Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-06
THE OUTCOME OF THE ELEC-
TION.

The Republican ticket is again
victorious A majority of the PEG
pie of this great nation have az
pressed their VIII favorable to c,n.
tinuing that party in power, and
there is nothing TO be done but ac-
quiesce gracefully in the result.
Mr.. Bryan's landslide, which it
was expected might come, failed to
materialize. Mr.. Bryan has succeed
ed In reducing the heavy pluralit es
that many states gave to Mr.. Roose-
welt in the election Of 1904. and
many OF the states of the Middle
West are close when the pluraIities
heretofore given the Republican
ticket was taken into consideration.
In many respects Mr.. Bryan has
made phenomenal race. At the
outset the odds against him wers
heavy. The handicap of two pre-.
Ylous defeats could not be removed
by partisan enthus asm The oppo-
II,
so pronounced upon the part of the
Democratic press, had It's founda-
Ion in this handicap. The rural
districts and the rural press clamor-
ed for his nomination, 20 which the
press Of the cities gracefully yield
ed. but with forlorn hope for vic.
t ry.
The State of Virginia rolled w
her customary handsome Democrat.
ic majority. Il was supposed tina:
the Taft Democrats would make ser
ious inroads upon Mr.. Bryan's ma
jor.ty in Virginia, but the results
indicate otherwise. Maryland. with
every daily in the state against he
Democratic ticket, is claimed by the
Democrats, but the stare is yet in
doubt
The Democracy of the city of Roa
noke is 20 be commended. The ma
jor.ty is a big increase over for
mer elections.
There has been much speculation
upon the breaking of the Solid
south, but the returns show that
the so-called Republican / INVASION
.ailed Of results. The South is pu.
down solid, where it will rema n
until approached in different spirit
from that shown in the Taft cam
paign. Mr. Taft in his brief So
Journ, did much to keep the South
"ol.dified. The Republican candi-
date tried to bait the South into
the Republican party by dangling
before the people Some of he fruits
Or the pie co inter-. He pointed out
the failure OF the South to share I'm
tie national councils for the plst
hfty years, and because of The fact
that the south persisted I'm voting
the Democratic ticket. Then bc ra.f-
crates the eaunclaIons OF tho no..
publican platform. fin ofnphaffr
terms recognizing the equality q.
The negro; and while It is adm tied
that Mr. Tar and his parry are in-
sincere In their declarations OF
Greater love hath no NAM
this Haunting Of the flag but inton-
SITES the sec; onal feeling By reason
o. the political hypocrisy.
10 must be- frankly admitted for
variety OF reasons that 81 would
be 70 the bcs interest of .ne cnnr.
country lf the Sold South could b.
broken along with the breaking O
The Solid North. 10 IS slime for tho
elimination OF sec onaI SIM. Tn,
sectional feelings cngsudcroI by
the Civil War 90 both the North and
the South should Doc entirely
wiped ou, We should know no
North. no South And in this con
nec.ion let us quote briof srIy
OF this matter which .he Norfolk
Landmark makes ire basis of am
editorial. from shat brilliant eIyca-
tor, Prof. James IT. billiard. OF
Tulane University, In letter 20
q ne New VprL pCut n--f $50.