The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-13
is ONLY AccENTUATED BY THE
LATER RETURNS.
G. 0. P. CAPTURES BOTH HOUSES
Cabinet Question Comes up and Make
up viii Include Those Close
10 Roosevelt.

complied on Tuesday night Montana
has slipped over 10 the Republican
side OF the fence thus giving Taft
total of 300 electoral votes as com
pared to Ia for Bryan, or a clear ma
lority OF 1875 In the electoral college.
There has been a considerable shift
ing Of individual districts in the con
gressional returns. but one Of these
Offsets the other to a large extent.
The returns Indicate the House OF
Representatives will consist OF 2l3 Re
publicans and IFS Democrats. This
gives a Republican majority Of thirty
five. insuring the organization OF the
House. the election of speaker and
the control OF legislation
There has been no change in the in
dicated membership OF the Senate.
which remains SO Republicans and 80
Democrats, or a Republican majority
of &c.
There is one striking thing about
the election OF 1908, which is that Mr.
Taft, although a Western man. found
his greatest strength In the East.
while four years ago Theodore Roose.
Welt, an Eastern man. was most strong
" backed up in the great States OF
the West
The extraordinary popularity OF Mr.
Taft with the business element and
the increased unpopularity OF Bryan is
best shown by the fact that New York
city gave the Republican candidate
for President 900 plurality, in round
numbers. while at the same time Chan
Ter. for Governor. carried the metrop-
oils by nearly 10000 This does not
seem TO be due to any knitting by the
professional Democrats, because Muir
ply in New York and McCarren in
Brooklyn had buried the Ratchet and
were anxious 20 maintain their regu-
larity in the party.
Everywhere in the East Taft has
rolled up phenomenal majorities. Penn
sylvania carrying of the palm for the
whole country. although New York
and Illinois have been close behind
the keystone State.
Close inspection Of the election re.
turns shows clearly that Mr. Taft's
failure TO secure a big popular plur-
ality in the West is by no means due
10 any kind OF personal unpopularity.
but comes about solely and simply
because Of local conditions for which
he was in no way responsible.
In Ohio, his home State. and in In
diana, Just next TO the westward. there
were local fights precipitated by the
liquor issue almost exclusively. There
can be no doubt in the world that the
presidential candidate was made the
victim of these local battles.
Il is unfair TO Mr. Taft and to the
Republicans TO assume that a small
majority like that OF $4,000 in Indiana
means that the Republicans are losing
ground. As previously explained, IL
only indicates that the Democrats are
lining up for their party organization
as they were expected TO do. the rest
OF the reduction being attributed en-
tirely 10 the effect OF the bitter fight
over the liquor question.
Bryan's victory in his home State
OF Nebraska was a sweeping one.
Five OF Nebraska's six congressman
will be Democrats. while in the Legs.
lature only eighteen Republicans seem
TO be elected out OF a total of 1873
senators and representatives.
William Howard Taft President
elect. will not become actually Presi
dent and take up his residence in the
White House until March. Neverthe
less. the prophets already are busy
supplying him with a Cabinet. II can
be said upon the best authority in
the world that Mr.. Taft has not given
that subject any consideration at all
He has been busy endeavoring to Sc
cure his own election. and IL would
have been disastrous for him to have
made any promise or given any init
nation 10 any one regarding the APP
pointments he proposed TO make TO a
Cabinet position.
For the present all supposed Cabi-
net states are the result OF pure spec
ulation on the part OF the writers. II
Is natural to assume that Luke Wright.
the secretary OF war. will remain
where he is because. because he was
appointed only a little while ago and
was a close associate of Mr.. Taft in
the Philippines.
Secretary Metcalf. at the head OF
the Navy Department. has been want
ing TO get out for a long while and
NAV do so without waiting for the in
auguration His natural successor is
Truman H. Newberry. of Michigan.
the present assistant secretary. who
has been for a long time the real head
of the department. who is warm
personal friend of Mr. Taft, and who
contributed in no small degree to his
nomination. While such an appoint
ment is a thing 10 be expected, II is
by no means certain and perhaps not
even probable.
Secretary Wilson has been at the |
head OF the Agricultural Department |
since the beginning OF the Mckinley |
administration. in 1897. lie has built |
up the department into a splendid |
machine. and his retention probably |
will be urged by most of the scientific |
farmers Of the country. At the same |
time II might be entirely natural for |
Mr.. Taft to prefer a younger man,
like Clifford Pinchot, who has made |
such a success OF the bureau Of for |
estry.
People will be cure to associate with |
the Office OF attorney general the name |
OF Frank r. Kellogg. OF Minnesota, |
the trust buster Of the Roosevelt ad |
minlsiration. an able lawyer and
confidential adviser OF the President. |
elect.
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