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their members of the present con-
gress, but defeated one of the
most prominent of the standpat-
ters.
Two of the early primaries
were disappointing-Ohio in May,
and Pennsylvania in June. Mel
Their of those states has in the
present congress any single men,
Der who is recognized by the in
surgents in congress as one of
them. And in the nominations of
new members the insurgents did
not gain a single member in
Pennsylvania.
Similarly in Ohio, the gain of
The insurgents was only vague and
indefinite. Several standpatters
who were asking for renomina-
lion, under pressure from their
constituents at home announced
hat they would vote against Can
non for speaker. One standpat-
.er, Ralph Cole, was defeated for
the issue was clear, insurgent
against standpatter. But on the
whole, the insurgents got very lit
lie encouragement out of the pri-
naries in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
In August, however, insurgents
began to make remarkable gains.
California, for example, had its
irst direct primaries. Direct pri-
naries are the touch-stone of in
iurgents' success. One indirect
>ut conspicuous and important in
urgent victory in California, was
he fear of Senator Flint, stand
patter, to submit himself to the
lirect primaries for denomination
TO the United States senate. For
governor, there was a bitter fight
IN clear issue of insurgent
against standpatter. The insur-
gent, johnson, won; also, two of
the most powerful standpatters in
congress, McKinlay and McLach-
Ian, were defeated for renomina-
ton by such thorough-going in
surgents as VIM. Kent and Mr..
Stevens. Kent's presence 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 and Murdoch,
are insurgents. The others are
standpatters. In the fight for re-
nomination, Murdoch and Madi-
son, insurgents, were unopposed.
In each standpatter's district
there was a hard fight. Four
standpatters were defeated. In
the new congress Kansas will
have six insurgents and two
standpatters.
In Iowa and North Dakota, re-
publican state conventions adopt
ed strong insuFgent platforms
and condemned the Payne-Aldrich
tariff. Later Michigan nominal
ed an insurgent for governor and
flor the United States senate de-
feated one of the old Romans of
the Aldrich crowd, Burrows, who
has been in public life for 40
years and was a member of the
finance committee.
The passing of Flint, Burrows,
Aldrich and Hale removes four
standpatters from the powerful
finance committee of the senate
and will enable the insurgents in
the next senate to dominate that
COMMITTEE, which has been the
stronghold of the interests for
more than a generation.
In Washington, although the
sentiment of people was over
whelmingly insurgent, there was
L but one insurgent representative
at Observation-Disclosures. At
the recent primary, Poindexter
was promoted to the nomination
for the United States esnate, and
the insurgents swept the state
with the exception of one member
If congress, VIII e. Humphrey.
In Idaho the people had their
first chance to vote on the insur-
;ent versus standpat issue, and
hey defeated Cannon congress-
nan. Hamer. nominating in his
place, French. who is pledged in
opposition to Cannon.