Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-08

try, says that the decline means mat
"the cream Of the skilled artisans of
the country are becoming the principal
emigrants" and 1t points to the wide
spread belief that this condition is
due to "the difference in the trading
policies pursued by England and her
p-otecl ol,ist rivals"
ROOSEVELT IS SUSTAINED.
Elections Show Approval Of the Presi.
dents Policies.
Washington, Nov. THE elections
Tuesday in thirty mine states confirm
ed emphatically republican forecasts of
victory. The democrats gained some
seats in the house Of representatives,
but no more than were conceded.
1t was obvious at the beginning of
the contest that the top-heavy republic
can majority of the present congress.
which was brought about by the cam
didacy of President Roosevelt two
years ago, could not be maintained.
The principal democratic gains were
made in New York, Illinois. Maryland
and New Jersey. Chairman GrigSs OF
the democratic congressiona! commit
tee sat in his headquarters in the
Munsey building until midnight wait
ing patiently and hopefully for news
that would sustain his ante-election
claim OF a democratic majority of
twenty-five, but it did not material
iZe.
The best he was able to do was to
claim all the members from
and the Bronx and intimate that bet
ter news was coming. He early on
coded the election Of Speaker Cannon
and that perhaps gave him as much
satisfaction as the supposed demo-
cratic gains In Manhattan and the
Bronx.
Whatever other errors of judgment
Mr.. Griggs may have committed during
the campaign he did not lend hlmseii
to the propaganda of Gompers n MS
band Of labor agitators who concen-
trated their energies to secure the oe-
feat Of the speaker. -
The labor problem is not a ournlhs
issue in the state of Georgia, n Mf,
Griggs' constituents who re-eiecten
him unanimously. are not likely to pc
disturbed by it for a generation at
least.
The meager returns received IN
washington concerning the
sional fight indicated that the cam
paign of revenge and hatred carried on
by Gompers was Intellectual, that every
man whether republican or democrat,
singled out by the president of the
American Federation of Labor for de-
go 80 oJonta1 1nhn D1lZell- WlO
has represented the Pittsburg district
FOR twenty years, will come pack with
an increased majority, n~otwithstand-
ing that his constituency is composed
almost exclusively of laboring men.
The chief characteristic OF Gompers
Indictment of class hatred was its vo-
,~ciferousness. Gompers strutted round
the country breathing threats OF de-
struction against every republican
who had refused to obey the commands
of labor, and the net result OF his eff
forts is that he failed to accomplish the
defeat OF a single individual.
In Maryland Representative Wach-
ter. of the Baltimore district, who was
stamped 80. K" by Gompers, was
beaten after ten years service in the
house. Gompers made the mistake OF
believing hat he could frighten the
republican leaders of congress by
merely threatening them with extinc-
ton.
When he found out that they would
not be frightened he was driven to the
necessity of doing something to make
his bluff look good, and that was the
reason why he went into politics. He
energies from the campaign very much
mussed up and injured in reputation.
He has proved conclusively that he
Yields a greater influence upon legis-
with the workingmen who are pre-
sumed to be his followers.
He has succeeded in securing the
enactment of legislation of a. doubtful
character because the men who voted
for it believed hat by so doing they
were improving their w standing
with the working classes. Gompers as
a lobbyist in the future will cease to
be potent and for that he has to thank
his own imprudence.
The sixtieth congress will be repub-
lican by a substantial majority. This
means the reelection of "Uncle Joe'
Cannon as speaker, and also that
whatever financial legislation may be
undertaken during the term of Pres
ident Roosevelt will be controlled by
the republican party. 1t will be a
source Of qualification to President
Roosevelt that his appeals to the cleo
torate of the United States to return
a republican congress have been an
swered affirmatively.
The president purposes to convene
the sixtieth congress in extraordinary
| session some time between March 4
next and December for the purpose of
revising the tariff.
His plan has received the cordial
approval of leading senators and rep
resentatives, who agree with him that
revision on a broad and intelligent
! scale is essential to the continuation
of national prosperity. With a safe
majority assured in both senate and
| house 1t is now deemed certain that
the presidents plan can not mis-
carry.
A Suitable Book.
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