The daily sentinel., 1906-11-26

or repudiated. The delirious joy of
or the not less delirious sorrow OF
the night before ana the morning
after-for winner or loser-has
faded into memory and sober minded
people of the state are setting them
selves seriously to consider what it
all means.
What Is 1t that the people have
really done?
What is the lesson that is taught
by the recent election, and what ef-
feet is it going TO have upon the
future OF the state?
The first impression of II all is that
the Republicans have gained glori-
Gus and overwhelming victory. Buch-
tol is elected governor by plurality
of more than 10000 The entire Re
publican state ticket goes into office
with much larger plWialities than
the new governor. Sedition and
anarchy have received a set back.
Roosevelt is endorsed by the election
and by state legislature that isl
Republican in both houses, ensurinE
the election of Republican senator
as a successor to Mr.. Patterson.
Partisan newspapers are doing
their utmost to encourage this super
fetal view of the results, and the
Democrats do no appear to have raj
lied from the stunning effects OF their
defeat sufficiently to take a sensible
account of what has happened TO
them.
What Is IT that has really happen
ned?
Buchtcl received many thousand
less votes than were cast for Pea
body two years ago. and ran far be-
hind the other candidates on the Re
publican state ticket
The Socialist candidate Haywood.
and the Independent candidate. Lind
sey received about 10000 votes in
the state.
The Speer vote in Denver. the Soc
lalist vote cast for Haywood. and the
regular Democratic vote If combined |
would have elected Adams by big |
majority.
The Republican candidate for gov
ernor is elected by considerable less
than so per cent of the vote east by
the people of the state at the recent
election.
These are the facts of the election
facts that cannot be gainsaid. for
they rest upon the undisputed evil !
dencc ot the Official count of the cleo
ton.
what are the conclusions that are
TO be drawn from these facts and fig
ures?
First-that the people of Colorado
have not experienced great change
of political belief in the past two
years. They are in favor of Roose- |
Welt Republicanism-as they were /
TWO years ago. They are opposed 10
Roosevelt Republicanism as they were /
two years ago. gang Republicanism,
and TO government by and for the
oorporations-as they were two years
ago. The victory of Buchtel was not
an endorsement of the oustinE of
Governor Adams by the legislature in
1905. II was not an endorsement OF
the corporation control of the Re
publican state convention of 1906,
il was not even a declaration by the
people of the state that they were
willing TO sacrifice their political
birthright of popular self government
in older to secure the peace and
prosperity" promised 10 them as a
reward for turning over public
power and political management of
the big corporations and their agents.
The election of Buchtel was 4 demon
stration that the Democrats of Colo
RADIO cannot carry their ticket TO sue
cess in opposition to the Speer faction
Of Denver with strong Socialist and
strong Independent in the field, as
candidates for governor.
Second-Governor Buchtel goes in
TO office at the head Of a minority ad-
mlnistrntion. lie has been elected
by plurality. not by a majority
There were more voters that desired
to have Chancellor Buehtel as gov
ernor than desired any other candi-
date, but there were more that desir-
ed some other than preferred him.
The endorsements of the Roosevelt
"a administration and the Roosevelt
policies as shown by the election OF
three Republican congressman and a
Republican Legislature, the election
OF Buchtel by a plurality vote less
10th numerically and in per centage,
that given 10 Peabody two years ago
the defeat of the Republican ticket
in such counties as Pueblo. Fremont
Otero. Teller and others; the falling
on in the Republican vote, and in the
Democratic vote as we'll, to a greater
extent than can be accounted for by
the usual difference between presi-
dental and ON" years:-all point TO
a single conclusion.
The state of Colorado. normal. 3.