Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-24
Meaning Of the Election in New York.

Meaning Of the Election in New York.
New York World: Let nobody mis-
take the meaning of the narrow victory
that Charles E. Hughes has won over
William R. Hearst. Mr.. Hughes elecz
ton by so, 900 plurality is morally re-
publican defeat, popular reputation
of the corrupt republican machine and
its alliances with corrupt corporations.
The Hearst vote is striking illustra-
ton of the popular temper and regard
to the abuses of corporations and the
demand for effective regulation.
On the basis of the character and
records of the two candidates it would
have seemed incredible that q man of
conscience and conviction and great
ability like Charles E. Hughes could
have come so near to defeat at the
hands of Hearst, and more especially
at the hands of Hearst whose nomina-
ton was stolen brazenly for him by a
boss whom he had previously denounced
as 1.-The chief criminal of them al"
Yet the returns tell the story. In all
the industrial centers the enthusiasm
for Hearst all but carried him through
to victory. Only by the votes of tens
of thousands of democrats who refused
as matter of personal and party honor
to support the candidate of Rotten
ness and Riot" was the republican state
ticket saved from complete humiliation.
The people of New York are tired of
corporation piracy. They are tired of
being robbed by the public-service cor
porations that are the creatures of the
state, and of seeing this robbery con-
nived at by men who are supposed to be
the servants of the public. They are
tired of being robbed by Milk Trusts
and Ice Trusts and Coal Trusts and Gas
Trusts and Traction Trusts. They are
tired of the partnership between corpo-
rations and political organizations and
they have voiced their resentment at
the polls.
By an unexpectedly small plurality
they have selected Mr.. Hughes to do
the work that Mr.. Hearst was clamor-
ing to do, but there can be no question
as to their demand that the work shall
be done. Had anybody less clean and
capable than Mr.. Hughes been the re-
publican candidate for governor Mr.
Hearst would haye been elected by an
overwhelming majority, in spite of his
demagogism, in spite of his personal
unfitness, in spite of his deal with
Murphy, in spite of everything. AS it
was, thousands Of voters who had no
, respect for Hearst and none too much
confidence in him voted for him in the
belief that it was time to resort to
drastic measures and teach incorpo-
rated capital lesson. To them any
} kind of a club seemed better than nc
t club at ALL. They were not voting ac-
cording to reason, but they were voic-
ing their wrath, and wrath is passion
that always has to be considered in re-
publican governments.
The narrow defeat of Hearst and the
election of Hughes is plain notice botf
S to Wall street and the republican poll
S ticians. The people want new dea
and square DEAL They want house
/. cleaning at Albany, and they want it tt
be thorough. The fight was won no
on issues but on men; for The WorlC
very much doubts if there was a grea
difference of opinion yesterday in re
, gard to the abuses of government il
! New York, or to the shameless excuses
= of many great corporations, or to thu
alliance between financial corruption
and political corruption.
The next two years must be years O.
definite results in the way of reform
: government and the restriction of cor
poration abuses. Ii the republican
I bosses thwart Mr.. Hughes in his worl
of reform, or if Mr.. Hughes himsel
> falters, it will be useless to appes
again to democrats to save the stat
from demagogues. If the people ar
driven to the conviction that nothin,
e but demagogy can sweep away the oil
Q order of things, they will vote for dem
d agogy. When that feeling comes it wi
q be too late to appeal to reason.
o If the confidence Of the people
d again betrayed, and no effective effor
. is made to remedy the evils of whic
d they not unjustly complain, it may
J. something even worse than Hearst mex