Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-12-12
ELECTION PARADOXES.

II is great mistake to assume tina,
the republican party Is OF necessity in
trenched in power for long period to
come. The voters who elected democra-
tic governors in Minnesota and Massa.
chusetts this year might easily elect
democratic congressman two years hence.
or a democratic president four years
hence, if conditions should arise to con.
vince them OF the desirs biliiy OF chang.
ing the party balance in the house, or
the Political character Of the next ad-
ministration. This enhanced mobility
in the voting mass ought 10 yield new
ze-t to politics. Ii helps 10 break down
the tyranny OF mere machines and
bosses. l, opens wider the field in which
Mr.. Roosevelt himself has fought his way
to the top.
From this point OF view, Mr.. Folks
success, quite apart from what be inay
be able TO do for Missouri, ought TO en-
courage every young man who aspiies to
make his way by courage, character, and
talent in political life. Mr.. Folk won
his nomination at the hands OF the demo-
Gratis OF Missouri against the desperate
efforts OF the controlling machine OF his
party. He has within few months &C.
cnpied series of paradoxical situations.
Seeking the nomination for governor as
the determined enemy Of the ling, but
was Obliged to run on the ticket with
men whose names he himself had
publicly listed with those Of the boodlers
and corruptionists. He was obliged,
ihereupon, to take the stump and work
tor democratic success that might have
meant his own political undoing, since
the election Of the full state tickle, and
democratic Legislature would probably
have tied him hand and foo, in his pro.
posals for particular legisla i've and ad.
ministrative reforms. His canvass was
pushed vigorously Throughout, the state
on the plea made constantly by his sup
porters, il not by himself, that President
Roosevelt desired his election, Yet,
meanwhile, the Parker managers were
basing their serene confidence Of success
in Missouri upon the certainty that Mr..
Folk would pull through with him the
Parker electoral ticket. Finally, 10 com.
plete the series Of paradoxes, MI. Folk
undoubtedly owed his victory to repnb.
lican votes; and the ablest and most
vigorous of all the efforts that brought
the Missouri republicans into the field
and carried the day for President Roose.
welt were the efforts of Mr.. Folks hon.
est and able opponent, Cyrus P. Wal.
bridge, republican candidate for COVER.
nor, backed by Mr.. Niedringhaus, the |
chairman Of the republican state COM
mittee. Although Mr.. WaIblidge was
himself defeated through conditions that |
gave Mr.. Folk 90 large non. partisan
vote in St. Louis, be succeeded in secur.
ing the election OF the rest of the repub. |
lican state ticket and of majority in the
efforts being united with
President Roosevelts personal popular
ity. And it is to this general republican |
success alone that Mr.. Folk will owe his
best opportunities for giving the state a
reform administration. Already the |
democrats are listing him for presidential |
honors in l9OS-From THE Progress Of |
the World" in the American Monthly |
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