The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-11-11
Progressives Wiped Out
In Recent Voting.
THE TWOI0lD PARTIES REMAIN
The Democrats Now Stand
As Majority Victors In
Political Premises.
..yNrGAL Result l. PLEASING


rats dominant by a sligbter ma
jority than they anticipated. the
Democrats control the lower branch
Il Congress. and they hold the more
.Io~ly-changing senate by q margin
approximately ar large a. the cur
rent one They have established
themselves for the first time since
1892 a. the majority party in the
.ation. for the Progressive Organi-
zztion was entirely swallowed up a.
= distinct party, and abe two old
ones fought il out between them
Bearing al the burden Of pre-
ssiiing discomfort due 10 business
Conditions. shOuldering responsible
= for . heavy war tax in time Of
national peace. the Democratic Ad-
sainls;raiion still managed 70 secure
"a close vote Of confidence and 10
transform itself from a plurality vic
tory 20 one with q majority. Il lost
congressional seats heavily, a. dom
inant parties always lose them in
81 Og pear. but, IN spite Of harsh
Corrective legislation in tariff. cur
-sney and trust matters. il retained
OntrOl
Except for the results in New
York and Ohio. there was nothing
N the election which the national
Democratic Leaders look upon with
.anything approaching dismay. They
lad counted confidently upon the
lection a. Senator from New York
II James ". Gerard. but a city ma
iority Of 125.OOO votes was not
enough 20 save the Ambassador to
Germany from smashing Republican
counts for James W Wadsworth up
state
The Democrats had also looked
for Gov. James VI. Cox, Of Ohio, TO
sin his fight, and they count his loss
one OF the seyerest penalties they
nave to pay for their exercise Of
Dower for the last two years. The
defeat OF Glynn for Governor OF New
FORK was feared. but not by such
Overwhelming figures: while the
senatorial results in Ohio. Connect
ut and Iowa were according to re-
-ent reports TO Democratic National
headquarters. Kansas and Nevada,
Republican Senators are elected.
and Utah, if Smoot is retired by the
ate returns. are confessedly pOliti-
al puzzles. 10 be- solved only by the
general explanation that an on
year" in politics produced a little
Jit Of everything.
Whatever the actual Democratic
majority in the House. two features
~ the situation there will prove OF
.xciting interest during the next
fWO years. Tammany can revenge
itself for It's unpOpularity with the
national administration by holding
the balance OF power I'm tight places.
~Or. with the exception OF the New
iering Democrats from the North
m cities. the House Democracy has
become largely Southern again. The
lection below Mason and DixOn's
line held firm and true to the old
party OF its fathers. Just as MAORI
~ OF Northern districts returned to
tH.fr iii D.,,,Iffn.p faith
Thus the sectional lines will
pring up in the House again. with
rammany cunningly holding vast
,Ower in allegiance and using II now
and then.
Charles f. Murphy. the Tanlmany
chief. although cursed on all sides
for the poor showing of the Demo
cratic State ticket here, was sleek
aud smiling to-day as he cOnyersed
with the newspaper men. He sent
iocose messages TO Mayor Mitchell.
who held Murphy responsible for
Democracy defeat In New York.
and when told that Mitchell says
Murphy must go, the sachem re-
marked with grin that he would.
for "A week or two of rest" He
knows just how many henchmen he
win have in Congress and what he
can do with them and Is far from
ruined yet. although the control OF
New York City by the fusionists un-
der Mitchell aud State control IL |
tbc Republicans robs Tammany OF
all patronage IL cannot secure at
Washington.
Democrats here fell. aside from
these details OF the election, that
the cessation OF disturbing legisla-
lion and the gradual Improvement
Of business conditions will Increase
ibes dominance in 1916 when the