The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-04-05
BULL MOOSfRS
LOSING GROUND

Politicians in Washington find much
to interest them in the local elections
held this week. The showing made
by the Bull Moosers comes in for
more mention than any other feature
for obvious reasons
Republieans-those of the regular
and progressive varieties alike-are
particularly pleased with the returns
from cities like Chicago and ST. Louis,
and from localities in New York state,
where Roosevelt made favorable run
last November.
Many post mortem experts have
been trying to convince the country
that the Republican party is dead be-
yond resurrection. Republicans here
and especially those of the progressive
brand who we're not led away from
their party by the Roosevelt move
ment-refuse to don crepe, however,
and are busy making predictions that
within very short time there will
be developments showing a rejuvena-
tion, which will place the organization
in line for one of its old-time vigorous
fights before the national campaign
is under way.
In advance of the spring elections
this week the Republican leaders had
figured out the situation which would
bear out their theory that the pro-
gressive vote last fall was not an in
dication of a permanent condition.
When the returns came in they com
plaeently remarked: "We told you
so.' Chicago, for instance, was re-
garded as the metropolitan stronghold
of the Roosevelt progressivism. In
November Roosevelt carried Cook
county over Wilson by a plurality of
$4,000. Roosevelt Is vote in the coun-
ty was 166,06l, while Taft received
less than half of that-74,s75.
In the Chicago municipal election
this week the Republican vote was
on an average $1,000 in excess of the
progressive vote. The further point,
regarded as highly significant, is
made that only three progressive can
didates for members of the council
were successful, compared to eleven
Republicans who won their election If
the progressive movement was a per
manent thing, il is declared, the pro-
gressives ought to have made a great
er showing than this in their reputed
stronghold, while the Republicans,
granting the correctness of the post
mortem, ought to have carried moth
ing at all
In st. Louis Roosevelt had a vote
of 24,s03 last November. while Wilson
had 5s,s47 and Taft 46,523. Tuesday
last the Republicans in a total vote of
125,000-the largest ever east at a
spring election-won the mayoralty
contest by a plurality of 2,139 over
the Democratic candidate. The pro-
gressive vote was only 4,6l1, although
the third party candidate for mayor
had been personally indorsed by Col.
Roosevelt. The Socialist vote was p
900 greater than that of the pro-
gressives.
In Hampstead, n. Y, where Roose-
welt polled 1924 votes last fall, the
progressives polled Tuesday only l.
SIS votes. In connection with this
it is pointed out that there was no de-
crease in the vote this spring and that
the Republicans actually polled more
votes than they did in Novembec.
Hampstead is in Nassau county, which
is Roosevelt S home county.
From these straws, Washington Re-
publican leaders deduct that thous-
ands of Republicans who voted for
Roosevelt in 1912 had no intention of
leaving the Republican party forever,