Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-04
Democrats and Republicans
Issue Statements Analysing
Tuesdays Contest.
OPPONENTS OF G. O.P.
CLAIM GAINS TO RANKS
On the Other Hand, Chairman Hilles
Says It Should Be Anything But
Gratifying to Administration.

From democratic national headquar
tiers in this and from the republican
rational chairman in New York, re-
spectively. statements were issued last
night analyZing the election returns
showing that both sides are pleased
with the result. The democratic state
ment said:
THE results yesterday show that
while the republicans and bull moose
have gotten together in some states,
the democracy has made large gains
from the progressive ranks. This is
notably true in Massachusetts,. from
which state the first official returns
are available The democratic guber-
material candidate, Gov. Walsh, made
a wonderful race. He polled the
largest vote ever given a democrat in
the state, while Mr.. Mccall, the re-
publican candidate, ran away behind
the normal republican vote given
party nominees in recent years. The
boast of the republicans in Massa-
chusetts that they would carry the
state by from $4,000 to 10000 major
tty remains unfulflled.
THE total vote given Walsh Tues
day was 229,312. while Mccall received
235,91S votes. The vote for Gov
Walsh was nearly 10000 greater than
that he received two years ago and
$1,000 more than he received in 1912.
President Wilson received only 49,
votes as against 29S.173 for Taft and
Roosevelt Taft received 265,966 votes
in 1908, which is 10000 more than the
vote given Mccall yesterday
Calls Democratic Party Stronger.
I'm this connection the important
TACT should not be overlooked that
Massachusetts is one of the old-line
republican states. 1t has elected re-
publican legislatures and republican
United States senator's for generations
The democratic party. which has al
ways been the minority party, is
stronger in the state today than it has
ever been before.
There were three state election re-
suits yesterday where governors were
state tickets in two of these three
states. While they lost the governor
ship of Massachusetts, a heretofore
strong republican state, they elected a
democrat to replace the present repub-
Hcan governor in Maryland. In Ken
lucky the democrats elected their can
didate for governor, A. o. Stanley,
whose election was opposed by a num-
Der of republican spellbinders 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 leader in the
other are highly gratifying to the ma
tional democracy, for all of these
states have been in the republican fold
during the past few years. Maryland
now has a republican governor who is
displaced by democrat: Massachu-
setts has given its electoral vote to
every republican presidential candi-i
date in recent years until the election
of President Wilson, and less than four
years ago Kentucky had republican
governor
THE results yesterday are full of en-
couragement to democrats. demonstrating
conclusively that it is the constructive
and gaining party. while the republicans
have signally failed in their efforts to
force back into the ranks progressive and
Independent republicans.
Zone of the very gratifying results yes
terday was the defeat of the legislation
submitted by Gov. Willis and the re-
publican leaders in Ohio to gerrymander
the congressional districts of the state