Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-03
PRESIDENT SILENT
ON THE ELECTIONS
No Great Interest Shown in
Outcome Owing to Local
Character.
RESULTS NOT TAKEN
AS INFLUENCE IN 1916
Mr.. Wilson Kept Out of State Con-
tests Except Kentucky, Where
He Endorsed Stanley.

cerning the results of yesterdays state
elections. President Wilson did not
| show any deep interest in the outcome
and depended upon Secretary Tumulty
| to keep him advised. Mr.. Tumulty re-
ce1Ved occasional kilograms or tele-
phone messages. The President re-
| turned to the White House at o'clock
last night from New Jersey, where he
had gone to cast his vote in Mercer
county for democratic nominees TO, the
legislature. On the train before reach
ing here he was handed some of the
early returns as received by the press
associations. He had been told before
he went to Princeton that the repub-
| licans would continue to control the
state legislature and did not expect
much change in the situation there, the
returns confirming the predictions
made to him. Later in the evening the
PRESIDENT was furnished with bulletins
| from the states, but no especial prep
aration had been made at the White
House to get the returns.
National Issues Little Involved.
The disposition among those close to
the President was to regard the elections
as having absolutely no Importance as
affecting next years campaign 1t was
pointed out that everywhere local issues
mad the right of way, and little serious
attempt was made to base the fights on
national questions. President Wilson him.
self had not attempted to influence re-
suits in any state, unless his indorse-
ment OF Augustus 0. Stanley. the demo-
| cratic nominee for Governor in Kentucky
Is an exception He did not make speeches
anywhere In Maryland he did not even
write letter. fractional bitterness among
ornfe ,s,xs1
1t was regarded advisable that the Presi-
dent keep out
| The German feeling in MARYLAND was
also such that 1t was felt that if the
| PRESIDENT made an appeal the German
vote there would turn against HarrinR-
| ton, the democratic. nominee. 1t is also
| claimed that this vote at the last
minute went for the republican candi-
date anyway. because Albert C. Richie.
| democratic candidate for attorney gen
eral. made a~speech saying the demo-
Gratis of the state ought to win for the
| effect next year.
! Victory Not Looked For.
| A democratic victory in Massa achu-
| etts had not been looked upon as a.
certainty at the White House. all re-
ports showing that the fight was a
| close one and that local issues pre-
dominated. 1t was recognized that
Samuel w. Mccall, the republican nom
inee for governor. was highly regard
| ed by the Independent vote of the state
and was looked upon as a national fig
ure. Local issues in that state out
| weighed all other considerations, it is
claimed.
| In Kentucky the prohibition issue
was rampant. although republicans cal
attention to the fact that former Vice
President Fairbanks spoke for the re-
publican candidate there and spoke on
apd the alleged failure Of the demo-
cratic tariff law to measure up to the
peoples expectations.
| Congressional Elections.
In the elections for congressman to
| fill vacancies, the republicans gained
one district, former Representative
William NJ. Bennett, republican, win
ming in the twenty-third district of
New York. For the four other vacan-
cies. two in New York, one in Pennsyl-
vania and one in South Carolina, there
| were no party changes in the results,
save that in Pennsylvania the elected
candidate ran as republican, whereas
previously he had been elected as a
progressive.
The election of the Tamrnany candi-
dates in New York county is gratifying
to democrats as showing that the party
there is active and energetic.
Washington people will be surprised
at the defeat of Representative Fitz-
gerald, chairman of the House COM
mittee on appropriations, for supreme
court judge in the second judicial dis
trict of New York Fitzgerald was op-
posed by Stephen Callaghan, republican,
the district embracing Kings, Queens,
Richmond, Suffolk and Nassau coun-
ties. Fitzgerald was defeated by over
5000 votes. He did not resign his seat
in Congress.
i Secretary Lansing Surprised.
Secretary Lansing, commenting upon
the election results, said today he was
| surprised at the size of some of the
matorities in the vote in New York.
Il was surprised at some of the
ma jorities--in the balloting in New
York state" he said. II was surprised
that the new state constitution was de-
not surprised, from what had heard in
advance, at the size of the vote by
which suffrage was defeated I have
no comment to make on the election
otherwise.
Secretary Daniels View
| Secretary Daniels saw no special rea-
son for dissatisfaction with the results
of yesterdays elections. although we
lost a governor in Massa chusetts -
said he, 1--WE gained one in Maryland. 1t
appears that the republican majority
In Massachusetts, was about 5000. When
YOU consider that the state usually is
counted as safely republican in a presi-
Dental year by at least 10000 majority
1T would seem that the democrats did
very well yesterday, especially in view
of the report that most of the progress
| siyes appear to have voted the re-
publican ticket. Therefore, instead of
being put in the republican column in a
presidential election the state may now
properly be classed as doubtful and
even very doubtful When you con-
slider what a large vote Gov. Walsh re-
ceived, following his second term, In
an off year with many local issues in
| volved, the situation in Massachusetts
|, is by no means as bad for the demo-
| Gratis as 1t might have been"
Poland Relief Not Requested.
BERLIN, via London. November B.