The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-10
The Voters Tuesday Endorsed
ROOSeyeltism
TELLING BLOW STRUCK
At Bossism and Corruption = Parties
Must Clean House or Be Defeated
Independents win Influence Next
Presidential Election.

Boston, Nov 1o- The Transcript
prints the following despatch from It's
Washington correspondent;
Washington. Nov 9.--Study Of the
election returns shows among other
things not only that the spirit Of re-
form was abroad in the land last Tues
day but that the Independent voter was
powerful factor III many states, Hear
q as was the Endorsement Of Roose-
veltism given BY the country in the cleo.
ton Of q Republican majority to the
next House Of Representatives, the
President and his policies received in
many states an ever stronger endorse.
nent through the open revolt Of Repub.
Leans against various evils that had
erept into tbc body polite. Opposition
TO corrupt political methods, to gang
domination, TO corporation, or boss con
tfel Of municipal, county and state af-
fairs, and above all to the deInarorue
IS shown by the returns TO be on tho
increase The great Fight for civic right
eousncss which oyershadowed political
issues, marked the development of in
dependent voting.
II is interesting to note that Roose.
veltism was successfully preached in
many states whose Republican major.
tiles for state tickets have been mater
tally reduced The election Of the Dem.
ocratie governor in Rhode island is more
the manifestation Of a spirit Of revolt
against the Aldrich machine than Dem.
oeratic victory. The legislature is Re-
publican, but the number OF indcpcnd-
ents who opposed the Aldrieh candidate
for the United States senatorship may
work a combination TO defeat him. The
lesson in New York is written in large
letters by the defeat Of Hearst and TIE
apparent election OF a Democratic ticket.
through his lieutenants President hDose-
welt emphasized not 50 much Tie ncces-
sity Of clecting the Republican ticket
as that Of defeating Hearstisln. 1t was
the defeat Of Moranism in Massachusetts,
which the administration was especial.
y anxious to bring about and which
many Democratic voters assisted tho
Republicans in accomplishing. In Mil
yankee district attorney was elected
as an independent because Of the fight
he had made as o city Official against
municipal bosses. The independent voter
helped to save Governor Cmmmins. OF
Iowa, who has aroused public spirit III
that state against the political machine.
and was prominent in the fight for
railroad rate legislation, The only can.
didate for Congress from Iowa who open.
y opposed Cunmins, Representative La
cey. was defeated. The election of a
state Democratic ticket in Minnesota
and Of Republican members OF Congress
in all but one district where Demo.
GRAFT defeated that high apostle Of the
unreyised tarih stand .patter. McCleary.
IS another illustration Of the activity
Of the Independent voter.
The study OF the vote BY c0ngression
al districts would afford many other ~
Illustrations Of a growing tendency to
break away from party lines and sup.
port the cnemiea OF political corruption,
Of bosses and the like when the party
ID powc refuses 10 clean house This
increase III The independent vote % the
county may prove an even greater factor
in the next presidential election. In
the meantime II will give the two great
political parties food for thought,