Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-09-14
By WILLIS j. ApnOT.

The German Vote.
BY WILLIS j. ADpOr.
IN the west ave four states w which
Democrats are loo,,ug WIjh mH,krd in
tescst Indiana. Illinois. " i>Coustu and
minnesota. Fifty >.N electoral Votes
pertain to these commemorative, and
not since lN.'2 nls our ot thcu sour Ia
thc Democratic parry lWt mark thr
difference this year Io br-u with.
Mi Bryan and his rAusr have gained
enormously In strength III all four cont
ruuiti"s Eut "a hr specific concern
ing each one. Governor johnson "
Mluucsota. who has vice carried that
sttte. has been rruoWinAtNi. and his
first action after the convention was 70
hasten u the national Democratic head
quarters NJ Chicago and pledge his al
ieglanec 10 the nNtioull ticket He
prOIuiSed even IL give all the time that
could he spared from his many Chuutau-
Qu0 engagements to the stump In favor
of Bryan and Kern In Indiana. With
its dtJcen electoral votes. the nominal
siou vt Mr. Nern for vice president
auQ that of Mir. Marshall, an almost
equally popular Democrat, for govern
or. give assurance of that state for
both the state and the national tick
cts. Illinois. the largest of them all,
WIS carried once for the Democratic
ticket Since then it has been a tower
OF Republican strength. but today the
nomination Of former Vice President
Stevenson for governor has produced
coSnplete cooperation between the long
time warning factions OF the Democrat
tc party. County, state and national
committees have perfected plans for
working together. and there is not a
clash within the party ranks. Wiscon-
sin. too. was once carried by the Dem
oG0ts. and once only. that time upon
a somewhat local issue that appealed
especially TO the large German voting
population of that state. This year
NJ Hvn" POGO 'r ShroWdtSt politician
i'll luc STATE, and +. L. Ryan, The ma
ti0la committeeman. agree in the as
Ecrtion that the outlook is better than
it uas in the triumphant year Of 1902
Ouc might ala to this list Iowa.
where Republican fractional antago-
nisms are bitter beyond expression, and
The two Dakotas, where the farming
Community is in revolt against the cX-
actions of the tariff fed trusts. We'll
eQuipped men who have Travelled
thc0u@hout the northwest do not doubt
thu Bryan VIII regain this year every
state that he won in 1896 and gather
IN q few mora.
TIE Reason For Confidence.
It is not in the discussions of tho
enemy nor wholly in the growing har-
mouy and energy of the democratic
forces upon which confidence should
chiefly be based. These are conditions
which appeal in the main 10 the pro-
fessional politician. Apathy at head
quarters may follow fractional split
hut it does not always result that the
great mass Of voters are affected by it.
Or - +''' great arguments not used
so much by politicians, but which is
passed about among the voting people,
is that this country is quite ripe for a
change in administration. For Twelve
years the party Of Roosevelt and Taft
has been in undisputed possession Of
the federal government, and the adj
ministration Of the former winds up
with the business of the nation in Il
condition Of complete depression. Dur
Ing those twelve years, too, there have
been scandals innumerable unearthed
IN the departments and in the admin
iStr0tiOn of colonial dependencies.
Look at the battleship scandal Of last
week. Let nee be fair enough to say
that IN eases the facts of which
were notorious punishment followed
swiftly. But good many people
wondcr whether it would not be an
excellent plan to change the admins
Gration put new blood into the depart
Inents and find out whether all that
should be known is known. There is
a feeling that, even though Mr. Roose-
welt retires, Mr.. Taft's loyalty to him
would prevent, according to the slang
phrase, the lid being taken off during
the latter's retention of office The de-
sire for change is, to the mind of
nany observers. one of the chief fac
TORS in the growing strength of the
Democratic ticket
In New York.
But there is no reason to look to the
middle west alone for Democratic sue
ce.es HISTORY frequently repeats itself,
pafucuiany political history. 1t is
Ia I'D of course, that more
than twenty years ago somewhat
dominant Republican president insist
ed upon naming the Republican candi
date for governor of New York. Has
the case Of Folger been forgotten ajv1
the enormous majority which his en-
forced nomination on the Republican
ticket rolled up for his opponent? To
day President Roosevelt, not content
with forcing the nomination for presl
dent of a man selected by him, de
mands the nomination for governor OF
New York Of man who he thinks
would bring the most strength to tho
ticket In other words, the president
puts his judgment above that Of the
entire party machine. expects that ma
chine to ratify it and then get out g
full vote for candidate nominated
without its will. 1t is altogether prob
~.