The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-08
People UnequivocaIIy De-
cIared for the Continuance
OF His Policies in the Choos-
ing of Taft.
PUBLIC EVILS MORE GER
TAIN TO BE CORRECTED
Public Confidence That Roose-
welt Has Prescribed Right
And That Taft Will Admin
lister Medicine.
BY Angus McSween.

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 7.-Missouri
in the republican column of states;
Maryland furnishing conclusive evil
dence that a majority of the voters
were prevented or not by complicated
ballots, and a reduction of the demo
cratic vote in the southern states. es-
pecially Kentucky, Georgia and North
Carolina, add to the significance of
the completed election returns.
There is made more and more mani
fest the general belief of the public
that the country has started upon a
right political course. the course map
ped out by President Roosevelt, and
that public welfare demands that it
should be continued.
Commercial and industrial interests
were alike concerned in the perpetua
tion of system which is eradicating
the evils that beset the nation and
which is just as certainly raising the
which is just certainly raising the
rality while it develops civic fndep
dence and strengthens the public con,
science.
The rebuke administered to the re-
dictionary politicians and special inter
ests that opposed the Roosevelt polio
les becomes more and more pro-
nounced with every evidence of in.
creased popular support for the Roose-
Welt doctrines.
So, when there is found even in the
South the same strong trend to Roose-
veltism that was shown in New York
New Jersey and the states where Taft
ran farthest ahead of state tickets. eit
is clearly demonstrated that the peo
pie believe that public evils are more
certain to be corrected through the
continuance of the Roosevelt and Taft
form of republicanism than by any
radical change in the character. Of the
national administration.
Progressives' Argument.
This was the argument of progress
sive republicans of the Vest and mid
die West. LaFollette in Wisconsin
Cummins in Iowa, Hadley in Missouri
Bristow and Stubbs in Kansas, tool
the ground constantly maintained by
many, that such black spots upon the
republican party as Cannonism, Aid
rlchism and the affiliation of profes
sional politicians with predat,' 'ry com
binations could be dealt with better BY
perpetuating the Roosevelt policie:
than by trusting to untried expert
ment
Fear of Bryan among the bushes!
men of the country unquestionabl,
added to the volume Of the Taft vote
Dislike of Bryan among the democrat.
just as undeniably reduced the demo
cratic strength in many states. Blu
both combined did not SO materiall,
change votes from Bryan to Taft as t
make them deciding factor.
Public confidence that Roosevelt
has prescribed the right RENE dies fo
national ailments. and that Taft Cal
be relied upon to administer then
with the best possible Judgment, &C
counts for the overwhelming rejection
of Bryan and his theories.
There was but one circumstanc,
which could produce Taft's defeat
and that was the suspicion regardin.
his sincerity and his loyalty to tn,
public interest. Hitchcock's placin,
OF well-known reactionaries In places
of campaign authority imposed tire
mendous burden upon the faith ant
credulity of the voting masses. an,
one that would have been fatal had |
not been ightened by Taft himself
by President Roosevelt and by othe
active friends Of the candidate.
Made His Own Platform.
Taft did most for his own cause b,
making his own platform In th
speeches he delivered, regardless O
what the convention had done at th
Instance of self-seeking political ma
nipulators. The president added t.
the feeling of general confidence b,
his strong endorsement of Taft. Mex
20 these two the man who probabl,
did most to counteract in the publi
mind the unwise methods of Hitch
cock was John Hayes Hammond, min
ing engineer who headed the leagu
of republican clubs.
Only occasionally was the name O
Hammond mentioned in the campaign
But he was working constantly, organ
izing the men who had faith in TAT
and were willing TO work for his elec
tion without the slightest hope of pei
sonal reward These were the mel
who were most effective in arousin,
and advancing the silent and thinkin,
voters.
Dawning appreciation OF Just wha
Hammond accomplished is causin,
mention OF his name in the iispatche