Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-09
SAY VOTE IN maine
|SFOR PROTECTION
Election of Republican to Con-
gress Cheers the Party
Leaders.
REGARDED AS ADVERSE
TO THE ADMINISTRATION
Democratic Leaders, However, Find
Encouragement in Maintenance
Of Full Party Strength.

| The result IN the third Maine congress.
sional district Is an emphatic reminder
that this Is protective tariff country
Minority Leader Mann.
Wen, you couldn't hold them today
those republicans OF the House. They
went about with their chests al swelied
out. the light of victory In their eyes
and faces wreathed in the first smile
that had illumined their countenances
since the dark days Of last November.
republican gain OF los per cent In
an election In which the tariff was the
sole issue was the cause OF their jubiia-
ton. The unanimous republican opinion
was that the country is preparing to
discredit and reject the new democratic
tariff even in advance Of Its enactment,
foreseeing harm to American industries.
Another source of JOY was the demon.
stration Of the fact that the bull moose
republicans, whatever their attitude
toward their own party organization. are
protectionist republicans on q fiat issue
between a democratic tariff and q pro-
| tective tariff.
Progressives Turned the Trick.
That the victory could not have been
won without the return OF the progress
sives. who left the party last fall. was
deduced from the ananlysis of the
vote. There are almost as many demo-
Gratis in the district now as then. but
the bull moose republicans who voted
for Wilson and the democratic ticket
last November voted for the protective
tariff yesterday.
Last fall the bull moose republican
votein the district was 1896: the Taft
vote 7.159 Yesterday the bull moose
i VS. was ''ss' and the republican vote
This district Is the old James O.
Blaine district. which has been repub-
lican from time out OF mind until 1910.
he rest of the state. through the de-
lection OF the bull moosers. In the
smpaign just ended there was but one
question at issue-the tariff and the
producers Of the district.
me scope and ef1ect OF the proposed
iem0crettc tariff was clearly enough
outlined In the discussion and proceed
ng thus Tar to give the voters an idea
what the new law would do 10 the
!. Industries Of the state. according to
ne claims OF the republican leaders.
nd IN their opinion the bull saoosers
he face Of the threatened blow at
their industries
Democrats Disappointed.
That the outcome was 8 sore disap:
pointment to the democratic leaders here
national and congressional. is undeniable
From President Wilson down they had
hoped for Endorsement Of the democratic
party's tariff work, and none OF them had
an idea there would be such an or :
whelming reversal of public sentiment
Coming as 1t did upon the very eve OF
} the passage Of the tariff bill by the Senate
and Its expected early enactment into
law. the result Of the election cast a pail
over the democratic leaders In Congress,
which they could but Ill conceal today,
despite their outward expressions Of in
difference. They whistled. but 1t was like
the boy whistling in the graveyard to
keep up his courage.
Secretary Bryan Not Discouraged.
Secretary Bryan attributes the republi-
can victory in Maine to the return Of the
progressives to the republican party.
1.-The Maine election said Secretary
Bryan today. while disappointing in the
failure to elect our democ. attic candidate.
who is a very able and progressive demo-
crat is not at all discouraging when We
consider the figures. The democratic cam
didate received within about 100 Of the
vote cast for the President last fall. This
Is remarkably good showing when We
consider THAT it was special election
The republican victory was due primarily
to the return of large number of pro-
gressives to the republican party.
AT least the republican vote gained
something over 5000. and the progressives
lost that much. as compared with the
returns last fall. The candidate. Mr..
Pattangall, in an interview this morning
refers to some objections in the party.
There were two or three local influences
xv@fA tpnf q
things considered. 1t seems to me that
the democratic vote was as large as
could be reasonably expected, ana the
result certainly cannot be construed a.
disappearing OF the Fresiden's ao"in'0-
tration or policies"
Secretary Daniels, discussing the result
today. said: Whenever we come within
500 Of victory In Maine the result is en-.
couraging for democracy.
Variance Of Views.
Commenting upon the success Of the
republican candidate in the third con-
Eressional district in Maine yesterday,
Senator Smoot Of Utah, republican. said
| today:
| "Of course, am pleased with the re-
suit. 1t means that the people OF the
country do not like the democratic tariff
bill. and will not have It long,"
| Senator Ollie James OF Kentucky, demo-
crat said:
'"The third district Of Maine is an old
republican district The late Representa-
tive Goodwin, whose successor was elect
ed yesterday, was q republican. The
! democr ats maintained the vote received
by President Wilson in that district last
fall. II 1t had not been for the fact that
some OF the democrats deserted to the
| republ cans the outcome might have been
different
0allinger Sees Reaction.
| Senator Galiinger Of New Hampshire.
republican leader Of the Senate. said:
1T means that the reaction has already
set In It foreshadows the doom of the