Evening star., 1922-11-08
BRUCE WINS OVER
FRANCE BY 10000
Maryland Democrats Win
Senate and Regain One
Seat in the House.
MUDD AND HILL WCT0RS
Republican War Veteran Polls
Smashing Vote on Wet Platform.
Zihlman Reelected, Too.
MUDD AND HILL WCT0RS
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Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, November g.
The democrats won a sweeping VIC
tory yesterday for their senatorial
candidate, William Cabell Bruce. His
majority over Senator Joseph l.
France will probably reach 10000. In
addition the democrats gained one
seat in the lower House through the
election Of Millard E. Tydings. who
defeated Representative A. A. Bla-
keney in the second district.
Mr.. Bruce's victory was overwhelm-
ing. He has nearly 5000 majority IN
Baltimore city and an estimated ma
carried every one Of the six congress
sional districts, his majority In the
sixth district. the stronghold OF the
republican party. being estimated at
1000. In the fifth district, which In
cludes Prince Georges. another re-
tive Mudd was successful in his re-
eIection contest. Bruce has approx
mately 500 majority.
Wet Candidate Wins.
In the counties Of the first and second
districts, democratic strongholds, he has
ma atorities Of close to 5000 in each. He
carried all three counties OF the second
district and lost only Cecil. Senator
Frances home territory, in the first. or
eastern shore. district. In the city vot-
ing he carried nineteen of the twenty
EIGHT wards, the nine carried by Senator
France being the fifth. sixth. seventh,
fourteenth, seventeenth. twenty-hrst'
twenty-second. twenty-third and twenty
fifth. Broadly speaking. these are the
yards in which there is either large
vote of foreign birth or extraction. a
large labor vote or a heavy republican
contraction. mimi, ,,,, s.
one Of the most remarkable runs in the
history of local politics. when ne de-
feated Anthony ]. Dimarco. the demo-
cratic candidate, in the third district. by
over to l, in a district which has a
democratic affiliated majority OF over
10000. . t., +,,,
neht and Hill was reelected solely
on the stand he has taken IN the
wet and dry issue. In the victory OF
state Senator Mlllard p: Iyding over
Representative A. A. Blakeney the
wet and dry question dafsst rs aisS 50 The in-
cI,mbent. who is rated dry. while
TydinE fSh had the backing Of the wet
etS While Representative Sidney E.
Mudd defeated his democratic op-
nonent. Clarence M. Roberts. in the
afth district, he had a close call. IN
The sixth district Representative
Trederick N. Zihlman. republican.
was reelected by the usual repuoh-
csn majority in this district. and Rep-
sa.sntatiye Alan T. Goldsborough,
democrat, had little difficulty In DE-
Tsatinr his republican opponent
Charles J. Butler, in the nrst. repre-
sentative ]. Charles Linthicums re-
s1ection was a foregone conclusion
enS he carried his district by nearly
3 to / over his republican opponent.
senator France when seen TINS
morning intimated that ne lntenueu'
for the time being at least. to retHe
from public life. He declare9 Ina. .aae
had he been returned to tne ssnate ;nate
he would have been able to dominate
the policies of his party TO tne sA.ens
~ Influencing it to the adoption OF
ol 90 oerressive and progressive
% %snn,e.+ic and international policies" :"
Senafor France attributes his defeat
- large extent to the newspapers
~ baltimore, all four OF which oppos-
ed his election. Il regret that my
Suties in the Senate and the fact that
the newspapers were against me.
made il impossible for me to get the
reaI issues of the campaign sQuarely
before the people," he said. tndica-
tinna from New York, New Jersey,
ssaachusetts. and other states, how
aver. indicate that the tide was
strongly against my party"