The Detroit times., 1910-09-19

! success. One indirect but conspicu-
Gus and important insurgent victory
in California, was the fear OF Sena-
/ tor Flint, a standpatter. to submit
himself to the direct primaries for
denomination to the United States
senate. For governor, there was a
! bitter fight on a clear issue Of insur-
! gent against standpatter. The insur-
! gent, johnson, won: also. two of the
most powerful standpatters in con-
gress. McKinlay and McIashlan, We're
defeated for denomination by such
! thorough-g going insurgents as Vim.
Kent and Mr.. Stevens. Kent's pres
ence In the next congress will be a
| powerful addition to the insurgent
strength.
In Kansas the fight was clear and
! simple Kansas has eight members
in the lower house Of congress. Two
of the present members. Madison an !
Murdoch, are insurgents. The others
are standpatters. In the fight for re-
nomination, Murdoch and Madison,
insurgents, were unopposed. In each
standpatter's district there was a
hard fight. Four standpatters were
defeated. In the new congress Kan
sas will have siv insurgents and two
standpatters.
In Iowa and North Dakota, Repub-
! lican state conventions adopted
strong insurgent platforms and con-
demned the Payne-Aldrich tariff. Lat
er Michigan nominated an insurgent
for governor and for the United
States senate defeated one of the old
Romans of the Aldrich crowd Bur-
rows, who has been in public life for
40 years and was a member OF the
| finance committee.
To Dominate Finance Committee.
The passing of Flint, Burrows, Aid
rich and Hale, removes four stand
patters from the powerful finance
committee Of the senate and will en-
able the insurgents In the next SEN
are to dominate that committee,
which has been the stronghold of the
interests for more than generation.
In Washington state, although the
sentiment of people was overwhelm-
ing1y insurgent, there was but one
insurgent representative at Washing
lton-Poindexter. At the recent pri-
mary, Poindexter was promoted to
the nomination for the United States
senate, and the insurgents swept the
state with the exception of one men,
Der OF congress.
In Idaho the people had their first
chance to vote on the insurgent YER
sus standpat issue, and they defeat
ed Cannon congressman. Hamer,
nominating in his place, French, who
is pledged in opposition to Cannon.
a or In
advance for the insurgents was the
Republican state convention in In
diana in May. which was dominated
by Beverage, and which adopted a
thoroughgoing insurgent platform.
IE Illinois. one OF the worst of the
reactionarv Republican congressman,
Boutell, was. retired, while Cannon
and all the other standpat congress-
men had largely reduced majorities
In the primaries.
Two other events which gave great
moral strength to the insurgent move
ment were the voluntary retirement
of Hale and Aldrich. Hale, six
months ago, foresaw what was to
happen In Maine In September. He
knew he could not be reelected, and
he abdicated. The case of Aldrich
was little different. He could read
lily be reelected from Rhode Island,
but he knew that II he returned to
Washington his power In the senate
would be gone. He did not care to
wander about like the impotent ghost
OF Caesar, and he, too, abdicated.
South In Line, Too.
Meantime, there was growing up
In the Democratic party movement
almost exactly similar to the insur-
gent movement In the Republican
party. In Florida, Napoleon b. Bro
ward. running on a platform Of pro-
gressive principles there. similar 10
the insurgent Republican body OF
principles. defeated an old corpora
ton favorite. Taliaferro.
In Georgia, Hoke Smith defeated
Brown for governor.
Oklahoma is Democratic state in
which progressive principles are clear
! ly on top. Senators Owen and Gore,
| in their speeches and in their votes,
are always to be found in the COM
pany OF the insurgent Republican SEN
ators like LaFollette.
III the Republican party held ma
tional convention today, with dele
gates elected by the people, the In.
surgents would dominate the con-
vention.