Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-09
DEMOCRATS FIND
MAINE VOTE 0. K.
Wilson Does Not Regard Repub-
lican Victory Reflection
Upon His Regime.
BRYAN FINDS CAUSE FOR
REJOICING IN RESULT
Secretary Daniels Regards 1t as
Amazing Gain in G. o.
P. Stronghold.
Star Bureau,
Metropolitan National Bank Bldg,
.


WASHINGTON, Sept. 0.
President Wilson does not believe
that the election of a Republican
congressman in the Third main
district yesterday means any loss Of
confidence in his administration, or
show any change of political senti-
ment in the country since last fall.
The President refused to make a
statement about the election today
Secretary Tumu1ty is authority for
the announcement that the President
is not disheartened at all over the
result, and also fer the statement
that Mr.. Wilson was so little con-
cerned over the election result that
he went 10 bed before conclusive re-
turns had been received at the
White House.
After a long conference with the
President at noon today, Josephus
Daniels, secretary of the navy. made
some comments on the election result
which may fairly be considered as
epressing the administrations ideas.
who would have thought ten years
ago that a Democrat could ever come
within a few hundred votes of be-
ing elected in James G. Blanes old
district said Mr.. Daniels.
Just think of it, continued the
secretary. This third district has
been taught for generations to pc
lieye that the very life of it's people
depended ON q tariff on lumber, wood,
pulp and potatoes, its main products,
which we are putting on the free nst.
And in the fact of this and despite
internal discussions among the DEM
ocrats and the injection of g. liquor
issue, the Republican was elected by
by very small plurality
what about the falling off in the
Progressive vote?" asked the Star
correspondent.
at don't think there was falling
off" replied Mr.. Daniels. THE Roose-
Welt vote, IL is true. was twice as big
as the vote polled yesterday by the
Progressive candidate for Congress.
I don't think that's remarkable. The
remarkable and significant thing, to
nv mind, is that nearly 1000 former
Republicans in this longtime hide
bound conservative Republican dis
trict, voted for a third party candi-
date, knowing he didn't have ghost
of a show to be elected That means
there are three parties here to stay,
through the country next fall 1t
means that the Democrats will In
crease their present majority in Con-
gress." II. b. w.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 9.-Repre-
sentative Doremus. of Michigan,
chairman of the Democratic congress
sional campaign committe, was an
early White House caller today, ana
analysed the results of the Maine
election yesterday as a distinct Demo-
cratic gain. Mr.. Doremus pointed out
that Pattangall, the Democratic can
didate, polled approximately as great
q vote as did President Wilson in the
same district last fall. A
IN a district that has always been
Republican" he said, having elected
a Democrat only once since the Civil
War, the results show that the Demo-
Gratis more than held their own. This
is highly gratifying. especially n an
off-year election"
Secretary Bryan attributed the re-
suit to the return of large number
of Progressives to the Republican
party He issued this statement:
Secretary Bryan's Statement.
The Maine election while disap-
pointing in the failure to elect our
Democratic candidate. who is a very
able and progressive Democrat, is not
at all discouraging when we consider
the figures.
THE Democratic candidate received
within about a hundred of the vote
cast for the President last fall. This
Is a remarkably good showing when
we consider that it was a special
election.
1.-THE Republican victory was due
primarily to the return of a large
number of Progressiyes to the Re-
publican party. At least the Repub
lican vote gained something over
5000 and the Progressives lost that
much as compared with the returns
last fall.
1.-THE Democratic candidate, Mr..
Pattangall, in an interviey this morn
ing, refers to some defections in the
party There were two or three local
influences which tended to reduce our
vote, but, all things considered, it
seems to me that the Democratic
vote was as large as could be rea-
sonably expected and the result GER
tainly cannot be construed as disap-
proving of the Presidents adminis-
tration or policy"
Daniels Gratified.
"If any one had ever told me ten
years ago., said Secretary Daniels
as he left the White House today
that We are going to come within
500 votes of electing a Democrat in
the Republican State of Maine
would have said he was a dreamer.
1T is significant that in this old
Blaine district, where the duties have
been reduced ON great many ar
ticles of the tariff particularly af-
fecting 1T and where Republican at
tacks have declared industries would
be ruined, the Democrats polled an
even larger vote than they did in
the presidential election. Had it not
been for the Democratic detection as
a result of the bitter fight we might
have obtained the few votes neces-
sary to win