The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-11-19

Analysis Of Election Results
Show the Struggle Between
License and No License.
DEMOCRACY TO QUIT
Future Campaign Battles Are
to Be Between Republi-
cans and ohibitionists

CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. l4-(speclaD
Now that the various party managers
have figured out how badly Bryan
( was beaten by Taft. they are turning
their attentionto the analysis OF the
vote. cast at the recent election. One
OF the most interesting features in
this connection is the statement OF
Eugene v. Chnfln, Prohibition candi-
date for President, who. at the
Washington Home the other night.
said that the Prohibition movement
Mr.. chails says:
with the aid Of the liauor bust
ness the Republicans carried New
York City, Chicago, st. Louis and
Cincinnati. Every temperance cam
didatc Of prominence on both sides
was knocked out at the recent elect
ION. including Governor Folk of Mis-
souri,. This means that the fight will
be between the Republicans and the
Probhibitionists from now on, and ]
am confident that n Prohibitionist
will be elected President in 1912.
There areo many thousands of vo-
tiers in both tparties who are ready to
come with US just as soon as they
are convinced that whlskey domi-
mates the present elections. We are
sure to win.'
That the Prohibition movement
made no headway, as Mr.. Chain In
Inmates. is horne out by the ananlysis
Of the votes in the various states
The storm center of the Prohibition.
lists fight in the election was in In.
diana, Ohio, Illinois. South Dakota
] Rhode Island. Minnesota. and Ten
ncssee. In each OF these states the
Prohibitionists were defeated and q
numbr of well-known candidates who
championed their cause failed In
election.
Probably the hottest contest over
diana. because of its pivotal char
acter In the national election. Gov
j, T. Hanley. Republican. is we'll
known Prohibition advocate and Sc
cured control OF the Republican STATE
convention. He secured n county
option plank in the platform. The
Democratic party platform advocated
village and township option. Gov
lianley. however, was not satisfied
and as the campaign progressed call.
ed sneclal session of the Legislature
which was Republican, and procured
the passage of county option law
In this step he was ably assisted By
the Republican nominee for Cover.
nor. james Watson. and United
States Senator Hemenway.The action
nf fItn
cism and in the campaign County OPP
ton became the issue. The state
Went Republican on President by TO-
200 plurality. but the. Republican
candidate for Governor. Watson. was
defeated by Marshall, Democrat, by
over $4,000. while the Republicans
also lost the Legislature. which will
now elect a Democratic United States
senator to succeed Senator Hemen-
Gay. Gov. Hanley's associate in the
County option fight
In Ohio. the birthplacesof the Anti
saloon league. the lines between the
Prohibitionlsts and the Liberals were
sharply drawn. The Anti-Saloon ele-
ment championed the cause of Gov.
Harris. candidate for reelection.
Harris had been prominent during his
administration as an advocate of Pro-
hinition and had obtained the pass
age OF the Rose county option law by
the legislature. In the campaign. he
was opposed to Judson Harmon, the
democratic candidate. who was sup
ported by the moro liberal voters of
NE state. The result was that Ohio
gave Taft $4,000 plurality, but in
spite of this sweeping Republican
victory, the Republican candidate on
Prohibition platform went down In
defeat and his Democratic oppo-
hent was elected by over 10000.
State Senator's Rose, sites, Meek and
Drake, who were lieutenants OF Har-
Us IN his Antl-Saloon campaign. also
We're defeated. Rose was the father
OF the county option law and Drake
,he chairman of the committee OF the
lesislature having charge of al tenn