Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-09

Underwood tariff bin. and 70 Indicate
the disappearance of the VIII MOSS
vote So,,or-..,
Senator Kern of Indiana, Gemocrau'
leader of the Senate, said:
II see nothing discouraging to ne oem
ocrats In the election. We Kept up ou
vote, and had 1t not been for the uese q,
ton of one of the democratic leader Is. We
might have won. The most astom yMns
thing about 1t was the manner in uic'
the progressives returned to the repuo'
lican standard.
Regards It as Democratic Gain.
REPRESENTATIVE Doremus OF Michigan.
chairman of the democratic CONGRESS
sional campaign COMMITTEES. was an early
White House caller today and analysed
the results of the Maine election as a
distinct democratic gain Mr.. Doremus
pointed out that Pettangai, the oeMo-
cratic candidate, polled q greater voee
than did President Wilson in the same
district last fail.
I'm a district that has always been
republican, he said, having eiected
democratic only once since the elvl val,
the results show that the democrats
more than hold their own. Inis u
highly gratifying. especially in an on
year election.
The republican victory in Maine casts
double reflection in national pontlcs' as
seen at the House of Representatives. To
the republicans it presages' great VIC
tory a sweeping change from demOcra1lc
dominance to republican rule at the next
general election. To the democrats. AZ
far as their utterances on the subject go,
il appears to be nothing more OF less
than a local defeat. to be accounted Tor
by local condiations The republicans claim
the victory of the republican Peters is a
test case in national politics, Wrn the
1rNfr ,iSf rot inH R0-
The democrats here claim II Is not so.
And yet" say the republicans, You
sent Bryan, Clark. Redfield and all your
best people there
In discussing the election. the re-
publicans in Congress here give an IN
clination toward the progressive eie-
ment of the republican party, with the
evident hope of showing the Dull
moose crowd that the G. o. P. is going
to do some tall progressive stepping In
the very near future. and that the two
parties had better get together quickly.
Republican Current" Says Mann.
Says James r. Mann of Illinois. re-
publican leader in the House:
The other gentlemen (the demo-
crats) did most of the advertising. The
democrats and the progressives an
nounced they would send their biggest
men up to Maine and carry the cleo
ton. We didn't say much, but just sent
up half dozen of our good tarin
takers. The results show that the peo-
pie have decided for protective tarin,
and that the current Is now running
strongly with the republican party.
My request to all the republican
speakers who went there from here
was that they invite the progressives
to come back into the republican ranks
and to 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
be 'ieve the other half soon will.
Il recognize the fact that the republic
can party cannot live unless It be progress
sive. One destructive party is enough.
That party is the democratic party"
Blow to Bull Moosers.
Representative Flood. democrat, CHAIR
man OF the committee on foreign affairs.
made the laconic statement that the de-
feat was q terrific blow to the bull
moosers.
"As far as the democrats are con-
cerned,'' he said. there is no significance
in the results. but the progressive party
certainly was hit hard
Representative Moore OF Pennsylvania,
republican. member Of the ways and
means committee. and an ardent protec-
ZIONIST, said:
"The third Maine district is normally
republican and in favor Of protection.
The split last fall was the only cause
for a democratic victory there Even last
fall there was indication that many re-
publicans voted the progressive ticket
under protest Now they are coming
back to the republican fold and it Is
evident their interest compels them to
do So
On the other hand. Representative.
Adamson. democrat, OF Georgia says:
1T was local issue. pure and simple.
There we're local political dissatfsfactions
In the democratic party. 1t had nothing
to do with the national issues, the tarin
or the policies of the administration; and
besides. was II remarkable that the Dutch
should capture Holland?"
Representative Kahn Of California. one
of the good republican tarff takers"
who campaigned in the third Maine dis
trict. said to a Star reporter today:
All the democratic talk that the
election in the third Maine district was
ish prattle. IF they say the results of
the election show nothing but a local
political situation, why did they send
their biggest men there? Why did
they send Bryan and Clark and Red
field and others IL 1t was a local fight?
Why everyone there said that the cam
paign was more like a national cam
paign than congressional fight. The
tdpcTS lneTe Sd1O SO OFTEN.
Claims New Tariff Repudiated.
The result was a republican victory
because the voters in that district,
which is typical one. are regulating
the Underwood tariff. The farmers
threw Taft down hard last election and
gave him only 1000 votes because they
did not like the idea Of Canadian recf-
procity. Now they see that the Under
wood tariff is even worse Under reel
pr0cfty there might have been compen-
sations. Under the coming tariff there
Us nothing for any one except the influx
OF the competition of the world.
Il think this election presages a big
sweep OF republication in the next
Representative Fred Britten Of Chicap o.
republican, believes the Maine election is
an indicator of the political feelings of
the country at large.
II appears to me that the people
there are tired Of the whole democratic
policy already do not know ANYTHING
Ebout the local conditions there. but
am positive that the way the demo-
Gratis have acted since they came into
Office has solidified the republican, vote
and attracted the bull moosers back into
the fold"
Sees Reunion Of Party.
Representative Woods Of Iowa chatr.
man OF the republican congressional COM
mittee, said:
The results Of the Maine election ahow
tnat the voters Of the district had CON.
noence In the republican candidate, Mr.
refers: that the people are DOING their
avn avn tninKing. and the voters who be-
heve In liberal republican principles are
getting together irrexpecfive ~ wbot tho