The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-12
Charles e! &oci.. as come to be

known. as el,cletr Is proba o1%e s,,tt,.1s to be
Will be particularly missed, a republic
can succeeding him from the 11th
ONO district. General Grosvenor was
defeated by Albert Douglass of Chilli
cothe IN the primaries, by a exceeding
ly small, majority. This left many
sores and in the earliest returns on
election night 1t looked as If the
friends of GrosvenOr had KNITTED"
Douglass for his democratic opponent.
Later returns, however, showed that
douglass was elected, but by a small
margin.
Next to the absence of Grosvenor,
that of Joseph w. Babcock of Wiscon-
sin, chairman of the District of Column
bia committee will be most commented
upon. While 1t was known that he
had a hard fight in front of him by
reason of his continued OPPOSITION to
Senator LaFollette, it was believed
that Babcock, who is an exceedingly
resourceful politician would win out,
but the opposition proved too strong,
aal Ec is amongst the missing. Bah
COCK came to congress in 1894, and has
continuously served in the lower house
ever since. He was not only chairman
OF the District of Columbia committee
since 1896, but has been a member of
the Ways and Means Committee for
the last eight years. His defeat means
two splendid committee assignments
for somebody of republican principles
who will have the ear of Uncle Joe"
Cannon the next speaker of the Goth
congress.
The Independent voter who really
deserves the name of "scratcher," be-
cause he marks his ticket to suit him
self, has at his belt there other repub-
licans of national reputation. First,
possibly because of his antagonism to
the so-called Beveridge meat inspec-
tion bill, wherein Mr.. Wadsworth as
chairman Of the committee on agri-
culture opposed the provision that the
packers should pay the cost of inspec-
tion instead Of the government as the
bill now provides. Mr.. Wadsworth,
who as farmer in the valley of the
Genesee in New York, and owning
broad acres in that great farming COM
munity, has made agriculture study
and who by reason OF his connection
with the committee on agriculture has
been instrumental in bringing about
very liberal appropriations for the
agricultural department. was marked
for slaughter because of what the
farmers Of the 34th New York district
believed to be covert attack upon the
president. During his years on con-
gress, Mr.. Wadsworth necessarily
made enemies because he could not Sc
cure for all applicants government
jobs and places Of power in political
affairs. He incurred the enmity of
F. G. Stevens, president of bank here
in Washington, but a state senator
from the Genesee district and it is
now alleged that Stevens. who was
gerry-mandered out of his place as
state senator from the 34th district,
placed the sinews of war to bring
about Wadsworth's defeat in the hands
of picturesque person by the name
Of Peter A. Porter of Niagara Falls
who, while running as a republican
received the endorsement of the demo-
cratic and independent league parties.
Early in the campaign Mr.. Porter be-
thought him that fine play to make
would be to draw attention of the
farmers to the fact that Mr.. Wads-
worth and the president were not of
one mind on the meat inspection ques-
tion and that Wadsworth had run
counter to the presidents wishes so
far that they were at logger heads.
Realizing that the COW was a predom-
mating factor in the district, Porter
adopted the bovine for his coat of
arms and not only used the milk giver
from an heraldic point of view, but
actually appeared in the district
astride of COW. announcing that his
issue was the beef trust and Wads-
worth's opposition to the meat inspec-
tfon bill and that he proposed to make
the COW the emblem of his campaign.
The COW and Porter were constantly
together and in not few towns Por-
ter made his entrance into his meeting
where they were held on the ground
floor mounted on the emblem of his
campaign. -,
One Of the most surprising results
of the election is the defeat Of James
T. McCleary of Mankato, Minnesota,
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