The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-11-11
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1904.
The Greatest Republican Victory


The election in this country last
Tuesday was one Of the greatest
on record, for several reasons,
principally Of which IL that II gave
to Theodore Roosevelt the largest
majority that was ever given TO
any man for president Of these
United States, thereby endorsing
all his previous actions as such
onicial. His majority IL almost
overwhelming In It's immensely,
and few people ever thought for n
moment ,huf II would be 10 unani-
mou The possibilities are that
had he taken one more luncheon
with Booker Washington, TO the
discomfci;urc OF our democratic
friends hcrc,bouts, he might have
carried even the solid south. That
the doctrines ~ %cnunciatcd by
himself for the next four years
will be carried out to the letter.
there Is no question, since the
people by their actions have en-
dorscd all If them. We shall com
tinuc to have a protective tariff, a
gold standard, an army and navy
large enough for all purposes,
continue tn hold the Philippines.
and will see that our white brcth-
crn in moro southern states do
not go to congress on 100 votes
by DISTINGUISHING the negroes.
The latest returns to the Globe
Democrat yesterday indicate a
plurality for Roosevelt tn Missouri.
of 10000 to 2l.O1J. They also
indicate the election Of the entire
republican state ticket with the X
ccption 81 Wnlbridgc. who Is
probably defeated by Folk by "A
small plurality. \ republican
majority In the state Legislature u
from 3 20 u on joint ballot seems
also certain. which will render
possible the election Of a republic
can United states senator from
Missouri. As II this were not
enough, ut least six republican
congressman have been elected.
with several districts In doubt.
Returns are incomplete, but those
precincts aud counties heard from
indicate n landslide. including a
republican majority on Joint ballot
In the stntc legislature. st. Louis
will send thirteen republicans and
three democrats To the lower house
and two senator. to the state
senate this year instead OF i've
members aud one senator, - was
the case during the last session.
The record from Jackson county
l. even better than the result from
st. Louis, republicans getting four
members OF tire legislature and
two senators. nm increase OF four
members OF the Legislature. Buc-
hannn county will send three
members to the legislature instead
of one. M In the last house OF
representatives. Other counties
arc running the m Counties
that have never gone republican
send republican representatives to
the state Legislature.
As for Montgomery county, the
result was not what the republicans
here had hoped fo%r-thcrc wcr,
evidently more democrats in the
brush between here aud the Mis-
souri, river than they figured on
and when they now look abroad
and see what this greatest party
ever known has done elsewher,
this year, they cannot but fee
somewhat c~hagrinned. But whal
does this little defeat OF n few
votes for small Offices amount to
II this grand state has beer
only lifted out OF the solid south
column, away from Arkansas
Florida and Mississippi and placed
beside Illinois, Ohio, Iowa, Penn
sylvania and such states In the
grand march OF progress. In the
coming republican Legislature O
the state Montgomery county
will be represented by a democrat
and In the republican congress by
orother democrat. all OF which