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Show ME COIOHT IN TIE RESULT BP ELECTIONS Republicans in Lower House Declare the Administration Has Been Repudiated in New Jersey. FLOOR LEADER MANN TAUNTS DEMOCRATS Victor Murdock, Chief of the Progressives, Also Takes a Fling at the Majority and Utters a Warning. By International News Service. WASHINGTON. April S. There was much Republican and anti-Wilson jubilation jubi-lation today over the administration defeats de-feats in New Jersey and in Massachusetts, Massachu-setts, where the voters elected congressmen congress-men opposed to repeal of the Panama canal ca-nal tolls act favoring American coastwise ships. Representative 31ann, Republican minority mi-nority leader, said: "Gentlemen will find that becauso the Carnegie pcaco foundation Instituted a personal campaign among a number of Influential In-fluential persons In tho United Stales secretly se-cretly to get them in line on tho tolls question, on the English side, that Is not going to deliver the country. "Tho people of the country are wide awake alt the time. They know where the honor of the country Is. They know that the honor of tho country does not require us to bond the knee to a foreign power on any falso pretenses. Gentlemen Gentle-men will find tliat when tho country passes its Judgment upon these questions, the people of the country will Btand for America," Comment on Elections. Commenting on tho result of the elections elec-tions In New Jersey and in Massachusetts, Mr. Mann continued: "Mr. Gallivan, the Democratic candidate candi-date In Boston, having somo deslro to be elected, boldly announced that he would follow Champ Clark. "Nearly everybody In that district was against the, president. If the Republican candidato, in my opinion, had had the boldness to come out on tho tolls question on tho American sldo, he would havo gotten got-ten a great many moro votes than he did. But tho Democratic candidate, standing upon his party platform, on the platform of Champ Clark as against the majority side of the house, won hands down. And vhon ho comes horo repudiating repu-diating what you havo done and Is sworn in, you will have the nerve to give him the glad hand. Result in New Jersey. "I do not know what explanation the Democratic candidato over In Now Jersey Jer-sey yesterday made," said Mr. Mann. "1 believe his excuse waa that he was loyal to tho presldont and to hades with tho platform and tho country. "Senator James of Kentucky Is reported re-ported to havo said in Now Jersey: " 'Tho eyes of the country Just now aro upon the voters of tho Sovonth New Jersey district. If the Democratic candidate candi-date ib defeated It will be taken as a personal insult to Presldont Wilson, coming com-ing as It docs from his own state.' "Senator J. Hamilton owIs of Illinois I do not know whero ho stands on tho tolls question a. very handsome man and great orator and Btatosinan, is reported to havo said in New Jersey In support of tho Democratic candidato: 'If this man 'is not elected New Jersey will be dishonored before the wholo country." "I do not know whether the presldont presl-dont is Insulted or whether In his opinion opin-ion his Btate Is dishonored, but we aro feollnir very happy on this sldo of the houscV' commouled Mr. Mann. Wilson's Indorsement. "President Wilson himself has gratuitously gratuit-ously precipitated upon the country tho tolls question. Ho took the trouble to Interfere In tho New Jersey election and ho Is reported to have said: 'May I not, as tho time for tho election approaches, send you this line of warm Indorso- m5"Thi3 lottcr Ik addressed to tho Democratic Demo-cratic candidate: 'I hope sincerely that tho people of your district will elect vou to the house and In that w-ay not only do you honor, but also show tluslr Judgment with regard to tho present administration.' ad-ministration.' . . , . "They nhowcd their judgment by electing elect-ing the Ropubllcan candidate." Concluding. Mr. Mann Mild: "Underwood, who hud tho courage which most, of you did not have to stand for what he bolieved to bu right-cot right-cot a greater victory In Alabama than rlnvbody expected, doubtless through his right stand on tho lolls question. Murdock's Speech. RepfOBcntatlvu Mudrock of Kansas, the Bull Mooso loudor, followud with an aa-p-iult on tho Wllaon-Bryan forces. "I hope that the result In New Jersey will havo Its effect upon the Democratic n itrlotb In the eato and that this point freneul bill) will bo killed there I hone. too. that tho Democratic party, during its newt two years In power, nationally na-tionally at least, will again revise the tariff and ruvlso It in a propor way, tho (Continued on Pago gmmn. cut in mm results JlHttonttoinrt from Page One.) 5BkvUc1 the tariff two years ago JBIt vras seeking power. lBa yon not. as a Democrat, take MjW irom the rtopubllcnns? ,'jBT,We In n plaifonn is a sacred nsPt" raay not lie doubly read. It r, .L according to the ordinary jflWror tho plain English language. JSHfed the people not to take the aw In the canal tolls." |