Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-11-09
The Elections.


Later returns from Tuesdays elections
show no material changes in the results
as published in Yesterdays Gazette, save
to make better showing for the demo-
cratic party even than that heretofore
given. In Maryland Comptroller At
kinson, democrat, was elected by $50
majority and the suffrage amendment
was defeated BY 2S,660. The Legis-
ature is democratic, as follows: Sen
ate-democrats, Is; republicans, s;
fusion democrats, |. House of Dele
gates-democrats, So; republicans, 40;
Independents, 3; total membership, lO1;
majority, 81.
Pattison, democrat, has been elected
governor of Ohio. The democrats claim
majority of $4,000, while the republic
cans concede $4,000. The democrats
will also have a majority in both houses
of the legislature, but no U. 5. Senator
is elected by this legislature.
The union labor party overwhelmed
the democratic-republican fusion in san
Francisco and elected the mayor and
city ticket complete.
The republicans made clean sweep
in the sanitary district and judicial cleo
lions in Chicago. Democratic enemies
of Judge Dunn gave him a setback.
With the granting of an order by Su-
preme Court Justice William J. Gaynor
in Brooklyn last night, compelling Police
Commissioner McAdOo to remove every
ballot box from all over the precincts in
greater New York to the bureau of cleo
tons, William R. Hearst, the defeated
municipal ownership league candidate,
took his first legal step in fight to Sc
cure recount of the votes cast on cleo
ton day.
Pennsylvania which one year ago gave
President Roosevelt the unprecedented
plurality of half-million, declared em-
phatically for the election of an honest
democrat, to put an end to the blight
ing graft system.
Though the candidacy of Berry, State
treasurer, hampered by machine-devised
complications in the ballot, it is esli-
mated that between $50, 900 and 300, 900
independent republicans found way to
vote for him and he was elected by
about 100, 900 majority.
VIRGINIA.
Further official and unofficial returns
from Tuesdays election give Mr.. Swan
son a majority of "a, O36 over Judge
Lewis for Governor.
The political complexion of the Legis-
lature will not be materially changed AS
a result of the election, though it looks
as if the opposition strength has been
reduced. The republicans will probably
have seventeen members on joint ballot
as against twenty in the last body.
They made a gain OF only one vote ia
the Senate giving them six instead of
five in the upper branch. They had
three "holdovers," Messrs. Greer, Turn
er and Noel, and two of the other seats
they held, and which were filled on
Tuesday, we're retained by them, while
they gained one. This was the Bristol
district, formerly represented by Hon.
j. Cloyd Byars.
Of the one hundred members Of the
last House there were fifteen republicans
and one independent. The republicans
have elected niue, and probably eleven,
members of the lower branch. They
may possibly get thirteen as a result of
later returns, but even then their strength
will be only nineteen, instead of twenty
in the last assembly. With nine mem
bers certain they will probably get Car
roll and Floyd, still unreported. Pulas-
XII, Patrick, Franklin and Henry are in
doubt. In Pulaski there is a possibility
of republican victory, but IN The other
three chances favor the democrats.
There was a good deal of switching
around in various counties not to have
more materially altered general results.
The democrats captured the following
districts represented in the last House by
republicans: Montgomery and Radtord,
one member from Rockingham, Stafford
and King George and two members from
Washington and city of Bristol. The
democrats also carried Spottsylvania and
Fredericksburg, which was represented
in the last House by an independent.
The republicans reversed conditions in
Wythe, and perhaps several other coun-
ties.
The fight made by the rejuyeuated, re-
generated and somewhat contrite repub-
lican party turned out to be miserable
fiasco, which must be Notifying in the
extreme to them.
1t seems that only one congressional
district was carried by the republicans,
and that instead of gaining ground much |
territory was lost. This was particular
ly noticeable in the matter of the legis- !
Istive fights, which in some cases turned !
out to be surprising victories for the
democrats.
In nearly every doubtful county the
democrats won, and in several instances |
they prevailed at the polls when their
case seemed almost hopeless.
While all, of course, expected de-
feat for the republicans, no one antici-
pated such Waterloo as that of yes
terday, and it is almost inexplicable.
Judge Lewis's candidacy assuredly has
lent no strength to his party, while the
returns from every section indicate that
the negroes are completely allenated, or
are cunningly biding their time until
they can dictate their own terms,
Some of the most notable democratic
victories we're in the Ninth district leg
islatye fights, as both Montgomery and
Pulaski were reclaimed, while most sat-