Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-11-17
RESULT OF THE. ELECTIONS.

this year, and l believe that we will |
be elected by the plurality that we re-
ceive in Greater New York-by 100000
or more, declared Mr.. Hearst in his
final campaign address; and so indom-
table was the spirit of hope manifest
ed by his New York American that its
first edition on the morning after cleo
ton day proclaimed hi NEGLECTED. "by |
at least 100000" Later editions, how |
ever, gave prominence to the actual
results-victory for Hughes by a mar
gin of about 10000, in spite of a
Hearst plurality in the city of more
than 75,000-and to Mr. Hearst's assur
ance of his willingness to serve either
Gin the lead or in the ranks, as the
people desire" in the fight against "the
control of government by the trusts
and corrupt corporations" His state
ment concludes: "The people have de-
cided to retain the Republican party
in power. / will make my fight in the
ranks, therefore, and, as a private cit
izen, do my best to promote the
interests of my fellow citizens" In
the general comment of the
New York press on the result there is
noticeable marked note of disap-
pointment because Mr.. Hughes did not
win by larger majority-this in spite
of the fact that Mr.. Roosevelt was
elected governor of New York by only
1900 and Mr.. Odell in 1902 by only
5000. In the recent contest Mr..
Hearst ran very much behind his
ticket.
Returns from the country at large
reveal conspicuous failure of the rad
ical movements. This is shown not
only in the collapse of the Hearst
movements in New York, Illinois, and
California, but by the results in Mas
sachusetts and in Pennsylvania. In
Massachusetts the defeat of John B.
Moran, whose appeal was to the SEN
timent of reform, or, as his critics
would say, to the forces of discomfort,
leaves the governorship in the hands
of Governor Guild, with greatly aug
mented plurality. In Pennsylvania
what Is described as the most eXcit-
ing campaign that state has expert
enced for twenty-five years resulted in
the defeat by big majority of Lewis
Emery, Jr, the fusion and reform can
didate, and the election of Edwin S.
Stuart, the regular Republican nomi-
nee. OF the result in New York The
World (Hughes Dem.) says:
"The narrow defeat of Hearst and
the election of Hughes are plain no
tice both to Wall street and the Re
publican politicians. The people want
ne wdeal and square deal. They
want house cleaning at Albany, and
they want it to be thorough. The
fight was won not on issues, but on
men; for The World very much doubts
if there was a great difference of opin-
ion yesterday in regard to the abuses
of government in New York, or to the
shameless excuses of many great
corporations, or to the alliance be-
tween financial corruption and politi-
cal corruption.
"The next two years must be years
of definite results in the way of re-
form government and the restriction
of corporation abuses. If the Repub-
lican bosses thwart Mr.. Hughes in his
work of reform, or if Mr.. Hughes HIM
self falters, it will be useless to APP
peal again to Democrats to save the
state from demagogs. If the people
are driven to the conviction that moth
ing but demagogy can sweep away the
old order of things, they will vote for
demagogy. When that feeling comes
it will be too late to appeal to reason.
IF the confidence of the people is
again betrayed, and no effective eff