The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13
EASY find DEMOCRATS NOW
HOTELS ARE PULL o. 'gN NND
-9EI CAV GIVE REASONS.
reai ron Why the Republicans Lost
Roosevelt o. the Main Reason
There werc other Causes. hut An
seem 60 Agree rhat That as Enough.

Before the election il seemed next to
impossible To find an Ohio or West vir-
ginia Democrat IN the Hobbies of the.
hotels. but since that event the Hobbies
seem To have filled with them
AZ the Wolcott }. Sprigg Mac Mahon.
lawyer and manufacturer OF Dayton.
was met yesterday morning He was
chairman OF the committe on resolutions
at the Ohio Democratic convention. He
said there were SO many reasons why the
Republican ticket was beaten IN Ohio
that he would have time To name only tn.
main ones
In. the first place he said there war
dissatisfaction with the leaders OF the
Republican party rather than with the
platform. The Republican organization
IN Ohio was all disrupted aud fractional
lights extended into the various counties.
thuA preventing proper organization.
Then there was the State convention.
While Harding himself was not unsaIis-
factory as a candidate. and m an ordinary
campaign no doubt would have been
acceptable. the way he was nominated
by George Cox the Republican boss Of
Cincinnati. simply TO prevent the nomina-
ton of somebody else. and not because
a majority Of the delegates wanted him.
was unsatisfactory to the rank and file
Of the party.
sAlso in the northern part OF the State
the Republicans are progressivea. par
ticulariy IN the Northwestern Reserve
district. and were led by Garfield and
Paul Rowland. This district was dissatis-
fled with the platform. and while Garfield
and Harding did what they could the
fact is they talked so much that they
couldn't round up the voters when they
finished
But as big a factor as anything in the
Democratic victory was Roosevelt. par
ticuiariy his final appearance in the State.
He cost the Republicans votes that may
he counted by the tens OF thousands and
this il demonstrated by the big Demo
cratic gains shown in the places whsre
he spoke. In Ohio to-day Roosevelt il
beyond question the most unpopular
man in the Republican party. They have
lost confidence in him. for az one leading
Republican expressed 10 10 me. How can
you figure out where n man stands when
he says one thing in Osawatomie. con-
sradicts it in Saratoga and then takes
another tack in the South
To the disruption of the party must
be added the differences between the
leaders. Foraker on the one hand and the
progressive leaders on the other-Fora-
ker- speeches and their replies To them
After the Marysville pronouncement they
practically called Foraker on the stump |
Then the s,ldi-rs AT the hom. IN Dayton |
made demand that Foraker speak To- !
them and h. made speech or two after /
that. The home was carried by Con |
gresham Cox by about go and 10y Hard /
ing and the Republican State ticket by :
about 31 IL IL the first year the Repub- ,
lican ma Jority IN the home has got below |
| .5OO since my father carried n for Con |
syrsss in 1873
The effect of the election upon business,
ia Ohio j. gong tn be- very good The
btIs!n ass men, the manu-
facturer- and merchants Of Ohio voted
the Democratic ticket almost unani-
mou~ly They wanted Harmon elected
Governor. so that he could he nominated
for tn. Presidency. not necessarily that
they would vote for him fresiden-
tial candidate. but to insure the Demo
crate nom,na ting 4 safe ana sound business
man
And here's how and why II happened
IN West Virginia. according to W Wyle
BeaIi, vino IN addition Ia being president
" the Commercial Bank If Well~hurg j.
treasurer ~ the Democratic state com
Initt.-e According to Mr. Bea!l however.
Roosevelt WAS not an lssIe out there.
II was simply what might be- described
a. revulsIon If feeling against the Re
publican party throuy hout the entire
state said MIR Faall N she Waldorf
yesterday i felt all alon hat We would
carry three Of our Con gressIon al dist
'houRh ! was IN doubr Of IN. ot her. Joe
Gaines
The broken promises of the Republ-
rams part iCularly on IN" local tax p,iss
ION probably had NOR" 10 do with the
result than any one other factor. While
Roosevelt did not enter INTO the cam
Dsign either physically or in the spirit
e - perfectly obvious that the R"pUbliCans
II West Virginia ar" dIsglIst"d with his
am paIgn methods
OF cours. IN" .IuIsst ion iAat il all i'm
Dortant now - th. elect ion of a Demo
ratio Tinted states senator bv the next
legislature. and believe there ~ a feeling
hat the TWO old factions, he Chiffon and
he McEraw. will he eliminated and
hat a man v Ill be select ed who will be- OF
n" high class Of John tonw.ll Of Hamp-
mir. county. Clnran". Watson 0f Marion
so''nty nr Iohn W pa is. xho has i,lat
).en eject ed a member II Con gress from
h. First district Indeed even yoIn ger
nan who has been "A consistent parry
\ ork.r may be- chosen
Personally II ~ matter for a good
Teal Of regret on my part to see n sue
'nssor elected To succeed Senator y. n.
scott He II a neighbor Of mine He was
always broad IN MS beliefs and ha looked
If,er the welfare If the Star" regardless
Il party polite,
A man from Indiana who came in
'astertiay - aut hori,y for'the statement
hat the following con versaton was over
laard one day last week ON a train that
vas crossing Indiana bet we~en two dis
in g,iished men one Of whom was return
ng from Iowa and both Of whom have
,@en stran gely silent since November .:
We'll. I wish with all my heart that you ,
lad never spoken IN this State. You
ave lost me my seat