Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-16
THE OLD BAY STATE
Massachusetts Expected to
Be Normally Republican.
SECRETARY REYNOLDS
TALKS UPON THE PARTY's Eff
FECTIVE ORGANIZATION.
Vote of Maine Was Affected by Local
Issues-Democrats Seeking
for a Candidate.
SECRETARY. REYNOLDS
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
BOSTON, Mass, September Is, 1904.
Massachusetts, party leaders do not hnd
analogy in the returns from Vermont and
Maine, but in the general results the re-
publicans claim to see Indications of a re
publican plurality in this state. Figures
are of no value in Massachusetts" said
Secretary Reynolds of the republican state
central committee today. This state voted
| almost unanimously for sound money in
1896, recovered its political equilibrium in
the state elections since, and Is now normal
Governor Bates had a plurality of $1,000 In
1902 and $1,000 in 1903, and there is moth
ing to indicate a great variance from these
figures this year The money question was
not an issue in either of these state cleo
! tons, and / would consider the vote In
each instance a normal party vote. There
is no dissatisfaction among republicans
we always hear of 1t when there is-while
the opposition has had trouble in finding
candidates for the state ticket. Colonel
CASTOR, who ran for governor the last two
times, has declined to again be a candidate.
as result, it is said, of dissension among
the party leaders.
Il do not think campaign speeches will
change any votes this year. 1t Is only a
question of getting out the vote, and the
Vermont and Maine elections show that
that is being done. Our organization diff
fers from that of most states. We have no
county central committees. We have city
and town committees, with director at the
head, and we are in direct touch with these
committees. We elect governor and state
officers every year, and SO are always in
politics and keep our machinery in motion
and our headquarters open the year round.
We are thus in close touch with the voters
w he a tn ont %
vote. Our campaigns last one month. The
state convention is held the first week in
October, and the active work is begun i'm
mediately after that. We also nominate
our representatives that week. The APP
parent apathy now is usual at this time.
During October we will have meetings in
every school district and large rallies at
important centerS.
Vermont and Maine Analysed.
Vermont is a conservative state. 1t
has never been overturned by any politi-
cal revolutions, and the voters do not
change their affiliations lightly. The vote
Is about the same as 1t was four years
ago. In 1896 the democrats cast 1885
votes, in 1900 there were cast 1929, and
this year 1851, so that Judge Parker's
nomination does not seem to have chang
ed sentiment greatly. Maine, on the other
hand, is a state where party allegiance is
not so strong. Maine was democratic in
the WING days and did not vote with Yer
mont and Massachusetts, but supnorted
Jackson. Van Buren,, Polk, Cass and
PIERCE In turn. In 1880 the fusion ticket
defeated the regular republican ticket by
I69. That the democrats in Maine this
year cast 10000 votes in round numbers
10 54'ooo IN 1896 indicates, of course more
changes there than in Vermont but it Is
due to the political temperament of the
people, and has no significance else
where
Another fact is important in this con-
nection; Maine has bitter local fights
which have tendency to cloud national
issues and draw out a full vote 1t de-
wolves upon the county sheriffs to ENFORCE
the prohibition law They have great die.
cretlon vested in them so that thew have
the power practically to license bv a
weak enforcement. This question is made
an an issue IN many counties, notably in
portland, where a democratic sheriff was
elected on an openly avowed license Mai
form. The republican state ticket loot
over 1,oOo plurality as compared with ~
=. at the last election in Portland, while
~ gained generally. over the state The
local issue was accountable for the state
loss. none OF these issues will come M
at the national election, nor have tbeY
ans peaIlhg on Massachusetts or anv
otii1i state. me per cent of gain if car
REQ out over the country world no. aIaa.
al her nor change any other state excent
inolana The Vermont vote with No 1oopI
SHOWS that local issues had mnch
fhnr1
no consolation for the opposftion &c ~
figures" oppo9itloh In the
Inc Massachusetts State Ticket
Massachusetts elects a state .io,,o.
the republican convention will he ~, anu anu
tober Z. All the state offcers lii
nominated without opposition exoant .,
treasurer, who has served five vears 49,
limit under the constitution. Tho Co.
ton therefore promises to be a nerfr,otou,.
aHalr, and Is not counted upon to arousa
much enthusiasm. The Democratic 1aaJas
G HaHe nhaily s,,; aba ndoned hope of persuading
colonel William A. CASTOR to run aeaine
JOSIAH Quincy, who is editing the demo.
cratic campaign text book at national head
quarters In New York, is authority for the
statemeni that the, national committee is
anxious that Olney be the candidate There
are other names mentioned that of w T.
Douglass, the shoe manufacturer: John p
mayer of Worcester and Charles s. Ham
lin OF Boston. None of the three has con-
scented to be candidate, and it seems to
be a case of the nomination, probably not
the office. seeking the man. The Hearst
followers OF the state have perpetuated
their organization under the title of the
Massachusetts Democratic League with
William N. Osgood of Lowell as president
The declaration of principles includes gov
eminent ownership and control of public
utilities the enforcement of law against
nonopolies, the direct issuance of all
money by the general government" '.equa-
Die taxation to tighten the burdens of both
labor and legitimate capital" and direct
legislation by the people whenever practical
BILE" The organization has no candidate
for the governorship and is not attempting
any control in the campaign.
In general the democratic leaders do not
suggest that there is any prospect of car
rying the state this year. The nominations
on the state ticket are offered with the in
ducement that nomination now is equiva-
lent to nomination next year and that
next year there may be something doing"
There is general feeling that the party
has gotten on its feet once more as far as
Massachusetts, is concerned is in good
fighting trim. and that there are victories
for 1t In the future.
The registration upon which the parties
base their estimates, there is no poll will
be completed October /. and estimates are
not given out until those figures are avail
able. 1t may be safely asserted, however,
that the leaders on either side see no rason
for doubling that Massachusetts, New
Hampshire and Connecticut will line up
with Maine and Vermont In November. In
other words they find no indications of
political revolution.
The republican campaign is in charge of
Chairman Thomas Talbot, son of the former
governor. He Is interested in the wooden
mills established by his father, and con-
ducts the campaign very much as he con-