Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21
DR. CRPPEN IS HE[D'J0Y FOR INSURGENTS
He and Ethel Leneve Are Com Score Defeat of TaWney
mitted for Trial. for denomination to Congress.
CROWD jEERS AT GIRL SHERMAN ALSO HARD HIT
Accused Man Said Vice President
Pressed for Money. Own District
SEVERAL WITNESSES HEARD DEMOCRATS HOPE TO REAP
Republican
Opposition
He Disappeared. at Polls
SHERMAN ALSO HARD HIT
Vice President showed Under in His
Own District.
DEMOCRATS HOPE TO REAP
Think Republican Discord Means
Victory For Opposition Party
at Polls in November.

Victory For Opposition Party
at Polls in November.
lnsurgent republicans in all sections
or the country rejoice today as q re-
suit of yesterdays primary elections
In New York and Minnesota, where
TWO prominent members of the G. o. p.
regulars both. went down to defeat
In New York Vice President Sher-
man was showed under in his home
district. While his supporters contend
he viii be elected temporary chairman
of the republican state convention at
Saratoga. the progressives. under lead
ership OF Col. Roosevelt. are much en-
couraged and are confident they have
the old guard on the run.
Tawney Comedies Defeat.
In Minnesota Representative James A.
Tawney, the present incumbent from the
first district. who Is vice chairman Of
the republican congressional campaign
committee and chairman Of the appropri-
ations committee in the House OF Repre-
sentatives, where he is serving his ninth
consecutive term, was defeated Tor the
denomination.
His successful opponent. Sidney Ander-
son, a young and hitherto unknown law
yer Of Lanesboro, ran as progressive
and will have a majority of from two to
three thousand. The returns are COM
ing in slowly, but Mr.. Tawney's managers
concede his defeat by approximately that
figure.
The remainder Of the Minnesota con-
gressional slate managed to pull through.
although bitter fights were made on Rep
resentative Nye. brother or the late
Bill Nye, In the fifth district, and on
Fred c. Stevens in the fourth district.
In both these districts the opposition to
the sitting members came from the In
surgent republican element
Bennett Defeats olcott.
Another victim OF the insurgent wavs
that seems to be sweeping over the coun-
try is Representative ]. Van Vechten On
colt of the fifteenth congressional dis
trict of New York. who was defeated for
denomination yesterday by William N.
Bennett who attacked Olcott for the sup
port Of Speaker Cannon. made II his
principal issue and won out handily on
this straight insurgent PLATFORM.
William M. Bennett Is not to be con.
founded with william S. Bennett, the sit
ting member from the seventeenth dis
trict who. having q lightning rod up Tor
the gubernatorial nomination. mas pos.
poned his nominating convention untii
after the state convention meets. Mr. OIL
colt is a valued member or the House
committee on the District or Coiumpia
Representative Herbert Parsons OF New
York, one of the original republican SEMI
insurgents, was renominated In the thIf.
teenth district without opposition.
Democrats Hope to Win.
The democrats in the Olcott, Parsons
and Bennett districts are confident they
will carry those districts In November.
Many republicans familiar with the situa-
tion believe their hopes are not without
foundation
The same may be said with equal prob
ability of the first district of Minnesota,
where Sidney Anderson, the young pro-
gressive who defeated Mr.. Tawney, will
have his work cut out for him to defeat
Judge Buck, the democratic candidate.
who is both prominent and popular
1t must not be forgotten that an inspec-
ton Of the primary vote in number OF
states has demonstrated that the demo-
Gratis have joined with insurgent repub-
hcans to bring about the overthrow of the
regular republican candidates But these
democratic votes will be cast for demo-
cratic candidates at the polls in Novem-
Der.
What the result will be remains to be
seen. The republican insurgents-or pro-
gresSives as they prefer to be called
express confidence in the election of a re-
publican majority of the House Of Rep
resentatives in the SiXty-second Congress
and claim that Of this majority from hfty
to seventy-five will be progressives.
On the other hand the democrats be-
lieve that, this fall, they have their great
est chance since 1892, and assert that II
is now merely a question Of the size OF
their majority in control Of the House.
Tawney's Long Battle.
The defeat of Mr.. Tawney was not en-
tirely unexpected. There has been a
factional fight against him In his dis
trict for the last half .dozen years BY
successive stages his elective majority
has been cut from more than 10000 to
little more than 1000.
This year che activity of the insurgents
in his district was redouoIed, ana lae
fight on Tawney made more bitter than
ever He was attacked by Col. Roosevelt,
CLIFFORD Pinchot Senator La Toilette and
other insurgents and progresstves on the
ground that he was machine man,
Cannon follower and a friend OF the in
terestB.
YESTERDAY, when the primary ballots
were cast. the young and unknown lawyer
opposing him won out with a big mar
gin to spare.
Looking backward bit, Mr.. Tawney
can and does attribute most of his recent
political troubles. eliminating in his de-
feat for denomination yesterday, to his
big row with President Roosevelt over
the secret service q couple or years ago
At that time Mr. Roosevelt attempted TO
put the Minnesota member in the An
anias Club.
But Tawney resisted. A paper in his
district which called him liar on the
strength of Mr. Roosevelt's declaration
he promptly sued for libel, obtaining
Judgment in the highest court in his state
Put Down by Roosevelt.
But the moral effect OF the fact that
Mr.. Roosevelt had proposed him for
membership in that particular club was
bad. Not even a court verdict could ef-
ia ce the harm it had done.
This year when Mr.. Roosevelt went
after him again and chased Clifford Pin
chot down into the first district to attack
Tawney, 1t began to look as If he were
up against it. Yesterdays voting showed
that he was.
While an organization man and a friend
of Uncle Joe Cannon, Mr.. Tawney won Q
reputation, during his eighteen years OF
service in the House Of being most dis
Independent In thought and
action. When he once made up his mind
hat q certain line Of action was right
there we're no considerations OF interest
Or threats directed against his political
P,,t,Ire that could turn him from the path
he had marked out for himself.
He had espoused at various times some
sf the most unpopular propositions Inn