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ran ahead of Wilson — a strong Eepublican district. The other three 

 were the sixth, the eighth and the twenty-sixth, the three districts in 

 which the Eussians and Austrians constitute the great majority of the 

 electorate. 



It appears, therefore, from the experiment in social psychology 

 conducted by the state in November, 1913, that, firstly, feudal politics 

 as exemplified by Tammany is disapproved by native Americans (native 

 born of native parents), by Eussians and by Germans; it is favored by 

 Irish and Italians; secondly, socialism is not a general foreign phe- 

 nomenon, being preferred chiefly by Eussians and, to a less extent, by 

 Germans, getting no support from the Irish and but little from the 

 Italians; thirdly, Hearstism is a transition phenomenon manifested by 

 a considerable number of foreigners in process of becoming Americanized. 



