Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1913 — Another Instance of Big Loss in Progressive Vote. [ARTICLE]

Another Instance of Big Loss in Progressive Vote.

A special election was held in the first West Virginia congressional district Tuesday to select a successor to John W. Davis, recently appointed solicitor-general of the United States. Three tickets were in the flejd in a district normally republican. Matthew M. Neely, democrat, received a plurality of 3,500 over J. G. Hearne, republican, while George A. Laughlin, progressive, ran a poor third, receiving enough votes to accomplish the defeat of the republican candidate by a democrat, and proving the value of the progressive party as a democratic aid society. Both republicans and progressives opposed the democratic candidate, on the tariff issue. In all elections there is a decided turning hack to the republican party. The progressives have made very few converts from the democratic party and practically everyone has returned to the democratic fold. Here in Rensselaer one of the candidates for office on the democratic city ticket was a progressive and voted the ticket last fall, while another candidate on the democratic ticket winked for a time at the progressive movement, but withdrew when selected as a delegate to the progressive convention. The Republican believes that only one party can succeed in opposition to united democracy. It believes that the reppblican party is the one that will succeed and that the grand old party with its long record of achievements will respond to the demand of its members and declare for such measures of reform and such progressive demands as the majority favors. The incident of 1012, in which two stubborn forces met in anger and permitted the consuming flame of passion to control them throughout the campaign, has done Its work and should be forgotten. But one party can oppose democracy and succeed. The republican party stands ready to be again, as it has been in the past, the party of the people, and thoughtful men everywhere are returning to it and will add their strength of thought and their ideas of progress to make up the issues of a party that will swing into power and make for better government than we have ever had before. In Rensselaer there is a decided turning back to the party. There is every reason for this. The local interests are identical and the hope of all is alike. The Republican believes that right now Is the time to return to the party that was your old party, thafv you trusted and admired as you have your churCh, your lodge and your social affiliations. The party is your party and will respond to your demands, but you can not and we can not accomplish anything when rent by small dissentions. The ticket nominated by the republican party for offices in Rensselaer is an able one. It was nominated with the sole object of efficiency In administration and is deserving of the support of every citizen who wants able business management of the affairs of the city. Look It over, Mr. Votftr, talk about it with your wives,! the voters of tho <ncar future, and we believe you will dee, right here at home, splendid reasons why you should cast your vote with the republican party. It will make for future success and make easy the union that must cbme if we ever get our heads far above water.