The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-20
IAFTS BIG VICTORY
is ONLY ACCUMULATED BY THE
LATER RETURNS.
G. 0. P. CAPTURES BOTH HOUSES
Cabinet Question Comes up and Make
up Will Include Those Close
to Roosevelt

heTh. since the flnal returns were
compiled on Tuesday night Montana
has slipped over TO the Republican
side OF the fence, thus giving Taft a
total OF 300 electoral votes as com
pared TO ia for Bryan. or a clear ma.
1ority OF 1875 in the electoral college.
There has been a considerable shift
ing Of individual districts in the con
gressional returns. but one OF these
Offsets the other 10 a large extent
The returns Indicate the House of
Representatives will consist of 2l3 Re
publicans and 17S Democrats. This
gives Republican majority OF thirty.
f1ve, insuring the organization of the
House, the election of a speaker and
the control OF legislation
There has been no change In the in.
dicated membership of the Senate.
which remains SO Republicans and 80
Democrats, or Republican majority
of &c.
There is one striking thing about
the election of 1908, which is that Mr.
TAFT. although a Western man, found
MS greatest strength in the East
while four years ago Theodore Roose.
welt, an Eastern man, was most strong
ly backed up in the great States of
the West.
The extraordinary popularity Of Mr..
Taft with the business element and
the increased unpopularity of Bryan is
best shown by the fact that New York
city gave the Republican candidate
for President $4,000 plurality, in round
numbers while at the same time Chan
Ter, for Governor. carried the metrop-
oils by nearly 10000. This does not
seem TO be due TO any knitting by the
professional Democrats. because Muir
ply in New York and McCarren in
Brooklyn had buried the Ratchet and
were anxious 10 maintain their regu-
larity in the party.
Everywhere in the East Taft has
rolled up phenomenal majorities. Penn
sylvania carrying of the palm for the
whole country, although New York
and Illinois have been close behind
the Keystone State.
Close inspection of the election re
turns shows clearly that Mr.. Taft's
failure TO secure a big popular plur.
ality in the West is by no means due
10 any kind OF personal unpopularity.
but comes about solely and simply
because Of local conditions for which
he was in no way responsible.
In Ohio his home State. and in In
diana. just next TO the westward, there
were local fights precipitated by the
liquor issue almost exclusively. There
can be no doubt in the world that the
presidential candidate was made the
victim of these local battles.
1t is unfair 10 Mr.. Taft and 10 the
Republicans TO assume that a small
majority like that of $4,000 in Indiana
means that the Republicans are losing
ground. AS previously explained. il
only indicates that the Democrats are
lining UP for their party organization
as they We're expected to do. the rest
OF the reduction being attributed en-
tirely TO the effect of the bitter fight
over the liquor question.
Bryans victory in his home State
of Nebraska was a sweeping one.
Five of Nebraska's six congressman
will be Democrats while in the Legis-
lature only eighteen Republicans seem
to be elected out of a total OF 1873
senator's and representatives.
William Howard Taft. President.
elect, will not become actually Presi- |
dent and take up his residence in the |
White House until March. Neverthe |
less. the prophets already are busy |
supplying him with a Cabinet. 1t can !
be said upon the best authority in |
he world that Mr.. Taft has not given !
hat subject any consideration at all. /
He has been busy endeayoring 10 Sc
,ure his own election. and il would |
nave been disastrous for him TO have
made any promise or given any init
nation TO any one regarding the APP
he proposed TO make to a
Cabinet position.
For the present ali supposed Cabi-
let states are the result Of pure spec
Ilation on the part of the writers. II
5 natural TO assume that Luke Wright.
he secretary of war. viii remain
where he is because. because he was
appointed only a little while ago and
vas a close associate of Mr. Taft in
he Philippines.
Secretary Metcalf at the head OF
he Navy Department. has been want
ng TO get out for a long while and
nay do so without waiting for the in
uguration His natural successor is
truman H. Newberry. OF Michigan.
he present assistant secretary, who
as been for long time the real head
( the department. who is a warm
ersonal friend OF Mr.. Taft, and who
ontrbuted in no small degree to his
omination. While such an appoint
lent is thing to be expected. IL is
v no means certain and perhaps not
ven probable.
Secretary Wilson has been at the
cad of the Agricultural Department
ince the beginning OF the Mckinley
administration. in 1897. He has built
D the department into a splendid
lachine. and his retention probably
iii be urged by most of the scientific
,rmers of the country At the same
me IL might be entirely natural for
Ir. Taft TO prefer a younger man.
Ike Clifford PiDchot. who has made I
lch a success of the bureau of for
stry.
People will be sure to associate with
he Office Of attorney general the name
I Frank y. Kellogg. OF Minnesota.
le trust buster of the Roosevelt adj.
inistration. an able lawyer and a
,nfidential adviser OF the President.
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NO New Courthouse.
Brazil. Ind, Special The PROPOSE
on TO build a new 5000 900 courthouse ,