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tionally, very substantial majority In
the next House of REPRESENTATIVES..

the next House of Representatives.
William j. Conners, chairman Of the
democratic state committee Of New YORK
Mr.. Ravens victory should serve as al
object lesson to both democrats and re-
publicans. .Aldridge expected walkover
because he intended to name his own op,
ponent. When this privilege was denleo
him the fight was narrowed down TO tMe
issues namely, high cost of living and IN
surance corruption. Aldridge believed i''s
personal strength would onset the III
fuence of moral issues. The result inui'
Gates that voters understood the situatioh
They placed the responsibility Tor pIo-
hibitive food prices on the administra. loN
and it's policies. They blamed the repao'
lican state machine for the lons-coI.il'
ued scandal I'm official life at ALBANY
They entered their protest win e.apm 1sar
effect. The democracy has great oppef'
tunity 1t cannot, however. take adVan.
tase of this opportunity unless II SHOWS
itself worthy to do SO.
Lloyd C.. Griscom. president OF the
republican county committee: I am ex'
tremely surprised. l was conndent ME-
AIdridge would be elected.
william I. Gaynor. mayor of New
York: I will not comment on anything
political.
senator Clay of Georgia, democrat
had not expected that the normally large
republican majority in that district wouio
be overcome. The election shows ne,
yond question that the next House VIII
be democratic. If the democrats act With
prudence and intelligence and nominate
for the presidency man OF hlgh chaf-
acter in whom the business interests OF
the country have confidence, they VIII
have no difficulty in securing complete
control of the government.
senator Frazier of Tennessee. demo
crat-New York is slowly but surely get
ting around to the right way OF thinking
The insurance scandal. with which Aid
ridge was connected. did not help him or
his party and with his nomination the
election of a democrat from Rochester
was practically assured.
Speaker CannOn-I must decline to
comment on the subject. You had better
go, if YOU desire comment in the prem
ises to citizens of New York, who are
presumed to be familiar with conditions
in that district.
Representative serene r. Payne OF
New York, republican floor leader-lt was
a personal question of the men. and not
of party, that brought about Aldr1dge
downfall. The tariff had nothing to do
with the result Therefore, the victory
cannot be claimed by the democrats as
one for their party.
Representative GOuldeu of New York.
democrat-It certainly looks as II the
votes are once more drifting toward the
democracy. Why shouldn't they?
Representative Calder of New York.
republican, predicted. week ago. that
AlQrlQgG WOulQ DE ueledtcO. uO hON eiiahn
II will seriously affect the republican
party in New York state, for the fight
vas between Aldridge and the people. Any
democrat in my estimation. would have
won.
Representative Hamilton Fish of New
York. republican-National issues played
little If any part In the election. The con-
ditionS were local.
Representative Francis Burten Har-
risen of New York, democratic looks
to me as if we could sweep New YORK
state rom end to end In the coming gen
era, congressional election. OF course,
this overwhelming victory was won on
ne tional issues. to great extent.
Representative Eugene N. Foss of
Massachusetts-It was the Payne-Aldrich
bill that defeated Aldridge While there i,,
were other contributing causes, / will
admit the issue there was mainly an
honest revision of the tariff and Canadian
reciprocity. The pledge made by the re.
publicaRs that they would make an honest
revision of the tariff is in the people S
minds This result means that all the
chaps who voted for the Payne Aldr1ch
bill have got to go. Aidrich and Haze
have already been taken i'll, haven't they
and there will be lot more who will
thing else will happen. The oid-time
leaders have had their innings and the
tide is turning strongly against them.
Representative Charles n. Fowler of
New Jersey, republican, who was deposed
from the Craftsmanship of the committee
on banking and currency by Speaker
Cannon-The election result was judg-
ment of God and tends to prove that the
American people are tired OF political
piracy and intend to prevent it from now
on.
Representative William b. Mckinley
of Illinois, chairman of the republican
congressional committee-Our committee
took no part in the thirty-second New
York district fight, which was waged on
local issues solely. Neither the tarin
nor any other national question had any
thing to do with the defeat Of Aldridge.
Reprcsentative James T. Lloyd OF
Missouri. chairman of the democratic
congressional commttee-1t is splendio
democratic victory. 1t marks the tri-
umph of the people over bossism.
Representative Champ Clark of Mis-
souri,, democratic floor leader-The result
In the Rochester district, taken In con-
nection with the results in the sixth
Missouri district and the fourteenth
Massachusetts district, proves conclusive
ly that the country is disguised with the
republican administration and the repub-
ncan Congress and proposes to overthrow
victory pure and simple-a democratic
victory. It foretells certain democratic
victory in the coming elections.
Representative Heary A. Cooper of
Wisconsin, insurgent republican-The
voters are getting to the point wnere
party loyalty is not the dominating fac
tor in elections. Principles are coming
to be recognized as the test.