Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-10
ELECTION RETURNS RATHER DIS.
coURAGlNG TO WILSON
DEMOCRATS.
BULL MOOSE PARTY
Losses ARE GREATEST
Vote DwindIes Rapidly Without Per.
sonaIity Of Roosevelt as Leader
Democrats to Blame For Making
Election in New Jersey Test Of Viii
son Administration Popularity.
[Sumner Curtis in Chicago Record
Herald

, tSumner Curtis in Chicago Record
Herald.1
Washington, April 10.-Several by
elections held since the Wilson admin
istration came into power have af-
forded both democrats and republica MS
some degree of satisfaction. 1t must
be conceded, however. that the two lat
est elections held to fill vacancies in
the house of Observation-Disclosures in
the Seventh New Jersey and the
/ Twelfth Massachusetts districts-are
decidedly more encouraging to the re-
pubiicans than to the democrats.
It is largely owing to the foolish eff
fort of the administration itself to ma
tioralize the significance of the cam
the republicans are able to get decided
satisfaction out of the result.
The declaration of democratic man
ayers, now that the democratic candi-
date has been defeated, to the effect
that a strong republican district mere
" had gone republican. will not suffice
to conceal the real democratic feeling
in high official circles after President
Wilson's letter of Endorsement of Mr.
O'Byrne and his request that the New
jersey voters SHOW their judgment
with regard to the present administra-
ton"
Stump speeches by such national
high lights as Senators Lewis ana
James also We're made to the effect
that President Wilson would be hu-
inflated in the eyes of the whole
American people if democratic pol
icies were not Endorsed thru the cleo
ton of a democrat.
Senator O'Gorman Of New York. who
has a feud with the administration
over the Panama tolls question. IRON
ica,y commented on Tuesdays election
with the statement: "1t looks as If the
democratic honeymoon had come to ar
end ..e i
In the house OF Representatives
Wednesday afternoon there was
sharp exchange OF partison fire over
the latest returns from two important
districts. the republicans sleefuliy pro-
claiming that the tide OF Wilson pop
ularity had turned and that Tuesdays
results were but the forerunners of
sweep by the G. o. P. at the congress
sional elections turnout the country
next fall.
The most significant thing about all
the returns to. the impartial observer
is the disintegratton of the progressive
vote. All questions OF immediate adj
vantage in the vote showing aside 1t is
indicated most plainly that without the
personality of Roosevelt the candidate.
to keep the bull moose forces together.
the next great battle will be between
the two old arn1ies-the republicans
and the democrats.
The progressive leaders are in the
dumps. for it IS being shown that 1t
viii! be mighty hard to carry out their
program Of keeping congress demo-
cratic for another two years merely By
keeping up the third party organiza-
ton.
In the Seventh New Jersey district
- democratic candidates vote drop
Pc. from 9,99o-received by Bremner
in 1912-to 5,420, while the republican
vote increased from 6.666 in 1912 to 10,
$50. And the progressive vote dropped
from 4,746 to an insignificant 611. The
socialist vote of 1858 cast Tuesday is
interesting in sense, but it is not i'm
portant from a national point Of view
It merely reflects local situation. But
as stated in the beginning, neither the
democratic slump nor the republican
gain would have been of such damag-
ing significance as far as the admins
tration is concerned had the president
and his friends not staked so much o.!
the result in advance.
In returning to their former repub-
lican allegiance the voters Of this New
Jersey district possibly have empha
sized disapprovai Of Democratic pol
icies, especially by reason Of the fac,
| that it embraced a manufacturing com
| munity which is keenly interested ir
| the protective tariff. In this connec-
ton let it be said that the tolls ques-
tion, which was made an eleventh
! hour issue by the declaration OF
O'Byrne in favor Of the presidents
stand, did not cut as much of a figure
! in determining the result-in the minds
of unbiased analysts-as questions o.
economic policy.
! In Massachusetts the thing most in.
| teresting to the national leaders is tht
terrific slump of progressive vote from
| 1901 in 1912 to 1902, thereby raising
| the republican party from third to sec.
| ond place in the district. Massacfu
! sets is stronghold of the progress
sives. as indicated by recent elections
but the original strength is not beint
held. In this district, moreover. tn,
tolls question was more of an issu,
than in New Jersey. The democratic
candidate sauare!:s' opposed the pres!
dent in this matter. while the othe
candidates sidestepped. The demo
cratic candidate received majorit.
over both the other candidates, whit
in 1912 Curley. democrat, fell a few
hundred short Of majority.
Representative Mann declared tina
the New Jersey election is only a pre-
cursor OF what will come. The repub
lican congressional campaign commit
tee in statement last night says tina
"in every special election since 1919 tn
anti-democratic vote has exceeds
the vote cast in support OF the ad
ministration, thus negativing the clair
that the democratic policies are bein
Endorsed by the people"
Hampton to Furnish Power 70 Allisov
. Special to Times Republican.