The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-11-12
FORESHADOWS DEMOCRATIC tidal WAVE.

Newspapers now arriving from the east plainly indicate thai
OF the election last week Massachusetts the Butte Miner
That the only state in which the tariff in the last campaign
made direct issue verdict that the people are
greatly dissatisfied with the Aldrich bill
To people this may strange for the that
they have understood that Senator Adc designed the measure
the interests Of the trusts combines and manufacturers of New
England and the north Atlantic seaboard states.
The returns from the Massachusetts, election prove that although
the trust element OF that wealth may be perfectly satisfied
with the new tariff schedules the body of plain people is
not because finds the OF living has advanced materially
der the law while wages have either stationery
threatened with reduction in scale
The election in that state of the for the reason
that only state officers had be elected and is unusual to make
campaign upon national issues fight Of this description
That however, done Massachusetts and Mr.. FosS the
democratic candidate for acknowledgement who nearly
being elected formerly republican organization
owing to the Ubiquitous tariff bill
The Boston Transcript of the most ad republican
papers east does not attempt disguise the seriousness
the situation viewed from the standpoint of its party for it
says 1T would be idle deny that the republicans have suffered
a serious in Massachusetts"
When which supposed to one of the few common
weahs for whose special interests this tariff bill drawn
almost repudaes the law in election should under
estimate the Importance of the verdict should they overlook
what states less favored by the outrageous likely
they get chance TO their views in uakabe manner
as they will have year hence
The Transcript holds that the tariff has thus become vital
issue in Massachusetts be Acknowledged adds
warning WIN congressman to be chosen who have actual
lalon to revenue laws the kind Of campaign that in for
1910 becomes clear
If this means anything that if the of Massac
sets had had chance this fall express opinion
congressman who helped this law upon the
people Of this country the would have made clean
sweep
That this idle proved by the fact that when the
citizens OF Massachusetts eectng governor and
governor who wise to blame for the PASSAGE Of e Aid
Tch bill the republican majority of year ago cut down
from 10000 to 5000
Upon this phase OF the matter the Boston Journal saws
The people of this commonwealth dissatisfied with the re-
publican pars treatment of the tariff issue They believe that
the party IS controlled today by interests which should be per-
united to control it. 1t logical attempt defeat Mr.
Draper because OF the action OF republican congress- was
e only way III which those who desired protest could make
themselves heard promptly
There truth in this statement for was not exactly ooa
to make any republican for governor state suffer for the faults
o republican and undoubtedly thousands of voters in
Massachusetts took this stand which that Mr. Drane
he candidate OF that party received thousands that the
publican nominees for congress would have against them
The Chicago Record Herald discussing the returns from the
bay state clearly reads the writing the wall it saws
The tariff was the leading feature of campaign in sne
81 the desire OF the republicans seve grew in interest
md Importance and vigorously handled bv Fo te
democratic candidate for Persons now NOT in
IN apologize mood in the chief republican s1n
md the disposed accept their Interpretation f te
lection because the apoogs groggy after the battle Mass
hue like the middle west has grievances against the new
art laws has expressed its feelings the subject in very so
ca revolt What be expected of states less certain
attached to the republican column? That question likely 70
I'VE republican statesmen great deal of anxious thought do
lie coming year" is
The Louisville Courier Journal sizes up the situation ver com
rehensyely follows IN
II the tariff issue Svath
uohcan majority In rocrbbed republican state like Massacn
etts Will have similar effect elsewhere if clearly nresent 70
ne voters The result in that inevitably brings to mind t
oSS IN other states Therein lies great opportunity for t
enocrauc party OF which will hardly fail to take advantage