Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-07
LA Toilette INDORSED
FOR RETURN TO SENATE
His Plurality Over Cook Estimated
to Be About Forty Thousand.
SENATOR BURROWS DEFEATED
Beaten In Michigan by Lukewarrn
Radical by Plurality Of $4,000.
Vermont Republican Vote
Greatly Reduced.

Ihe insurgent or progressive element
Ia the republican party won substantial
victories all over the country yesterda,
In the nominating primaries I'm varjou.
states, As result the advocates OF the
IDEAS and ideals represented in the Senate
by La Toilette OF Wisconsin. Bris,ov Of
Kansas and others. and in the House by
Norris OF Nebraska and Murdock Of Kan.
sas. are jubilant. while adherents OF
speaker Cannon and members OF the old
guard who have marched under the or
ganization banner for years are cor.
respondingly cast down.
me prediction is now freely made. as a
result OF the general trend OF political
thought throughout the country, as indi-
Gated by yesterdays primary results, that
while the republican party has a rood
chance OF electing a majority OF the
House OF Representatives for the Sixty
second Congress- the balance OF power
will undoubtedly be held by the pro.
gressives
As Victor Murdock said yesterday when
he stopped OF in Washington between
trains. The, progressives will control the
next House OF Representatives. no mat
ter whether the majority is republtosu
or democratic"
La Follette's Victory.
Senator Robert La Toilette. the him
nf he
Ing victory I'm Wisconsin.
The latest returns Indicate th., "a.
plurality over his opponent, Samuel A.
oook' VIII be about 10000. La FolIette
ran at lease 1000 votes ahead OF the
state ticket which may be accounted for
by the fact that there were several can
oidates Tor the gubernatorial nomina-
tion. II is now certain that the uactu-
rescue progressive leader will have con-
troll OF the convention platform t'Madi-
son and VIII have the next Legislature
back Of him.
In Michigan Representative Charles r.
townsend who has been known as an In
dependent and progressive republican. al.
tnoush he never Identified himself with
tne raoical insurgent movements, defeated
senator J. c Burrows I'm yesterdays pri-
fndOTeR-
ment for United States senator by NOR.
than 2ocW Representative Washington
Gardner OF the third district. chairman OF
the District of Columbia subcommittee a
the House appropriations committee. q
stand-patter and good organization man.
was defeated for denomination by ], NJ
{. Smith, an insurgent.
Reduced Majority in Vermont.
In Vermont. although the republicans
elected Lieut.. Gov. John A. Mead
OF Rutland. their gubernatorial can
didate, his majority was only 17,oO1
the smallest. with two exceptions. since
1870 Twelve towns went democratic.
Charles %. Watson OF St Aibans, tho
democratic candidate. not only carried
his own city. but Montpelier. the state
capital, O hitherto unknown feat I'm yer-
mont politics. The democrats are jub,-
liant at the gains made by them.
The insurgents won out in New Hamp-
shire with a rush. This was the first
direct primary election in the state The
insurgent candidate for governor. State
Senator Robert p. Bass OF Peterboro.
was nominated by vote of more than
Bertram Ellis of Keene He carried every
county In the state. In the second con-
gressional district Representative Cyrus
A. Sulloway, regular. was renominated
over his insurgent opponent by a good
sized majority. A significant feature of
yesterdays voting in New Hampshire
was the defeat of United States Senator
Gallinger. who was a candidate for dele
gate TO the state convention.
Interest in Minnesota.
Interest now centers in the Minnesota
primaries. to be held September - Bitter
fights are being made on Representatives
Tawney and Nye, both regulars. who
have been stanch supporters Of Speaker
Cannon. The insurgent. or progressive.
element in the state will undoubtedly be
greatly encouraged by yesterdays re-
suits I'm Wisconsin and Michigan, and
will redouble their efforts. particularly In
the first district, where a factional fight.
with the defeat of Tawney as it's object,
has been In progress for years.
In the last six years Mr.. Tawney's ma
jority has been reduced from more than
Ia, 600 to about 1000. and some OF his
friends fear that he will not be able TO
pull through this tirne in the primaries,
and that IL he does a democrat will rep
resent the first district in the Sixty-seo-
ond Congress-.