say he ls .
great POLITICAL, a World reporter
who observed himst his headquarters
last Wednesday was struck with the
easy way in which this pain man Of
business adapted himself to politics
Almost every two minutes some Of bis
workers, wearing the very eviden'
stamp Of the politician, came in u
congratulate him. Instantly the gov
ernOr. elect was up to meet them with
q hearty handshake and why, II /.
10, Jim! Well, it was all right
wasn't 1t? You did fire. You boss
were great. am awiully glad to Sc
- No, you are to be cong ratulatec
yourself"
All day Wednesday the poltica
workers filled his improvised campais III
headquarters In the Old South build
ing on, Washington street, and Mr.
Z Douglas, who has devoted all his lift
to the shoe business, mingled witt
them his hearty laugh and with as
great freedom as though politics hao
been his calling all his life.
Down in Brockton, 10 miles from
Boston, where the Douglas shoe fac
tories are, Mr.. Douglas is unQuestion
ably the idol OF the people. He has /;
great army Of emplt yes in his severa
factories there. He is known from,
one end Of the State 10 the other as
the ideal emp oySar What the reoplJ
tf the town like about him is that he
Is aytp!ain, sincere, unosten ntatious
man who goes about the streets ming
ling with the people, without ever
giving In his manner the slightest
suggestion. Of the great success lie has
won. 'TheneWsboys and bootblacks
all know him. The conductors on
the accommodation trains that run
from Boston to Bruckton all know
him, and he always gives them Il
hearty handshake. All the cabmen
and truck drivers are his personal
friends, and though Brockton is d
Republican town far and away, he
carried it Tuesday by good vote.
There Is no question that MI
Douglas election Is the most remark
able thing that ever happened in Mas
sachusetts politics. Many explana-
tiOns are offered for 1t. Probably The
most popular explanation is that the
labor vote did it. Though this expla-
nation covers a great part Of the phe
nomenon 1t does not explain it all
Throughout the State the labor IN
ions were pretty generally united In
favor Of Mr.. Douglas. They liked
him, and they dad not like Gov.
Bates, whom they blamed for vetoing
an eight law and an over. ti.rc
bill. The labor unions in many eases
came out openly and indorscd Nh
Douglas. The socialist vote also
went for him
NOT THE LABOR VOTE ALONE
MIR. Douglas does not agree that
the labor vote is wholly responsible
for his election, and he points out
that while his vote in the textile
cities, such as Fall River, was very
large, 1t was equally large in the
farming districts in purely residential
sections, and throughout Boston,
which he carried by 1000.
1t was a general vote that elected
me, !" said he, the vote of the work.