The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-08
DEMOCRATS SWEEP KENTUCKY
 AND CARRY MASSACHUSETTS
Socialist Gains in Unexpect- ed Quarters Mark Yes-
 terday's Election
SUMMARY SHOWN OF
 ELECTION RESULTS
Democratic Governors Elected in Mas sachusetts, Mississippi and ken-
 lucky With Maryland Still in Doubt

Socialist gains marked elections to- day and gave that party power in dis- tricts where heretofore 1t had been un- able to muster counting vote, ac- cording to Associated Press returns in Chicago.
 In Schenectady the socialists elected . mayor, all city officials, except one. and a majority of the county board. In i, addition the assembly district in which Schenectady Is located returned so- cialist assemblyman.
 Ohio was another winning ground Tor the socialists. The returns secured in some of the cities In eight of which they elected mayors. gives them total thousand or more in advance of any previous showing and puts them close in order numerically with the two old parties. In Ohio, as well, where so- cialistic candidates were candidates and those holding radical views, split with the republicans
 Besides Schenectady, Cleveland, Co., Iumbus and Dayton were the most fa- yorable cities for the socialist party.
  district, where a successor to the late Congressman Mitchell was elected, the socialists made extensive gains. In sev- eral other states, among them New Mex leo, where socialists had a full ticket in the field, further gains were pre- dicted.
 Elections held throughout the coun- try resulted In the election of demo- cratic governors in Massachusetts, Ken lucky and Mississippi, republican gov ernor In Rhode Island, republican assembly In New York. which will cha,- lenge the continuance of Governor Dix's policies; New Jersey legislature, with majorities probably not in acord with Gov, Woodrow Wilson of that state: with results Of the state elections in Maryland and New Mexico still in doubt.
 In Massachusetts Governor Foss. democrat, was elected by a reduced plurality of about 5000 over Louis Frothingham. republican,.
 The contest was unexpectedly closs.
 The republican candidate for lieu tenant governor was elected by 700n , majority. and other republican state .4f
 candidates probably are elected.
 Rhode island shows Governor Pothier republican, is reelected over Louis A. Waterman, democrat, by greatly in creased plurality. The state senate is solidIy republican and the assembly large, ly republican.
 NEW YORK FURNISHES
 BIGGEST SURPRISE
 New York state furnished one of the chief surprises, reversing the present democratc majority of 24 in the state assembly and electing a republican ma jority of 50 or upward. 9=e
 The change removes the united sup port which both branches of the legis- 1ature heretofore have given Governor Dixs policies. In New York city Tam many's control was shaken but Manhat- tan and the Bronx elected Tammany can didatss, while those in Queens and P. ooklyn counties were defeated by flu Xlion candidates. New Jersey similarly E lrnished surprise by the probable re- versal of the control of the legislature. { the returns at a late hour indicating re- publican majorities in. the senate and assembly Sta 8&s
 saIni Kentucky James B. McCreery, a democrat, was elected governor by ma jority estimated at 2O,0o0 to 40,000 dem ocratic legislature was also elected, which insures the choice of Congressman Ollie James as United States senator from Ken lucky. -~
 Mississippi elected a democratic gov- ernor and state officers by decisive ma jority, according to late returns com- piled by the Associated Press. Returns at late hour from Maryland were in- > conclusive. Claims, were made of the election of Phillip Lee Goldsborough, re publican candidate for governor. by 5000 majority over Arthur P. German, demo- crat, while counter claims of democratic victories were made. The amendment to disfranchise negro voters was probably defeated, s4t Iss.ss
 Ohio'ss municipal elections resulted in the election of democratic mayors in Cin- cinnati,, Cleveland and Columbus.
 President Taft cast his vote at Cin- cinnati. #
 In New Mexico the democratic state committees claims the election of Mac Donald as governor by 45OO in the first election the new state has held.
 The result is in doubt. The election of q republican Legislature is Indicated. which will mean the election of two re- publican United States senators. t.s
 Marked socialist strength has devel- oped at various points, notably In sew eral of the urban centers of Ohio where eight cities elected socialist mayors, afSO bchenectady. N f., where SO- cialist mayor and socialist member of the state assembly were elected. and In, Mississippi. whore the, socialist can didate for lieutenant governor polled . considerable vote.
 Four congressmen were elected to fill vacancies. namely, Joseph A. Tag gart, democrat. in the Second Kansas district; w. D. B. Ainy. republican. in the Fourteenth Pennsylvania district: w. J. Browning, republican. in the First New Jersey district and Daniel V. Stephens, democrat. of the Third Ne braska district.
 CHAMP CLARK IS ms 8 GREATLY DELIGHTED