Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-10
In Next Congress Claimed
For the Republicans.
Result Of Congressional Cam
paign Very Gratifying.
New York Democrats to Investigate
Conduct Of Mccarren.

New York, Nov. 9.-The Republican
congressional campaign committee
closed its headquarters in the ST.
James building this afternoon. Before
Mr. sherman left for his home in Cti-
ca tonight, he said:
| THE result of the congressional cam
paign throughout the country is ex-
| ceedingly gratifying to this committee
| The Goth Congress will be Republican
| by SO majority. These figures CORE
Spond exactly with the prediction Civ
| en- out by the committee on the Thurs
| day before election. OF the districts
| throughout the United States which
| the committee marked as certainly
| Republican, we failed in carrying but
| four OF those that we marked doubt
| full We have carried more than We
marked as probable Republican. The
result shows that the people emphat-
ically endorse the administration of
President Roosevelt and approve of the
work of the first session of the 53th
Congress.
| 1T shows that the people desire con-
tinuance of prosperity and shows their
belief that that prosperity can be de-
pended upon under Republican admin
| lSlTdliou anu tIlt DtlltI tllstl II Noul i
surely disappear under Democratic
| rule.
| AT the outset of the campaign we
| announced that this thought was enl-
phaSiZed in our campaign textbook,
| that the central thought of the cam
paign was to be the achievements of
the party under the leadership of Pres
| dent Roosevelt and continuance of
prosperity. 1t is true that out of ma
jority in the Goth Congress is not so
great as in the present Congress. This
| may be accounted for by the fact that
many districts, normally Democratic
| which came to us in the monstrouS
Roosevelt wave of 1904 have settled
back into the Democratic column. In
Il few districts, normally Republican
we met with individual loss but this
can be ascribed in nearly every, il not
every instance, to local conditions and
issues so potent as to completely over
! shadow, for the time being, natlonal
! issues and the feeling on the part OF
| the voters in these districts that q
| working Republican majority was as
| sured without the election of Republ-
cans in those districts. These losses l
| believe to be temporary and l have no
slightest doubt that these districts will
be found in the Republican after the
| election of 1905.
| THE election means that the great
economic and financial tenets of Re
publicanism are still approved by
| Americans"
| The Democratic state committee met
here today and by vote of 30 to IL
| adopted resolution providing for an
investigation of the conduct of the
Kings county Democratic organization
| headed by State Senator Patrick Nc
| Carren, during the campaign just clos
| ed A delegation of Brooklyn Demo-
Gratis headed by Patrick Hayes. ward
en- of the Kings county penitentiary
and 4 former leader of one of the as
| sembly districts included in Senator
McCarrens senatorial district. appear
ed before the committee, and preferred
| charges against the senator and the
| Kings county committee 1t was al
| legged that McCarren had KNITTED" the
| head of the ticket and had urged his
| followers to do the same.
The state committee also took steps
| to defend any action that may be taken
| by the Republicans to overthrow the
pluralities which seem to exist at this
| time in favor of the Democratic candi-
dates on the state ticket from lieuten-
ant governor. and William Schuyler
| Jackson. of Buffalo, the Democratic
| candidate for attorney general. We're
| present throughout the meeting and
constantly We're consulted with.
The spokesman for the Brooklyn DEL
egation said that "McCarrens place is
with the Republicans" The petition de-
ciarod among other things that one
Patrick II. McCarren has refused and
failed to support the candidate for gov
ernor nominated by the Buffalo conven-
ton and has. by public utterances and
through the public press. openly advo-
Gated the election of the nominees of
the Republican party and has openly
used the election machinery and the
county committee of Kings county. of
which he is chairman of the executive
committee, to accomplish the defeat of
the regular Democratic candidate for
governor
Replying to the petition, Senator Nc
Carren declared that a a meeting OF the
Kings county committee. he had said
some things about Mr.. Hearst.
"And if the opportunity presents" he
declared. Il shall repeat them. When a
fellow hits you on the jaw. do not be-
lieve in turning the other cheek. / be-
lleve in striking back straight from the
shoulder If on another occasion I could
make my statements regarding Mr..
Hearst any more emphatic I should
certainly do So"
Mr.. McCarren concluded offering an
amendment to the Batten resolution
providing that the investigation be ex-
tended to all the counties of the state
where Mr.. Hearst ran behind his tick
ct the amendment was lost.
The committee discussed the situa-
ton regarding belated returns from
some upstate counties. In this connec-
ton W. Burke Cochrane offered a res
Olution that each member exert himself
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