Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-12-02

WASHINGTON LETTER
Nov. 80.-The aftermath of the
election, it's causes for going SO over.
whelmingly republican, the lessons
Its has taught and everything con-
nected Herewith, are the sole topics
Of conversation at the national CAPT.
tai among the men of prominence In
the national councils as they arrive to
take up the work of the short session
of Congress which opens early in De.
cember. The general consensus. OF
opinion among the prominent demo
Gratis who have arrived here concern
ing the causes which brought about
the defeat of the democratic party,
may be summed mp in one sentence
Prosperity, Roosevelt's personality
and revenge. Undoubtedly, the gener.
al conditions existing throughout the
country were such that many business
men hesitated to change for fear that
something. would 80 wrong. Again,
the vivid personality of Roosevelt &C
filled the public eye with it's va1ie.
gated color and was so pleasing
thereto, especially to the young vot-
ers, that he received many thousand
votes that no other republican would
have received.
Again, the Bryan democrats were
bent on revenge for the course taken
by the eastern wing or gold demo.
Gratis In the two campaigns of 1896
and 1900 and thousands of them either
voted straight for Roosevelt or else
stayed at home and did not vote at all.
The result in the state of Missouri
proved this beyond all question, where
not less than fifty thousand democrats
stayed away from the polls. The same
thing undoubtedly happened in many
ether states and the result could not
have been anything else than the CO.
called landslide for the republic IN
ticket.
When the veto is cast up and the
totals are given it will he found that
| the vote has been very much lass than
it was in 1900 counting the regular
ratio of increase in the four interven
ing years. This was a stay at home
election. The majority of the people
were satisfied with the present condi-
tions, and the majority Of the demo
Gratis were resentful toward the east
ern democracy which was responsible
for the defeats of the past two cam.
paigns.
They felt that the very men who
conducted this campaign had betrayed
them in the past and they felt no in
terest in this campaign. While many
of them would not vote the republican
ticket they showed their resentment
by staying at home and having moth
ing to do with the campaign. A mem.
Der Of congress from Missouri who
went down in the avalanche in his
state told me how this resentment
worked out there. He said that Bryan
had oceans Of people to hear him
speak In that state and when some Of
the rank and tile who had been demo.
Gratis all their lives and had twice 10y
ally supported Bryan were asked about
his speeches and his advice TO them
to vote for Parker and the whole
democratic ticket, they would answer
That's all right, Bryan has 10 lie
regular. but we do not. - Thai tells
the feeling in nutshell aid il
worked the SAME wsy in every state
in the Union. They. felt that the two
parties were too much alike and that
there was not enough room in this
country for two republican parties.
They believed in democratic principlaa
and democratic methods in the inter-
est of the whole people and when the
democratic party becomes democratic
and fights the peoples tattles then
they will all gladly support the ticket
and the party will win the battles
believe I said in this corresron-
dence away back last spring that it
would be useless to put up a negative
and colorless candidate against Roose-
welt. said it because l was here on
the ground and was watching events
as they shaped themselves and be-
cause saw the trend to Roosevelt of
many elements of strength simply on
account of the fact that he was
strenuous and did things with a
swish and sweep that is very pleas
ing to the average American citizen.
What we needed then was q man who
was just as radical and as strenuous
as was Mr.. Roosevelt and who would
promise to the people that if he was
elected he would swat the trusts hip
and thigh and stop their robbery of