Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-11-03

INTEREST is SLIGHT
Democrats Hold on State Uafr"h":
The Socialists Having Been S }"
ed Under

/ Richmond, Nov. 3.-No State of
ficers were involved in yesterdays
l election, at which members of thu
| General Assembly and various count!
officials were chosen. Interest wa
| lacking except in four or five coun
ties in the State where there was
semblance of a contest for the House
of Delegates or the State Senate.
Most of the men elected to the Gen
eral Assembly are Democrats ant
"dry," which will give prohibition 8
! majority of from 100 to 120 on joint
ballot. The Legislature, which meets
in January, will enact laws to govern
! the State under prohibition, which
goes into effect on October 81.
/; In Richmond, George z. Wise, was
| elected Commonwealth Attorney, de-
feating T. Gray HaGdon, by a major.
ity of 5S2. L. II. Kemp. was elected
treasurer of Henrico county without
opposition. as were the members OF
the State Senate and House of Dele
! gates from the city Of Richmond and
| from Henrico county.
Despite strenuous campaign for
county and district offices in Calnpbei;
county, the Socialistic candidates
were overwhelmed, Russell, Democrat
defeating Steele, Socialist, for the
! House of Delegates by 943 majority
Senator W. A. Garrett, chairman
| of the Finance Committee of the
| Senate. was reelected from the
Twenty-fourth district over P. R.
Wray, Independent, his majority be-
ing about 10 to /.
| Senator George T. Rison, Of the
Twenty-third district, and N. E. Glenn
ent, r. l.. Dodson, and Bergman
Green, Democratic candidate for the
House Of Delegates rom Danville and
Pittsylvania county. defeated Social
lst opponents, their majority beng
from 800 to 1000
M. X. Lowry, Republican, defeated
i! W. d. Peyton, Democrat, for the
! House from King George and Stafford
counties by majority of less than
! 100.
In the Fourth Senatorial district w
IL. Andrews, Democrat, was reelected
defeating W. N. Doak, Republican, by
4 large majority.
Winchester, Nov. 3.-Henry Flood
Byrd, Democrat, son Of United States
District Attorney Richard Evelyn
Byrd, and publisher of Winchester
Star. was elected to the State Sen
ate Yesterday, from Winchester anc
Frederick and Shenandoah counties
Ills majority is about 700 over his
| Republican opponent, j. S. Haldemar
jof Frederick. John NJ. Steck, Demo
,crat. was reelected to House OF
IDelegates from Winchester and Fred
ericls county by over 1000 majority
I,lIe was opposed by Hugh 0. Pierce
Independent, and John D. Bowman,
! Socialist.
/ Lynchburg. Nov. 3.-With II of the
| 81 precincts reported, the election II
| Campbell county yesterday resulted
in the overwhelming defeat of the
! Socialists despite their strenuous
! campaign. Due to the failure Of
Brookenbrough for clerk of the Roat
Board in Brookvile district to get hi:
name on the official ballot, Thomp
/ son, the Socialist candidate. was elect
| ed by 10 majority; Russell, Democra
,jfor the House, defeated Steele, Soc
ialist, by 564 majority and Callahan
Democrat, for county treasurer wol
I; over Pierce, Socialist. by 943 majorit.
Walter E. Addison, Democratic
candidate for the Senate from the dis
trict composed of Lynchburg ant
! Campbell county, was unopposed.
With practically no opposition t
] the Democratic nominee in the city
hardly a third of the vote was pollec
il. c. Moss, for the House of Dele
: gates, received 564 votes 10 w. l.
! Gibson's (Socialist) so.
Fredericksburg, Nov. SC. O'Con
nor Goolrick, Democrat. was elected
Yesterday by good majority to tn
State Senate from the district com