The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-23
Observation-Disclosures.

Republican position ON the tariff, the
trusts, public expenditures and mill
tarism. Nothing less than complete
collapse of Democracy, of which there
certainly can be observed no indica-
tons at this time, can prevent full
and free discussion of all the issues
which the Democrats intend to press
as the campaign advances. 1t is plain
ly within the observation of all the
politicians of the Middle West that the
people at large will take no interest
whatever In charges and counter
charges involving points of either Re-
publican or Democratic history, and
that they do take interest in the live
questions which affect the prosperity
Of the country at the present time and
point out the Emergencies of national
aims and prospects in the Republican
and Democratic policies as represented
by President Roosevelt and Judge Par
ker.
Speaker Cannon, with his usual
brusqueness. rebuked the Republican
leaders of this state the other day for
their optimism. The speaker has been
travelling through Illinois, Indiana and
Nebraska and found that Republicans
are apathetic and the Democrats ac-
tive everywhere. He informed the
managers of. the state and national
campaign that at least three of the
congress districts. now held by the Re
publicans in Illinois were likely to go
Democratic, and that the general in
dications, wherever he had gone, point
ed to a largeeDemocratic vote.
Cannon Merely Told Truth
Statements of this character are fire.
quently made in the exigencies of
politics to rouse the laggards and put
| life into a dead campaign. But in this
case Mr.. Cannon stated the exact truth
4 IN 49, liza os-~, -
! the Middle West. Republican meetings
are not well attended. There is no en-
thusiasm for Mr.. Roosevelt, nor for the
state tickets of the Republican party In
any of the Middle West common
| wealths. The citation that followed the
| first returns from Vermont and Maine
| is no longer observable. There is now
, distinct feeling of disappointment
among the Republican leaders here
which is well voiced in this editorial
| from the Chicago Inter Ocean, a Re-
| publican paper:
"The first reports of the Maine stete
election exaggerated the Republican
plurality. Instead of nearly $4,000 thai
plurality was but 27.130. These figures
are food for thought. In 1886 Maine
gave Mckinley plurality of 45,774
and 63.34 per cent of the vote. Bryan
had only 27.05. In the state election OF
1900 the Republican percentage was
| 1928, but the Democrats. rose to 34.0s
/ per cent. In the national election of 1906
the percentages We're 61.9S and 1856;
in the state election of 1902 they were
1886 and 1859.
1.-The recent election emphasizes thu
tendency shown above. The Repub.
lican vote this year is 78,460, a gaiI
of 5.505 over the vote for governor il
1900 But the Democratic vote is 81 !,
$780, gain 6f 12,507 over their vot,
for governor in 1900. The total vot,
is not yet available, but, on the basis
of an average Of 1855 for the mino
parties in the last four elections, ma.
be estimated at 134, Jas. This gives ;
Republican percentage this year Of onl.
4 5S.48 and a Democratic percentage o
1926.
What do these figures mean? The,
certainly mean that the gold Democrat
of 1896 in Maine have all gone back t
their party. These signs give no caus
for panic, but they do give warnin
+ to Eastern Republicans that they cal
s no longer count on the gold Democrat
i to help carry close states like New Y or