The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-11-15
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senator Foraker. in reply To-Day %
4 request that he giveithe Tribune ms
Jews q the political situation
throughout the country, in, the light OF
me recent elections, said;
.,The results of the election speak
penubIican House Of Representatives
With \ comfortable majority much
IN fact, as 1t is good to have. This
viii insure such legislation as the ite-
publican party may be disposed to ia
yor. and, in fact. is guarantee 10
the country under which business con
ditIons will continue prosperous.
1--WE not only have Republican
House, but in a general way we have
q Republican victory all along the line
and vet this general Republican sue
cess is attended with some weak spo's
mat amount to serious admonttion' Ac'
cordlng to present reports we have
Democratic governors for New Hamp'
shire Rhode Island and Minnesota
with scant majorities for the RepubII-
~, governors elected in both Iowa
and Kansas, in each Of which States
we should have had at least loO'oVo
majority, while in New York the dc
feat Of Hearst now seems to be due
to his Objectionable personality ana
Democratic defections, for, according
to the reports of today, the eh'lrf
Democratic State ticket with the eA
ception of Mr.. Hearst, has been elect
ed.
"While, therefore, we have TINS
House of Representatives, we have 1t
in connection with results in otherre'
spects that should advise us that we
have reached the halfway point. De
tween 1904 and 1908, with ohly
slight margin of advantage, THIS SIT
.uation shodld not discourage RcpnoIi'
cans. but it will encourage Democrats
They are already claiming thai they
have made a wonderful gain. and so
they have, as compared with the re-
suits OF 1904, and it is easy for them
to think that there is trend of public
sentiment in their favor.
without stopping to locate the
blame for 1t, the truth is that the
Democrats the country over have more
confidence that the radical political
ideas of Bryan and Hearst are not I'M
and indefensibIe than they
have ever before had since these men
came into public life at any national
election.
1.-THE effect Of This is not only to
encourage and solldfy the great major
ity of the Democrats, but also TO al
tract away from us a good many Of
our followers. Fortunately we hay
time enough before the Presidential
to correct all This by pointi"e
Udt the radical difference between the
policies, which involve
nothing more than reasonable regula'
ton, and the crazy crusade Which en-
braces government ownership, and al
most everything else that is bad IN
and destructive In purpose,
"The defeat Of Mr.. Hearst, bein%
due to his personality, would seem 10
prevent his being made the Democrat
ic candidate, as he undoubtedly would
have been had he been elected. 1}ni
Mr.. Bryan is not much better OF than
vidual, is free enodgh from objection,
but he represents everything that Mr..
Hearst stood for, as shown not only /
by his own speeches in behalf Of his
party, but particularly as shown WI
his active support Of Mr.. Hearst in
his recent campaign. 4
'The people have gone as far IN the
direction of radical populistic PROPOSE.
lions as they will go. The next swing
Of the pendulum will so back in the
other direction, ana by the time 1905 |
comes around DO not think there will
be much chance for the election. what
aver chance there may be'for the NOM
nation Of any Democrat who enter
.ains the views OF either Mr.. Hearst
n Mr.. Bryan"
Sparrow In Church.