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Defeats Aldridge for Con
greSS by $685. in a 10000
Republican District.
FIRST OF HIS PARTY
CHOSEN IN 80 YEARS
Campaign Fought on National Is
sues, Leaders Forecast a
Democratic House.
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district against Cannonism was we'll
nigh as strong IN this part Of the East
as in the middle West.
It has been twenty years since =
Democrat was elected from the Thirty
second New York district Then, Col
AIbers s. GreenIeaf was elected, in
1880, Just preceding the election Of
Grover Cleveland as President for the
second time
Representative Mckinley, chairman OF
the Republican CQngressionaI committee,
said that the defeat Of Aldridge was
not due to the tariff or any other M
tIonal question He said the fight was
wsged on local issues and the Congress
Eional committee took no hand
However, the fight WIS not by any
means waged on local issues. The
Rochester district Is a great manufac-
turing district and there is the deepest
sort Of dissatisfaction with the recent
tariff measure
Inc election Of Ravens has come az
time calculated TO be peculiarly depress-
ing 20 the Republican Congressional
,7aTuOafrn leaders THe ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
that Senators .Aldrich and Hale win not
stand for reelection has Just been
made. This is felt BY the Old Guard in
the Senate and House as q misfortune
The loss Of AIdrich, especially, Il IS
recognized, viii leave the Senate TegI-
lars without a leader 1t IS also realized
that Senator Hale could probably not
have been reelected in Maine, and
would probably have been succeeded by
man who stands for Lsa progressive
Republican policy
Hard Work Ahead.
The FOss victory. followed BY the
Ravens victory. means that the Repub-
1ican Congressional committee will have
even more desperate work on hand 20
save the party from defeat next fall IN
T.
While there Is a strong movement OF
protest IN the Middle West against the
tariff measure and the conduct Of af-
fairs in the House and Senate by the
old machine. there have been no indi-
CatiOns Of such tremendous revulsions Of
political sentiment as have occurred in
Massachusetts and New York
Democratic leaders today were one in
declaring that the election Of Ravens
following the election Of FOss means 3
Democratic House
William Jennings Bryan. before lesv-
ing Washington declared the election a
pOrtent OF what the country would do
next Ia4ls and showed the people mad
lost confidence IN the Republican party.
Representative Underwood Of Ala
banRr member Of the Ways and
Means Committee and prospective floor
leader IN the event OF Democratic
House. In commenting on the Rochester
election. said
The election Of Mr. Eavess SUGGESTS
Reputation Of what the Republican
party stands for today There has been
a backward tendency in the Republican
party ever since the passage Of the
Payne-AldriCh tariff bill Tp TO that
time the tendency was In favor Of that
party The tariff represents Cannon
Aldrich- and Taft Cannon has lost his
influence in the House, and il can be
traced 10 his domination Of tariff sChed-
uleS- AldTiCh has announced his retire
ment from the Senate Taft says enc
term Is enough 1OT him. The positions
or al three gentlemen today is siEnifl-
cant as compared with their positions
before the passage Of the tariff bill
Sees a Democratic President
Senator Clay Of Georgia Dem.) said.
I had not expected that the normally
large Republican majority in that dis
trict would be overcome The election
shows beyond question that the next
House viii be Democratic If the Dem
Ocrars act with prudence and inteIIi-
gence, and nominate for the Presidency
a man Of high character IN whom the
business interests Of the country have
confidence, they viii have no difficulty
in securing complete control Of the
Government
on the Republican side Of the House
the most interesting comment is that
which Is not intended for publication
Ia brief, the New York machine IS con-
Gemned for having nominated Aldrleh
whose name figured in the Insurance
scandals thus putting up The weakest
possible man
IL the second place the defeat is
charged 70 high prices OF FOOD StuuS-
Some Republicans say that II Chair-
man Payne and Speaker Cannon had not
opposed the FOelker resolution 70 have
meats placed on the free list for one
year there might have been another
story 70 tell, and the defeat might not
have been 50 pronounced
One New York Republican who makes
no bones about saying Il told you So
When AldrIQEe was nominated ne
prophesied that the district would De
lost, but did not think there would be
such an overwhelming defeat.
n was a question Of the men; not Of
party, declared Representative Payne
mat brought about Aldridges defeat
The taTiH had nothing TO do with the
Speaker Cannon declined to be inter
viewed on the subject simply saying,
You would better so, II you desire
comment N The premises. 70 citizens o.
New YORK State
Champ Clark minority leader in the
House, said today
q tell you, the people viii no longer
De fooled Ola the tariff; they know
when a revision is upward. and not
downward. You cannot continue to
make them believe the foreigner PAYS
the tax The first evidence Of the
change in the country came when
Repre- entatIve Dickinson of Missouri
was elected TO MI the vacancy caused
IN the death Of De Almond, by an in
creased Democratic majority. of
course our Republican friends ex-
planned the Increased vote by saving
il was d local issue. just as they at
tribute the Democratic victory IN the
FouTteenIhs g-GSsf0nai district of
Massachusetts which gave RenreSen-
tative FOSs sue ha substantial vote
"a course. the Republicans will try to
believe-and make the country believe
tOO-that the defeat they suffered yes
1erday was due entirely to the per
sOnalIty OF their candidate, who fE-
ured IN the recent scandal exposed by
the New York Legislature, but this
won't go. Il was the tariff, and that
is al there is to it