Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-11-18
Says Douglas, Democratic Gov
Elect. Of Massachusetts.
Tells How he Swept That state
Bostonians Point to Him as
New rloses OF the Dem
ocratic Party.

w. l.. Douglas laconic explanation
Of his phenomenal victory in being
elected the Democratic governor Of
| Massachusetts, with Roosevelt car.
rylng the state by $4,000.
Such freak.of politics is unpar.
alleled in old Massachusetts. Mr..
Douglas was not merely elected. he
won by plurality about five times
as large as any Democrat and sec
ond in size TO the plurality of any
Republican candidate tor governor
in the history of the State. And to
emphasize and isolate his victory,
be was the only Democrat to win;
all the Republicans from Lieuten-
aut-Governor Curtis Guild down,
getting the normal vote.
Already Mr.. Douglas is being
nominated for President in 1908
and hailed as the newly raised
Moses who is to lead the Demo
cratic hosts 10 a war on the trusts
next time. His victory has given
terrible jar TO the Lodge machine
and is being Interpreted as an om-
nous warning to the "stand-pat-
ters."
Il was a sign-board and news
paper victory. Every sign board
n the state and every newspaper
made his war cry of Reciprocity;
no protection 10 the trusts, as ia
mlliar as the woodcuts of Douglas
the advertisements. They car
ed the story of his humble early
life As d shoe pegger, a doffer boy,
driver OF prairie schooner, finally
a modest shoemaker and at last a
millionaire manufacturer TO every
corner and crossroads. Poster
and newspaper saturated the pub
lie with Douglas and his Idea
Now every body in Massachusetts
is trying to figure out how 1t hap.
pened. The shoemaker governor.
elect told the story TO the reporter
today in his headquarters IN
the Old South building. He had
Just come up from Brockton~ where
5000 of his employees had given him
great ovation. He had been
cheered all the way up, and come
to Boston to find himself the bero OF
the day.
The next governor OF Massachn-
sets ~ a sef-made business man,
with ali the marks OF his successful
kind He moves rapidly and
speaks decisively.
Il was elected. said he, be
cause made my fight upon a sin
gle, live, human issue, which
reached straight into the intimate,
every day affairs OF men and women
because OF that issue AID gen.
erous use of publicity, Advertising
had made my business pay, and |
used it TO the limit IN arousfng and
directing the sentiment which l.
knew TO be widespread on the sub
ject which was our chief issue-Tec.
iprocity and tariff relief.
The central committee ran the
campaign, we ran the advertising
down at Brocktou. From the out
set. my idea was to keep our hight
and our issue right before the PEG
ple-to keep just little more in the
public view than the Republican
candidate,
II made the fight solely on the
sroposition that We should have
reciprocity. and that all trusts
which sell their products abroad
cheaper than we can buy them
here should not be permitted to en-
Joy protection. gave them prac'
tical examples of the working of the
tariff. told them that on every
pair of shoes costing So by our fact
cries there was a tariff duty OF
cents on the raw material. l in
stanced a recent purchase OF $3.50
600 of leather. which / bought iron
the trusts, on which there was a
duty of S55,O00. l gave concrete il
Illustrations in the wooIep, cottor
and other trades.
1T was an issue that touched
} popular chord. They said IN thu
national campaign that We had NJ
issue. We had the greatest, tn
most vital of issues. For som'
} reason it was subordin ated in GU
IL the on