The Washington times., 1910-11-10
IOWA REFLECTS
GOVERNOR CARROLL
Triumph of Republican, By
Much Reduced Majority,
Generally Accepted.

DIES MONIES. Iowa Nov. 1O.-As in
dictated by the latest returns. the river
counties and other Democratic strong
holds have failed to roll up the required
majority for Claude r. Porter. Demo-
cratic candidate for governor. and il is
strongly probable that Governor r. F
Carroll, Republican. has been reelected.
Democratic leaders, however. do not
colcede Porter's defeat and are still
Claiming the State by a slight majority.
Unofficial returns late tonight give
Carroll an estimated majority Of 13 600.
Carroll's slump was due to many causes.
He had the -ctive opposition Of the MIN
roos OF the State because Of the dispo-
sition Of the gun license; he incurred
the hi-wIll Of the insurance men by mis-
rulings as auditor; many of the drug
eists have fought him: the liquor inter
estS centered their fight on him: but by
Iar the most important cause, it is be-
HeVeo' was the irritation arising from
his course in the Cownie matter.
The standpatters' attempt to defeat
CIihord Thorne also operated against
Carroll. and 10 retaliate progressives
cut him heavily in some parts Of the
State.
raCtlonal Strife.
The factiOnal strife in the Republican
party also cut big figure in the guber-
Material fight. Carroll was cut heavily
IN districts normally strongly progress
sive. Representative G. n. Haugen in
the fourth. is believed reelected, but by
majority of only 20. This reduction is
due, it is understood, to desire to get
rid of him by party leaders in the dis
trict- The district is strongly Nor
Weglan and II has been impossible 10
accomplish his defeat at the primaries
j. u. Murphy was his Republican OppO-
nent-
The second district, represented by A.
+ Dawson has gone Democratic in the
past The local option plank operated
strongly in favor OF l. s. Pepper, who
was elected over Charles erik, Rerub-
lican.
Leading Republicans are engaged to-
day in heart-tO-heaTJ talks about the
reasons for the Republican slump
In the Second Congressional district
the defeat Of erik, the Republican, is
attributed 10 natural causes. The dis
trict Is normally Democratic. and the
liquor question being the issue. the fuII
Democratic strength was pOlled
In the Sixth district where II appears
thaI hendall has won by a very small
marSin' IT was light between his
friends and the opposition with fac,ion-
al feeling within the Republican party
no more intense than two years ago.
But in the Ninth district, where Rep
resentative Smith pulled through by
the skin OF his teeth, the situation was
different. His association with Cannon
without doubt brought him to the very
verge Of defeat, and the reduced vote
can be charged TO the prOgressives In
the First and Eight districts the heavy
votes Tor Kennedy and Towner shows
conclusively that the prOgressives stood
squarely by the ticket.
Standpatters the Boilers.
That standpatters bolted Carroll even
more than progressives is shown by
the result IN such standpdt strongholds
as Cedar Rapids, where he was beaten
by more than eight hundred votes.
Again. Carroll had no great personal
following in either faction. He prob
ably had fewer personal friends than
any man who ever ran for governor in
Iowa.
The success Of Judge Prouty. who
beat Representative Hull in the prl-
maries and has now beaten his Demo
cratic opponent by Twenty-Five hundred
or three thousand, as undoubtedly due
10 the fact that ne was a close friend
20 Senator Cummins.
1t was the evident PURPOSE Of the
Cummins men 10 send a man to Con-
gress who would stand by the Senator
first and last. This is the conclusion
Of men Of all factions and is given as
the reason for the defeat OF the Demo-
crat. who made the best campaign ever
waged in the Seventh district.
The results already proved assure the
election Of a Republican legislature.
Also il is assured that the legislature
Will be progressive, thus making GER
tain the election of a United States
Senator from the progressive ranks.