Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-05
HlLLES JUBlLANT
OYER COP. VICTORY
Says Results of Elections Must Be
Anything But Gratifying to
National Administration
DENIS MAKE AN EXPLANATION


NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-Charles E.
Hilles. chairman OF the republican
national committee. today issued the
following statement on the results Of
Tuesdays election:
THE results of yesterdays election
must be anything but gratifying to
the national administration. The
contest in the democratic state of
Maryland is so very close that the
! result will be in doubt until decided
by the official canvass. In the dem
ocratie state of Kentucky, where ma
tional questions were lugged in by
the democrats to avoid a drubbing,
the republicans have shown their
old-time form. We have carried Gin
cinnatl by the largest plurality ever
given a candidate In that city.
what g q. p. Did.
THE republicans have retained control
OF the legislatures in New York and New
Jersey, have elected local officers in up
state New York and all officers In Phil
adelphia. They have swept Massachu-
sets by pluralities ranging from 10000 to
10000, electing all state officers and 100
republican members of the legislature
against seventy-nine democrats.
1--WE have carried the one congressional
district in Pennsylvania and three in New
York. one Of which, the Twenty-third
New York, has been held by a democrat
Tho Boston Post commended that the
M AL 81, lea
that the election of Mccall would be a
vote Of lack of confidence in the policies
of President Wilson.
Surely the national administration
cannot point with pride to and pretend
to be complimented by the success of
Tammany hall in securing control of To-
cal New York offices and aiding In the
defeat Of the New York constitution"
Demo Statement.
WASHINGTON. Nov. A statement
Issued last night from the headquarters OF
the democratic national committee, com
menting on the results of yesterdays
election, said:
The results yesterday show that while
the republicans and bullmoose have got
ten together in some states. the democracy
has made large gains from the progress
sive ranks"
This is notably true In Massachusetts,
from which state the first official re-
turns are available. The democratic
gubernatorial candidate, Governor Walsh.
made wonderful race. He polled the
largest vote ever given a democrat in
the' state, while Mr.. Mccall, the repub-
lican candidate, ran way behind the nor
NAL republican vote given party nominees
In recent years. The boast OF the re-
pubhcans in Massachusetts that they
would carry the state by from 5000 to
5000 majority remains unfulfilled
WRlsh's Total Vote.
The total vote given Walsh yester-
day was 2s,S12, while Mccall received
2S5.s1e votes. The vote for Governor
Walsh was nearly 10000 greater than he
received two years ago, and 1000 more
than he received In 1912. President VIII
son received only 173, 400 votes, as against
zSSlb for Taft and Roosevelt. Taft re-
celved 2b6so6 votes in 1908, which is 10000
more than the vote given Mccall yester-
day.
In this connection, the important fact
should not be overlooked that Massa
chusetts is one of the old line republican
states
at has elected republican legislatures
and republican United States senators for
generations The democratic party. which
has always been the minority party. ia
stronger in the state today 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 governorship in Mas
sachusetts, heretofore strong repub-
lican state, they elected a democrat to
replace the present republican in Mary
land
In Kentucky the democrats elected
their candidate for governor, A. o. Stan
ley, whose election was opposed by a
number of republican spellbinders of ma
tonal reputation. including former Vice
President Fairbanks. The fine victories
in two of these closely contested states
and the very remarkable race made by
the party leader in the other is highly
gratifying TO the national democracy for
all OF these states have been in the re-
publican fold during the last few years.
THE results yesterday are full of en-
enlargement to democrats. demonstrating
conclusively that 1t is the constructive
and gaining party, while the republicans
have failed signally in their efforts to
force back into the ranks progressives
and Independent republicans"