Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-20
DEMOCRAT WINS;
MACHINE BURIED;
c. D. P. SWAMP PED
District Republican for Twenty
Years Sends James S.
HavenS to Congress
$ uPHEAVAL Is REMARKABLE
Tariff Reform Platform SmasheS
Party of High Protection in
New York District
uPHEAvAL is REMARKABLE
TAssociated Press1

u OCHESTER, N. Y, April 19.-Vot-
* ers OF Monroe county changed
AZ from the Republican to the Dem
ocratic column today and elected the
first Democratic congressman that nas
represented the thirty-second dlsttlc'
in twenty years.
James S. HaVens, a Democrat, run
ming on a tariff reform platform, ue-
feated George w. Aidridge, for score
of years the ruler of the county he-
publican organization. by $500 votes;
Monroe county, which comprises the
thirty-second congressional district, Is
normally Republican by ABOUT ooVV,
James Breck Perkins, whose death III
the middle of his third consresslonai
term necessitated a special election To-
dav carried the district in 1908 by w.
Ravens had arrayed against him one
of the strongest political organlzatloIis
in the state Yet, in campaign las.-
ing but seventeen days ana Win p@uiy
constructed machine, he accoinplsheu
one of the most remarkable oVertuihS
in political history.
1'be result of today's election taxes
its nlace beside the Democratic NlctorS
in The fourteenth Massachusetts dls.
trict. where Eugene n. Foss was seiie
10 congress from district supposeu "
he rock-ribbed Republican.
T..
form advocating tariff reform in the
interests of the consumer, REVISION
- the duties on wool and WOODEN
Goods. a removal of the tax on luIh-
her. a removal of the tarln on IRON
ore an income tax and, hnally, auI
vocating independence or poil'lcai
bosses.
ALDRIDGE STANDS PAT
Mr.. Aldridge, his opponent, content
ed himself with general proclanlatiols
in favor of the policies OF the hepuDs
iican administration. on the tarlil
nronosition he was regarded as
Roth candidates declared for reel
proeity with Canada, an employees
compensation act, a parcels post anu
postal savings banks.
THE Democrats acknowledged one or
the main factors in today's victory
was personal issue raised py Al
dridee's record az party boss ana eVl-
denee presented 9t the recent fire IN
surance investigation. Mr. Aldridge
acknowledged that he received $1,000
check fiom Elijah Kennedy, an agent
of the ire insurance companies, but
denied he benefited personally by tne
transfer Il He declared he turned the
money into the treasury Oh the hepuo-
lcan Organization.
The so-cNlled moral issue was taken
IN By the churches. and no less than
twenty elergymen announced them
selves for Havens. Mr.. Aldridge's de-
fense was that his record stood for
itself. Outside of the district he re-
ceived little if any assistance.
Mr.. HaVens, on the other hand, was
helped by the Democratic national
committee, which sent him such speak
ers as Charles N Hamlin of Massa-
chusetts, former assistant secretary OF
the treasury under President CleVe-
land and Eugene N. Foss, the newly
elected congressman from the same
state.
The overturning of the city was from
a Republican plurality of 6215 in the
last congressional election of 1908 to
S746 for Havens.
The towns that in 1908 went Republi-
can by 1912 gave Havens plurality
of 2154.
The most remarkable Republican re-
verses occurred in some of the resi-
denee wards. The Twelfth turned a
Republican plurality of 1862 into
Democratic plurality of 700.
The success of Havens probably
means that he will be candidate to
succeed himself when his present term
expires at the end Of the year. The
Democrats declare II means the end of
Aldridge's hopes for elective office,
but are not so sanguine of their ability
to shake his hold as political ruler of
the county.
James S. Havens the successful can
didate, Is a lawyer and former partner
of the late Congressman Perkins. He
has never held public office. He is re-
garded as a typical Democrat of the
",old school"