The Washington herald., 1913-11-14

ambition OF men with no less stimulation
OF the voters interest. Not all the ef-
forts and eloquence of Gov. Glynn in New
York can put the old-fashioned conven-
ton, State or national. in the discard.
Congressman Gardner of MassacfIu-
sets comes back from the autumn d.
version of running for Governor some
what chastened in spirit perhaps, but
at least humble enough to suit the most
facetieus. When a citizen Is nominated
for Governor by his party he is supposed
to become automatically and otherwise
the head Of his party in the State,
whether elected or not Gardner is
modest enough to remark that he has no
wish to pose as leader or manager, but
he is insistent that there must be a
getting together Of Republicans and Pro-
gressives in Massachusetts, not only for
next years local and Congressional cam
paigns. but for the 1915 national contest
II Vexes the soul Of Gardner, as it does
the souls Of other real Republicans, after
an election to do some simple figuring
and behold that the Democrats elected
are minority candidates. The combined
Republican and Progressive votes in
nearly every State, district. or town,
would be a majority rather than a plu-
rality.
Gardner is not the only Congressman
coming back from a local defeat His
Democratic colleague Goulden. of the
Bronx district in New York City. was a
Tammany candidate for a high local Of
fice and fell victim of fusion. He held
on to his Congressional honor and salary
with admirable forethought and will give
vValCOrna 10 Iaka "A Afh
members chosen at special elections.
When Charles Beary Lands. who
served a dozen years in Congress from
Indiana, came along in the Willard last
night, even the experts in Congressional
history hesitated a moment when asked
low long since Lands let go. They could
hardly realize that March 4 Of four years
ago marked the close of the Landis serv-
ice. Since that sad day the Indiana
statesman has become one OF the powder
magnates at Wilmington much more in
terested in wars and rumors of wars
than In the future getting together Of
Hoosier Republicans. When Lands was
first elected TO Congress in 1896. his State
had a solid delegation of thirteen Re
publican members When Lands went
out dozen years later. but one Republi-
can remained, Crumpacker. OF Valparai
so. Two years later Crumpacker fell
down. and now two Democratic Senators
and thirteen Democratic House members
join with a Democratic Vice President
in telling how Indiana is invincible for
some time to come as a Democratic
Commonwealth.
Lands is not hopeless, and even IL do
HTNe aN ANaH- Es
interest in the State that honored him in
other years.
Fred Landis. a brother. also took
turn in politics dozen years ago. COM
ing to Congress from another Indiana
district for two terms. Another brother.
Kenesaw Mountain Lands, was long ago
appointed to the United States bench, but
retains a fervid interest in political af-
fairs. The Lands cousins, who remained
in Ohio, the Kumlers, were corresponding
ly active in politics. three of them reach
ing official station in Cincinnati, Dayton.
and Toledo, with John, the Toledo
brother, ambitious at one time to join
Cousin Charles B. in Congress.
]. s. Coxey, Of Coxey Army fame
beg pardon, Gen. Coxey-dropped in and
oddly enough just as considerable dis
play was made Of the Senator Bank
head bill giving s25.Oo0,0oo OF Federal
funds for good roads. 1t occurred TO
Coxey that the Bankhead bill was in
line with the demands made by Coxey
nineteen years ago, when his famous
army marched on Washington and fail
ed to keep OF the grass" The orig
inal contention of Coxey was that the
country needed good roads and every
one else admitted it, but Coxey added
with insistence that the unemployed Ia
Dor of that year could be given some
thing to do at living wage and at gov
ernment expense.
The real sentiment back OF the Coxey
Army movement was for good roads,