The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-11-11
MINNESOTA RETURNS
TO REPUBLICAN FOLD
Governor EherhaIt and Entire State Ticke
Elected by Big najoities. Congress
siona|, Legislative and coun.
ty Ticket Also win BY
Big Margin.

Big Margin.
In the Tuesday election Ninneso.
ia looms up as the one white spot
on the political horizon, returning
to the republican fold by electing
Governor Eberhart aud the entire
state ticket by old time republican
majorities, the county optionists
failing to respond to the call to
seek shelter beneath the democratic
banner, although James Gray, dem
ocratic nominee, received many
hundreds of votes for his honesty
in telling his true position on this
question, which is recognized az
one of the liveliest issues OF CON-
ing campaigns.
The only consolation to democ.
racy in the Minnesota finish is the
election of Congressman H a m .
mond, but in every other state of
the union, aim ost, the adhepeuts of
the party find plenty for which to
rejoice, from the election of demo-
cratic state tickets in Massachu
eetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio
Indiana and North Dakota, to the
election of safe working m ajority
of about 80 in the next national
house, while the sixty second con-
gress will have greater percent
age of democratic United States
senators than at any time since the
war.
In the local congressional fight
c. B. Miller was reelected by sub
stantiai majority, although the
vote accorded him was consider
ably below that received two years
ago, when he received 27,873 votes
as against 6,293 for his opponent, a
majority of upwards of q 500. HE
majority in the Tuesday contest is
unknown, definitely, but enough is
known that it will be reduced to
less than 5000 when the official
figures are made. Mr.. Miller lost
his home city of Duluth by a nar-
row margin. but won the county by
about 1000, running considerably
behind the republican county can.
didates in nearly every precinct.
The opposition to Miller was based
purely on his failure to live up to
his prediction pledges in respect
to voting for the reelection of
Joseph G. Cannon as speaker of the
national house, but with the demo
Gratis in control of the next house a
repetition of his perfidious act will
count. Aside from this act on the
part of Mr.. Miller, which was in dir.
ect opposition to his promises and
the platform on which he gained
his first election, there is little COM
plant from his constituency, and
it is doubtful that, even though his
vote could count another term, he
would repeat the error after re-
ceiving the warning at the hands
of the electors of the district in the
shape of greatly reduced majority
on Tuesday last.
In the Legislative hight the con-
test was between the republican
and prohibition factions, aud while
the republican ticket was the win
ner by good maiorities the vote ac-
corded b. N, Wheeler and his run
ming mates, Chas. J. Johnson and
Frank Mattson, showed unmistak.
able signs of discomfort at the man
ner in which the brewery interests
have controlled in this section in
the past. In Virginia the prohibit.
tion candidates received better than
Is per cent of the total vote, an evi-
dence to one who knows that many
who like an eye-opener cast their
vote against liquor domination.
In the county fight there was
little question OF results, inasmuch
as St. Louis county has always
been from two to three fold repub.
lican. In the case of those having
opposition W. A. Holgate booked
the biggest winning, with John r.
Meining close secoud, while S.
W. Gilpin as Judge of probate and
John II. Norton as county attorney
received about double the vote &C.
corded their respective opponents.
Locally the day vas an extremely
quiet one, and the vote was the
lightest in years. Aside from the
vote for governor and cong essnan
the straight republican ticket got
it's usual percentage, unless in the
case of the Legislative candidates,
the prohibition candidatee receiv.
ing good vote at this point, B. N.
Wheeler showing up with 241 as
against 587 for James p. Boyle, and
Congressman Miller coming in
with 455 as against 3l4 for Alfred
Jaques, his democratic opponent,
while the vote for governor showed
Eberhart with 437 az against 338 for
Gray, the democratic nominee
booking a winning in three of the
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