The Washington herald., 1906-11-22
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the recipient Of many congratulations st
the Riggs House yesterday. over his re-
cent victory at the polls, AEr. Patterson
having defeated Hon. Il Clay Evans by
plurality Of some 1900 votes.
The incoming chief executive OF the
Volunteer State is well known in Wash.
ington, because OF his service here In the
House of Representatives. He had No
easy road 20 victory, owing 70 local
causes and factional troubles. but he
made a magnificent campaign, and the
"unterrihed Democracy sustained him
handsomely. showing that Tennessee nay
still be counted as of the solid South.
| Mr. Patterson will remain in Washing
ton until some time in January. when he
will return to Tennessee TO be fnaugur-
ated. There Is no given date for the in
( auguration Of a governor IN Tennessee
beyond the month within which It is to
/ occur. Mr. Patterson says that II viii be
/ some time between the Ist and 18th OF
/ January. He will retain his seat IL Con-
gress until that time His successor IN
the next Congress viii be Gen. George S.
| Gordon, OF Memphis. No provision was
made for the term which Mr.. Patterson
VIII vacate when he takes the Office OF
governor.
Mr.. Patterson, last evening, speaking OF
| the Presidents order discharging the
three companies OF the Twenty-ffth n
fantry. said that the President had acted
entirely within his rights. "As 20 the In
trinsic justice or injustice OF the act" he
said. i cannot say, because I am not ac-
quainted with the facts in the case. but
his right to discharge Is inherent IA his
Office as commander-in-chief OF the
army"
There was never such a lot OF sur
prises as the elections in Indiana furnish
ed this year." said Mr.. George Fowler.
of Fort Wayne, at the Raleigh.
Counties that had always been Demo-
| cratic Gibralters gave tremendous Re-
publican majorities, while rock-ribbed Re-
/ publican communities went Democratic.
/ Kosciusko County. that never in its his
! tory failed to give a handsome majority
/ for the G. o. P. elected every Democratic
| candidate for Office save one. Such iron
| clad Democratic strongholds as Sullivan
and Harrison counties went heavily Re-
publican.
In the Eleventh Congressional district
no man was more astonished at the re-
suit than George Rauch, the Democratic
candidate, who beat Fred lands for Con
| gress. Rauch is a worthy young man.
/ but he never looked forward to anything
/ but defeat in a district that was thought
certain TO elect a Republican by from
/ 1900 to 5000 majority. He did not think
ii worth while 10 make an active canvass.
| and when they told him he was elected
/ be almost tainted. Congressman Cromer
was beaten IN the Eighth district by a
/ high-class Democrat. John A NJ Adair,
/ who made an extraordinary campaign,
/ and who would never have won but for
thousands Of disappointed Republicans.
Adair's slogan was hurrah for Roosevelt!
a curious campaign cry for Democrat.
/ but il suited the voters He also told
| the people that the only way to rid the
| district OF CrCmer was 10 elect him
/ (Adair) just for one term, after which hs
would disappear and then they could send
some Republican.
NO sort OF national issues cut any
figure In the Indiana election this time
The people realized IL was an or year,
and they set 10 work 20 get even with
| statesmen they did not like. The tariff
least OF all. was a factor. for about all
| Of the champions OF revision. including
/ Judge CrUmpackeT and Mr.. Brick, had
/ their normal maiOrities badly reduced,
while Mr.. Overstreet who is the most
/ stalwart Of Hoosier stsndpatters. was re-
/ turned By an unprecedentedly heavy
vote
Young Mr.. Philip Chinn. who is az the
Riggs House. is not only a handsome
| specimen of a Kentucky gentleman. but
he is a youthful edition Of his famous
/ "a rf-a- 81 rr-Ns E~s- l..
galore in every part of the union.
/ 4 do not take the same interest in
politics that characterizes my family"
said Philip Chinn to a Herald reporter;
because it has never seemed TO me that
politics paid any cash dividends. I am OF
a practical turn and prefer horses to
running for Office. At the same time I
was very glad at the recent triumph OF
Gov. Beckham. His victory was the
most remarkable ever won in Kentucky.
Senator McCreary, his opponent, who has
( no superior as a political general IN the
United States. carried the big towns OF
Louisville, Lexington. Covington, and
/ Newport. and il was not deemed possible
/ that a candidate who could win in all
these places could lose. It had never hap
pened before Beckham. however. had
I the support of the masses. the plain peO-
pie of the rural districts were on his
side. and they promoted him as a direct
reward for his previous good record He
/ is only thirty-fOUT years Of age and he
has developed faster than any public
man in America. People who know moth
ing OF him. and who suppose ne is moth
ing but a machine politician, are sadly
out Of their reckoning. and I venture 10
/ prophecy that he VIII become known 20
the entire country long before his first
/ senatorial term is ended
Not only is famine always present in
my country, but multitudes Of our peo-
1 pie are always on the verge Of starva-
ton" said Mr c. Ramalinga Reddy, Of
! Madras. at the Shoreham. Mr.. RedGy IS
a graduate Of Cambridge University. and
/ is visiting the United States TO observe
the workings Of democratic Institutions.
! His statement quoted above was in an
swer to a Herald reporters question as
/ 70 the condition OF the masses iu India.
! The abiect poverty Of untold millions
/ in India" he continued, seems TO be a
! condition beyond remedy. The people are
/ two-fold victims Of the drouth and the
/ tax gatherer. What little surplus OF
grain they produce must be sold 10 pay
/ taxes, and as the law Is very rigid as 10
the collection of taxes, they must sell at
q time when the market is overstocked,
| thereby getting the lowest prices.
"They also suffer by reason Of a poorly
4 administered government. In times Of
| famine the government gives employ
| ment to many thousands of iabOreTs in
constructing light railways. But coUn-
/ Try that is drouth-stricken can not pro-
| dUce anything IN the way Of business for
| the roads. If the money spent IN build