Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-04
RESULTS ENCOURAGING
TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY
National Committee Sees in Returns
Large Gains From Pro-
greSSive Ranks.
WONDERFUL RACE BY WALSH
Polls Largest Vote Ever Given Dem
ocrnt in Observation-Disclosures
Nominees for Governor in Mary
land and kentucky Elected.

WASHINGTON. d. G., November a.
headquarters OF the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. commenting on the
results of yesterdays election, said:
The results yesterday show that,
have gotten together In some States.
the democracy has made large gains
from the Progressive ranks Ths is
notably true in Massachusetts. from
available. The democratic grDerna-
torial candidate, Governor Walsh. made
wonderful race. He poilcd the
largest vote ever given Dcmocra. in
the State. while Mr.. Mccall. the Re
publican candidate. ran way behind the
normal Republican vote given party
nominees in recent years. The boast
OF The Republicans IN Massachusetts
mat they would cary the State by
from 2a,O0e 10 40 O0C majority rar,ainJ
,nhll.l.
The total vote given Walsh yester-
day was 22?,3l2. while Mccall received
o35.9lS votes. The vote for Governor
Walsh was nearly 10000 greater than
he received two years ago, and $4,000
more than he received in 1912. Presi-
dent Wilson received only 17a.400 votes
as against 29S.lI5 for Taft and Roose-
Welt. Taft received 265,966 votes in
1905. which is 10000 more than the
vote given Mccall yesterday.
PARTY STRONGER IN STATE
THAN IT HAS EVER REiIN
"In this connection the independent
fact should not he overlooked that
Massachusetts is one of the old Re
publican States. 1t has elected Repub-
lican legislatures and Republican
United states Senators for centuries
The Democratic party. which has al
ways been the minority party, is
stronger in the State to-day than it
has ever been before.
There were three State election re-
suits yesterday where Governors were
chosen. The Democrats elected their
State tickets in two OF these three
States. While they lost the governor
ship in Massachusetts, heretofore
strong Republican state. they elected
Democrat 10 replace the present Re
publican Governor in Maryland. In
Kentucky the Democrats elected their
candidate for Governor. \. q. stanley
whose election was opposed by num-
her of Republican Spellhinders of ma
tional reputation, including former
Vice president Fairbanks. The fine
victories in two OF these closely con-
tested States and the very remarkable
race made by the party leaders in the
other is highly gratifying to the ma
iiOnal Democracy. for all OF these
States have been in the Republican
fold during the past few years. Mary
land has Il Republican Governor. who
is displaced by Democrat: MasSa-
chusctts has given it's electoral vote to
every Republican presidential candi-
adtc in recent years until the election
OF President Wilson. and less than four
years ago Kentucky had Il Republican
Governor.
FULL OF ENCOURAGEMENT
10 DEMOCRATIC PARTY
The results yesterday are full of
encouragement To Democrats, demon
strating conclusively that il is the
gaining party. while the Republicans
have signally failed in their efforts to
force back into the ranks Progressive
and independent Republicans.
One of the very gratifying results
yesterday was the-defeat of the legis-
lation submitted by Governor Willis
and the Republican leaders to gerry
mander the congressional districts OF
the State, so as to give the Democrats
only five congressional districts"