Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-04-19
THIRD ELECTION 0N NEW TARIFF LAW
 INTERESTING
Will the Democrats Dupli- cate the Gains Made
 Tomorrow?

ROCHESTER,, N. r., April 1S.-All records for political activity in this sec tion went by the board today in the wind-up of the campaign in the Thirty second congressional district. Tomor- George w. Aldridge, republican, or James s. Ravens, democrat, shall be the successor of the late James B. Per kins in the national house of represen tatives.
 This will be the third election of a member of congress since the passage of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law, and un- usual interest attaches to the result of the contest. In February the democrats had a larger majority than usual in selecting candidate to succeed the late D. A. DeArmond in the Sixth Missouri district, and last month, for the first time, they carried the Fourteenth Mass achusetts district, electing Eugene s.. Foss as successor to the late William c. Lowering. Should they be success ful in tomorrow s election in this dis trict the democrats throughou'C the coun- try will naturally feel much encour- aged in their hopes to gain control of the next congress.
 MT. Aldridge, the republican nomi- nee, is a former superintendent of pub lie work and state railroad commis- sioner, and for twenty years has been the leader of the republican party in Monroe county. He is native of Rochester and has been a lifelong resi- dent of this city. In his contest for the republican nomination his opponents en- deavored to use against him the fact that he received 1000 from the fire insurance companies doing business in this state, following the passage of a bill in which the fire insurance com panies were interested. MT. Aldridge admitted taking the money and declared that his action was proper. He stated that the check was not personal gift, but was used for the benefit of the re- publican party in Monroe county, The charges evidently carried little weight with the convention, for MT. Aldridge was given the Unanimous nomination and his friends believe that his person al popularity will win the election to- morrow.
 Mr. Ravens, the democratic nomi- nee, was opposed for the nomination on the ground that he had not been a hard and fast party voter. He bolted Bryan in 1896 and openly supported Hughes against Hearst in 1906. In the Hill Cleveland clash he stood valiantly by Cleveland and came often to the front in that cause. He attended as dele gate the national convention that placed Judge Alton B. Parker in nom, ination for the presidency.
 To win the election tomorrow, Mr.. Ravens must overcome normal repub- lican plurality of imposing size. Rep resentative Perkins carried the district in 1906 by majority of nearly 1000 and it is assumed to be normal for the republicans in a congressional contest, though in the presidential campaign of 1908 Mir. Perkins had over 10000 plural ity and 7,200 majority. In seeking to overcome that lead the democrats are counting not only on the insurance dis closures but also on the influences that are believed to be working, elsewhere in the country against the republicans, such as discontent with the tariff, the high cost of living and the widespread feeling shown in recent town elections throughout New York, that political change is due.