Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-11-18
POLITICAL AFTERMATH.
Fuller Accounts Of the Great Demo
cratic Victory.
INTERESTING SIDE ISSUES.
Too much tariff.
Too much Taft,
Too much Teddy,
Too much graft.

Se~a Spofe luucA-Apptdi.
Lancaster still holds the palm as the
leading Democratic county of all this
section. and Irvington still the banner
precinct.
In recording the vote on the amend
ments last week for Lancaster, the
vote was doubled ON the Legislative
features and doubled on the Commits
sioners and Treasurers. they running ir
pairs. Thevote 80 recorded should be
taken by halves to discern the vote for
each in Tire pair Of amendments.
Congressman Jones gets the usua
majority in the District of nearly five
thousand. "a
Wise got his biggest vote in the two
cities Newport News and Fredericks.
burg, the vote being $50 for Jones ano
20 for Wise in the Peninsula City, ano
2S4 for Jones and 1876 for Wise in the
Old Burg. Wise carried Tangier Island
by 80 to 16, the only precinct in the
district he carried. He got %, to AZ
for Jones, ON Chincoteague.
State Senator Holland got about five
thousand majority in the Second, OF
Norfolk, District.
Slemp won by about 200 over Henry
Stuart, while Congressman Saunders.
in the Fifth beat the Republican Parsons
only 81. There will be no contests
before Congress over either of these
Districts.
The amendment about county Treas
urers and Commissioners may
pull through, as it leads by about 54S
majority, with seven counties yet to
hear from. The other three are hope
lessly beaten.
The Democratic tidal wave was
greater than at first calculated. All of
the States did not elect Governors this
time, but in those that did the Demo
ocrats held their own Except in the
fusion contest in Tennessee) and made
large and important gains from the
Republicans. Democratic governors
We're elected by the stated pluralities
in the following states: New York,
Dix, &C, 900; New Jersey, Wilson, 30, 900;
Connecticut, Baldwin. $500; Massa-
chusetts, Foss, 80. 600; Ohio, Harmon,
Co. 600; Oklahoma, Crue; Oregon, West,
Wyoming, Carey; Alabama. O'Neal,
$1,000; South Carolina, Blease, 60, 600
Texas, Colquitt; North Dakota, Burke
5000.
OTHER INTERESTING FEATURES ARE
Democratic majority in the House
has reached 6S. or s more than the Re,
publican majority has been. The Senate
will be controlled by Democrats and
Insurgents if they should combine.
Democrats not only elected the Gov.
ernor in Ohio but captured the Legis-
lature. New York. Ohio and some other
heretofore Republican States will elect
Democratic u. S. Senators by theirlegis-
latures. The ''Aldrich clique" will be
broken up, dozen of the ''Old Guard
being left at home after March 4th.
For the first time in ID years Demo-
Gratis reign supreme in Chicago. With
pluralities ranging from Is, 900 to 25, 600,
they captured the offices of sheriff,
treasurer, clerk, probate Judge, county
Judge. superintendent of schools and in
fact every county Office. The Republi-
cans did not elect single candidate on
the county ticket. About 4, 900 positions
in Cook county Chicago and environs) =,
now held by Republicans, will be handed
over to Democrats.
Woodraw Wilson, Democratic Cover
nor of New Jersey, is Virginian by
birth, with South Carolina lineage. He
was born at Staunton and educated at
the University of Virginia.
| Overnight on November Sth, the COM
plexion of the political map of the
United States was reversed. OF all the
states east of the Mississippi only Yer
mont. Pennsylvania and little Delaware
were held by the Republican. and
but three-Montana, Idaho and Utah
west of the Mississippi. All of the
remainder are either solidhy Democratic
or else fusionist. Among the latter,
the mongrels, are Washington, Cali
fornia. South Dakota, Kansas. Mime
sofa, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, ILL
nois. Tennessee and New Hampshire.
The remaining unnamed are Democratic.
pure and nndefiled.
II
SOME POLITICAL QuIPs AND JERKS.
He will be poor Democrat who can
not aft ord a turkey on Thanksgiving
day. He can charge the expense to
"The good times coming "-virginian-
Pilot
Even Pennsylvania, it now appears,
would have gone Democratic if the
Democrats had had sense enough to
unite on single candidate. SPRING
field Republican.
There is talk of holding State Demo-
cratic Convention in Virginia next March
or April, and it is said that the Demo-
cratic State Committee will be petitioned
to issue formal call for the assembling
Nof such body. The questions upon
which it is thought the party should take
definite action are the income tax, the
primary election laws, prohibition and
the public schools; at least these are
some of the issues upon which it is sug-
gested by some more or less important
leaders party action is desired. -Times-
Dispatch.
Westinghouse blame the Demo-