New-York tribune., 1913-09-10
MAINE VOTE REbUKE
TO TARIFF T|NKER|NG
Republicans Say Figures Show
ProgreSSiveS After All Are
Pr0teCtiOniSts at Heart.
BRYAN SAYS HE'S PLEASED
Defeat Due to Return of Moose
to Fold and Not to Displeas-
ure with Administration,
is His Contention.
LF-om The Tribune Prrcnn.l I


Washington. Sept 9.--Republicans in
Congress are jubilant over the result O;
the Maine election. while the Democrats
are trying hard and vainly TO conceal
their chagrin and disappointment Bull
Moose are decidedly gloomy. although
they are doing lot Of explaining that the
victory is really Progressive at heart and
they profess 70 get some JOY out If the
returns.
The gain Of los per cent I'm an election
IN which tn tariff was the sole issue is
the cause Of the Republican joy. Will
the Republicans are not modest about
cloating over the Bull Moose party's
crushing defeat, they say that whatever
the Progressives may think about party
organization they in reality are protec-
ZIONIST Republicans
Secretary Rryan attributes the victory
Of the Republicans TO the return Of the
Progressives to the Republican party. He
said i'm a formal statement:
The Maine election, while disappointing
in the failure to elect our Democratic can
didatc. who IS a very able and progress
sive Democrat is not at all discouraging
when we consider he figures. The Demo
cratic candidate received within about 100
of the vote cast for the President last
fall. This is a remarkably good showing
when We consider that Il was special
election The Republican victory was due
primarily to the return OF large number
of Progress;vcs 70 the Republican party.
At least the Republican vote gained some
thing over 5000 and the ProSressives lost
1tot f..I rt4fH ha o. no
last fall"
Senator Gallineer OF New Hampshire
Republican leader Of the Senate. said 1t
means that the reaction has already set
in. II foreshadows the doorl Of the Tn
derwood tariff bill. and also indicates the
disappearance Of the Bull Moose vote"
Representative Mann said: The other
gentlemen Ohe Democrats did most Of
the advertising. The Democrats and the
Progressives announced they would send
then biggest men UP 10 Maine and carry
the election. We didn't say much. but
Just sent up a half dozen Of our good
tariff takers. The results show that the
people have decided for protective tariff
and that the current is now running
strongly with the Republican party
Proeressives Come Beck.
Ny request TO all the Republican
speakers who went there from here was
that they invite the Progressives 10 come
back into the Republican ranks and 10
show that the Republican party would be
sufficiently progressive to satisfy sane
men.
while all the Progressives did not
come back, at least one-half did, and |
believe the other half soon will. rec
ognize the fact that the Republican party
cannot live unless it be progressive. one
destructive party is enough. That party
IS the Democratic party
Representative Kahn. Of California,
who campaisned in Maine. said: "All the
Democratic talk that the election In the
Sd Maine District was not decided on ma
tiCral issues is babyish prattie. If they
say the results Of the election show moth
inz but a local political situation. why
did they send their biggest men there?
Why did they send Bryan and Clark and
Redfeld and others If it vas 4 local fight?
Why. every one theirs said that the cam
psisn was more like a national campaign
than a Congress fight. The papers there
said so often.
- think this election presages a big
sweep Of Rcpublicanlsm IN the next cleo
ton"
Representative Victor MurdOck. Of Kan
sas, Bull Moose leader in the House. says
in a statement "Thc Progressive party
has just begun the fight. and 1t proposes
10 fight all along the line. In tho bye
elections. as In the Congress election IN
Maine. where we had Il candidate this
year for the first time. the new party
may be for the present without adequate
organization against the money and the
machine or the stand pat Democrats and
Republicans. but Just so surely as princi-
PIE will triumph ultimately over partisan
habit OF mind. just so surely the Progress
sive party will continue TO thrive and
grow.
The 5000 voters Of Maine who vote1
FOR the Progressive candidate were not
sctuated by a band wagon anxiety To
win or by 2 mere anxiety TO secure Tor