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THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS
Though considered an off-year, in politics th
results of the November, 1913. eleSSons were
significant from many standpoints. Indorse
ment of President Wilson's policies is seen by
the leading newspapers of the country nractic
" ?n J w,ith??t ?ceion, in the democratic v c
tadS Jersey, Massachusetts and Mary-
' enh? eloc"n for governor in Massachusetts re
sulted as follows: Walsh, democrat, 183,257;
?i?ioPq?gISS8iv0',X?7,64i; Gardnor' republican,
Vif9J PoB8' dependent, 20,349: Wrenn
- socialist, 8,987. With Walsh was elected the
entire democratic state ticket by pluralities rang-
' lnBuP to 50,000. The democrats made Ss
..in the legislature, but no party secured a cW
majority of that body. The republicans elected
congressman from the Third district by a great-
- ly reduced plurality. , great
Election results in New Jersey for governor
were approximately as follows: Fielder demo
crat 168,500; Stokes, republican, 142,000.'
Colby, progressive, 41,500. The democrats will
control the legislature. nemocrats will
Maryland voted for a United States senator
The approximate vote was: Lee, democrat in?
1 600; Parran, republican, 30?0&o7 Well ngton"
nroressivK 27.nno nhni m :v51I1"bton'
crat. was -elected to the house of' representative
from t.hfi rrhii.,1 Arnvij -ni.,c awaoniauYOS
In Virginia, the entire democratic state ticlr
headed by Henry Stuart was elected without re
publican opposition. The legislature is over
whelmingly democratic.
Coinplete returns from New York city make
John Purroy Mitchell's plurality for mayor 121 !
974. On tho eamo ticket with him were elected
' A. Prendrfcast for comptroller and Qeorre Mc
' Avjny for president of the board of aldermen
The fusion victory deprived Tammany of -control
ot -all the borough governments, of the board of
tfdermen and hoard of estimate.
Former Governor Sufcer was elected' to the
?X Yor 0aemWy as a progressive by a plu
rality of 2 250 over his republican opponent
., VftH, aovviuuiy me progressives.
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The Bogey Man Buried
It is now thirty-three years since I began to
take part in presidential campaigns; the begin
ning being made in 1880. Including that cam
paign, I have been a participant in nine presi
dential campaigns and in eighteen congressional
elections. In every one of these the protected
interests have brought out their bogey man to
scare the people into retaining in power those
who wanted protection for protection's sake. A
panic has been threatened by those who thought
themselves able to bring it, and they have suc
ceeded in convincing a great many people, not
only of their ability to bring a panic but of their
willingness to do so. The influence which this
threat has exerted has manifested itself in many
ways. Banks controlled by the interests re
fused to extend loans except for those politically
friendly; conditional orders were placed for large
amounts of material and the public was fully
informed as to the contingent character of the
orders. Employees were warned not to return
to work tho day after election unless ihe Re
publican party was successful; every possible de
vice was employed to compel voters to substitute
fear for Intel igence in the casting of their votes.
These tactics have generally been successful,
but they failed in the campaign of last fall.
A united Democracy, aided by a division in the
Republican party, succeeded in obtaining control
of the White House and of both branches of
Congress. The time was opportune for a reduc
tion of the tariff. The discussion that preceded
the enactment of the Payne-Aldrich Bill had re
vealed more clearly than ever before the true in
wardness of a protective tariff measure. Pro
gress ye Republicans, led by such men as La
Follette and Dolliver vied with Democrats in
and independent members will hold the balance
of power no party having a clear majority
Two special elections were held in New' York
to fll congressional vacancies. In the Twentieth
rlZ H or th,e i:acancv caused by the appoint
Se iFrancis 5UPton Harrison as governor of
in fHr?J!ines' Sor. democrat, was elected.
In the Thirteenth district, represented by th
elected3? Tim" SU"iVan' L"' Sl
Important municipal elections were held in
many cities: Cleveland, Ohio, voted for the first
time under the new preferential ballot system,
and re-e ected Mayor Baker, considered the
democratic candidate, although no political
' dteaiSnatJ?ns are allowed on the ballot. In Cin
cinnati, Mayor Henry T. Hunt, the democrat who
otZl ?a?i prmineice y defeating the Cox ma
chine, failed of re-election. Judge Frederick S
Spiegel was elected by a narrow margin
In Indianapolis, Ind., Joseph E. Bell, democrat
iVpS fndiTr?r b a plurality of over 6,000.
In Philadelphia, Pa, the fusion forcesled bv
Mayor Blankenburg, were completely over
whelmed by the regular republican organization
The socialist mayor of Schenectady n!y was
defeated for re-election. ' ' as
A PROBE OF THE TRUST PROBLEM
An indication of the far-reaching purposes of
President Wilson is given in a notable sjeechde
ivered by Commissioner of Corporations TjoRmfh
M. Dayies before the National Hardware associa
tion at Atlantic City Octobnr 11 tW aBB0Cla
which is printed J wuiae? ST&
Commoner, Commissioner Davies annVmnn5 fw
a scientific investigation of C ec?Sc condf
fiv118 '? i"(iustri1 world would be nnder"
pfrSnenyt & of'thTdt
Com'mVffiravt SSS?
investigations of speVc taBSntoSSSTS
the past, but covers the whole flold of YndnJSiS
combinations in their relatione Ttn nL Bt
problems of the present day Th iSfnnmlc
secured by this InvestigaUon winVave TS
infiuence in shaping the trend of all f,2?,i S?S
legislation, and the solution of th
arising from present InduSial Yomtfttofffff
next great quesOon to be dealt with by congreBfl
Claude Phillips, Sr., Coalton. W Va t - ,
the change of The OommoSfcSm SLm?X
a monthly as a decided benefit to waderS.
showing up the manner in which tho hnnr ,
of protection conspired to'gether to ?oH?tClfirIes
tribute through laws written bv n eCt heir
While both branches o? the ? Renub ,hPel,,8elvo8
advocated protection, each p?eS Uhp,1.I)arly
of the Democratic party to a Ci??
other branch of the Republican party he
President Wilson found the public min.i ,
and the nation ready for tariff reform 1,cn
ceeded with his work imintdtatSd iltfZ
cooperation of Congress succeeded in enac U'
law which materially reduces import S,
mconfes ' f WvernmentSo
n,.oS? 1?0W,tllat law "as opened the eyes of a
multitude of honest, patriotic men who werJ
really led to believe that disaster would foUow
n the wake of tariff reduction. They S
have been surprised when the sun rose as iS
he morning after the bill was signed S
Senth.Y?d has waSSed on in its usual war
the timidity has gone; the nervous prostration ii
whiciXdc ,Tintry ,S freed from a lorroriim
wiiich has lasted for a generation.
Were these prophets of evil deluded them
selves, or were they trying to delude others?
ELwey we,ra.d?luded' how reIieved they ms
reel to find their apprehensions unfounded. If
thf y? tryinAto, delude others how relieved
the public must fee , now that it can no longer
be duped. It is evident that a good many Re
5ubhJ5ns navo taken the first occasionNcvera
? th--t0 Sive expression to their gratitude
t? emancipation that lias come to them,
it will be a leng time before the Republican
party can again resort successfully to the intimi
dation that it has practiced for more than three
decadea- , W. J. BRYAN.
A Plan That Went Wrong
The man who thinks he can look into the
future and tell what is going to happen is likely
to experience a succession of surprises; when
one deals with human beings it is hard to be
sure of what is coming ext. The course of
events in the state of New York during the last
rew months show how impossible it Js to fore
cast political events.
Last November Congressman Suizer was elect
ed governor of New York. It was a triumph
ror the progressive element of the party and re
formers were happy. He had no sooner started
on his administration than he -was confronted
witn a demand made by Mr. Murphy which af
rected the manner in which the duties of the
office should be discharged. He und the boss
tea out and the boss started in to drive him
rrom office. He succeeded, but the conduct of
tnose who conducted the impeachment proceed
ings was so much worse than the conduct of
buizer that public sympathy was with Suizer as
tne lesser offender. It just so happened that
buizer was removed from office at a time when
Murphy's candidate was trying to secure con
trol of the municipal machinery of New York.
buizer, being relieved ot the duties of the gov
ernorship, he had leisure to devote himself to the
campaign in th city of New York. He an
nounced himself as a candidate for the legisla
ture in the Sixth district and divided his time
between speeches for himself and rpeeches
against the Murphy ticket. Sequal: The Sixth
district electa Suizer to the legislature by a
large majority and the city of New York over
throws the Tammany candidate.
These are the pictures that the kaleidoscope
shows in the neighborhood of Manhattan, but it
is only one of many illustrations of the fact that
the future opens to ns day by day It is never
55f? to plot notnep human being's downfall,
i A have vay of arranging- themselves; at
least the plans of the shrewdest often go wrong.
No one need feel uneasiness pver the predic
tions of disaster made by the eminent financiers
"who are not being permitted to write the new
currency law. Equally as feargome prophecies
by equally as eminent men were4 made when con
gress placed teeth in the interstate commerce
commission law. Equally as dire consequences
were predicted for tho new tariff law, which has
found ready acceptance from 'tie hour it was
signed by President Wilson.
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