The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-11-16
.BRYAEs MEI no Ro9SEVELT
INCLUDED N NEBRAsKAN'S POST
ELECTION STATEMENTS.
Holding Roosevelt to his 'sNO Third
Term Promise, SEES Demo
cratic Victory In 1905
D. &c. IL 3 statement a.

william J. Bryan in q statement dis
cusses the recent election and passes
a severe criticism upon President
Roosevelt for the part the latter play
ed IN the New York campaign Bryan /
gets considerable satisfaction in view /
standpoint He regrets the defeat OF I
Hearst in New York, but cannot see
wherein President Roosevelt can ind I
any comfort In the vote OF the Empire /
state Bryan says the presidents
personal attack on Hearst was in very
bad taste, and he insists that the at
tack did not fayorably impress the
public.
Particularly gratifying to the demo-
cratic heart, says Bryan. is the return
Of Missouri to the fold In state
ment issued last Saturday night Bryan
says:
trend in favor Of the democratic par
ty It proves that the democratic
party is growing stronger as republi-
can policies are developed
Explains Hearsts's Defeat
THE defeat OF MI Hearst, the
democratic and independence league
candidate for governor, while a great
disappointment to his friends and the
party. Is explained by facts which ro6
Mr.. Hughes victory OF both glory and
political significance MI McCarrens
whom Mr.. Hearst deROunces as a
boss, threw his influence to Hughes
and cut down Mr.. Hearst's vote in
Mayor Mcclellan, the legality Of
| whose election MI Hearst had denied,
used his influence for Mr.. Hughes and
cut down the Hearst vote in New
York Mr.. Jerome, the prosecuting
attorney Of New York, who had also
/ been attacked by Mr.. Hearst support
/ ed, the republican ticket, and his in
huence was felt in Greater New York
! Mr. Croker, during the last days Of
| the campaign, made an attack upon
Dir. Hearst which doubtless weaken
ed the democratic candidate among
the Tammany1tes- Mr. Murphy, the
head OF Iammany, while supporting
/ the ticket, could not put much en-
| thusiasm into the campaign, owing 20
! the personal controversies which he
had had with Mr.. Hearst It is evil
| dent, therefore, that Mr.. Hughes
| owes his victory not to republican
votes, but to democratic votes brought
/ TO him by the very men whom he
! and the republican leaders have been
| denOuncing for years
| If the trend toward democracy
/ continues as strong for the next two
years as II has been for the last two
years New York can be counted
among the democratic states in 1908
i and Mr.. Hearst is in a position to do
valiant work in securing a national
triumph for progressive democratic
Ideas
1.-The democratic gains in congress
]
| expected, but they have been sufficient
/ TO make it probable that the demo-
/ Gratis will control the congress to be
! elected in 1908. In nearly all the leg
/ islatureS in the middle states the
| democrats have made decided gains,
| and these promise much for the SEN
| atOrial contests which take place two
years hence.
| In Iowa, Kansas and California
the democrats made a splendid fight
II for their gubernatorial tickets. The
/ reduction of Governor Cummings ma
/ JOrtty from more than 1000 to about
10000 puts Iowa in the doubtful states
/ for two years hence Kansas and Cali
] fOrnia can no longer be claimed as
/ certainly republican. The fight made
/ by Mr.. Harris in the former state and
1 by Mr.. Bell in the latter give more
/ than reasonable hope Of success two
years hence.
Hint to Roosevelt.
| The republicans have had an ef-
fectiye campaign cry in standing by
! the president. While the record show
/ ed that the democrats in the senate
and house stood by the president bet
Il ter than the republicans, the admir-
erS OF the president very naturally
| gave weight to his appeal for a repub-
! the appeal the president put a per
sOnal victory above the reforms which
/ he has been advocating Two years
/ from now that appeal will be Of no
| avail, for the president will not be in
/ Office after March 4, 1909. Even If he
/ were q candidate-Which no friend OF
Il his can assume after his repeated de-
1 charlottesville would have to confront
| the third term issue, and who would
say that that issue alone would not
Il lose the president enough votes to
make his race hopeless. The popu-
\ lar vote, as indicated by the congress
] siOnal elections, shows that the repub-
] liCans even now have q narrow mar
/ gin to go on, and that margin will be
l quickly wiped out IL the president al
/ lows himself to be drawn into q race
/ for a third term