The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1902-12-12

VII not De made 1uDllaUL DT reading
the election returns Of last week Later
returns not only fail 10 strengthen the
democratic claims. but give further
evidence OF republican gains In the
south the usual maiorities have been
polled, but in the northern states
Rhode Island and Nevada are the only
ones that elected democratic govern
oTs- Senator Teller viii probably be
reelected, but IL is due to hold-oTer
senators, the house being republican
The democrats lose Harris Of Kansas
Turner Of Washington, Rawlings Of
Utah. Heitfeld Of Idaho. and gain Lat
timer in place OF McEaurin Of South
Carolina and Newlands in place Of
Jones Of Nevada The democrats have
gained few congressman and lost
some, leaving republicans in control
Generally speaking, the democrats
made gains in the cities and lost in the
country, the explanation being. first.
that the city organization is more com
plete, and. second. that present prices
have brought more advantage TO the
farmers than 10 the wage-earners-
The result has been the same. too.
whether the national platform Of the
party was Endorsed or rejected While
the Kansas City platform was Endorsed
in Rhode Island and Nevada-the
states that we carried-it was ignored
in New York and Cilifornia-states
in which We made gains.
On the other hand. we were defeated
in Wisconsin. Indiana. Massachusetts,.
Illinois, Iowa, Connecticut. New Jer-
sey and Michigan. where they turned
down the Kansas City platform a.
well as in Ohio. Kansas. Nebraska.
Colorado, Minnesota, Washington and
Idaho, where IL was indOrsed- Neither
the regular democrats nor the reOr-
GAMERS can point 10 the election as
9n evidence that their plan OF deal
ing with the issues viii insure sue
cess, but the Kansas City platform
democrats can console themselves with
the fact that they were fighting for
principle and that they still have that
while those who fought only for vic
tory have nothing left
The gain in California is doubtless
due TO the activity Of the labor organ
izatiOns and to the fact that the dem
Ocratic party Joined with them in the
supper Of candidates especially salts
factory to the wage-earners.
In New York the gains were almost
entirely in the city Of New York where
all factions were pulling together TO-
COler. II is difficult to locate the credit
for all the gains made in the city or
TO locate the blame for the failure to
make gains in the upstate counties.
COler was very strong candidate and
it is an open question whether he was
aided or weakened by the fact that Mr.
Hill controlled the convention that
nominated him.
In Massachusetts the reOrganizers
had control and they nominated a man
more acceptable to the corporations
than the republican candidate. but he
was beaten badly enough to show that
even from the low standpoint Of expe-
dienCy nothing is to be gained by an
attempt to republicanize the democratic
party Possibly il was just as we'll
to make the experiment at this time
rather than later. Mr.. Williams said a
year ago that he would remain out Of
politics as long as the party stood by
its principles. but promised to return
as soon as there was any attempt 10
surrender its creed Mr.. Williams can
now take up the work again and with
him as a leader il ought not to be diff
fcult to put the Massachusetts, demo
craCy again on sound principles
The reOrganizers or Indiana made
great boasts after their victory in the
state convention Well. the Sentinel
had things its own way; it was in a
position to have a controlling Unfit
ence in the management Of the cam
paign. It rejOiced over the elimination
of every issue that was dead" or even
wounded. and yet it has TO mourn as
large a republican majority as could
have been pOlled against the Kansas
City platform The democrats of In
diana have lost the advantage or edu-
cation along democratic lines; they
have made il necessary to apologize for
democratic timidity and now they have
met with overwhelming defeat Before
they enter another campaign the dem
ocrats Of Indiana should take their
stand on the national platform Of the
party and try to earn a victory by de-
serving it
In illinois Mr.. Hopkins, whose cor
pOrate connections made 1t impossible
for him to feel any interest IN the tri-
umph Of a real democracy. took charge
Of the party machinery an destroyed
the party's chances at a time when re-
publican dissentiOns gave a hope Of
victory.
In Wisconsin. where the reOrganizers
dropped the money question to please
the gold democrats and then lodged
imperialism TO please the corporation
republicans who we're alienated by La
FoIIette's reform tendencies. the dem
ocratic party was badly defeated
In Pennsylvania. where Patterson
was nominated on a platform confined
to state issues. the rC- lbicans pOlled
I'D an enormous majority, thus proving
what ought not to need further proof.
namely. that national issues can not
be ignored even in the presence Of i'm
portant state issues
The same experiment was tried in
Michigan with the same results
In Minnesota the republican candi-
date for governor pTOfited by his fight
against the railroad merger and scored
a victory against the spler-id democrat
who led the democratic ticket Ex-
Governor Lind. by his personal popu-
larity. saved the Minneapolis district
to the democratic party
In Colorado. South Dakota Utah,
Washington. Idaho and other western
Maryland has gone republican By
5000. and il can not be charged up to
the Kansas City platform. either
William R Hearst deserved the
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