The Washington times., 1914-11-04
DEMOCRAT|CL0SS
IN CONGRESS HEAVY
Narrow Margin of About Twenty
Indicated-Progressive Vote
OWindIes.
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Helt had drawn heavily from Penrose
PUT the outcome showed that nelthe
flnchot nor Palmer. the Democrati
Tandldate. were able to cope with th
hepubllcan tidal wave in the state.
Onquestionably. opposition 10 tn
democratic tariff legislation had much
10 90 with the outcome in Pennsylvania
as it did in a number of other States
The complete overturning of the Con
necucut delegation, which has gon'
from Democratic to Republican. Wa!
Que que largely to tariff. The return O.
member of the Ways and Means Com
mittee and one of the ablest students OF
the tariff among Republican leaders, Is
significant
Slaughter of the Moose.
The Progressive party membership
in the House will be almost wiped
out as the result of the voting Tues
| day. though it will take something
| ike complete returns to get an ac-
| curate list of the Progressive candi-
| In general, the slump of the Bull
Moose vote, even in States where
| much was expected, like Massa- :
chusetts, New York Pennsylvania and
Illinois, was heavy In California.
Gov. Hiram Johnson retains his
party ticket. In Kansas, where Victor
Murdock ran for the Senate against
former Senator Curtis, Republican,
and Congressman Heeley, Democrat,
the outcome is in IOubt. Should Muir
dock be elected. as some Of his friends
predict, it will be a big item for the
Progressive party and will give 1t
most active parsonage in the upper
house, whose insistent endeavors will
in part make un for what the party
will lack in numbers.
The return TO the House of such old
guard members as "Uncle Joe" Can
non, of Illinois, and mick" Long
worth, of Ohio. along with number
Of others who have probably been
chosen, was a feature OF the results.
The Illinois Senatorial contest,
which stirred So much attention, is
still unsettled. 1t is a close race be-
tween Roger c. Sullivan and Senator
Sherman.
Vets Garry Ohio.
The slump in the Progressive party
vote in Illinois. moreover, was paral-
leled by what occurred in Indiana.
There 1t was expected former Senator
Beveridge. Senatorial candidate,
would run second, but it now appears
Hugh NJ Miller. Republican candi-
date. is second, and that Senator
Shively, Democrat, is reelected
Returns are just beginning to come
In on the various proposed constitutional
amendments. The vets won the day
in Ohio, according to latest accounts,
but how the liquor. issue was decided
In other States Is not yet known. Nor
Is II yet disclosed how suffrage Jared
In Ohio. it was defeated.
Two Democratic Senators threatened
with defeat are Thomas in Colorado
and Newlands In Nevada Senator
Chamberlain In Oregon seems to have
been reelected because Of his personal
hold on the people Of his State. Senator
Cummins, Republican, is reelected in
Iowa, Gallinger in New Hampshire. Dill
lingham in Vermont, Bran6egee in Con-
necticut. Brady in Idaho. Smoot in
Utah and probably Jones in Washing
ton. In Maryland, Senator John Walter
Smith, Democrat, won a big victory.
Gronna in North Dakota, McGovern
Republican, in Wisconsin. Harding in
Ohio, and the Democratic candidates in
the South and Southwest have been
elected to the Senate.