The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25
EDITORIAL
CURRENT EVENTS: Il DRIFT OF THINGS
AS WE SEE 1T.

to an end last week., but not unIn oO,Ooo men
had been killed or wounded. "Not since the days
of the great Napoleon" says the Baltimore Sun,
"has there been a battle so destructive OF human
life" In America the political contest waxed
warmer, and each party processes to be confident
of victory. The unsentimental gamblers, how
ever, are still offering odds of 4 to 1 on Roose-
Welt.
Progress of the Campaign.
The Brooklyn Eagle last Thursday made a
semi-offcial statement of the claims of the
Democratic managers. From this statement we
quote:
"The Eagle has been placed in possession of
the inner facts upon which the Democratic belief
in 256 votes for Parker in the electoral college
is based, and here sets them forth whether it
pleases the leaders or not. As a matter of fact,
more than 256 votes are hoped for. Wisconsin,
it is held, is quite likely to cast it's electoral
vote for Parker, and there are even hopes of the
State of Washington. Here is the list counted
on by the Democratic managers: New Jersey
u, New York 80, Connecticut z, Delaware 3,
Maryland s, West Virginia z, Indiana Is, Mon
tana 3, Colorado 5, Idaho 3, Wyoming 3-total,
105. One hundred and ffty-one votes of the
Southern States are conceded by the Republicans
to Parker. Add these to 105 and the result is
256, a majority of seventeen for Parker in the
college"
But while the Democrats claim 256 votes for
Parker, the Republicans meet this with a counter
claim of 314 votes for Roosevelt. In addition
to 204 admittedly Republican votes, they claim
lilo votes from doubtful States as follows: Colo
RADIO, 5; Connecticut, Z; Delaware, 3; Idaho, 3;
Indiana, Is; Montana, 3; New Jersey, II; New
York, 80; West Virginia, Z; Wyoming, 3; Wis
consin, ID. Total, no.
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The Revival of Organism.
With Parker defeated for the Presidency, it is
almost certain that Bryan will again become
even if he is not at this time-the strongest indi-
vidual force in the Democratic Party, and he
may again dictate its policv. The anti-Bryan
wing of the party has had entire control of the
Parker campaign, has manned the machine, di-
rected the attacks, and must stand or fall by the
result. Nor can 1T complain, in case of defeat,
that any action of Mr.. Bryan lessened the prob
ability of victory. For in spite of his bitter pre-
convention fight ON the Presidential nominee,
Mr.. BRYAN is now preserving his narty regularity
by strenuous appeals in behalf of the National
ticket. In Indiana he is calling on his discon-
tented followers to spport Parker on the ground
that Roosevelt's reelection means the c%ontinu-
ance of the race issue in politics, thus prevent
ing the consideration of pressing political prob
lens. And Bryan may go to the United States
Senate, if the opposition of the Middle-of-the-
Road Populists does not prevent the success of
the Democratic-P opulist combination in Ne
braska. At any rate, the defeat of Parker means
that the Nebraskan will again have to be reckoned
with. In this connection, the following editorial
from the Washington Post makes interesting
reading:
1.-TWO distinguished citizens. to-wit. William