Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-11-16
POLITICAL AFTERMATH.
Virginia, New York and the Country
at Large.
Better for Democrats Than Fir st
Reported

Longworth, the Presidents son-in-
law, suffered a loss of 10, 900 from his
plurality of two years ago, but he goes
back to Congress.
Chicago got negro Judge in the gen.
eral scramble for Office and Wisconsin
elected negro TO the Legislature, the
first ever elected there to any Office.
The next House of Representatives
will be Republican by about So majority,
a Democratic gain of fifty-six.
New Hampshire failed to elect a
Governor, there being three candidates
and the leading one not receiving
majority of all the votes cast, as re-
quired by law. The Republican Legis-
lature will choose Governor.
Although the Democrats in Maryland
managed to break even in the number
of Congressman elected, they made
poor showing in the popular vote. The
Republican majority in the State, based
on Congressional returns, is a fraction
over 1000.
While the Democrats as a rule are
somewhat disappointed over the general
results of last weeks elections through
out the country, yet they find many
bright spots upon more critical ex-
animation of the returns. The first
returns from New York were distorted
or withheld by Republicans. Democrats
take consolation out of the fact that the
Indians in Oklahoma, who voted for the
first time, rallied to their standard.
while others point with pride to the
triumphant reelection of Governor
John A. johnson Democrat) in the
rock-ribbed State of Minnesota. Not
few rejoice that Little Rhody'' re-
turned Governor of Democratic mind
and faith. A !; lumber of promi-
nent Republic ers in Congress
fell outside the eastworks." One
of these was Joseph w. Babcock, from
the Third Wisconsin District, the agita-
tor of Southern election laws. and
chairman of the Republican Congress
sional Committee for MANY wears.
Another Republican loss was Chairman
Wadsworth, of the Agricultural Com
mittee, who figured so conspicuously in
the meat investigation in the last Con-
gress. James t. McCleary, of the
Second Minnesota, and James F. Lacev.
OF the Sixth Iowa, both Republican
veterans in the House, went down
before Democratic opponents. No less
surprising was the victory of youthful
Democratic telegraph operator named
McDermott, who "unhorsed' an old
Republican leader and defeated him for
Congress in the Fourth District of Chi
cagO. The Democrats made heavy
gains in Missouri, but in these gains
they only got back what they lost in
the great Republican Slump of 1904.
Other gains by the minority party were
IN New York, Iowa, Minnesota. Indiana.
Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania, but
some OF these were overcome by losses
elsewhere. In Kentucky, for example,
two additional districts joined the Re
publicanIranks, making the delegation
stand seven Democrats and four Re-
publicans. Outside of Kentucky the
Democrats of the South ''held their
own" pretty well and reclaimed the
Eighth District of North Carolina.
MORE ABOUT VIRGINIA.
The State went Democratic by about
$4,000. The delegation stands as it did
before-nine Democrats and one Re-
publican, Slemp. whose majority was
reduced to 2,142.
The vote in the First District was
quite small. Bristow, Republican, got
next to nothing. Jones, Democrat, got
between four and FIVE thousand majority.
Little Lancaster" as usual, gave the
biggest Democratic vote on this side of
the Bay, and the smallest Republican
vote of any but Mathews. The vote in
the Northern Neck stood: