The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
Leader Mann Is Pleased With Defeat of Democrat
 in New Jersey
NO CONSOLATION
 FOR SUFFAGISTS
The Results in Chicago Show That They Either Did Not Vote or Voted as Their Husbands
 Told Them
By C. E. STEWART.

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 Washington April H. (Speeial) crats, republicans. progressives and women suffra gists have been endeavor- ing to get what consolation they can from the recent elections in the United States. which have occurred in differ ent parts of the country. They have been trying to analyze the much talked of, and much sought for public senti- ment as indicated by the returns. The results are admittedly confusing. The primary election in Alabama; the city election fin Chicago, where for the first time the woman took whack at 'po- litical corruption" the election in Bos- ton of a congressman to succeed ex- Representative Curley, democrat, elected as mayor of that city, and an election in New Jersey to name a suc- cessor of the late Representative Brem- her. democrat, were all anxiously scru- tinized in an attempt to pick out which way the straws were drifting driven by the winds of said public sentiment.
 The House of Representatives Tues day devoted it's entire time in the dis cussion of these elections. Representa- tive Mann appeared much elated over the result in the New Jersey district in which republican was elected. The. district has been represented in Con- gress for 10 years by a democrat, Sem ator Hughes, and when Hughes went to the Senate he was succeeded by Brem- ner, the district has been gerryman- dered and strong democratic county taken out of it. In addition to this Secretary Tumuity points out that nor mally 1t was republican district any way, and that Hughes held his grip on it because of his utilization With the labor people. President Wilson himself lost the district by 1000 votes in one campaign for governor and 5000 in the next campaign for the same office.
 Representative Mann sees in the se- lection in Massachusetts, New Jersey and Alabama a distinct rebuff of the administration because of its attitude on canal tolls. MT. Ham quoted the Presidents letter to O'Byrne, the demo- cratic candidate in New Jersey, which said: q hope sincerely that. the people of your district will elect you to the House, and in this way not only do your honor, but also show their judgment with regard to the present administra- tion.n
 Showed Their Judgment
 And they did" said the minority leader. "They showed their judgment very good judgment it was, to. They showed their judgment by giving the republican candidate 10.620 votes against 5240 for the democratic candi- date, when only two years ago, when a democrat was running upon a plat form providing for free tolls, the demo- cratic candidate received 9990 votes, as against 6666 for the republican candi- 1at nnintad a1cn n inc election in the Massachusetts district where a democrat was elected who had declared himself in favor of free tolls by practically the same ratio as ob- tained by his predecessor.
 Representative Harrison of Missis- sippi, who campaigned in Massachu- setts in the interest of the democratic candidate. and who himself voted against repeal of tolls in the House, de- nied that free tolls was an issue In the Massachusetts election, except as 1t was injected by the progressives. who lost heavily from their vote in 1912. <
 '"The progressive party sent into the district in Massachusetts some of it's ablest leaders," said MT. Harrison. "They had evidently a candidate of very splendid character on the ticket, gentleman who had run well a year ago in the same district They sent the far famed Burke Cochran, and he spoke in that district.
 "I believe that he spoke on Saturday night for two hours ana his whole speech was pitched on the Panama canal tolls proposition, going after and critcizing the President. The result of the election, so far as the progressive party is con cerned, is quite telling, and they can get no encouragement from 1t. In 1912, MT. Connolly, running the progressive ticket, received 9001 votes Yesterday the same gentleman running on the same ticket received 3592 votes. I don't think the republican party get much en- coura cement out of the election either, Mir Roberson last year got 5s12 votes and on yesterday their candidate, MT. Brier. received only 3973 votes. The boundary lines of the Massachusetts district have