Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-06
Politics at Large
BY C.. Could Lincoln.

The Republican tide in the South,
at flood last year when four of the
States which had never gone Republi-
| can since reconstruction days and all
the so-called border States cast their
electoral votes for President Hoover,
| is decidedly on the ebb, judging from
the results of the gubernatorial election
in Virginia yesterday and the victory
of the Democrats in Kentucky, where
a Legislature was being chosen.
The Virginia election, which was
watched with keen interest in all parts
of the country. clearly demonstrated
that in State affairs the Old Dominion
is still strongly Democratic. There
are many voters in Virginla-as In
other Southern Democratic States
who cast their votes for Republican
| candidates in national elections ana
contribute to the Republican war chest.
But many of these voters have IN the
past voted regularly for the Democratic
candidates in State elections. They
undoubtedly did so again yesterday.
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DR.. John G. Pollard's lead over his
coalition opponent DR.. William Mosely
{, Brown, may run to 10000. rms lar
exceeds the estimates made by some
of the most ardent Pollard Democrats
during the last week of the campaign.
| Observers who had travelled over the
| State in an effort to size up the Sltu-
| alton failed to see the picture as II
really was. Some of them placed Fol
lard's probable lead over Brown as low
as 10000 to 10000.
The victory of the regular Democrats
Yesterday in Virginia is not giving
Senator Carter Glass any sorrow. Inc
Junior Senator from Virginia comes up
for reelection next year anu nao
Brown. the coalition candidate OF Iie
Renubiicans and the so-called anti
smith Democrats, won the eIecCioil,
| Glass chances for reelection would
have been very slim. Senator GLASS
tooL an active part in the gubernatorlal
campaign, denouncing the coahtlon. ne
was a strong supporter OF the DemoI
cratic national ticket, headeo py al
Smith, last year. ,.,- e.. 4l,o
nresidency. however, are not likely 10
and much consolation from the result
in Virginia yesterday. The State Went
for PRESIDENT Hoover and against Gov
Smith last November by little more
than % 600 votes. Yesterday the same
State completely reversed ltSeh anu
gave Pollard, the Democratic caIoIoaee
for governor, more than twice as sLStSS
a lead over the Republican ana anu
Sraith Coalition candidate. In other
words, with Smith eliminated from tIe
enuation. Virginia demonstrated AGAIN
its strong adherence to the Democratic
party.
Tn the gubernatorial campaign IN
Virginia, the situation was compllcat.ts .
bv issues that cut deep-JuSt as the
national campaign was complcaCeo W
Such issues a year ago. The race issue
which failed to hold the State In nne
last wear in the national election, WHIT
it was not frequently brought INTO Lne
omen by the campaign speakers, Is De
lieved to have had q stroIlg 49,
Bishop Cannon's influence WIN LIE
voters seems to have gone for very III
tie in the gubernatorial campaign. Inc
bishop sought this year to make an Is
sue of prohibition and OF Smltn-tas-
kobisn," as the controlling element II
the Democratic national organization
but without avail. The publication o.
reports of Bishop Cannons STOCK ma.
ket transactions did not help the anu
Smith Democratic cause. BISHOP Cal an,
non did not take part personally IN tht
campaign, other than to issue seVera
Statements denouncing the regular
Democratic leaders who had supported
Gov. Smith last year. The religion:
issue and the prohibition issue, which
combined turned the State over TO tine
Republicans last year, were absent IRON
the campaign this year. Pollard as wei
as Brown is Protestant and an aroen'
dry. A.. 60,
had been expressed that a class revoI
might bite into the Democratic strength
with the coalitioniStS urging that TIT
poor man got nothing from the OLE
Democratic organization and ina
Brown was the poor mans candidate
Brown was expected to get a heav,
vote among the workers IN q numoe
of sections of the State. II he go
this vote, at least it was not sufdcien
to offset the heavy Democratic vot'
generally cast throughout the State.
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The election Of Or. Pollard ma.
rightly be held a strong Endorsement o
the administration of Gov. Harry Byrd
The coalitionists assailed the Demo
cratic administration Of State affairs
and made the most of diSafect1o1
among the voters.
In view of the Virginia election yes
terday, hopes of the Republicans ane
anti-Smith Democrats in Texas, Nortl
Carolina and Florida to hold what they
gained last year are considered exceed
ingly slim. It is true that the s1tua'
lions In the other States are Somewha
different from that which was found in
Virginia for example, with some OF 1t:
| strongest Democratic leaders in Texa'
ranged against each other in the battle
for control. But the old party allie
glance plus the race issue Is operative
in all of these States. The best chance
for the upbuilding of the Republican
party in the South appears to be along
national rather than State lines. Tit
| An(
much will depend upon what the con-
dition of the country happens to be al
that time. If it is prosperous under
Republican rule, the business element:
in the South are not likely to desire 6
change any more than the bushes:
elements in other sections of the coun-
try The congressional elections mex
year may generally be expected to see
the South swing back into the ole
Democratic alignment which has per.
sisted for so many years. Virginia
which now has three Republican mem
bers Of the House, may lose them all ir
1880.
Mayor Jimmy" Walkers reelection
in New York City was the expected
The only possible gamble was on the
size of his plurality, He had against
him a Republican candidate, Repre-
sentative La Guardia, who admittedly
was not popular with large number OF
the Republicans. Furthermore, Tam
q many appears to have been functioning
perfectly once more. The Democratic
sweep in the greater city reached huge
proportions, giving Walker more than
half a million votes lead. In the
twenty-first New York congressional
district-a Democratic district, which
includes a large part of Harlem with
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