Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-13
Republican Leaders in New
York Aghast Over Maine.
MORE THAN STATE WIDE
Probable Effect on the Nation Starts
Them to Thinking Hard.
OLD GUARD GOES RIGHT AHEAD
Empire State Organization Leaders
Refuse Peace Overtures Said to
Emanate From Oyster Bay.

Emanate From Oyster Bay.
Special From a Stsn Correspondent.
NEW YORK. September 13.-Repub-
fuence are simply aghast today at what
they term the catastrophe In Maine. They
deem il to he more than a disasters po-
liticaIly, from the apprehension that the
effect of the result is of more than state
wide Importance.
The first question asked is what will
be the effect upon the political sentiment
Of other states, and the influence of the
landslide upon democratic factions in
heartening and harmonizing for a su-
preme fight in the Congress elections
and the preliminary to the presidential
campaign OF 1912.
Chairman Mack Jubilant.
Norman E. Mack. chairman OF the
democratic national committee. is in high
spirits over the outcome. In a state
Yesterdays election was fought out
on the great national questions of the
day, and it is clear that the people are
to triumph over the evils OF national gov
ernment which the democracy has been
fighting for years. Those evils may be
summarized as the domination of national
policies by the special privilege interests;
the welfare OF the few at the expense
of the many.
THE tide has turned In Maine and will
not stop until it has reached California.
In the last national election the republi-
can party promised the people relief from
the oppressive conditions occasioned by
the Dingley tariff.
Instead of a reduction they gave the
people an increase. and all the speeches
of the President and Vice President, OF
the entire throng of federal orators. can
not undo that wrong. The vigorous, pro.
gressive citizenship Of America has awak.
ened."
Judge Alton B. Parker. once candidate
for President on the democratic ticket
said: THE victory in Maine should prove
inspiration TO the democrats and bring
them together In every state to work for
a landslide in the Congress elections.
visited Maine and foresaw some of this
but did not dream ii would be such a
sweeping victory for our party"
Hoping Against Hope.
Republicans here were hoping against
hope during the early part of the day
that the earlier reports of the democrats
having carried the legislature might
prove untrue Maine has not sent a demo.
crat to the United States Senate since
1S47. when James w. Bradbury served
i'm the Senate for ten years.
Republicans of prominence In THEFT
talks among themselves do not under
estimate the possible influence of yester-
days elections upon the campaign fol
Congress in the country at large. In
deed. this was taken into consideration
in advance and resulted in the leaders in
Maine making extraordinary efforts ir
the closing days of the campaign to
mold public sentiment after republican
patterns: 1t is assumed that the first ef-
feet will be to encourage democrats
awaken them from the condition of indif-
ference that many had fallen Into as the
result Of successive defeats and to every
where stimulate democratic effort. The
work OF the republicans in every district
will unquestionably be made more diff
cult
Offering No Excuses.
IL il is asked If the walloping in Mamie
may not have the effect Of awakening re-
publican to a sense of national danger
and put them to work, Ii is pointed out
that the republican party is pretty bad
ly split just about now and the factions
engaged chiefly In abusing each other.
One republican leader put 1t this way:
In the old days defeat such as this in
a preliminary skirmsh would have re-
suited in our bracing up and presenting
a solid front to the enemy.
"It Is rather difficult to keep a solid
front to the enemy when we have to
stop every once in awhile and pluck an
arrow out OF our back, fired from our
Republicans were too busy today apply
ing balm to their wounds to try TO
analyze the cause Of the political revoiu-
ton in Maine.
The Effect in New York.
One feature OF speculation in regard to
the outcome of the Maine election is
whether the seeming shadow OF the COM
ing storm will lessen the activities OF
Roosevelt in New York politics. Some
politicians thought today that Roosevelt
would hesitate to jump into the fray as a
candidate for governor when the odds
seemed TO be against him as gauged by
current political opinion expressed in a
state normally republican.
Iloyd C. Griscom. his lieutenant, In an
interview draws he inference that now is
the time for all good party men to rally
behind his leader. Griseom will exploit
Roosevelt as the obvious savior of the
republican situation in New York.
Old Guard Standing Pat.
Reports were allowed to get out at Oys-
ter Bay yesterday that William Barnes
and lanes s. Sherman were suing for
neace. know positively that exactly
the contrary is the truth. Griscom made
overtures for a compromise between Sher-
man and Roosevelt. and they ere de-
cIined. and declined rather curtly at
that The fact that Roosevelt is trying
sn line out a candidate for governor has
- efYect on the old guard. They do