The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-03
SPLENDID NEWS
 FOR DEMOCRATS l lee ion h Missouri Is Taken
 Is a Good Sign DEMOCRAT WINS EASILY Democratic Congrcssmen Believe That Coming Congressional Elections wiiI Be Disastrous For the
 Republicans
DEMOCRAT WINS EASILY
By wA1lTERsoN sTEALEy

Washington, February 2-(Special)- Democratic congressman are jubilant over the result in the Twelfth Missouri district. It is heralded by them as a sure harbinger of democratic success this fall. The least than can be said Is that 1t is pronounced democratic gain un- expected by both democrats and repub- licans. The Twelfth Missouri district was for years represented by the late David A. Dearborn. an able and popular mem ber. At the last election he was re- turned to the House by 21oo majority. The democrats nominated c. c. Dickn- son as his successor and the republicans Philip Griffith.
 Dickinson wires tonight that his ma jority is 3750, a democratic gain of 1650 An equal democratic gain throughout the country in November would not leave 50 republicans in the next House Demo- crats are therefore asking themselves why this very thing should not happen. Griffith's campaign was the best ever made by a republican In the district. He received financial support from the national republican congressional com mittee, which also sent speakers to the district, among them being the Secre- tary of Commerce and Labor, MT. Nagle
 Mir Dickinson. on the other hand, made his campaign without funds. He spoke throughout the district on the tarifr question, the corruption in Washington in practically every department of the government and the case of the Pres ident's Secretary of Interior, MT. Balln- ger, now pending before the joint con- gressional committee. The result is bet ter told in the vote.
 Democratic congressman say the indi- cations ins the Twelfth Missouri district cannot be separated from those existing in the country at large. They declare that the election Is rebuke to the Taft administration and will tbe followed by a general democratic victory in Novem- Der.
 Representative Lloyd, the chairman of the national democratic congressional committee, was especially enthusiastic over the election of Dickinson. to whom he has given every assistance possible in the way of distributing literature.
 ",The election of MT. Dickinson" said MT. Lloyd tonight, lis indicative of the sentiment throughout the United States The late DeArmond was stronger than his party, and yet the district has never in it's history given within 1000 of the majority boiled by Dickinson yesterday It Is safe to say that the vote shows the opposition to the republican party in fact undertakes it. The district usually gives about the same democratic majority every year."
 '"The result shows two things, said Representative Clark, the democratic leader, first, at the Missouri democratic conference on January the democrats got together; second, the drift is against the republican party. This change in the Twelfth district projected gives biz Democratic majority in the House" The deeds for the transfer of the St. Matthews church property at Fifteenth and H streets are about ready to be recorded. When that Is done it Is the purpose of the manager in this city of the Thompson Starrett company, which has the contract for the construction of the building, to prepare the ground for the foundation so that active build ing operations can be started and be- ginning made of the erection on this site of the southern commercial congress building funds for which have been ob- tained throughout the south.
 In the forthcoming rivers and har- bors bill the government will be com mitted to the improvement Of the Coosa river This action was taken by the sub- committee today and insures for the fu- ture an open Coosa Representative ,raylor of the committee and Represen- tatiye Burnett have put In their best work for the project and as result enough money will be appropriated to be profitably expended during the next four years to commence work which will make navigable the river between Rag land and the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad bridge.
 Senator w E. Purcell of North Dakota was today appointed a member of the Ballinger investigation committee to sue ceed Senator Paynter of Kentucky. The senator is an excellent lawyer and is also familiar with land conditions in tha west. The selection is highly pleas ing to the Senate democrats, who be- lieye Re will prove decided strength to this committee.
 If Is expected that former Secretary of the Navy Herbert will be able 10 stand an operation at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, within a few days. There Is conslcerapie anxiety expressed by his friends over the outcome.
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