Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-11-12
PEOPLES PARTY GOES
DOWN TO DEFEAT
Each Candidate On Democratic Ticket Receives Substantial
Plurality y---HarisOn's The Largest On County Ticket
WOMEN'S VOTE A BIG FACTOR

Worcester County fell in line last
tuesday with the great city Of Baltl-
more and many other of the counties
of the State and rolled up large ma
jcrities for the democratic candidates.
This was not surprise of course to
thvse of our people who were CONVEX
sa1t with the political pulse of the
county. Election forecasters early in
the campaign told of approaching
democratic victory for old Worcester
anl the prophecied majorities grew
la Ger as the days of the campaign
wera spent.
And the forecasters were not wrong
in their predictions for the old county
swung back to her accustomed place
IN the Democratic column, the result
being that every democratic candi
dat. on the ticket was elected by :,
handsome majoity. In fact the ma
pit 'es were so great that everyone
was surprised.
Mr.. William S. Gordy, Jr., demo-
cratic candidate for Comptroller car
red the county by 1886 making rec
ord run in old Worcester.
Senator Orlando Harrison was the
second highest man on the ticket and
his vote was most fattering one,
showing conclusively that the people
IF the county were behind him in his
tgnt for reelection. His majority
was 1866.
All of the other candidates on the
democratic ticket received substaE-
tial majorities, ranging as they did
from $50 to $50. Every democrat on
the ticket was elected. They included
the three members of the House Of
Delegates, the Sheriff, the Register of
Wills, two County Commissioners
and the Surveyor.
While the men voters of the county
are to be congratulated upon the part
they played in the great victory, too
much praise cannot be given to the
women voters. 1t was at one time
feared that they would not turn out
to any great extent. This proved,
however, to be a mistaken idea, for
the result discloses the fact that they
cd fine all over the county and it was
largely to their efforts that the great
victory is due. In every district they
took great interest as the poll books
will show. Most of the white women
of the county are democrats and when
they saw that their party needed
their help they rallied to it's support
robly and without a murmur. We
know this to be true of the Pocomoke
CITY women and we are sure it was
the case elsewhere. Their untiring
efforts during the campaign and the
excellent work they did on election
day are duly appreciated by all true
ard loyal democrats
1t would seem that the decisive
democratic victory of Tuesday would
put an end to the Peoples Party, in
fact many Of the republicans are now
open in their assertion that they will
never enter the combination again,
and that hereafter there must be a
straight republican ticket in Worces-
ter county or they will not play. This
would certainly seem the proper solu-
ton of the case when the returns are
studied and it is noted that nearly all
of the Peoples Patty voters deserted
Mr.. Metzerott and voted for Mr.. Wilt
lam S. Gordy, Jr.
1t matters not, however, what their
attitude toward each other may be in
TIE future, the Democrats take cour-
age from the events of Tuesday last
and will wage sdcn campaign at the
next general election that will snatch
from the opposition party all of the
remaining offices and place old Wor-
cester again solidly in the Democat,c
column, where she justly belongs.