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If the republican party has lost so much In two
; years, as last night's figures show, it will in four
years easily wipe out all claim to. leadership. The
1 defeat of leaders like Bibcock, Lacey and Wads
worth, and the great reduction of majorities for
such others as Hepburn, Sherman arid Payne, is
.of utmost significance, and no leader realizes
v';this more clearly than the president."
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FEANK P. SARGENT, commissioner of immi
gration, in a newspaper interview declares :
''The election result was rather an indorsement
of the president than tho party. Labor knew the
president was all right', and that not to hold up
his hands by giving him a house of representatives
of his party would be to desert a friend. This
thought saved many congressmen, whose records'
did not commend them to labor. Taken bj them
selves they would have been defeated; backed by
the president, labor accepted them. It is a les-'
son and labor will receive tho benefits, for it
has. shown what may happen at the next election,
. if theso men -do not give consideration to meas
ures asked for by labor. Hughes won because
he got part of the labor vote. If Hearst had got
all of if, he woufd have 'been elected. I believe
Hughes had almost tho entire vote of the members
of the brotherhoods of firemen, trainmen and en
gineers. Tt has been shown that congress can
not ignore labor' demands simply because the pres
ident's popularity Has saved some congressmen.
Organized labor 'can not be overlooked by each
party. The "knowledge 'that 'the president was
with "us nullified in large mensure.the apneal of
the' labor leaders against particular congressmen."
T' JU3 OPINION SEEMS to be growing in Wash
" irigton, according to the. World' Herald's cor
respondent', that Mr. Roosevelt "has been forced
upon his party for another nomination?' This
correspondent adds: "Taft, Shaw, Fairbanks,
Cannon and all the other' booms arc defeated
todayand the president is at' the front as the al
most cerfin candidate of nis party. The politi
cians have hoped to be. 'spared this, but are yield
ing to it. The new congress will be the presi
dent's own, politicians, 'say. .and .he wih be able
, tb get what lie demands. If ho fails to press pro
gressive 'legislation "he will injure his chances;
hence the great interest in gossip" about what he
; "la supposed to plan putting intb his forthcoming
message. Tariff revisionists ore disgusted that
the administration should, have had time to send
Tuft to Idaho; but could not snare any effort for
the help of flummins in so loyal a Roosevelt stnte
"as Iowa. They construe it to mean' that the
tariff is goine to get rib attention at tlie hands .
'of the administration while ' Rebscvelt is presi-
. dent. " Cummins' electi6n Is taken to' mean that
ifthe tariff becomes a great issue in the next
few, years the lowan will loom larere In the-.presi-
dential class. That the' president, is now lnstaht
of a senatorial seat from New York, in -case he"
wishes it, is another element in all calculations.
There are some republicans who believe ther presi
dent would be willing to .retire in 1908 as presl-'
dent 'If certain of a l6ne senatorial career., But
their number Is small. 'The general belief is that
the president will be the 1908' candidate for pres
ident. Pennsylvania return to the fold of the
Penrose riia chine grieves manv friends of the
president, who are unable 'to understand how he
could have been for reform In Pennsylvania and
Ohio last year and against it this year. They point
out that in both states there was no chance of
Sf' 1)Uffe President changed and the-states'
areSi;1Ic?n tbisoiyear reinstating -the old
ESSS ThliR one of the evidences to. which
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i-.-.vv.t YYttJiio uuuiiier term. '
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TttlSE? RBTUBNS from tho new state
A or UKianoma, made up of the territoripc, nf
Oklahoma and Indiau Territory it-efi,iif in
terest The constitutional- lonVentlo? will be
overwhelmlmrlv r)amnii. t ,i"! . "on Wl" UQ
new ofilcialq wiiri A1- Is maKeuP. anq the
r , 1U "G democratic, s The nress i.
patches declare that the Indians generally voted
tho democratic ticket. The extent V the
S fh!7i M a rp,risG een to tlie most optimistic
of the democratic leaders. Interest in the Arbona
ierv lleh0 a'1' Th VOto In both territories was
JbryioVn kl w?W?ffier0ted &w Meco voted
for joint statehood, ..puj Arizona-voted against it
by heavy odds. Arizonrf'offers t)ie pbjoS , that
New Mexico is peopMiery Itffetfy by Mexicans
Mo?0 Zn nthis8ymAPr,y MwlSSS.
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vast portion of It, mostly in Arizona, would be
practically shut off by reason of geological and
geographical peculiarities. Arizona's vote is an
Indication that the people of that territory prefer
indefinite postponement of statehood to joint
statehood with New Mexico.
TT PENNSYLVANIA the ' republicans won by
JL about 75,000 plurality. One feature of the
Pennsylvania result is that reformers are making
bitter attacks upon Mayoi Weaver of Philadel
phia, denouncing him as a traitor to their cause.
Referring to Weaver the Philadelphia correspond
ent for the Chicago Tribune says: "There is one
remarkable phase of the situation. On election
night Mayor Weaver became absolutely a man
without a party. Hated by the city party, the
reform organization whWi Ti tiAitn,,M i
betrayed him by turning down his candidate for
mCJTTMif nffntiMAO nn.1l 1 V r, .-. . - . -
district attorney, Frederic J. mStfJT aM Th oh volM01??? eenP"t' "
tS!?S?iS 59 aendanced, he V held re- :. MiSS?.. 'Wbltaua of hi,
in consequence he denounced, he Is; held re
snonsible for; !t.hotr riofanf i k - m. ..-
bridgable. The republican organization, on the''
other hand, would no more embrace him than it
would dynamite. They consider him too im
petuous and too strongly loaded. Their principle'
in the last fight was to stand at a discreet dis
tance and wa.tch him explode under the other
party. It Is admitted even by 'the mayor that'
he and politics are to be strangers henceforth."
CONCERNING THE Pennsylvania result the'
Washington correspondent for. the Chicago
Tribune says: "Pennsylvania went for the regu
lar republican ticket by a plurality of fully 75,000
votes. This is a great personal triumph for Sen-:
ator Penrose. It puts him as firmly in the saddle
in Pennsylvania as ever Quay was, and at the
same time it ends for the time being all hope
of the success, of a reform movement, in quUf
state. John Weaver, the sensational mayor of
Philadelphia, went back to the Penrose crowd be
fore the election and turned over ,to them the
control of:the police and the city government."
VOLUME 6, NUMBER h
terference in the campaign through the ,. .
popular member of his cabinet, fecretar11'
We do not believe any nolitieni nnl , y nt
.future will ever beat 7the rSd S? ,n
Burchards and blunders" m ono
democratic column. They appear to fT the
interest, aside fro the Heart 2ef? f
the baeksUding TuZouvT It was 'onTv "tw!
years ago that the 'Mysterious Stager? left 2
was welcomed Z, newconiZllCg?neTily ZQ I
po.litics,vand the enthiiBlaHtuSii1 a. a
T N" NEW HAMPSHIRE . renubUe.nn nnir
JL loss over the last election of more than, 6 500 2? Cldwe11' ho h.at 'en6. J. Rivqs in the
In Idaho', Gooding was re-elected together with ' wenty-first, and Martip D. Foster, who got more
the rest of the republican- ticket. The legislature kalIots than Frank LTDiekson 'in 'the Twenty-third.
flourt.nredioten fC1"08 ofs.
. Jts adhesion to repuMteaTSl icy Tey S
.republican to the United States-Senate aiU I tl en
St7anS ma Fy D0 .m0re' THg 'Mysterious
t.u anger did not come to stay. The qtmini.'
ha? gone back-to his old associated fand mSSS
has become- a democratic -Wte once more Iv
safe majority, electing a large perSe nf
roTnhT t0 w of represKtive?n0
JS5 a!iyo-nSUdn? the electoral vote to ihe deinoc!
racy two years from. now. Poor Missouri, not a
.cntoous performance, but only one night
Aw i ' hicae:o av6 the republican state
ticket a plurality, of more than 50.000. The Asso
ciated Press dispatches say: "The republicans
lost two congressional districts apparently in
cnicago and two more down state, making a
gain of four for the democrats, and giving them
five instead of pne in the Illinois . cdpgresslonal
m ,aii0n- The successful democrats were Jimes
McDermoH, who beat Charles S. Wharton in
the Fourth, distrint- Arinir.ii t ooWfv. .i.
out against Anthony Micha.lek In 'the1 Fifth: Ben-
the rest of the republican- ticket. The legislature
is also republican, thus assuring the defeat of
Senator Dubois. In Idaho as in Utah great sup
port was given the republican party by, the Mor
mon church. In Rhode Island, Higgins, democrat,
is elected ernvArnnn Vw anrvinfui in., h rtT ...
ih mi. 1 X. , J qv''"4.,u6 ime, x.yvu plu
rality The rest of Uie republican state ticket; was
Henrv T. RainAV fiom(v.. Wi..A,nij1i- .u
Twentieth district, All the defeated republicans
are In the present congress, having been renom
inated. .The legislature Is. undoubtedly renublican
by la good majority on joint ballot, fhe repuhlicnns
naviner n mnnrtfir-r. tUn 'mA.k tu. i.n.
- J"v yi -Mc mcmuciB 111 uulii nouses.
This insures the Yeturn, to the senate of United
States iSennioiv PthAlhv .iw. nniii ,..t,, t
elected. The ' le'cisiatnrA i i.An.iMinn r j ThIs insures the return t6 thn RAnnte nf TTnitmi
the republican congressmen were Treturiied ' 'f8 'Senator , Shelby. ,M CvHonil who received
"puuuft xviiuuiicans were successful 7 . ..' fc """ ya -t iue repuuuuun suuu
electiing, representatives and Si otWe vb 'maTie3' '' Ur ',M'N
publican ' state ticke.t. The , re-election r"".'' .'"' l.J -4. '
STSc lBUtle the Hughes
legislature will be BtronrfJ ??n,,1K. fl9f ' A ' ,.mInistraon tha,t, something. must be done
ka the reZ cans electL tZ t AW-'. the nublic Interest, , The,; World says: "The
tured I th? lee ise and lSJr 'TO a?: f9p,- pf Ne York ae ted of corporation
membe of congress Pf fiv?' ' e ,sfx,acy.1 ,They are: tired, of belngrobbed by the
p cuubrebb., ,, ,. ,'(,,;. .-t.Rublts service corporatiops that. are tho creatures
' - ss.vi; . . - nuQf the state,, and f seeing' this robbery connived
TE R'rcjtttt' ttvt -,ni 1 i. .'.'i.-f f hy. men who are supposed tbMhe-the servants
' 'pVfie There t& ttrl8'"'1 "?& -tJie .public, Ehey M .tired-oftbeing robbed
fight Snst SfiZ ;,ml? trusts' and ice-trusts and, coal trusts and
,7i"b ?S Lea corporations, that ejeriients, gas trusts an tmntinn 0f rpu.r n wi
winpietuiy capiurmg the reDUblican. statA nnbJ & ""luli'V""-""0' l "VJ c"., '
he "Den Vat. KrVwa wmL a,uj. ? T. ?: I v Yr v v-"Hyip uecween corporations ana po
ueneF e.ws He admitting that , litical organ! 7.ntinn nn,i tw L nx tioir
vention. The Denyer News hdriilK SS JSS
of Colbrado have suffered de- ' rSStmt SrSTo 1 "T T!1
e republican state ticket "rn- . x . . "
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SSi7?4 .a ?i8t nct Plurality of the honest vote at
cause rubHcans BrMoS, AW A troP5
majority vote was cast against Strf-hJ n,2 '" t&ti ' ' ?ffensls . conimid . ,ljy some of
corporations. Aside from thS riihl wS ino! ' W ' umber ft-' BrownfllW , Texas, Presi-
there.were candiSatfs V tXS' - l i$TVi iled" uPn doIonel WI11Iam
Adams, democrat: Havwood. Mv.fnBf.'T.i,.. i-" 7' . lllcher , tp , explain, his; offensive rc-
dependerit These three divided.the'anti-corppra. '' "" SrrStfffiSr11" S850- tP?pS- .Waahfngtoii
firm vntd.nn flir. .,.. .ij. x j, . M'viu. correspondent fni- tli -ii,.. rn..lK,.r. noire.
.inere is reason ;t:o hAiirA i,n.f Tiro,. ti wrocii.
Jion vote and thus gave victory to the. republicans!'
npHB I NEW YORK PRESS, a republican paper
X thus summaries the reasons for the mewSS
republican Victory in New York: "The !SSb
,is-iffls
.mere IS reasrvTi : vil,.. j.i1j. ,tw-.i. m Ttrcii.
ington is at the bottom" ,of Cdlonel Pilcher's
troubles, thouMl thin nnn rwfT . acfnlOicliorl Aann.
Jely. still, it is kpown that at a conference
resident Roosevelt had with Washington last
week the negro educator earnestly besought him
lift to dismiss ,j;he negro companies involved in
the Brow.nsvijle.40t. The president refused to
listen to. ,111s npppal. Washington believed there
ShOUld be 'emml -tnatfia rflmtnlnfn.J nn T.m.f1ir
theihqef trust congressman, WMswoWh piatJ :.EP1?VH the HWent's decMon to call Colonel
"w,7l",v1 rresiaent Roosevelt's promotion nf ' t ' v P""1 IDr '"b. purported statement
Cortelyou the receiver of .stolen insurance funds x2Z h never negr.'trpARS, that the farther
to administer tlie finances of. the wllX nffin'w !??? lhey -we.ite betterrit . pleased him, and
President Roosevelt's intervention in the T licai- w re 7erfl-gno!, M W yun men
republican primaries. President Roosevelt's in 4t h? 'oountPl.Wi5 to ,ipake. soldiers without
mat?veit s ip.- recruiting ambng negrbes. There are officers of
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