Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-12-01
POLITICAL.


POLITICAL.
The Mercer county rapers give Will
liams official vote for judge as 1854.
Pettit's as 3s11 and McConkey's as s31.
and yet put Williams plurality at only
63S. and one wonders what became of
the other two-thousand votes.
Roosevelt had s514 in that county and
Parker Cd g. II S845.
The official vote in Allegheny county
gives Roosevelt 90, ,174 plurality.
The official vote of Lawrence county
gives Porter, Democrat, 211S majority
over Wallace, Republican, for Judge.
The official count of the state. for the
late election was not finished until last
Saturday. The figures are: Roosevelt,
r, $40. .949, and Parker, D., S35. 450, and
Parker, Ind, 1858, making Roosevelt's
plurality SOC. .95l. Swallow had 33.717.
and Debs, Soc.. 2l.863, and Corregap,
Soc. Lab, 2,211. Elkins over Thomp-
son had 427, 1886.
Senator Scott. of West Virginia, has
set pace for those who oppose tariff
revision. BE has this line printed in
red ink across all his correspondence
stationery:
Let well enough alone"
Incoming Senators admit that senti-
ment favoring tariff revision is slowly
increasing. Senator Hale says the peo-
pie Of Maine are strongly opposed to
revision and do not want reciprocity
with Canada
Senator Foraker does not favor an
extraordinary session Of Congress. The
subject, he thinks, can be handled just
as well at the regular session year
from now.
Senator McCumber believes there
should be some changes, especially on
steel. but the people of North Dakota
are not clamoring for radical action
which might effect prosperity.
Roosevelt's majority in Nebraska
was over $4,000, Col. Bryan evidently
sized up tie situation pretty well when
he informed the Parker committee that
there was no hope Of carrying his state.
The official returns from the various
states are being compiled witE the ex-
traordinary result that in every case
the majorities for Roosevelt are larger
than had been estimated at any time.
Thus Pennsylvania turns up with more
than half million plurality for Roose
velt. Illinois has over 300, 900, and far
away Washington over 72. 600. AS yet
not one-half of the states have com
pleted the official count. but all are ex-
pected to early this month.
The clerk of the national house oi
representatives has been making up the
list of members chosen at the recent
election to the Fifty-ninth congress and
finds that the Republicans will have o
majority of 118, the largest in history.
The Republicans had lis in the Forty
third congress and liz in the Fifty
fourth congress, while the Democrats
had still greater majority in the Fifty.
second congress. The effect of this dis
proportion will be to compel the speaker
to reduce the minority representation
on committees unless be decides to ap-
point individual Democrats to several
committees.
Some idea of the Republican tidal
wave can be had by the fact that Mis-
souri,, which has only one Republican
and 10 Democrats in the present house,
has elected nine Republicans and seven
Democrats. In each of the big delega-
tions from Pennsylvania, Illinois and
Ohio there will be only one Democrat.
One Republican was elected in North
Carolina, which has at present solid
Democratic delegation. while the Re-
publicans gained three members in Cal
ifornia, two in Indiana, one each in
Kentucky. Delaware Massachusetts,,
Michigan, Nebraska and Nevada. New
York gave the Republicans a gain of
six congressman.
COMMENTING on Sibley's letter to the
public of VenaDgo county, claiming
fraud and graft in the Franklin Court
House. the "Citizen-Press" Gays:
When this Government was first
founded there were in the monarchies
OF Europe many thinkers who freely
predicted that it could not long endure.
They argued that a republic required
such high standard of character, as
well as of ability, that it was only a
question of brief space of time till it
must collapse. The lust for power, the
thievery and corruption on the part Of
officials, the general incapacity and
worthlessness of the masses. together
with the indifference of the better ele-
ments Of society. they alleged as suf-
hcent causes for the downfall Of any
country not held in check by king and
. titled aristocracy. Democracy, in
their opinion, was weak and grossly in
competent. and in the present state of
human development could not long
maintain its sway.
fortunately these croakers have so
Tar proven false prophets. 1t is true
that there have been scoundrels in Of
tice; that there have been those not in
public life, who have by connivance of
officials robbed the Government, aud
brought 1t at times into shameless dis
repute. There have been those in war
who have turned traitors, and have en-
deavored to betray their country. to
those who were seeking its very life
Nevertheless. government OF. for and
BY the people. has not perished, but
stands today still firm and resolute, and
let us hope even stronger by reason OF
its victories over many a powerful and
cunning adversary.
The great majority of our citizens
still prize honesty in private and official
life. the public schools help to spread
intelligence broadcast over the land,
and though we have no titled aristo-
cracy land II appe arauces are to be trust
cd never will have), yet, as rule, those