The sun., 1910-03-23
BAY STATE DEMOCRATS WIN
CARRI STRONGEST REPG MI
CAV CONGRESS DISTRICT.

IuEr0e y. PS-s Defeats Buehanan. the
Regular Republican Nominee. In tine
FIRST EleetIsa Metd since the Payne
Aldrieh TaFtH Became Effective.
BosToS. March - Eugene " Foas
of Boston and Cohasset. brother oT Con
gresham Foss of Illinois. vas elected
90 Congress an Democrat In the Four
teenth Massachusetts, district to day by
a plurality % SEQ over william X. Bu-
chanAn of RrocktOn. running a. a Rcpub-
ican.
u vas an overwhelming victory for
Foss. With few exceptions every pre-
cinct in the district reversed the vote
of 1905 when the late { Congressman Lover
ing carried IL by more than Ii.O0O. giving
FOss the plurality instead OF the Repub-
loan candidate. Fo.s received ia.ssJ
votes and buchanan a.a4O
The district was considered the strong.
est Republican district in the state. com
priaing the southeastern section Of MaAsa-
chusetts. hut from the day % the party
convention which nominated Buchanan
prominsnt Republicans have secretly ex-
pressed their fears - Democratic VIC
tory.
From every town came reports ot
Wholesale rspudiation Of the Republican
nomines. that committee chairmen were
renigning because they could not support
Buchanan and from every hand came
going Ia vote for Democrat for the first
time
II was the first Congress election sincs
the Payne Aldrioh tariff hill went into
effect. and while the outcome can he con-
str'Ied a. a rebuks Co that meAsurs there
are other reasons for the Democratic
landslide
Fo-s male his campaign Chiedy on the
high cn-t % living. putting the blame
up"n the Dew tariff. with q little Canadian
reciprocity mixed IN.
Every voter IN the district some Is .O10.
received by mail q four page circular
se,tIng forth these issues. and the appeal
to the purse made votes. 4 contributory /
canse was the case % Judge Robert o.
Harris, who wap a candidate for the Re-
publican nomination. He 10 considered
by his friends TO have been treated shah
billy by the Buchanan people.
Most % the Cape dsleRatss 20 the
convention were unpledGed. but they
received invitations from Buchanan TO
attend q dinner Nc Taunton the night
before and with IL came word that their
hotel bills would Be paid and . special
car provided 70 take them to the convsn-
ton in BrOckton. Most Of them accepted
and fourtesn of the delegates went over
TO Buchanan.
The Republican nominaa WA rnaArdadI
- more % DemSc%es than Foss He |
was manager &c Gov. Douglass campaign |
and acted a. the Iatters private s~cresary |
St the State HOUSE where he earned the |
title 81 assistant Governor
Foss Was a Republ ican zap 20 last fall. !
when he accepted the Democratic noniina- |
ton for IisutenAnt Governor and cut
FrothinshAm' plurality of B0.OO 10
almost nothing Twice before he has been |
candidate for Congress. running on the |
Republican tick ct IN the-Eleventh district. |
q Democrat winning on each occasion.
senator Lodge made a speech in Brock |
ton last Saturday night IN whirh he tried |
20 show that the tarih law had nothing |
whatever TO DO with the increased cost |
of necessities lie also made an attack
on Foss in relation IA the proposed income |
tax. intimating that the latter m. Rht not /
make a proper return should the amend |
ment be adopted II helped Foss. f,.r /
after the speech had reached the voters
in the district many prominent Repub-
leans expressed thsir sentiment at the /
in~inuat,On.
Former Governors Long. Bates aud
Guild did not support Buchanan because
of his activities on hehalf OE Gov Doug
lac and while they Haid gothing TO assist 1
Fo-s their friends recognized their posi-
ton.
Mr. Foa- was slectsd for Congressman !,
Isovering's unexpired term and announced |
that he would not ba candidate for ra- |
election next fall Mr. Foss Who il NJ 1
his home made this statement.
The result IL no personal victory II |
il vindication of the principles for which /
| have fought 30 long. IL IL a. demand |
by the people that the Republican party |
fuIfI its pledge for an honest reduction /
of tho tariff IL 10 a demand for the i'm
mediate repeal Of section Of the Payne
Aldrich act which substitutes retaliation /
for reciprocity and threatens commercial
warfare with our best customers Il is
q demand that Canada he treated de-
Gently
Mr. Buchanan. the defeated candidate.
said:
4 am stIIl . Republican and bsIisve
in Republican policies An analysis OF
the election figures from all parts of the
district shows an undeniAbbs state OF
resentment against existing conditions
on the part OF those constituting the