Show I t tI t I I Clipped lipped C Current Comment t Election Results n I in n Maine HM t 1 I New York World I Ir V r HE results of oC the hotly contested special election elec- elec 1 tion In the Third congressional dl district ot oC Maine Maino reveal two thing In the tI preservation Uon of ot orthe the full Democratic strength th as compared with the presidential vote volo la Jt t Co fall all none of ot that popular re reaction reaction reaction re- re action so su common to a U new flOW administration Lit itt Washington appears In the he heavy W loss of tho Progressives Progressives Pro Pro- goress es to the Republicans Republicans' the third thin party parn meets with a t hitter hitler disappointment President ident Wilsons Wilson's policies and conduct of 11 his of office Cleo have the support of his party Colonel Roosevelt's party Is IJ shown to be he less a a. apart party part of or distinctive principles than of or it H. man mall r I r- r Pittsburgh Dispatch I Irr r rr p HE feature of tho the election to fill the vacancy In THE 1 I. tho Third Maine congressional district was not the majority of or a J. J few tew hundred one way or the theother theother other but ut the showing of or tho tren trend between the Republican and anti Progressive parties Tho The district I IP normally Republican The bulk bulle of ot its voters whether In the Republican or Progressive ranks s Is opposed oppose to the Democratic program In the thel l presidential election the Democrats polled 11 2 1 votes the tho Progressives 1212 and the thc Republicans Yest Yesterdays Yesterday's poll showed hoed a reversal of or the thc Republican and Progressive positions the time hulk bulk of ot the Progressives returning to the Republican standard while the Democrats about hel held their ow own While leaders ma may talk tall and plan as they please the tho voters oters aro are themselves readjusting the political balance It may not be finished In time for or the next congressional campaign but there is every probability that the process 6 ma may be bo completed be before before be- be fore ore the presidential campaign of ot 1916 Pa I San Francisco Chronicle I IT r liE district being normally Republican by br a aI T THE I small plurality the election of ot a Republican to succeed a t Republican would call for no special re remark remark re- re mark were 1 It not for the fact act that tho administration tion made most strenuous efforts to carr carry it for Cor the Democratic candidate oven even going so far tar as to de detach detach do- do tach Secretary Bryan from the tho Chautauqua circuit to stump tho the district It Is also of or interest In that at this election the alleged Progressives ran Ian rana a candidate ate of or their own against the Republican which was not done last year What the election shows l Is that in that district which ma may be considered a typical Republican district district district dis dis- the Democratic administration Is making no headway whatever er and that the alleged Progressive sive party Is In lii process of disintegration Tho The administration administration administration ad ad- ministration candidate ate out of a lars total th than n was polled In 1912 got 19 less votes otes than were cast for Wilson last year car and the alleged allege Pro Progressives Progressives res- res polled but 17 and a fraction traction per cent of or the total vote as against 37 7 7 per cent given to Roosevelt in 1912 The fact tact that the alleged Progressives ran a candidate of or their own may ma be taken as evidence o that Mr Peters who was elected Is a de dependable dependable de- de pen able Republican and that in the Third congressional congressional congressional con con- gressional district of or Maine the Republicans have licked the Democrats and alleged Progressives corn combined bi a ed One Ono swallow does not make malee a summer but but- butin in our opinion the result of this election Is la t typical of the result which would follow tollow the election in any Rny part of ot the country That Is to sa say emotion Is wearing Itself out reason Is rea reasserting her hor sway the Democratic ad administration administration administration ad- ad ministration Is losing ground round and tho the freak party part which Roosevelt undertook to create to support his personal ambition 1 If it not yet et quite rend ready for tor forthe forthe the rite of oC extreme unction Is what the doctors call moribund It will doubtless continue to kick kicka a n while whilo lon longer er especially here In fn California where here the Infestation was most extensive and the culture most virulent but the carl early carly triumph of reason and common sense Is assured I Omaha World I IT HE election lection In the tho Third Maine district shows T THC the Democrats holding their own And nd it shows that about halt half the Republicans who left eft the old party In 1912 to follow Roosevelt and Georgo George Perkins have hae washed the war paint off their faces and meekly gone back to the thc reserva resena tion rho Tho Third district of or Maine alne is only a part palt of the United States and a er very ery small part on the tho fringe Cringe of things at that 1 It is only fair fall to sa say however that the same Influences that make them themselves felt In this district are aro vcr very possibly at work In all sections of tho countr country And j if it the they have the same weight and amid effect elsewhere as In this Maine district then there arc are one or two symptoms that seem seeni reasonably plain Tb The most pronounced symptom Indicates the collapse of ot tho the Progressive party as such When hen I Ia a Progressive voto vote of ot moro more than In 1912 is converted In loss lees th than n a n year Into a vote of or less Jess than It Is as If It a n a. pound OO-pound man had shrunk to pounds In tho time same period of time Tho Th Tho condition Indicated is a desperate on one i It Isn't so hard to understand why the Progressive Pro Pro- vote should dwindle There Is 18 no good I excuse for fOI the continued existence of oC the Progressive Pros res sive sivo party part I EH 21 I St. St Louis Globe Demo Globe Democrat rat I ITHE HE return movement mo began Immediately l af T THE 1 the tile result of or the presidential election last year ear had sobered a n. great arm army of Republicans who could then see soe clearly how much too far tar the they had allowed their enthusiasm to carry thorn them Their Theil conviction that the Democratic part party could not or would not serve any of their political Ideals and aspirations while it could coutu safely be bo re relied relied relied re- re lied upon to bring back exploded economic theories dangerous dang to the time prosperity and progress of ot the country has been more and and more confirmed since that party part took charge e of or the government When hen the Third Maine district voted Monday tonda the Congress res had been In session six months doing nothing but bLit tariff ripping wiping out protective schedules and InfinitelY enlarging tho the free freo list over o the of ott a multitude of industries and under the lash of or a President wedded to a disastrous theory and grimly giving It another trial li resolved on They had d sec seen half halt a year ear pass without any attempt at solution of the greater public problems In which tho they arc more vitally Interested The They IH had d fully realized the possible es of or last years year's division and naturally sol got ot to together ether under lauder the Impulse s necessity n The Tile President of mutual n remained up ur until midnight waiting to hear henr tho Maino Malno result What ho lie said on hearl hearing f It i Is no not reported U It must have been tut tut which In his vocabulary means the same thing as the lan language of Marshal In the time rout at Waterloo Spokane Spokesman J Jr T lIE changes in ILL the totals are arc susceptible rf r 1 only one honest interpretation Thu Tho vas was wa waged ed tull squarely on the issue between free ree trade and protection The election was va the tho except one In Massachusetts this year lear that iab boon been h held ld for a 5 representative of or n a les ional lonaI dl district since ince the Simmons Underwood-Simmons free trec rado trado bill be began n to be The Tue Democrats strained er very n nerve r c to carry carry this Malno Maino Ia Ino district sending T i men there of or such national authority In their party itS as Secretary Dr Bryan an alJ and Speaker Clark as spokesmen spokes men of t the administration Rut nut the people of or this his district Oll of tho the finest fitt In Maine aln and abounding with diversified Industries tI s and Interests believe that the bill the pro prosperity of or their farms ani and forests and mills They turned out to the tile number of over oer SOO voters this time as n against J last ast time Iii hi the tho con c congressional lamp campaign and registered tile the protest of a a. great majority against the measure The rime rc- rc stilt is Indicative o of sentiment in III tile the productive districts of OI C every northern tate alon along the Can Cana dlan border t. t n I Los Angeles Times J Jr r T HE first congressional on election held since the 1 Wilson Wilson-Underwood iI tariff bill Jill was crammed down the throat of the time Democratic caucus took place in the Third district of Maine on Monday ana nail the result is exceedingly ly significant Last November the vote of or this district was of or which Wilson received 1 giving Iving him bIn a a. plural plurality It over Roosevelt of I ll 1156 G aIle and over Taft of or 7 t At the election on Monday Monda the time vote ote for Democrat was Hr only lJJ less than the tho Wilson vote yote of oC last November But the Progressives lost votes and the straight Republicans Re ftc- publicans gained 91 votes thus electing Peters Republican b by plurality over Patt Democrat and plurality over Lawrence Progressive In despite of all time the efforts of tho tio Roosevelt leaders to prevent the friends of or protection from getting together and the frantic advice of thc tho big Dull Bull Moose himself one half of or the Progressives Progressives Progressives In the thc Third Maine district returned to their I allegiance to the Grand Old Part Party an and returned to stay Go slow Hol Holy Hiram Go slow Edwin Tobias T Can SCan ye not discern the sl signs of the times Jr I Denver Times I IT r IJ hERE is not room for three political parties T THERE 1 In the United States This lesson was taught last November Xo an the voters oters in tho the Third congressional congressional con con- gressional s district of Maine re recognized this in indestructible indestructible indestructible in- in destructible truth last Monday londay if the voters who were opposed ed to the party art In power powel and to Its economic revolution toward free trade had divided their votes otes as they did at tho the national election the result would have havo been the same the thc the Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic candidate would woul have slipped between As AsIt is isit It was the voters In opposition gravitated Fra to tho the stronger candidate Which means mean that tho the Progressive Pro Pro- party of or necessity is more or less Jess a Q one one- man party part I If It Roo Roosevelt elt e had been waving wa his standard for another Arma Armageddon e l on If IC he had entered the tha campaign campaign cam cam- and taken h Issue sue with the Wilson administration administration administration adminis adminis- and opposed the tariff measure the Progressive Progressive Progressive Pro Pro- party part candidate might have taken tho the lead but the Republican party for tor nearl nearly half haIr a century has been identified with pro protection and as ns the tariff policy of the national administration was the guiding issue the tho older party part gained In Inthe Inthe Inthe the campaign Between now and next year year certainly certainly before tho the national campaign of 1916 Is under way way there there 1 must be but one opposition I part party |