The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-08
GREAT DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.
RETURNS SHOW MUCH GREATER
GAINS FOR DEMOCRACY
THAN WAS AT FIRST
THOUGHT.
Waish's Plurality the biggest Ever
Pied up by Democrats. Fielder
Scores in New Jersey. Tammany's
Defeat Cangcd Into ROut.

The full, extent OF the Democratic
victories Of Tuesday was scarcely ap.
preciated until yesterdays returns
began to pad the pluralitieo OF the
victorious candidates. Everywhere,
almost, the Democratic ticket
seems to have swept its way to VIC
tory. The only exceptions are the
New York assembly. which appears to
be Republican. and Philadelphia and
Cincinnati municipal governments. In
New York the vote seems to have been
largely a question Of Tammany or
anti-Tammany and the candidates for
the assembly have suffered for the
sins of Murphy.
In New Jersey. home Of Woodrow
Wilson, where for time the result
looked a bit doubtful, James F. Field
er, Democratic candidate succeeded
In piling up plurality Of $4,000, and
that despite obvious lack Of support
In Essex county. the chosen field Of
James Smith, Jr., and Former State
chairman Nugcnt, bitter opponent o,
President Wilson. The New Jersey
legislature. too. is Democratic.
The victory for David /. Walsh,
Democratic candidate for governor Of
Massachusetts,, became only the more
sweeping as returns came in, his pln-
rality finally attaining the tremendous
figures Of 53,691. the largest ever ac-
corded Democratic candidate for
that Office in the Bay State. Every
other Democratic candidate on the
State ticket, with the possible excep-
tion of the candidate for attorney
general. has been elected with Walsh.
In Maryland. where a hot fight was
waged. Blair Lee, Democratic candi-
date for United States sentaor, has
won by q plurality Of $4,000. Other
Democrats se.in to have won thero
too.
In New York each successive reca F.?
pitulation affirmed the crushing defeat
OF the Tammany forces.
The organization was not only en-
quilted in a plurality OF over 10000
votes by which the fusionists elected
John Purroy Mitchell mayor of New
York city, but In many upstate dis
frfNto n
tered to the Tammany Democracy
that has been in control of the State
since the days OF Gov. Hughes.
William Sulzer, deposed from the
governorship by Tammany's exposure
Of his unlisted campaign contribu-
tions. was elected to public office. less
than three weeks having intervened
since he was removed from the gov
ernor's chair. He will return to AL
bany in January as a member of the
assembly.
Many Of the legislators who voted
to impeach Sulzer met defeat with
the result that he will sit in an anti.
Tammany house. On the basis OF in
complete returns 1t was estimated
that the next assembly will be COM
posed Of IS Republicans. II Progress.
sives and IS Democrats. Many Of the
latter were said to be men Of Pro-
gressive or Independent tendencies.
With much reduced pluralities but
by safe margin the fusionists elect
ed William A. Prendergast comptrol
Ter Of the city and George McAneny
president OF the board of aldermen.
They kept out OF Tammany's hands
the presidency Of the three principal
boroughs. Manhattan, Brooklyn and
the Bronx. and thus increased the
majority on the boar d
OF estimate.
The fusion vote on the board will
oe Ia TO Tammany's two. This board
controls the city's expenditures. A
fusion majority on the board Of alder
men was also elected.
Two Democratic congressman werr
elected In the city---from the Thir-
teenth and Twentieth districts From
tho former George w. Loft was chosen
to succeed the late Timothy ID. Sui
livon. Jacob II. Cantor was elected
In the Twentieth to succeed Francis
Burton Harrison.