The Washington times., 1908-11-04
EAST AGAIN PROVES
NEMESIS OF BRYAN
He Fails to Make Any I'm.
preston on Its Con-
SeTVatiSm.
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but the Republican pluralities were
sufficiently reduced in a number Of
states 20 give some basis for the claims
Of the Democratic leaders, and for
many observers that landslide TO
Bryan was impending in that part of
the country. Compared with the
enormous Roosevelt piuraliues OF 1904,
the returns Ia the Middle West gsner-
ally snow a heavy drift TO Bryan. 1t
vas this drift, not large enough 20
drive the Republicans from their
slrongholds, bat large enough 20 eX-
cite Republican alarm during a large
/ share Of the campaign. that Mr.. Bryan
and his friends mistOOk for a land
slide in their direction
Judged, however from The sta udp0int
oi electoral votes. Mr.. Bryan hnds
was IN lS96 In that year. ne carried
/ Kansas, which has gone Republican this
year. IN 1896 too, he carried South
! Dakota Colorado, Idaho. Wyoming,
! and. on the Pacific coast, washington.
year SO that Il appears that wl.ile
MT. Bryan has tne consolation Of see
/ ing the West pay tribute t. him in
the form of Republican plurahties re-
duced from the 1904 plura.ities. ne can
lind little 10 comfort him in the cleo
tUral vote and IL Is clear he has lost
sround there since 1895.
Mr. Bryan's best advisers told him
repeatedly through the campaign that
ne might as well stay out Of the East
and that he could not hope TO make an
+ impression on that part OF the country.
particularly on New York. He took Il
different view Of H. however. OF at least
lelt that whatever the difficulties might
. De In New York, il would be poor STRAIT
egy 10 remain out OF that State. He
repeatedly told his audiences that ne
/ believed he could be elected without
+ the aid OF vote from east OF the Ale
ghenies. Mr. Bryan. ike many OF the
men whom ne cJunseIed with, seeing
the enormous crowds that turned out
10 hear him In every state, especially
F IN the Mississippi valley. believed the
! time had come Tor his election.
7 lt cannot be- doubted that the most ef-
I fcctive argument made by the Rspuo-
( llcans in the campaign was the one
{ tnat acceutudted the distTust of Bryan
from q business standpoint This not
merely affected him adversely in the
East, but Il also worked agalls- him In
/ the prosperous West. II hurt him quite
I as much among Western farmers as
, among Eastern business men. and IL
! was IN nc small measure through the
use OF this argument that the Repub-
E HcauS were enabled 10 prevent the labor
/ vote from going IN something Ike a
mass To Bryan.
No doubt when the returns are fully
I IN and analyZcC they viii show that
/ Bryan got a considerable vote from tie
/ radical Republicans Ct the EildI- WeS..
Than III the East, but IL will also be
made clear that through the Efforts lf
\ President Roosevelt and men like La
| Toilette and CImnins these progressive
( hcPublicans were ln far tue greater
I part held in lire for the Republican
! ticket They accepted Sherman for ice
! President under protest. hut took the
/ White House word for IL that Tart
! would 50 ahead with the Roosevelt p,,li-
{ cles, ard voted accordingly. rat Judge
! TAFT added thousands OF votes q his list
/ b. his tour of the country giving the
/ voters a chance 10 get better acquafnt
/ ed with him. both East and West can
/ not be doubted, even though he had
4 much 10 learn as campaign speaker.
/ and was under many disadvantages In
/ comparison with a man like Bryan
All through tie campaign one OF the
/ dread problems thGt confronted Ma
/ tIonal Chairman Hitchcock and the Re
1 publican managers was how deeply Taft
/ would be opposed because OF his TTnita-
/ rianiSm. It is tOo early To tell accll-
/ rately about this, but &c Is certain that
/ the religious question did not cut the
! figure that II was expected TO in many
/ quarters and that the Democratic lead
/ ers, though they did not employ this
I issue. hoped u see il cut.
That the increased Socialist vote and
I Prohibition vote weighed heavily
l against Bryan Eas- and West is clear.
/ but IL viii take later figures To dis
/ close just 10 what extent he lost on
/ these scores.