Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-09-10

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watched for the first public verdlc'
| concerning The new tariff bill and tor
| the determination of the Progressive
party's real status. -,
| Newspapers are busy anaiyz'ng 'ne
! outcome. The world loves a winner
| and has little patience with the eN-
| cuses Of the loser. We present rev
editorial messages congratulstory 70
! John A. Peters, congressf''an-eiees'
The "Deeline and Fall'' OF the mira
| Party.
fBoston Herald)
1t has been commonly observed that
| just as the Progressive moVeiiiei''
| made its start in the West, erdauails
moving eastward, SO the paralysis Va
death seemed to be creeping over II III
| the same geographical course ENei
body has known of the collapse vi 'he
| third party in the West. 1t has re-
NAMED stronger in Maine and Massa-
chusetts, by common observation, thaA
anywhere else in the Union. Main
had an election yesterday when ais
closed how hollow, however, are fio-
gressive hopes in these last oil i's
strongholds,
The collapse of the Progressive party
in Maine is little short of pltiiul. oh}
last November its vote eXCeedea t'id'
for Taft by nearly two to one 1en
terday it's vote was less than halt 'll't
cast for the Republican nominee
Political history may be searched IN
vain for an exhibit of so rapid ais-
integration. There is something un :
eanny, disquieting, almost sruesofhe, III
such a precipitate decline ohe "eil
ders if the American People nave SUI
ficient evenness of political temper
when they 60 in such large numbers
into a party, only TO leave 1t as IL
someone had shouted fire
The Progressive organs asserted
vociferously that Lawrence was COINS
to win, and he was candidate OF al
mirable qualifications, much Ike those
of Charles s. Bird here They surely
expected to retain second place. Maine
laws put many Offices at the disposal
of the two leading parties, the FRO
gressives naturally wanted to De one
of them. But they have been baoiv
disappointed. II is safe to say thal
they will not again figure seriously III
Pine Tree state politics. They have
gone the way of all the third parties
of the past.
The Progressive leaders in the dis
trict had put forth every effort ina
would help them hold the advantage
| they gained last fail Spell plnder'
/ of no less renown than ex-Senatol
! Beveridge. x-Secretary Garfield, ex
Atty.-Gen Bonaparte. ex-Speakel
Walker of Massachusetts. and other
"ex's" of pomp and circumstance
toured the district from end to end
The people turned out in crowds ana
listened attentively, as they did when
Bryan and Champ Clark made theit
whirlwind tours there last week.
The result in Maine indicates de-
cided reaction against the national ao-
ministration. Peters has plurality
over the Democratic candidate, with d
Progressive opponent in the field, ma
teriaIiy larger than Goodwins las'
year, when there was truce between
the Republicans and ProgressiVes, VI
which he was the beneficiary. The
opposition to the Democrats was only
a little over 80 per cent. To-Day IL y
| in majority of 5000 and 1000. 1hiS
is due primarily to the tariff. IN
Maine verdict is the first response o
| the country to the new Wilson BILL re-
corded in advance of it's enactment
| The size of the total votes exceedlns
| that on the presidential ballots las
year, afford further evidence of an in
| tense popular interest in the struggle
The bearing of this result in Main
| on the Massachusetts situation
| clear If the Progressive party make
a corresponding slump here the IKE
publican candidate for Governor VII
i be elected This now seems probable
And henceforth the dwindling OF IN
| Progressive forces will proceed rapidly
/ When the tide begins to run, an
| everybody realizes that 1t is runnins
the effect of the events OF the cam
i paign is cumulative. 1t has now DC
come clearly demonstrated that III
Progressive is not to he the opposltlo
party, East or West, and that the pat
tie of the future lies between the I"
old parties The voters Will make u
their minds and express their prefer
Ience accordingly. They will, in S
doing, have little patience Win slut
shows. Charles s. Bird is a SIDE
Ishow here just as Lawrence proved
Maine.