Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-05

PRIMARY VOTE
IS REPUBLICAN
Democratic Hope Of Carrying
State Shattered by Returns
Now Being Compiled by
Commonwealth Secretary,
p.se,.. co..s.,o-o.se. 70 -o.~rs ,sOs~.u

sssctst cossssrososses " sosrirs tausssD
Washington. Jus f~Thc more
closely primary returns now being
lahulated IN the office ~ the Hoerc-
tsrY Of the commonwealth of Penn
sylsania are studied. the gloomlcr the
outlook grows for Those democrats who
believed a year ago that this WIS "a
be- Wilson year IN that state. The
president himself the democratic dell
efation In cunFrcss and the party 40
large had conceived the notion That
because the TAFT electors were rejected
az the polls the Keystone state aas
getting ready "a swing into The demo-
cratic column. and Yet. the Wilson
electors Ind poiicd fewer votes hs
more than bn. 600 than the Bryan eleo.
tors had received only fnur ycnrs pre-
viouely. fewer hy $4,000 than BRYAN
received in 1909. fewer 10y nearly co.
GOO than Bryan received as a result
~ the free silver hnsteria of 1876,
fewer hA nearly 10000 than Cleveland
received in tsp2 Even in 1855 when
Cleveland was defeated hy BENJAMIN
Harrison. he received ita.63s votes
while Wilson. Ia 1912. received only
ssb.e3T.
winfield Scott Hancock author of
the phrase. rlhe tariff "a & local is-
suc received .n00 more votes. In T
round figures. % years ago. than VII Z
son received in 1919
Plant of SLOW Growth
Eliminating Alton a Parker So
foundly rcpudlntfd in 1901 one must .
80 back 81 ytafs. o. samuel J flldon's ]
time. 80 find a democrat who has made
a. SORRY showing "a the polls iu
frnnsykanla Is Wilson did when ne
appealed % the ~tArlanc voters for
their support aua Tiidrn had onlN 4
$4,000 fewer patcs than Wilson iu
total poll 1T about half me total poll
81 Two years aro "a other words the
voting population of Pennsylvania has
Just about doubled since samuel J
Iilden ran for president ami the demo.
cratic vote has Increased hN 10000.
the republican hy more than o.o0o,
under normal conditions
II b. strange political alteration
this belief TINT 1914 is "a democratic
year IN Pcnnss wanna. but there are
democrats nt the capital who stu cling
10 Il tcnaciously
The primary returns show that
everywhere. IN all sections Of the
state. except the relatively few dome
cratic strongholds. the republicans
have out voted the democrats The
Rrrrs-ut-iafee Is hard to arrive al
with uxactltude but as has been
pointed cut preNio.slN u is certainly
as large. and perhaps larger. than the
combined Penrose and Dimmi,k vote,
which leaves II within less than 5000
of the national democratic strength at
thc regular election tn ial2-thia With
many republicans staying away from
the primaries
The congressman -at-laTee nov sit
ting, who are officially rated as re-
publican progressives, received an
average u tlo.esG votes each. which
indicates that " the progressive nomi
necs ~ this year should poll five times
as many votes a. tn general election
az they did AZ the primaries or Say
200. oeo. the republican nominees
would sllli poll more votes th9n were
retrieved by Wilson.
The returns from the congressional
districts arc not so easily un4lNfed.
hut thcy do show a preponderanCe Of
republican sentiment
Michael nonohuo. OF tho lilih
seems 10 be In mofe favorable po-
sitlnn than any 81 his democratic col-
leaeues who have hrcn feuominHted
Hut pnuuhus position il unique Like
the hate Samuel J. ltqndalL he ls an
ANoMHl pfuttN tlunti TIE voted AGAINST
the Underwood bin tie frankly So
llclis republican support on the
sfnund that he 81 In sympathy With
republican PRINCIPLES Ills plurality
was e.S2e. Loeuc. az the sixth ls in
"a different position Ills plurality wa
emily s.ffa two years age aud aitt az
the votes east fnf him game from thr
keystone organization ne received
from democrats nnly 1855 Votes
SMILE the combined vote nf his Wash
inrten party and Republican oppon-
enta WAS more thHn double THE ar
sA.tas. not counting a.aPt east fhf
Harry q Narkes So tho Roosevelt
Progressive nominee. q distinct organ 3
isation
John J CaseN. Ia the eleventh. had
fht democratic and keystone nowiua
tions aud Robert 4 Ice la The s
Twelfth was Endorsed bs the progress Z
ANfA john Il Rethefmel tn the :
Thirteenth carried democratic z
stronghold rs a.ae6. uhile the moren
~ John 81 l.esher iu The sixteenth MICS r
ff2e frRnk T. nershem 90 the Sew s
enteenlh. had both the democratic end E
keystone nominations and received
plurality ~ gnaa. II, ZEN more lh4n =
eona short of a majority over ah
Warren Worth haileNv plurality w Il
che Nineteenth wRA 500. Andrew NfHa. =
heeks Ia the Twentieth 2,28i Woods II
\ Cars Ia the asfd. t,ffh, ana a s
Mitchell ralmers Ia che 2tfh, 5.tph &