The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-09
Generally Believed That Wat
sons Falling Off Due to
Unjust Charges.
SHOWN, BY THE CITY VOTE.
IN COUNTRY WHERE THE EF-
FEcTS OF BIASED ATTACK ON
WATSON WERE NOT FELT THE
VOTE WAS NORMAL

Republicans who have been attempt
ing to make an analysis of the Wayne
county returns to determine just what
caused the awful slump in the vote
for Congressman Watson. have failed
to find just where the real trouble lay.
Many opinions are expressed.
cit was an unjustifable sentiment"
said one prominent Republican yester-
day, that caused the banner Repub-
| lican county of the Sixth district to
almost fall off the Republican side,
and | believe that had Mr.. Watson
made his denial to the charges sooner
than he did, the result would have
been different. For a long period
Congressman Watsons stand on pub
| lie questions as a congressman had
| been falsely placed before his consti
tuents. Thinking that the charges
made against him were not believed
| despite the fact that there was no de-
NAL, Congressman Watson and his
friends did not consider the situation
| dangerous Congressman Watson's
stand on the tariff and on the immi-
grafton bill were in accord with the
views of his constituents, despite the
charges to the contrary. Mr.. Watson
showed this in his final address two
days before the campaign ended. / full
ly believe that before the next session
of Congress is over that many of the
Republicans who were misled and who
voted against Congressman Watson
will see that they were grievously
mistaken. They will watch Congress
ional proceedings closer themselves
instead of taking utter charges, in
spired by enemies, as being the truth.
do not think that Republicans who
voted against Watson are deserving
of criticism. They sincerely believed
they had a grievance, but had they
taken the trouble to have investigated
deeply they would have found that
their grievances were not based on
fact"
Country Vote Saved Watson.
The returns as made by the can
wasting board show that the country
vote is what saved Congressman Wat
son from defeat. In every part of the
district farmers could not be led into
the factional strife that existed in
some of the towns and cities. Wayne
county gave Watson but AGA plurality
and the country voters gave him this,
for the city went against him.
The State tickets vote was up to
expectations. There was a clear plu-
rality of more than 2,100 for the head
of the State ticket and Wayne coun-
tvs record stands third in the entire
State Marion and Delaware counties
were the only ones which gave great
er Republican pluralities than Wayne
for Fred Sims, candidate for Secre-
tary of State.
According to the Democratic leaders
| in Richmond, the failure of the Rev.
T. H. Kuhn to be elected was due al
most entirely to the State Democratic
committee which refused to give any
assistance in the way of perfecting
| the district organization. 1t is also
stated that the Rev Mr.. Kuhn will be
| a candidate for Congress from this
district once more, two years hence.
Kuhn Issued Statement.
Mr.. Kuhn yesterday issued a state
ment in which he thanked the voters
of Wayne county and the Sixth district
| for the support given him in his race
| against Congressman Watson. Mr..
Kuhn declares that the fight is on
to a finish
The official returns from the en-
tire district were received yesterday
There were no material changes from
the figures announced yesterday. Con-
gresham Watson's plurality is 1907.