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freely predicting that Foss' victory
means the election Of a Democratic
House for the next session.
The Republicans are plainly dis
lurbed. although they are extracting
comfort out of the fact that there were
local conditions and issues. combined
with the alleged unpopularity OF
Buchanan. the Republican candidate
that affected the result
Its the best new / have heard since
1892" said Representative Clark. Of
Missouri, the minority leader. III that
proportion keeps up there Will hardly
be a Republican in the next House.
'The election in the fourteenth Mass
nchusetts district is only what we may
expect in November" said Chairman
Lloyd, OF the Democratic congressional
committee. There will be a COM
plete Democratic victory"
1T would be a great mistake to as
sumo that Foss election represents a
rise in the Democratic sentiment pure
and simple said Robert l.. O'Brien,
editor OF the Boston Transcript, now
stopping in Washington. 'Buchan-
ans nomination when made. found no
favor. No newspaper in Boston sup-
ported him. lt was deemed q good
time for a local house cleaning. This
accounts more than anything else for
the Extraordinary overturn OF the nom-
inal Republican vote"
Among those Republicans most sur
prised over the result IS Representa-
tive George Edmund Toss OF Illinois
who has been in congress for IS years
and who is a brother OF the recently
elected Massachusetts representative.
He considers Eugene's success moth
ing less than a miracle"
He is a great fighter, though" said
George today. "and / suppose we shall
have some warm times when he comes
down here and sits IN the chamber
opposite me-
1T shows also that the people be-
lieve in the justice Of the income tax
and have little patience with the at
tempts OF Senator Lodge and the Re
publican State machine to discredlt
and defeat a measure which has been
lorsod by the practically unani-
NOUS sentiment OF the people without
distinction OF party"
II do not believe the Massachusetts
result is any indication of the senti-
mept Of tho country at large" said
Henry c. I.oudenslager OF New Jersey,
secretary Of the Republican Congress
sional Committee.
Here we have a half Republican and
half Democrat running on a Republi-
can ticket. Each came out on plat
form OF anti-Cannonism and anti-Ald-
richism. The man on the Democratic
ticket announced that he-would not
he a candidate again. so he received the
support OF a lot Of fellows that had
friends grooming for the next election.
Then there was the Canadian tariff
issue, which win cut no figure what
ever in thee lection next fall: there
We're various little local squabbles, that
are paramount in a short term election
but forgotten in a countrywide contest
and there you have it. II you can con-
strue that into a forecast Of next Mo-
vemher you have q better imagination
,-ttRn 1 have"
Representative Otto c. FoellSer (Re-
pubhcan). OF Brooklyn, takes a lugibri-
Gus view OF the Massachusetts result.
"There is no use trying TO argue that
II IS not an indication OF the next con-
Bressional election" he said. 1T proves
very conclusively, to my mind, that
the Democrats viii carry the next
House"
Members Of Congress are turning
their attention TO the send New York
district. where an election is TO be held
the death Of the late James Breck Per-