The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-31
INDICATIONS Of
TAFT's ELECTION
CONTINUED from Page Nine.l

He has had to wage his campaign,
however, in large part himself. For
while he has been fighting on level
ground with Taft in that regard, and
has had an organization quite as eff
cient man by man as the Republicans,
there has not been back of him the
same forces that tell for success that
there have been back of Taft. IF the
conditions were reversed and Bryan had
been fighting as the Republican nomi-
nee, it has often been said during the
campaign that he probably would have
won by a much larger vote than it is
expected Taft will have. For Mr..
Bryan is the leader who arouses great
enthusiasm. He has long fought in
that role, which is new to Mr.. Taft,
and which he won by his own efforts
less than was the case with Mr.. Bryan.
This has been a newspaper campaign
more than ever before, and the news
papers have played a very large part
in shaping sentiment. The great met
ropolitan journals of the country, even
if independent in non-campaign times,
have generally been arrayed against
Mr. Bryan this year.
At the same time. he has been given
far better treatment from the newspa-
pers than he was ever before accord
ed, and his ideas, as presented from
day to day, have been pretty widely
disseminated before the reading public.
The campaign has demonstrated how
rapidly the days of the partisan news
paper organ are passing, how the read
ers must have all the facts ON which
to form their own judgment, whatever
opinions and preferences are expressed
on the editorial page.
But Mr.. BRYAN s arguments have
been battered down pretty well by his
opponents during October. They seem
to have been able to convince the vot-
ers that his guarantee of bank deposits
is chimerical and to have refuted what
ever testimony eminent Republicans
had given in its belief before it was en-
bodied in the Denver platform. The
agitation, whatever the outcome, will
probably be wholesome, for it has set
the people to thinking on the subject.
Mr.. Bryan s efforts to make himself
the "advance agent of prosperity
have apparently not been taken very
seriously and he has not been able to
dispel the Republican charges that his
administration would usher in an era
of uncertainty. The voters, apparent
ly, have greater respect for him than
ever before, but not to the extent that
they are willing to turn the Republi-
cans out of power.
At least, such the trend of campaign
events seems to be, and Mr.. Taft s elec,
ton seems to be foreshadowed, now
that only about twelve fighting days of
the campaign remain. Of course, It
would be rash to make any positive
statement, because it can not be truth
fully said vet that Bryan is finally
beaten. The Republicans have certain
ly been narrowing the territory where
he can get electoral votes; the result
has been to intensity the campaign in
the territory that remains disputed.
House of Representatives.
Here in New York, where the Re
publican Congressional Committee head
quarters are located. some very careful
figuring has been done on the next
House Of Representatives The man
ayers of that campaign. sometimes
known as Campaign No. ,, show that
the next House viii be Republican by
from twenty to thirty majority That
is very material reduction from the
present majority of almost sixty. 1t is
interesting in several connections. how
ever. II confirms the prospects of
Taft 5 election, although one has to
concede that if the House majority is
figured by the Republicans down to as
iittle as twenty, there is no time for
resting on oars when the campaign is
closing. A majority, as estimated, of
only twenty means that a change of
ten seats from these estimates would