Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-12

That those cities are HOW giving ~
Iubican maiorities.
Maryland has been lost to the Dem
ocrats in state elections because OF the
corrupt rule Of the ringsters, and ring
rule always means corrupt rule
Last year Missouri went Republican
because the pepCle had grown weary
and disyustcd with the vicious rule OF
the ST. Louis ring" Corruption on
the part OF public officials had become
so great that the scandal attracted the
attention and interest of the nation
The lieutenant governor was forced to
resign to escape erin nal prosecu
ton for accepting bribes. and Joe FOLK
became famous on account of the NIL
merous cases of corruption in office nm
covered by him.
At the elections last Tuesday Ohio
went Democratic, a state which gave
Mckinley a Republican majority OF
p. more l0iH SUU,pOy. uC NV P"ciiS''
party of Ohio had become odlous -
the people because it had ceased 10
be party representing any OF the IN
teres,s of the whole people. II had be
come The party of political autocra-
cy, and that autocracy manipulated
the party wholly for the personal as-
grandizement OF the autocrats and the
Standard Oil and other trusts" The
1eople had enough of 1t, and as il
seemed impossible to break the grip
of the ring" otherwise, the better ele-
nent of the Republican, party OF ONO
voted with the Democrats to put the
Republican party out of power. Tha'
il was "bossosM which resulted in
the defeat of the Republican party in
Ohio. prominent Republicans admit.
Discussing the deserved rebuke ad-
ministered to the Republicans Senafo:
Foraker said:
The deafeats we have sustain
ed have no relation to national
politics, but are due solely to local
causes. Whether right or not. the
belief obtains that the great mass
of vGters have not had any proper
reprz sentation in nominating con
ventions and that man with an
ambition to engage in the public
service had no opportunity unless
he was fortunate enough TO be put
on a prearranged slate. It was
natural to expect that sooner or
later this would be resented. In
large. part this is what the defeat
of yesterday means.
Both sides--or the men on both
sides who dare to speak hoy
thoughts fran1ly--unite in saying thai
"hcssism" and no hing else caused TIE
overthrow of the strongly entrenched
Republican party Charm an CARRIER
of the Democratic, committee gave his
view of the situation in these words:
When any party has been for
long time in power it is inclined
to become dictatorial and in the
course of tine few men are APP
to try to run thines-n sho'f.
"bC Cssism'' arises Then comes
revolution This is the revolt OF
the people agains. that sort OF
! thing which Was eXemplified oH
Cox and his methods in Hamilton
county
In Pennsylvania and in Phila iei Yhis
Bt IS Penrose and Boss Durham VI
! ru, TO disatrous rout. For the hrs;
! time in a Quarter of a century he :
! publican machine has lost control of
/ The state treasury. and The gang IN
Phla delphia. which was looked uoo1
As invjncibie. ras been oter.hrown.
! In Maryland Boss German has SUI
! leredthe humiliation Of seeing his SAT
rrase an erdment 10 The STATE consti
tuition defeat' d.
In Boston Jchn p Morgan was eiec'-
ed district attorney. although he had
not been nominated by any politics'
: marty and eor his name on the oallo'
simply through The erdorserf en- =
the required number of citizens. H
case is much like tha; OF Jerome o.
$ew York
In New York Boss Murphy must be
content with a victory in tho mavar.l
" race. He lost the board Of alder
p.cn and the diStrct a forneystip. Th'
latter he especially wanted 20 win
Jerome the successful independent
'"ade his campaign very much aoains
Murphy and Ierome's victory is ;
/. bard hl"w 70 the leader of TAM any
The day is fast approaching whel
re ltjcal ''bossism" Is going TO nee
its Waterloo in Arkansas, a state i,
viii h "bossism" is the mes. brazel