NOVEMBER 13, 1908
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KEPRESENTATIVE Charles M. Fowler, of
New Jersey, republican, who was at the
recent election, chosen representative for the
eighth time, has announced himself as a candi
date for republican nomination for speaker of
tho house against Joseph G. Cannon. Mr. Fow
ler says ho will run on the following platform:
"The. house of representatives shall elect a
board of managers consisting of seven members
which shall be charged with the direction of
legislation which is now assumed by the speaker
of the house."
AMONG THE telegrams received by President-elect
Taft is tho following from
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon: "Congratulations
over your great viotofy and tho victory of tho
republican party. It is a matter of gratification
to mo that I Shall be a member of tho first
congress of your administration by a majority
of over eight thousand. The people do rule."
ONE OF THE interesting features of tho
election returns was the socialist vote,
which showed a marked reduction from the
record of 1904, particularly in tho three prin
cipal cities of the country in which socialism is
supposed to bo tho strongest. An Associated
Press dispatch from Chicago says: "Chicago
socialists, who polled 4I5,000 votes In 1904, were
given less than 19,000 votes in tho police re
turns and the most sangulnedo not expect that
the revised totals will exceed 21,000 votesfor
Debs. Cincinnati and Cleveland also listed as
.strong socialist centers, accbrding to the leaders
of, the party, polled a greatly decreased Vote.
, Wbllje admitting the adverse figures today, A.
M. Simons, member, of the national committee
of tho socialist party, asserted that an increase
was shown In the vote this year In the small
towns. Mr. Simons .said: 'Mr. Gompers influ
enced the labor vote on which the socialist .party
depends to a great extent. His words caused
many semi-socialists of radical views to vote
for 'Mr. Bryan and also frightened many con
servative labor men into voting for Mr. Taft.
We are particularly pleased with results on tho
Pacific c.qast, where an increased vote was shown
In many towns. We baye received word of gains
in Texas towns, frohi Missouri and a few towns
in New York.' The total yoto for Mr. Debs, It
Is estimated, will not exceed 500,000, in place
of the 1,000.000 which was predicted by enthu
B:"stlc socialists. As for the prohibition vote, Its
total presents a great disappointment to those
who expected that' the 'prohibition wave' that
has swept several states into the 'dry' column
during tho past two years would show surpris
ing increases In the vote of the party which
makes legal prohibition of liquor traffic its chief
issue."
THE SUCCESS of tho republican national
ticket means, in the opinion of the Chicago
Record-Herald, the "smashing of certain pre
cedence and the breaking of a heretofore in-
Variable rule." The Record-Herald says; "For
the flrsl time In our political history the people
have returned to power the party that held
office during a panic and serious business de
pression. In doing so the voters have displayed
common sense and discrimination. Those "su
perior" critics of republican government who
fear popular judgments and indulge In cheap
phrases about the 'unreasoning masses' will do
well to ponder the. situation. A review of after
panic politics and elections found In the able
financial colums of the New York Evening Post
. shows that here, as well as in Great Britain, no
party has ever hefore escaped defeat under such
circumstances as we have just lived through.
There was a panic In 1825, when Adams was
president: He had been chosen by a smajl pop-
' filar majority over Clay. In 1828 Jackson, swept
the country, his plurality being 139,000. In
1837 there . was . another panic, and three years
later Harrison was elected by a plurality of
rl4 6'.O0O over Van Buren, who had Jredeived a
plurality of 6ver 24,000. In 1856 BuchanaJri re
ceived what was then the remarkable plurality
of 497,000, but the. panic of 1857 followed, and
in tho next election Lincoln had a plurality of
489,495. Tho panic of 1873 wiped out the
Grant plurality of 7G5.000 and gave Tlldon in
1870 a popular plurality over Hayes of 250,000.
Cleveland was elected In 1892 with a plurality
of 369,000, but tho panic of tho following year
contributed groatly to tho McKinley plurality of
602.555 in 1896. Indeed, it has becomo a
maxim here and elsewhere that panics and hard
times aro fatal to tho party in power. But the
panic of lat year has not been fatal to repub
lican success this year. Tnft was elected in
spite of It, as was a republican house. Why?
Because the voters understood that the party in
power was not responslblo for tho panic, and
knew that it had done its utmost to restore con
fidence; because tho gradual recovery has allayed
much discontent, and because tho people felt
that the return of prosperity wpuld be surer
under Taft than under Bryan. The breaking
of a line of precedents Is a phenomenon that
will deeply interest financial and commercial
circles as well as thoughtful students of politics."
REMARKABLE results In curing tuberculosis
of the bones, demonstrated in a five
weeks' trial at the Home for Destitute Cripoled
Children have turned the attention to a treat
ment discovered bv Dr. Brail Bpnk. An
Associated Press dispatch says: "The treat
ment, which promlsps to bring relief to a large
percentage of sufferers from this form of the
great white plague. Is slmnHcltv itself, and con
sists for the most nart in fWlng tho cavftv caused
bv the disease with a metallic salt, bismuth sub
nitrate, combined with a basis of viRpilno. The
discovery was Innideftal to an X-ray photogranh
of a little mvalid. Tho solution was applied to
fix the outline of a tubercular abscess and be
ing left In the cavftv proved a healing' a cent.
Dr. "RpTc told his discovery to Drs. John Pl'dlor
and Vnidn Bianchard at the Homo for Destitute
Crlnnled Children and In a five wopks trial
twenty out of forty crlnnled children wore nure.d
bv tho treatment. The formula contnlns thirty
gra'ns of bismuth subnitrae, combined with
slxtv framm8 of vaseline. The nnste so formed
is solid at the temperature of the body, but if
a fever Is induced will run out of tho cavity.
As the benllg continues, the mixture is ab
sorbed. Medical men estimate that fully fifty
per cent of all the crlnnled children are suffer
ing from tubercular disorders."
AN ASSOCIATED Press dlspat.eh from New
York savs: "Charles W. Morse, until a
year ago a dominant fifmre In the world of
finance, and Alfred U. Curtis, former president
of the National Bnk of North America, were
found guilty tonight In the criminal branch of
the United States circuit court on charges of
misannlicatlnn of funds and falsifying th books
of the banks. There was also the additional
chnrgo of consnlracy against the prisoners, but
the jurv acquitted the men on th's count.
Within five minutes of the time the Jurv had
rendered Its verdict. Judge Hough had refuped
to entertain a motion for ball and had commit
ted the two bankers to the Tombs prison. The
Judge said that he would hear any motions the
lawprs tor the prisoners dpslre to make, at
10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. The federal
statutes provide a minimum penalty of five years'
Imprisonment for falsifying the books of a bank,
arid a penalty of two years imnrisonment
and $5,000 fine, or both, for mlsanpltatlon of
funds. No alternative but imnrisonment is pro
vided for conviction on the charge of falsifying
the hooks of a bank. The maximum penalty on
this charge Is ten years' imprisonment. The
Jury recommended clemency for Mr. Curtis, hut
made no recommendation In the case of Mr.
Morse. The scene In the court room was dra
matic. , Mrs. Morse and Mrs. Curtis had re
mained in the court room-nearly all day. awalt
Ing tlje verdict. Mrs- Curtis, showed signs of
' giving wav to her emotions, and once, when .the
Jury returned to the conrt Tdom to receive, In
structions " on the .manner! in which the con
spiracy charge should be considered. Mrs. Morso
broke down and sobbed. The verdict In part
waa: rOn the charge of the misapplication of
m,Vv n ..l,, ,bnnk wo nmI both fondant
f, Vi n iJ?J! t,'VharS, of making false entries
J ,11 ) , i H P.f lho ,mnk wo nnd lotli defendants
guilty. In tho caso of Alfred II. Curtis tho
Jury wishes to malco a strong rocommondatlon
to the mercy of tho court.' A stlflod sob of rc
llof oscaped Mrs. Curtis as she heard tho recom
mendation for mercy for her husband. Mr.
Curtis took tho-verdict llko a stole, but Morso
was unablo to conceal tho disappointment ho folt
while his wife showed no signs of emotion. She
Kept hor oyes oil her husband, forgetting hor
solf and concerned only on his account, Tho
todlum of waiting was relieved for a timb early
tills afternoon when a newspaper uhoUferfpUar
attempted to lako a snapshot of Chaflcs W.
Morso and two ladlos who accompanied' him
whpu ho Mis. leaving the court room fdr ilfucjt
eon. Just as the camera man was about to snap
the shutter Morso sprang at him, oolzod tho
camera, smashed it and gavo tho roportorVa
blaelc eye. Mr. Morso and Mr. Curtis worn, ac
companied as far as the Tombs prison by i their
wives 'Thoro ban boon wldo IntorOHtf-Hnthe
jolnjtrlal. It wan hrought out in tho (OBlf&ttr
that Morse had ;mado largo loans from the bank
through so-called "dumnilos" and that 'Prcel
dent. .Curtis had enablod him to do no. The
Jnouey so obtained was used to finance the Mire
Ico pools and pteAinship operations. Tho feature
of tho trial was the putting of Morso on-th
stand. For a day and a half tho financier .occu
pied tho witness chair and endeavored to ex
plain tho transactions which brought him to
trial. Tho masterly manner in which ho parried
tho questions of thq fedoral attornpya won him
vuu uuuiiruuuii oi mo spectators. '
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A DELEGATION of Mr. Aryan's Lincoln
friends halted him the day following tho
election, assuring him of their friendship. Ad
dressing these friends Mr. Bryan said: "I ani
highly gratified over the' rcsulta in this state.
The national defeat has not been such a disap
pointment when wo have had so many things
to console us. I hdpo I havo convinced my
friends that running for office has only been an
Incident to my work. My heart has never bopn
set on holding office, but I wanted to do certain
work, and it looked as though the presidency
might offer the opportunity to do that work. ' I
am sure that in private life I can hayothe
chance to do something. One is not required to
hold ofllco in order to do big things; one ris
simply required to do those things within 'his
reach, and that much is within the reach of each
of us. Personally I shall as much onjoy being out
of ofllco. If tho returns show I must be as I
would to bo In office. I hope still to bo of influ
ence to bring about needed reforms. I approciato
very much the confidence and loyalty at 'the
people near us. It has been tho greatest, coin
fort that tho election has given us. Tho fact
that those among whom we live have shown tnis
confidence We appreciate more than I can tH
you. It has been very kind in you to come out
hero and visit us on this day?"
IN THE United States senate republicans will
have a two-thirds majority. In other words
there Is practically no change so-far as tho
party's numerical strength Is concerned. An
Associated Press dispatch from Washington
says: "Of the ninety-tWo members of that bodyr
olxty-one hold over, leaving only thirty-one
places to fill. Of these ten aro republicans "and--,
twelve are democrats. Alabama, Arkansas,
Louisiana and Maryland already have chosen
democrats and Kentucky and Vermont republi
cans. .The other senators to whom successors
are to be elected: Republicans Allison of
Iowa, who will be succeeded by a republican;
Ankeny of Washington, Brandegee of Connecti
cut, Galllnger' of "New Hampshire, Hansbrough
of North Dakota, Heyburn of Idaho, Hopklnsbf
Illinois, Kittrldge of South Dakota, Long of Kan
sas, Penrose of Pennsylvania, Perkins of Cali
fornia. Piatt of New York, Smoot df Utifh,
Stephenson of Wisconsin, all of whom will be
succeeded either by .themselves or other repub
licans. Democrats Clay of Georgia, Gary of
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