Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-09
ENTIRE TICKET IS
GIVEN MAJOR|T|ES
OF ABOUT $4,000.
Trinkle May Even Have
Beaten Anderson in
Ninth District.
IS COMPLETE ANSWER
TO G.. o. P. CAMPAIGN
Murray Hooker Wins Congress
sional Seat on Democratic
Tidal Wave.
ADDITIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE
Chairman Crupper. at Late Hour, Re.
fused TO Concede the Re-
publican Defeat.

When IT became evident last night.
on the face OF returns flashed to The
Timea-Dispatch from every section os
the state. TINT Democratic victory
was overwhelming, the Republican
ticket being buried beneath an
avalanche of votes, j. n. Hrenaman.
secretary of the State Democratic
Committee, gave out from hendqu.r-
tcrS In Murphy's Hotel the following
stntcmcnt,
f nm greatly gratiaed mt the.re
suit, but not .urpriscd, II ,ya. IN.
conceivable TO nc from the f,rs. how
the people OF Virginia could con.
slider for n moment retur,in -
power nEnin the Republican pnrtv
with It's record, much less .Iec,j,r
mnn Governor who WINS frst the re.
publican nominee. then NOT ~
publican md not Democrat ~,
hnnfiy the nntImachine cnndIdoto
When the people OF virginia yotc
for n mnn for Governor thcv dA,,.,
L" know his policies ns well a. hia
politics."
virginia voters at the polls yes
terday made answer to tho attemn,
oi inc Republicans OF the State and
"a''oh 20 carry the Old Dominion by
eiecung T.. Lee Trinkie. OF wythe,
"Nu the entire Democratic ticket by
'ies IN each instance Of ap-
proSimately 10000 votes. No such
sweeping victory has been registered
oS any political party in this state
In hair n century.
Counties and cities, ons after nm
o'heF' reported increased Democrati.
ma1orities. tho party vote exceedinl-
'hat cast for Governor Cox for IN,
preSiuencY one year ago, while IN,
vote for Henry w. Anderson. ot
i'ichmond. the Republican nominee
ieil lor the most part behind that
'es's'ered by President Harding 1,
'he national contest OF 1920
Republicans Die Hard.
me Republicans died hard A..
iniahisht, when the returns M ,,,.,
,n"icated that Senator Trinkls AMI
'hc entire Democratic Stoto ,,o,,..
nad been swept into office on tha
wave or a tremendous maior,tv ID.
P"pilcan headquarters, In Tho Iar..
son hotel. would not concede thoTa.
leat or Colonel Anderson CO..
. nairman Joseph L. Crupper au,hor
i"eu the following tense statnm.n,.
reports tonight are too consict,n-
10 make any definite statement"
other Democratic nominees 70,
state Offices. who will serve with az
ne" Governor, L. Lee Trin,,,o -.
.he tonr years. beginning Februorv
heNt. are as follows: I,ieutsnan,
Governor. J. e. West, OF suro,,,
Attorney-General John r. Saurd,.s
OF Middlesex: member OF the s,a;n
corporation Commission. RerkIav-D
Adams. OF Charlotte; State Tra,sv-a.
CHARLES A. Johnston, OF Montoo,,or,,.
secretary or tho Commonwealth 70
y. James. OF Goochland: Superinten
dent OF Public Instruction. Harri,
Hart. OF Roanoke; Commias,onor 80
Agriculture. George w, Koiner -,
Augusta
Negro Vote Negligible.
~ striking feature OF the election
was the negligible vote cas-, ror
John Mitchell, Jr.. and his assoc,atcs
on the lilly black" Republican ticket.
nominated as protest against tho
exclusion OF members OF that race
from the last Republican State Con-
vention. In only few localities was
any appreciable vote pollcd for tho
black party, and II Is evident thai
for the most part the colored voters
stood by their oid-tIme regular Re-
publican affiliations.
j. Murray Hooker. of Patrick. Is
easily elected to Congress from In.
Fifth District, as part of the Demo-
cratic landslide. IIc overwhelmed
his Republican opponent, Thomas L..
feits, OF Carroll. by an estimated
majority OF 1000, and. as soon as
the votes can be canvassed. he Will
take tho seat In Congress made va
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