The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-08
LODGE ELECTED
BY SMALL MARGIN
Cox Governor by More Than $4,000 -
PelIctier Twice Beaten-PeOple Re
icct Prohibition Enforcement Act.

BOSTON. Nov. S.-Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge was reelected over William
A CASTOR, Democrat. yesterday by
plurality of 1915. The vote OF the state
complete was: CASTOR, 414,73O; Lodge,
416,675.
Gov. Claiming 2. Cox, Republican,
Won reelection over John +. Fitzgerald
by a margin of 56.O45, the vote OF the
state complete being: Cox, 46S.ZI1;
Fitzgerald, 1922.
4 recount Of the vote for senator I'M
tloubtedly will be asked by Colonel Gas
ton. some of his associates said. The
colonel himself had not awakened until
some time after the complete returns
were in.
When Senator Lodge was last elected,
in 1916. in the days before women had
the vote. he won by margin of 32.l39
votes for John +. Fitzgerald, who yester-
day was defeated as the Democratic can
didate for governor. His first election
was in 1898.
The total vote for senator in 1916 was
JO1.413. In 1920. when the Republican
landslide swept Governor Cox into office
by q plurality of 353,Jl9 III a total vote
Of 934219, there was no election for
senator i'll this state The total vote for
senator yesterday was S31.4OJ.
In order 10 obtain his narrow mar
Gin of victory. Senator Lodge vas forced
to overcome an adverse plurality of Al
500 in the city of Boston, where CASTOR
recaiyed IO3.(iO3 votes to 55194 for
Lodge. In the state outside of Boston,
Lodge led CASTOR 49,73 i'm a vote of
3Gf .4S1 to 311.I2T.
Fitzgerald led Governor Cox in Boston
by 1908. the vote being: Cox 1S.1SS.
FITZGERALD 10T POI. Outside of Boston.
Cox rolled up a plurality of 1O3.0aS,
- with a vote of 410.0S9 to 30J.031 for
Fitzgerald. OF the IS cities in the state
Lodge and CASTOR each carried -.
The DEMOCRATS in their campaign
In pEpd his
record at Washington, reactionary. and
laid much stress on his support of the
new tariff measure. Senator Lodge Wig
OrOusly defended his course at the ma
tional capitol, making numerous al.
dresses until compelled by an attack OF
laryngitis to refrain from speaking.
Incorporating in the closing days OF
the campaign he remained in retirement
at his home in Nahant.
Ills opponent Colonel Castor, for
many years has been a leading factor IN
Democratic party affairs in this state and
in a previous election was an unSucccsS-
ful candidate for governor. lie is Il law
yer and banker in Boston.
The Democrats gained one congress
sional seat through the victory of VIII
liam L. Copnery, jr,, over Frederick
Butler Republican. in the 9TH district.
This gives them three of the 16 congress-
men from this state.
Gains also were made by the Demo
Gratis in the legislature where they will
have two additional senator's and p
more seats in the house. This will give
the next senate 33 Republicans and
seven Democrats and the house 1913 Re
publicans aud a Democrats.
For the first time women were elected
to the house. the winners being Miss NJ.
Sylvia Donaldson of Brockton. Republi-
can, and Mrs. Susan ". Fitzgerald,
Democrat.
The entire Republican state ticket APP
- n1natp1 Inv "a a
gins.
Joseph C. Pelletier. Democrat nomi-
nee, was defeated for the office of district
attorney of Suffolk county, including
Boston, from which he was removed by
the supreme court for malfeaSance. His
successful opponent, Thomas {. OBrien
is a Democrat who was a candidate on
both tickets in the primaries and won
the Republican nomination. He was ap-
pointed district attorney by Governor
Cox to succeed Pelletier
The voters acted on referendum ques-
tions on the ballot by accepting legisla-
tive acts providing that district attorneys
must be members of the bar and that
voluntary associations may sue or be
sued. They rejected acts providing for
state prohibition enforcement act to
conform 70 the Noistead act and proyid-
ing for state censorship of motion pie
lures.
Miss Donaldson. elected to the house
1EOHA ADEuGhlbu, - Il Ntlpbl ttittDtts 4
years Of age. Mrs Fitzgerald elected
from Boston, has long been active in
woman suffrage circles.
Senator William G. Moulton of Pitts
field, Republican. was defeated for re
election by William y. 0'Hearn of Nortl
Adams.
The vote of Boston complete was
Governor: Cox (R). 5S,1SS; Fitzgerald
CD, 107, pol
Senator: CASTOR CD, 100000
Lodge (R), 81, 194.
Sweeping Victory for PinchOt
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. THE Re