The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-09-30
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IVA sEInScTOtI, .. G., Sept: 30
The q uIta .iof the two special elee-
i0ns ons IN New Mexico. the oth'
81 the Sixth district Of MasSacnu'
we're "a surprise TO the ma
tIoha1 ders OF both parties. Both
sIddS had the dear public IN ooth
20 ttoSe localities figured wrong
de41 wrong.
9Iie Democratic leaders hguyed
fhat ctton againBt the Harding
on had set In, and made
y iis1ei In both contests nation.
saI ThefeIwaS nothing else for the
Republicans to do, but to accept
tlfe challenge, while believing all
the time that the SSturns would
show, marked loss compared to
list year, even should Victories be
scored. Their 1Inepf argument was
th8t the Harding vOte OF last year
was such a landslide and oneBided
fattatr. that 1t would be absurd to
ect anything comparable With
New Mexico and Bay State
elAction returns.
came TO pass that the I'M
b happened, az It has a
doing often in politics, and
occurred to indicate that
q had set in, certainly not
Estate OF New Mexico and the
Gongressiona district Of Mas
sets. two widely separated
son the map. While the to-
Va cast in both localities was
rably less than the total
tted up last year, the perH
Of that total both in the
4 the victorious Senator Bur
md the triumphant Col. Piatt
ewS was greater than in 1920.
dgpres. show that. But when
ether ctrcumstantial facts are TAX
sen into considerati ion, the success
1.-THE Repll blican party in both spe-
sal elections would appear to be
even more emphasized. There was
Republican running on an indie.
pendsnts ticket against Senator Bur-
suIr, aud the contest for the nomi.
nation In Massachusetts to succeed
sGOngressman Lufkin, resigned was
bitter factional fight which in.
VOWED the Lodge and anti-Lodge
tGcttons In the state at large. Col.
Andrews was tho candidate OF the
lodge organization.
Reaction, from another angle,
hich failed to show up in recent
\ party primaries and special cleo.
rom the angle Of the "drys"
and the twetS''-is also equally as
much discussed in Washington for
allure to cut any significant
igures twas frequently predicted
that Il would show, and probably
generally believed. But reaction
fallet to show in any contest where
prohibition figured in some form or
another. Maryland elected dry"
iegiS1ature; Judge Haskell, VINO ran
f4r the Republican nomination ro
mayor Of New York, featuring n
NJ erendum on the hOotch question,
pulled up a poor third at the tail
end Of the race: in tho Sixth Con.
gYessional dist.ict of Essex couN.
Mass. the candidate for con.
gIe3s that stood for bringing Eacn
beer polled only 1882 votes in the
primary, while Col a. Piatt An
Sirews and Ransom G. Pinerce. hDth
{ al whom had declared themselves
for the enforcement OF pTohinl1lon
and gatnst the reedmiSsion Of wine
Ss bear polled, respectively, 19,413
ssnd 10,4o1.
This has upset the dope in Ger,
8tGln quarters. where It was FIRMLY
behaved and vigorously argued that
such q general reaction had SET in
m this issue that Il was bound t.
Z; glte IN uext years congressional
;sleeEionE In a generally definite
and sometimes decisive manner.
That opinion and line OF argument
40 not nearly 80 outstanding
I atnong the politicians in the Capt.
taI now as they were before those
recsut elections in which the cues
lou ws.s IN one way or another in'
Y0lyed.