Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-04-02

Where DO the Dempcrhtic ioh"otS
get their enthusiasts for l904P
II 10 historic fact that ever since
the birth Of our Republic both parties
have looked with great deal'of inter-
est to the slections that occur during
the middle Of the tenn Of the party In
power--the party that Is In power
with apprehension; the party that Is
out Of power with expectation; the
party in power with apprehension as
to whether the American voters will
support their administration Of the
Nations affairs, and the party that 10
out Of power with expectation that
they may obtain a temporary and
perhaps d permanent victory. It's
also q historic fact that with few ex-
ceptions the party In power-no mat
ter whether 1t has boon Wing or Fed
eral, Democratic or Republican--has
lost the lower house Of congress and
large percentage Of the new senator's
in the upper branch Of the National
legislature in the elections that have
occurred during the middle Of the
term. Especially was this the case
during the period from 1855 to 1890.
when the great states Of New York,
New Jersey, Ohio. Pennsylvania, and
Indiana were represented in the upper
branch Of the National legislature by
one Democratic and one Republican
senator, and in each case the Demo-
cratic senator's were elected by their
state legislature that were chosen BY
the people in the middle Of the term
Of Republican National administrs-
ton, and although the Republican
party managed to pull itself together
again and with two exceptions elected
It's president and its vice president,
the historic fact remains that the
party in power is always the weakest
in the middle Of the term. - !,.1
This brings rs up to 1902, the
middle Of the term begun by Presi
dent william Mckinley and continued
by Theodore Roosevelt, and what
happenedp The result d, the cleo
tons Of 1902 was that the Democratic
party as National party was wiped
Of the face Of the earth! Here are
exhibits showing the conditions Of
the two leading parties as they now
stand upon the eve Of the presidential
contest Of 1904: Republican senators
81; Democ, attic senators SO; Republic
can majority "a. ia. '
In connection with the above table
is the startling fact shown that out
side Of the old ve-holding states the
Democratic party is represented by
only enc straight Democrat, viz,
Senator Patterson ef Colorado. There
ere three renegade Republican,
Teller Of Colorado, Dubois Of Idaho
and Newlands Of Nevada, but 1t Is
startling fact that out Of sixty sena'
tors elected from thirty states the
Democratic party has only four votes
4 The record reads as follows: Re
publican senators So; Democratic sen
ators 4; Republican majority %.
4 Another interesting fact is the mum
Der Of legislatures controlled by tn
} two parties, which read as follows
Controlled by the Republicans 20
controlled by the Democrats l6; Re
\ publican majority 10.
4 Here also comes in q situation To-
| Democratic statesmen to ponder over
4. O., that outside Of the old slave
holding states the Democratic part.
controls only two state legislatures
viz, Nevada and Colorado, so tina
outside Of the old slave-holding state
4 the record reads like this; Controlle'
by the Republicans 49, controlled b.
!, the Democrats 2; Republican major
ity %. /,
Another interesting condition
shown in the number OF state ofiicer
elected In the thirty states outside o
the old slAve-holding states, and th
| record reads like this: Elected b
: the Republican party 1866 elected
BY the Democratic party 8; RePubli
can majority $50.
II And here is another; Republics
governors ~; Democratic governor
4 Il. n