The Washington times., 1910-09-13

chine that Senator Hale operated for
years, and to Voe Burleigh machine he
looked for the votes in the Legislature
10 send him back To the Senate Il was
the inability Of Burleigh to guarantee
that his machine would be in working
order and able to control the Legisla-
! ture, coupled with Senator Hale's de-
sire 70 help his son. Col Fred Hale.
get the Congressional nomination in
the First district away from Asher
Kinds, that prompted the veteran Of
retire to private life at the close Of his
present term.
Yesterdays election indicated that
Burleigh underCstimated the lettering
condition Of his organization, for II is
evident that he has gone down in the
wreck himself and that his seat in
the Sixty-secOnd Congress will be Occu-
pied by Samuel w oUld. a Democrat
Machine Is Wrecked.
In some respects the defeat Of Bur
/ leigh is regarded as the most signiIi-
cant incident Of the Maine election, for.
] It Is declared, It necessitates a complete
reorganization of the Republican party
in that State
When Gould and Burleigh were oppos-
| ing candidates in the Congressional cleo
ton two years ago Burleigh was vic
/ torious by a plurality of 2.67L That was
a Presidential year, when Burleigh had
the benefit Of the impetus of President
/ Taft, who carried the State by more
] than 30,000
/ In the election four years ago, an of
year, as was yesterdays election his
plurality was only ISL IN the cam
/ paiEn OF 106 BTrleigh's majority over his
/ Democrats opponent was 6,S63.
/ Since BUrleigh is the center around
{ which the Repu Dlican machine reyOlves
] il is evident. therefore, that the strength
/ Of the Republican organization began 10
wane after the 10S elections, and has
/ been growing gradually weaker ever
I The defeat Of Representative John p.
much Of surprise in Washington He
I was elected TO his first term in the
/ SIxty-frst Congress by the narrow mar
/ gin OF ISL votes over D J. McGlllicud-
/ DIV. the same man who defeated him
{ this year
/ Even Asher c. Kinds. the parIiamen
/ tartan Of the house Is believed defeat
} ed in the first district, despite the IN
4 huence Of the old Red organization This
{ district. formerly repTeSeted BY Ton
! Reed, and now represented by Amos l.
/ Allen. Reeds private secretary. was Re
/ publican TWO years ago by a majority Of
5,g72
Big Slump In Fourth
/ in the Fourth district. where Repre-
sentative Guernsey was defeated there
/ was a tremendous slump in the Repub-
Iican vote Two years ago, when Guern-
sey. was opposed by George n Hanson
his opponent Of yesterday, his plurality
was 1901
Yesterdays results IN Maine has
served to impress the managers OF the
Republican Con sressionaI campaign
with the necessity Of exertinE them
selves TO the utmost II they hope Il
retain control Of the house
Their chief danger. II Is pointed out
| Is In losing seats IN Eastern States Rep
| resentati,e Mckinley, OF California. one
/ Of the most effective campaign speaker
/ now or the stump. and one OF tne mos
/ optOruistic mersUers Of the House organ
/ ization. only a few days aEo claimed
/ The House for the Republicans By
/ scaut twelve members He was one OF
/ the speakers sent 70 Maine 10 neiD re
/ turn n solid delegation. and he did no
/ couCete Republican losses In that STATE
! in making his estimate OF Republican
cf,utrOl in thu Sixty-SeCOnd Congress
/ His majority in that Congress Is. there
fore. reduced by eight leaving a ma
| Jority OF four
/ Sh0uld AIayor t5zynOr be nominated
for governor in New YORK. IL IS admit
ed here that there would Be severa
additions to the Democratic Representa-
4 tjOr, in the House from the ElT1plT'
state. so that II can readily be seen p n.
the Republican managers are seriouSI
! concerned over the Maine election an
= the influence II VIII have on the country