The Mena weekly star., 1910-11-17
LIVING IS TOO HIGH.
VOTERS IN ALL SECTIONS OF THE
COUNTRY HOPE FOR A
REDUCTION.
EXCESS PRICES LAID TO TARIFF
Fuller Returns Make Democratic quo
cess More straightforward
Loss Was Gsneral-What president
Taft Feared--Leaders GO Down.

Loss Was Gsneral-What President
Taft Fesred-Leaders Go Down.
Washington, Nov. 11.-More COM
plete returns from the elections serve
to emphasize rather than diminish the
Democratic landslide There Is haroly
a section OF the entire nation Wnele
the Republican vote did not slump
notably and in many cases disastrous
ly.
The Sixty-second congress Will be
Democratic by clear working ma
jority, while in the United States SEN
ate the Republicans will have only
scant lead over their opponents
Four influential Eastern states, New
York, Massachusetts. Connecticut ana
New Jersey, take their places at the
head of the procession, which Demo
cratic governors and strong Demo
cratic representation in their legisla-
lures. Ohio too, is Democratic.
The two great leaders OF the Re
publican party, Taft and Roosevelt,
alike met defeat in their own states.
What President Taft Dreaded.
President Taft finds himself face
to face with the one danger which
he has most dreaded and which he be-
sought the Republican voters OF the
Nation to prevent hostile house Oh
representatives to nullify what re-
mains of his legislative program. A
Democratic house, President Taft mas
pointed out, will paralyze the admins
tration and make any party legislation
impossible On the other hand, the
effectiveness of the Democratic ma
jority in the lower house viii be large
ly nullified by the hold which the Re-
pubIicans still retain in the senate.
Leaders Lost at Home.
A striking feature of the voting
| throughout the country was the re-
| pudiation of Republican leaders in
| their own home. Vice-President Sher-
mans home town, Utica, went Demo
cratic by several hundred. Serene
e. Payne's home city, Auburn. de
! feated him by 400 votes, although the
rural districts roundabout came to his
rescue and made his seat secure for
another term. In New York city Con
| gresham William s. Bennett was
beaten by Henry George, Jr., and
Herbert Parsons by Jefferson NJ. Levy
| Congressman j. Sloat Fassett OF Ell
mira, who went down to defeat In
| 1891, as a Republican candidate fol-
governor, lost his seat in the lower
house, and Hamilton Fish was defeat
ed for reelection as the Republican
candidate in the Twenty-frst New
York congressional district.
| Another unusual feature of the vot
ing in the East was the fact that IL
a majority OF the big cities the Repub
licans gained while they lost in the
country.
| One of the most astonishing over
turns was in the rockribbed Republi
can state of Massachusetts, where
Eugene ". Foss, Democrat, has ma
jority of 10000. The Massachusetts
legislature is Republican and viii
elect Senator Lodge
In New Jersey, DR.. Woodrow VII
son, who resigned the presidency o.
! Princeton university to take up the
work of the campaign, was swept int
the governors chair by 10000 votes
carrying with him a Democratic ma
jority in the joint session of the legis
lature and insuring Democratic sue
cessor TO Senator John Kean. Mos
of New Jerseys ten congressman will
sit with the Democratic party in tn,
Sixty-second congress.
First in 22 Years.
Connecticut has elected q Demo
cratic governor for the first time sine,
1898, in the person of Judge Simeon
E. Baldwin. The rest Of the state of
ficials will be Republican.
The Republicans lost heavily (.
Rhode Island, re-electing Gov. Aran
]. Pothier by a scant 1000 votes, al
against his plurality of about 10000 II
the last election. Senator Aldrich'i
successor will be Republican.
New Hampshire's new governor Il
Robert P. Bass, Republican, who wor
the nomination on progressive plat
form. Diminished Republican plurali
ties were the rule throughout tn,
state
Pennsylvania elected John K. Tener
the straight Republican candidate, b,
a reduced plurality. Berry, Democrat
running on the Keystone Indepeaden
ticket, led him hard fight all aloni
the line.
Tennessee elected a fusion candi
date, Ben w. Hooper, by a generous
margin; Michigan was overwhelming
ly in favor of Charles s. Osborn, tn,
Republican nominee, while Wisconsin
chose Frank e. McGovern, Republi
can, by reduced plurality.