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The Commoner.
WILLIAM J. BRYAN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
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IVol. 6. No. 44.
Lincoln, Nebraska, November 16, 1906.
Whole Number 304.
CONTENTS
Mb. Bryan's Lettish
The Elections op 1900
To The First Voter
To Democratic Members op Congress
A Good Example For Oorielyoct
"Roosevelt Victories'
New York "World's New Hat
Tiie Republican Party's Last Trial
From The Masses
Comment on Current Topics
Home Department
Whether Common or Not
News op the Week
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MISSOURI
We have heard from old Missouri and our
heart is light and gay;
She is once more democratic clean from
Pike to Nodaway,
And wo hear the roosters crowing in a
loud and lusty ton
While the echoes are resounding all the
way from Polk to Stone.,
We have heard from old Missouri and
she's hack again in line,
And our heart is filled with rapturo and
we're feeling mighty fine.
We have heard from old Missouri and
we're feeling good today.
She has turned about in gladness from
the error of her way.
She has shouted out the tidings that she'll
never err again,
And we hear the echoes rolling all the
way from Cass to Wayne.
We have heard from old Missouri; she's
again within the ranks
And our cup of joy brims over and our
s heart is full of thanks.
We have heard from old Missouri and the
news was full of joy.
Still the old state's democratic that's the
truth without alloy.
Clear from Atchison to Butler and then
back again to Ralls v
Comes the word that she is ready when
- the voice of duty calls.
We have heard from old Missouri; she is
standing staunch and true
And the sun of hope is shining in a sky
that's fair and blue.
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DO IT THOROUGHLY
The New York World says: "By an unexpect
edly small plurality the people of New York
have selected Mr. Hughes to do the work that
Mr. Hearst was claiming to do,, but there can
be no question as to their demands that the work
shall be done." If Mr. Hughes really beginB the
good work let us hope that he will make a better
finish of it than he did 6f the insurance investi-
jcation.
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Now Does He Know Which Way The Wind is Blowing?
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THE ELECTIONS OF 1906
The elections of 190G indicate a trend in
favor of the democratic party. The details will
be found upon another page, but they prove that
the democratic party is growing stronger as
republican policies are developed. In New York
the party has won a signal victory in spite of the
tremendous efforts put forth in behalf of the ad
ministration. The republicans had all the money
they wanted; they had the support of all the great
corporations; and at the close they had whatever
Influence the administration could lend. The fact
that the democrats elected every state officer ex
cepting the governor shows that in the Empire
state the republican party has been repudiated.
The defeat of Mr. Hearst, the democratic and
independent candidate for governor, while a
great disappointment to his friends and to the
party, is explained by facts which rob Mr.
Hughes' victory of both glory and political sig
nificance. Mr. McCarren, whom Mr. Hearst de
nounced as a boss, threw his influence to Hughes
and cut down Mr. Hearst's vote in Brooklyn.
Mayor McClellan, the legality of whose election
Mr. Hearst had denied, used his influence for
Mr. Hughes and cut down the Hearst vote in
New York. Mr. Jerome, the prosecuting attorney
of New York, who had also been attacked by
Mr. Hearst, supported the republican ticket, and
his influence was felt in Greater New York. Mr.
Croker, during the last days of the campaign,
made an attack upon Mr. Hearst, which doubtless
weakened the democratic candidate among the
Tammanyites. Mr. Murphy, the head of Tam
many, while supporting the ticket, could not put
much enthusiasm into the campaign owing to
the personal controversies which he had had
with Mr. Hearst. It is evident, therefore, that
Mr. Hughes owes his victory not to republican
votes but to democratic votes brought to him by
the very men whom ho and the republican load
ers have been denouncing for years.
President Ttoosevelt can not find very muoh
cause for rejoicing In the New York returns.
To have his own state go democratic can not bo
gratifying to him, and to find that his personal
attack upon Mr. Hearst had little influence on
the result compared with the Influence exerted
by McCarren, Murphy and Croker will not glad
den his Thanksgiving day. The president's per
sonal attack on Mr. Hearst was in bad taste, to
say' the least, and the failure of that attack to
favorably- impress the public ought to be a warn
ing for the future.
Mr. Hearst Is, of course, disappointed, and
yet, when all the facts are known, he has much
to congratulate himself upon. He made a tre
mendous fight' against great odds, and while ho
himself failed of election, his heroic struggle
brought victory to the rest of the ticket. As
the rest of the ticket stood for the same princi
ples for which he contended, It is evident that
he has been vindicated on the position taken
and this must be more gratifying to him than
any personal victory could be. His personal
enemies have contributed to his defeat, but the
triumph of his ideas still leaves him in a position
to continue the fight for the protection 61 tho
public against the encroachments of predatory
wealth.
If the' trend toward democracy continues as
strong for the next two. years as it has been
for the last two years, New York can be counted
among the democratic states in 1908, and Mr.
Hearst is in a position to do valiant work in se-
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