The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-05
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saluy to the Independent ticket as
s0iidiy ~ It's leaders had honed.
Labor apparently lid On Tuesday
ae Il has always done In national
e1octioma, divide aicng the usual
partisan ltnAs.
IS Cd party leaders this spelled
q peaeeirmati0n Of that political
Isaaxtm that Labor cannot be de.
llvered En- bloc BY its headers"
The american Federation Of
Labor did this year what It never
before attempted to do-lndorBe q
particular candidate and set behind
htu--and the ,ersuIt was . greatly
Increased popular vote for that can.
dadate. bat w no stretch Of the
Imagination, solid labor voting.
The results disclosed, too, thae
Ia FpiIette's knife was tive edged,
that instead Of well nigh wrecIing
the Republican party. as did
Ronsevelt'B Progressive candidacy,
he cut about eveniy into both old
parties.
IN the East, he hurt the Demo
Gratis far more than he did the
Republicans BY taking away the
normal Democratic labor vote
which Wilson always relied on.
This wan evidenced particularly
lii such Industrial States as Rhode
Island and New Jersey.
In tbs West La Toilette hurt the
Republicans more than the Demo.
erAt4 He took his own state, wis.
cossin. entirely ant OF the Repub,
lican electoral column, and he cut
heavily Into such normally Repub-
lean States a. Minnesota, Wyom-
ms Iowa, and The two Dakotas.
In F6llatte Holds Power.
The futaEe az tho La F'ollette-in-
dependent movement was the sub.
3eet Qf keen speculation today
WEerover politicians. were gathered
tar postInortena,
II was La trollette's hope to roll
HP tremendous popular vote TO
form the nucleus OF q new and
permanent third party in American
politics.
whether, after . sober study ana
Se1fvey OF the returns. he and his
supporters WIN now decide that the
popular vote pollcd justifies the at
tssupt at this time they alone can
say.
La EHoasetae. despite the disappoint.
A4S14AS "a tAAB GAtQW1LAB VA 0CGu9Y9
remains 4 powerful and potential
figure az washington.
The new Senate viii be confronted
with the same condition that pre-
walls in the present Senate--the
Balance Of power held by the Wis.
co1slA hlsurgent and his friends.
Lack Senate Control.
EAYfy this morning It appeared
the Republicans have picked UP a
few Senate seats, but not enough
70 abaure President Coolidge Of a
dependable working majority.
There was this factor, however,
70 consider. Some Of La Follette's
associates in the present Senate
have supported him and his policies
on the theory that the country was
with him, az revealed by the 1918
election, which saw the overthrow
q Republican control In both
houses.
Now by the same token, the
counSryf& with the Coolidge Dawes
ticket, s evidenced by a victory
6f ~ ide proportions.
KAa1R ~, in this situation, some
N3ASN who have waivered be.
No1 oeing independent and being
regular in the present Congress
YIN consider Il their duty to be
regular, remains TO be seen.
Another revelation offered by
the results was the dominance Of
the Ku Klux Kan in some parts
Of the country.
The Khan won some clean-eWt
victories. II encompassed the de-
feat Of Jack Walton for the SEN
ate IN Oklahoma. At elected its
candidate tor governor, Ben 8.
Paulen IN Kansas; Il elected the
eE.tiHO Republican State ticket In
lMdiaAa.
IN each Of these contests the de-
feated candidates were openly and
avcwedly anti.klan,
On the other side Of the ledger,
the victory OF Miriam A. C'Ma'9
FerKuSOA IN the goternorship fight
IN Texas was q clear cut anti.
taan victory.