Amador ledger., 1904-11-11
THE ELECTION.

Inc result or the natlOnal election
is so overwhelmingly in favor of the
republicans that it presages the dis
integration of the democratic party.
Never in the political history of the
country has such crushing defeat
overtaken a great national party.
1t was foregone conclusion that
Roosevelt would be elected. but few
believed the victory would be of
such sweeping character. Every
northern and western state has been
swept by the republican tidal wave
There is nothing left for the demo-
Gratis but the south, and the solidity
of that section has been broken.
Parker has made a much poorer
showing than Bryan did four years
ago. No doubt the tact that the
democratic standbearer in the last
days of the campaign, in the bitter
ness of impending defeat, lost his
temper, and made public charges of
a slanderous nature against the
president, lost him the support of
many self-respecting democrats. 1t
was thing unheard of before in a
presidential campaign, for one nomi-
nee to stoop to making serious
charges against his opponent, and
especially when there was nothing
brought forward to substantiate
them. 1t will take the democrats
four years to gather the broken
fragments of their party together
for the next campaign. They are so
utterly routed that they will prob
ably seek some more alliances before
challenging the verdict of the ballot
box again. The American people
cannot be fim-fammed by demo-
cratic sophistries. They know when
they are doing tolerably well, and
have resolved, in the most emphatic
manner, to "let well enough alone. !"
California has contributed its
quota to the republican tidal wave.
She has given the largest majority
for Roosevelt ever given for presi-
Dental candidate. 1t looks like a
solid congressional delegation has
been elected.
Amador county has scored heavily
on the republican side. The Roose-
velt electors have a plurality of
$40. Only four precincts in the
county were carried by the demo-
Gratis, and these by very slim margins.
Of the local candidates, Caminetti,
for congress, made a gallant fight,
and won his home county by hand
some majority of over 500. He was
expected to do this. The other
heavy republican counties, however,
swept him to defeat with the rest of
his party aspirants for congressional
honors.
c. H. McKenney, republican for
assemblyman, ran behind his ticket
in nearly every precinct in the
county. Of course he is carried to
victory by the sheer popularity of
the party ticket. However, the
people have not failed to register
their protest at the course pursued
by him in the last legislature, in at
tempting to override the constitu-
tion which he was sworn to respect
and obey. The rebuke is all the
more striking when it is remembered
that his opponent never entered the
limits of Amador county during the
canvass. He was in the east from
the time he was nominated until a
few days before the election. Con-
sequently he was not able to do any
electioneering whatever. What
would have occurred if an active
campaign had been made in his be-
half can only be surmised.
The supervisor contests have
brought about a peculiar situation.
Wesley NJ. Amick has been reelected
by decisive majority. NJ. Brinn,
the republican candidate in town
ship 4, has been defeated by Fraser,
democrat. In township l John
Strohm has won a victory as an in
dependent candidate. This makes
the board stand two democrats and
two republicans, with John Strohm,
the independent member, holding