The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-09

elected w. Cabell Bruce, as was antici-
pated. New Jerseys senatorial race
proved as spirited as everybody thought
it would be, but the edge went to Ed
wards in the last few days. The tremen-
dous vote for Edwards in Hudson county
was larger than anybody believed pos
sible. The Hague machine voted its peo-
pie by the thousands, men and women.
and the wet issued helped Edwards in
that county which embraces Jersey City
and Hoboken.
It's too early to draw general infer
ence on prohibition. even though the first
returns show that in New York. New
Jersey, Maryland and Massachusetts the
vets helped the Democrats make their
gains. These states have always been
damn. They are merely registering their
feelings every chance they get Mr.
Lodges close fight in Massachusetts
may have been surprise TO many who
didn't observe the state in the last few
days of the campaign. But the nervous
ness of the Republican leaders showed
clearly they had an intimation of dam
ger. MIR. Lodge ran way behind Gov
ernor Cox, Republican, and undoubtedly
the wet sentiment hurt the Massachu-
sets senator's.
Labor Defeats Two.
Indiana may seem puzzle because OF
the many reports that Reveridge would
win easily. When the writer was in In
diana he noted symptoms of revolt and
emphasized the hostility which labor was
showing toward Beveridge because of his
speeches advocating a reduction in wages.
Labor took an active part in the cam
paign in Indiana and Ohio. The defeat
of Beyerdge can be laid at the door of
labor, and as for Senator Pomerene he
too. was injured by the organized votes
of labor. 1t wasn't SO much that FeSs
favored labor but that Pomerene openly
denounced arbitrary action by labor
unions as against the public interest.
The triumph of Vie Donahy, Democratic
candidate for governor of Ohio, by big
majority proves that Senator .Pomerene.
scratched by, thousands of Democratic
laboring men. Somewhat the same kind
of cutting was done in Nebraska by the
Democratic ''drys" who elected Charles
w. BRYAN, brother of William Jennings
Bryan to the governorship on the Demo
cratic ticket but didn't pun Mr. Hitch
cock through. This has been close fight
throughout the campaign and il would
appear that despite the senator's efforts
to rid himself of the endorsement of the
vets the drys of yesteryears remem-
bered his prohibition views and voted
against him. The coalition of Republi-
can and democratic conservatives cX-
plains the lead of ]. f. r. O'Connor,
Democratic candidate for United States
senator in North Dakota and there is
eery reason to believe that the results
west of the Mississippi turned on local
issues without Il national fundamental
back of them. Senator Reeds re-elec-
ton in Missouri is much more a source
of JOY TO Republicans who left their party
to help him than to Democrats. 1t is a
safe bet that many Democrats outside of
Missouri hoped he would be defeated be-
cause of his opposition TO the Wilson
policy on foreign affairs and his frequent
voting with the Republican senator's.
Dissatisfied With Party in Power.
The general drift to the opposite party
in the populcus eastern states can. of
course. be attributed to the dissatisfac-
ton with the party i'm power. but COM
binatiOn of local circumstances is to be
found in nearly every case which il can
be contended with equal force. may have
given the necessary thousands of votes
10 change the result. As for the gains in
the house. it viii be conceded that the
Democratic landslide for governor in
New York state pulled through the Dem
ocratic candidate for the house of rep
resPntativeS. But whatever il was. what
ever the explanation, the Republicans