The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-11

directly for at the prlmaries-that is so
far as the State ticket is concerned. OF
course. the party nominees for Congress
and for the United States Senate are
chosen by direct primary. Under the
law the secretary OF state has entire con-
trol of the time at which the nomination
OF candidate effected in the primaries
shall be certified He has entire control
Of the time al which the parry eonven-
lions to adopt the platform and to COM
plete the ticket, shall be called; and he
set October as the date for this years
Democratic convention.
The Republican convention was held
October g. But for weeks eminent states
men have been going UP and down the
land. defending candidates. that had no
immediate standing in law, and advanc-
ing doctrines which might possibly be
repadiated when their party conventions
met. OF course this situation is ridicu-
ious, but IL is what has come to Mich
igan through a prolonged and almost
irresponsible domination of the State by
single party intent on making the con-
troll eternal.
That there is an undercurrent OF hos
tility to the Republican party in Miehi-
gan is apparent 10 any fair-minded OBJ
server. That 1t will effect anything. 9TH
er than perhaps in three Congressional
districts. I do not think probable Mich
igan really. so far as its public men are
| concerned. was not and 10 not now in
surgent. The people may be 10 a certain
extent; / believe they arc. Here in De-
troit they are very bitter against the sit
ting Congressman. DENLY But the out
come of the primaries in the Republi-
fcan party was less indicative of insur-
gent sentiment than of other forces oper-
ating upon the voters.
Burrows Is Beaten.
or course, from national point OF
view, the striking result OF the primary
election was the defeat OF Senator Julius
Caesar Burrows I have stopped in his
home town Kalamazoo, and have talked
with meR here and from other points
In his own immediate environment. II
wasn't because he was a standpItter in
the United States Senate that he was
beaten. because Townsend WHO beat him.
was even more of standpatter in the
House of Representatives. We who know
Townsend. recall that his record in the
House has been me Of unflinchng fealty
TO Cannon and TO all his works Right
to-day in his canvass for the Senator
ship he IS preaching as much standpat-
ism as he is progTessivism He beat Bur
| rows partly because the eastern end Of
the State wanted a Senator. partly be-
cause the people were tired OF Burrows:
he had been too long in the Senate and
| had accomplished too little. His closest
| friends. the Blodgetts. OF Grand Rapids
who had always been regarded as his
| financial and political sponsors, lost in
terest in his campaign this year. because
there was a Grand Rapids Senator, Will
| lam Alden SMITH. whose presence suf-
| feed them.
Democrats Cannot Win.
In the end. Burrows was retired be-
cause he was believed 10 have outllved
his usefulness 10 the interests" The
new Senator need not be expected 10
differ very materially in his public acts
/ from the old one.
I say the new Senator. because It is
quite incredible that the Democratic
nomin e. Hon. John T winship, OF Sag
NAV. should b. elected. Enthusiasts may