The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-23
Big Republican Majority Is
Turned Into Overwhelming
Odds for Democracy
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
| CAN HARDLY BELIEVE It
Worst Blow for Republicans That Has
Befallen the Party In Many Years
Is the Way Election of Fess
Is Considered.
BY wArTERsoN sTEALEy

VIA ashinqton. March 22.-(Specia1-)-
The sweeping democratic victory In the
Fourteenth Massachusetts, district to-
day resulting in the election OF hu-
gene M. Foss to Congress to succeed
the late Representative Lowering by
majority of nearly 5000 votes caused
a sensation in political Washington TO-
night. The district is one of the rock
ribbed republican strongholds OF ths
country. At the last election It gave
Mr.. Lowering. the republican candloaeo.
l14,250 majority out of total vote OF
| 2T, ,0oe: in 1906 the district gave re-
publican majority of 11l67 and In tho
congressional election of 1903 1t gave
| n republican majority of 11slh. II
has never been represented by a dern-
ocrats
The reversal of republican ma
iority of $4,000 to democratic major
ity OF 5000 if extended throughout the
country at the November elections
would hardly leave corporalss guard
of republicans in the next House OF
Representatives.
! The contest in the Fourteenth Mas
sachusetts district was fought out al
most exclusively on the Payne Aldrieh
tariff bill, both of the candidates-Eu-
gene NJ. Foss and w C. Buchanan--con-
| ining themselves to it.
Hard Blow for G. o. p.
| Mr.. Foss made numerous speeches
over the district and was materially
aided by the democratic congressional
committee which sent from this city
pamphlets of democratic speeches mads
against the Payne -Aldrich bill. Mr..
Lloyd. the chairman OF the denlocratic
national congressional committee. has
been keeping in close touch with the
situation but was hardly sanguine
enough to believe that the entire re-
publican majority could be wiped out.
Republican congressman generally con-
sider the result of the fight the worst
blow the party has yet received, max
ing due allowance for the personal pop
ularity of Mr.. Foss and the means pos
sessed by him to build up an effective
| organization. The republican COLI
Eressional leaders are staggered by the
blow and do not attempt to conceal
their uneasiness over the political ef-
feet il will have.
That's the best news I have heard
since 1892" Representative, Champ
Clark OF Missouri gave utterance to
the above expression tonight when in
formed of the result in the Fourteenth
Massachusetts, district today. IF that
proposition keeps up added the demo-
cratic leader. there will hardly be
republican in the next house Taken
| in connection with the recent MISSOURI
district election 1t sh hows that the same
| causes ire operating all over the coun-
| try against the republicans. 1t Is al
most TOO sood 10 De true.
| FIoyd's Statement
| ohio election in tho Fourteentb nass.
cbusetts district is on1v what .we NAV
expect in November. There will he a
| Icomn,ats democratic v,ctorv !. This i. s
the statement made by Representative
LLOYD chairman OF the national DEM
ocratic congressional committee tonight
when informed OF the democratic land.
| slide in Massachusetts.
| THE principal issue in the campaign
was the e-Aldrich tariff BILL" said
| Mr.. Lloyd TT should be remembered
also that this is q district largely en-
gagged in manufacturing
There have been four important cleo.
tons in as many MONTHS continued he.
'.Mr PoIndexter was elected In Washing.
ton by a majority of more than 1000 less
than was obtained by his republican pre-
decessor The second election was held
in Chicago. to fill the vacancy caused by
the election of Senator Loriner In that
| regular republican. an ins,lrgent repub.
lican and democrat. BY only plural