Iron County register., 1898-12-15
NEW ENGLAND SOCIALISTS.
Their Increase Shown i'm Election
in Rhode Ik1And, Connecticut
and MAksachaaeftk-

The last Of the New England states
10 hold = general election was Rhode
Island and II IL the vote was divided
among the several parties As follows:
Republicans, 24.7zs: democrats. L, Jos;
socialists, ASA, and prohibitionis1s.
:, 2,035- The socialist vote was more
than % per cent Of the democratic
vote, and more than 10 per cent Of the
republican vote OF the state. and when
II is remembered that II was cast for
nominees not having the renofest pros
pect Of election, and by party not sup
ported by any of the moral forces tha.
have given the prohibition party eL-
6u-anee. If not victory, il Is certainly
considerable total The socialist party
IS without financial resources, and the
Ge-man-bor1 population. upon whica
il chiefly relies for support al the polls,
amounts 10 very little in Rhode Island.
By the census Of 1920 there were only
$500 German-born Inhabitants of that
state. and as the relation which voters
bear 10 the whole population Is about
one TO every seven, this would represent
q total vote Of less than 500 fo- the
German-born socialists Of Rhode Island
Rhode Island Is no1 the only New Eng
land state N which the socialist party
has Of late years been making some
headway. Il was 70 Massachusetts,
that the socialists went for their can
didste for the presidency in 1892 One
reason for the growth OF the socialist
party IN New England Is 70 be found
probably In the fact that, unlike their
practice in New York, its leaders 60
among Eng1ish-speaking instead Of
among Geman-speaking voters for
their chief recruits and choose from
among them their candidates for PROM
inent Offices The socialist nominee for
governor Of Rhode Island al the recent
election was James P Reid Last year
the socialists ran for governor Of Nassa-
ehDsetts T c. Brophy. Of whom Il may
be said that whatever his relation Is 10
American politics, they were not ac-
ouire6, they were not made IN Ger
many" Brophy's Eo4e was 6-301. con-
siderable total II q state In which John
Quincy Adams. running On straight
ont democratic ticket for governor some
years age, and backed by enormous
social, political and personal influences.
poIlea only 10000 votes The socialists
OF New England largely o1tnumbered
the pTohibitionis1s IN last years cleo
ton. as they did IN the election Of the
year before, and the disparity between
the TWO Is On the increase In the
state Of Connecticut. IN the election Of
1926. the socialists polled 1-s54 votes for
their candidate, Morton, for governor,
and what is sometimes described as the
socialist propaganda Is making some
headway through New England though
not. Of course, enough TO be formidable
or menacing- The New England states
are prone 10 favor new ideas and 70
give, temporarily at least. their sup
port 10 new parties The socialists ap-
peal just now TO this we1l-known New
England propensity. and, moreover,
they enjoy what may be called the
rights Of political succession 10 the va
rious labor parties which have always
fourished IN the industrial cente-s of
the chief New England states There
being 10 longer any labor parties in
these, the socialists have absorbed their
former followers. and uatil . labor
party Is started Il Is probable that the
socialists viii continue 70 grow. even
IN this region inhospitable to their
plans and yiews-N- Y Sun