Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-28
OLD. GUARD WILL
Be MISSING in
NEXT congress
1By Latest MALL

suit Of the revolution that marked
the birth of the Progressive oarty
will again respond TO the call Of duty.
What IS known as the "Old Guar1''
in the Republican organization had
hard shedding in 1910 and many were
left by the political wayside Still
others Of the Old Guard" were beat
on in 1912. with the result that in this
Congress. which will come to an end
by constitutional limitation on March
next, only a handful Of the guards
men were en- the job to harass the
enemy.
The punch and spirit so chara cteris-
tic of Republican leaders in former
days was gone for the time. but the
recent elections return to the new
Congress men who believe that the
pendulum has swung back and that
in 1916 conditions will be riDe for
the election of an old fashioned, high
tariff Republican president. They are
convinced that Tuesdays election fur
niehes ample proof that the nearlv
4.O0O.00n Republicans who "walhe1
out" with Theodore Roosevelt in 1912
are ready to call it QUITS and reaffili-
ate with the Grand Old Party.
So the old guardsmen, all of them
sworn enemies of Theodore Roosevelt,
are iubilant. first because they believe
the Progressive party has gone up In
smoke; and second. because they &C
cept yesterdays returns as foreshad-
owing the election of a Republican
president two years hence.
Notable Victims of Tidal Wave.
Among the conspicuous Republican
victims of the Progressive tidal wave
Of 1912 were Uncle Joe Cannon and
William B. Mckinley Of Illinois; Fbe-
nezer G. Hill of Connecticut. Nick
Longworth of Ohio, w. A. Calderhnad
Of Kansas, Cyrus Sulloway of New
Hampshire and Dan Lefan and Ben
Focbt of Pennsylvania. Hill. Loug-
worth and Calderhead were members
Of the ways and means committee
which framed in the first instance the
Republican tariff law of 1909.
II was for their alleged sins in con-
nection with this tariff law that they
were thrown into the political scrap
heaD, although Progressive candidates
had something to do with their retire.
ment. Candidate Roosevelt made a.
special effort to get" Mr.. Mckinley
had committed the objectionable of
tense of handling the Taft preconven-
ton camp9ign Of that year, and he
was accordingly classified by Mr.
Roosevelt as an undesirable.
Uncle Joe. Mckinley and Nick Long
worth and the other "reactionaries"
mentioned romped home winners yes
terday, and consequently old guards
men in and out of Congress are elat-
ed. They regard the return of those
veterans Of Republican regularity"
as symptomatic Of the signs Of the
times. and a roval welcome awaits
their arrival in Washington.
No less satisfaction is taken bv the
regulars from the reelection Of Roles
Penrose, Jacob H. Gallinger. w. P. Dill
bingham and Frank 3. Brandegee, Sen
ators respectively from Pennsylvania,
New HamDshire, Vermont and Con-
necticut 1t is rather significant that
the four men named and most Of the
other Republican regulars who have
been returned made the tariff the
dominant issue of their campaigns.
Prominent Democrats Who Lost.
Among the prominent Democrats
who will be missing when the new
Congress Is called in session are Gold
fogle of New York, Jerry Donovan. the
fighting Irishman from. Connecticut,
who is to be succeeded by Ebenezer
Hill: Korbly Of Indiana. an admins
tration Spokesman in that state: Ora
ham of Illinois. Stevens of New Hamp-
shire. Townsend of New Jersey. and
Stanley Bowdle of Ohio who defeated
Nick Longworth two years ago.
One of the SURPRISES Of the election
was the defeat Of Representative Stew
ems Of Minnesota, a veteran Republi-
can. Progressives and Democrats bat
tered Stevens in 1910 and 1912. but
without result. He won easily those
years. but fell a victim on Tuesday to
attacks made by a Democrat named
by the union labor element in Mime
sofa.
The Republican old guard will be
strengthened in the Senate as we'll as
in the House in the new Congress.
Penrose, Dillingham;. Brandegee, Gal
linger, Smoot, Oliver, Lodge and
Weeks. all regulars of the old fash
toned kind, will be assisted in the new
Senate by Charles H. Burks of South
Dakota, who stood true to the faith
in 1910 and 1912, and by James w.
Wadsworth of New York, successor
to-be of. Elihu Root The Democrats
will be in control of the Senate. tut
they will be opposed by live aggre
CATION of Republican regulars
Four members Of the present house
will be transferred to The senate on
March 4. They are Thomas w. Hard
wick of Georgia. Robert ". Under
wood of alabama, Democrats. and
Charles H. Burke of South Dakota.
opportune Time for Underwood.
Mr.. Underwood, who has been the
Democratic leader in the house for
the last three years and who will re-
main in that post for the rest Of this
Congress- will leavo tho lownr branch