The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-04
EXULTANT:
/ M'COMBS SATISFIED
National C~hairmcn View Elcc-
Il ton With Widely Diverg-
...." ing ideas.
ROOT "NOT 4 CANDIDATE"

Charles II. Hilles. Republican national
y chairman. Rnds. no end Of cheer for his
party. and gloom for the Democrats in
the election results.
On the other hand. william +. Nc
.Coombs. Democratic national chairman,
= has sc~raitinized the returns with conf
dsnt serenity He p~ooh-pJohed yester-
day the exultation Of the Republicans.
and said that wherever they won a
State victory on Tuesday the merely
normal had happened.
mime time out of ten the normal
happens in politics." he said yesterday.
Incidentally, he remarked that he didn't
think the defeat of the Constitution
eliminated Elm Root as "A Republican
Presidential possibility, although IT put
M. .t,oot in the background"
; r.::: Capitalism Of Mr. UiiIcs.
'Aere Is MIR. Hnles's optimistic sum
. mary, .... g.,
'"The result of the elections must be
anytnng but ~grdtuyins to the national
Administration. The contest in the
=. Democratic State of Maryland is 50
.cl .se. that the result will be in doubt
until decided by the ofiic al csnvass
In the Democratic State of Kentucky.
where national questions were logged
In BY the Democrats to avoid n drub-
bling, the Republicans have shown their
old true form.
We have carried Cincinnati by the
largest plurality ever given to a Re
publican. The Republicans retain con-
troll OF the Leg.sla lure in New Jersey
and New York. We have elected officers
up State In New YORK and all the otii-
GERS In Philadelphia. We have swept
Massachusetts by pluralities ranging
from 10000 to 10000. ~electing all safe
officers and 100 Republicans In the
Legislature. as against ~ Democrats.
To-, I'VE have. carried the one Congress
district in Pennsylvana and the three
In New York, one of which, the Twenty
third. has heretofore been Democratic.
II Is significant that the issues discussed
In Massachusetts and the Twenty-third
New York by men of national note were
VIII lily those arising out of the domestic
policies of the national Administration.
William =. Kennel. who was elected I'm
the Twenty-th!rd district, made the pro-
.tective tar'ff his Keynote and ran IL 900
ahead Of the Republican Assembly can
didates.
surely the national Administration
cannot point with PRIDE to. and pretenti
TO be comforted by. the success { Tam.
many Hall In securing control OF the
local New York offices and aid'ng In
the defeat of the New York constl.
tuition"
.McCOmbs Explains Results.
Chairman McCombs had this to say of
results outside of New York:
Samuel W. Mccall. elected Governor
Of Massachusetts,. is a powerful man. He
was able t. gather to him all the Re-
uuhliranS and most ,f I'm, prpur. Gsi,,s.
and personally had the confidence Of the
public. have also heard OF chickering's
which tended to weaken the Democrats.
II should be remembered that Massa-
chuset;s Is normally u Republican Com
monwealth.
1.-THE Democrats have elected Stan
ley Governor In kertucky and Harring-
ton Governor in Maryl nd. a. WIS eH-
pected. The large majority that We got
in New Yo'k rity was To- he expected
because If the obvious excellence OF the
candidates and b"cause the organization
throughout is intact"
Mr.. McCombs said he thought Mr..
Root made a mistake in '~espousing the
Constitution as his own ard letting It
appe'r that Il was his Constitution"
The argument that the Contribution
rejected yestc'day." he added. "c-n-
tanned some improvements was no justi-
fication for submitting II to the voters
>!a,totb' II Shopid naSe been submitted
Section by section.
THE Constitution was not really "a
partisan work. although there were in
the convention some gentle men interested
in special matters who Shout have been
eliminated. But Il was a give and take
Constitution and | dare s>y that II Mr..
Root had been permitted To write all Of
II himself he would have done Il vastly
better job"
Malone BIames Faction Fights.
Dudley Field Malone said that the
Democrats had won "a great triumph in
the defeat OF the Constitution. He in
sisted that Democratic factional troubles
. were responsible Tor Bennet's election
20 Congress.
The people of the state" added Mr..
Malone. showed sufficient satisfaction
with the national Administration not to
be interested in the plans Of Senator
Root and other Republican leaders who
may be looking to. lelG,."
Mr.. Root wert 20 the tountry yester-
day without having expressed any. Cp!n-
ion Of the new Constitutions downfall.
When an. .vqllrer asked him If he
thought the defeat would nave any bear
ing on his chfrces of getting the Presi-
Dental nomination, he replied sharply