Evening star., 1932-11-09
ROOSEVE[T'S VOTE
IS VIRGINIA RECORD
Carries State by 100000,
Biggest Margin Since
Civil War.
By the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Va, November "a
record-breaking Democratic majority in
the election in Virginia stood out in bold
contrast today to the Old Dominion S
vote for President Hoover four years ago.
Undeterred by inclement weather, an
Army OF voters expressed preferenc for
Gov. Roosevelt and the Democratic con-
gressional slate, assuring the Presiden-
tial candidate majority of more than
100000. Since the war between the
States the nearest approach to that
figure was in 1912, when President Will
son, a son Of Virginia, was given a
67,044 majority.
The Overwhelming victory of the
Democrats wiped the field clean OF all
Republican representatives in Congress.
giving the nine Democratic nominees at
large majorities of more than to
over the nearest opposition in a field of
Republicans, Socialists, independents
and Prohibitionist.
Roosevelt, 174,22s.
Reports Of 1892 of the States 1886
precincts gave Roosevelt 174,229 to Pres
ident Hoover's 73,940.
The Democratic candidates were
successful In. almost every county and
city In the State The incomplete
Associated Press tabulation early today
showed the Democrats leading In all
but Floyd County. Thirteen cities, in
cluding Richmond, the seat of State
government; Lynchburg, the home Of
Senator Carter Glass, and Winchester,
home Of Former Gov. Harry F. Byrd,
returned to the Democratic column yes
terday after going for Hoover In 1928.
The huge margin Roosevelt piled up
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State Democratic leaders, who set the
figure at between $4,000 and 100000
several days ago.
The election was preceded by furi-
GUS speechmaking in the final cam
paign days. Byrd and Henry w. Ander-
son Of Richmond Republican leader,
fired back and forth across the front
pages as they had done before in con-
troversy that involved the Democratic
administration of Virginia, the 1882 re-
districting act that was held unconsti-
tutional by the State Supreme Court,
and the issues of the national cam
paign.
Tour Follows Decision.
A Republican congressional barn
storming tour that took the six nomi-
nees Of the party into every corner of
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litical warfare. The tour came after
the Supreme Court had wiped out dis
trict lines on the plea Of two indepen-
dent candidates for Congress, who
trailed far behind in the election.
These Independents, William Moseley
Brown and Charles c. Berkeley, both
candidates for State Office on the Re-
publican anti-Smith Democratic coali-
tion ticket in 1929, charged the act
violated the State constitution and were
upheld by the highest State court.
The onruSh Of the Democratic tide
caught Menalcus Lankford of Norfolk
| to thrust him from the seat he has held
in Congress since the Hoover landslide
in 1928. Joseph c. Shafer Of Wythe-
vile and Jacob A. CARRIER Of Harrison
burg. who went to the Capitol at the
same time, were smothered in the Dem
ocratic victory Of 1880. CARRIER hovered
about midway Of the Republican ticket
in today's early compilation. Shafer
now United States attorney for Western
Virginia, was not candidate again.
In the background of the campaign
between Democrats and Republicans
was Norman Thomas, Socialist candi-
date, who jumped to 1,446 votes from
$50 received in 1928.