The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-10
THE GENERAL RESULT.

The general result in the country al
large cannot be better summed up than
TO say that il gave Roosevelt and
Roosevcltism setback, This impor
tunate person has gone into eclipse, and
1T is to be hoped hat he will stay there
| Any hope that he could be the savior
of his country from anything has been
dashed to the ground. AS so apt!y stat
I'D in the East prior TO the election.
the way TO defeat Roosevelt in 1912 for
the Presidency was to beat him this
year.
The most complete rout Of stand pat
Rcpublicanism, So far as the Nation Is
concerned, is in the HouSe Of Rcpresen
Satives. unquestlonab the Democrats
will have large working majority
there. their claims running as high as
seventy majority over the Republicans.
or even more. But the results also
show that in the "insurgent - coun
try alone is there vitality and strength,
The next most signal change is in the
Senate. Nine Republican Senators
from as many states are retired, and
nine Democrats will take their places
The present Senate comprises 5S Re-
Senate. with the loss of nine to the
Republicans and gain of nine to the
Democrats, will leave the Republicans
with 40 members and will give the
Democrats AZ But of the 10 Rcpub-
liCanS at least six can he counted upou
STEADILY to maintain their so-called in,
surgenCy. These are tie Senators from
Minnesota. the Senators from Iowa,
Senator Brlstow of Kansas and Senator
La Toilette of Wisconsin. That will
reduce the Stand.pat Republican Nom
bcrship TO I3 and will be reinforce
ment of six to the Democratic member
ship of 43, as against stand -patism,
giving the revolt against stand -patism
~ votes TO AZ for 1T, Doubtless all the
Republican Senators will unite in pre-
serving tho Republican organization Of
the Senate throughout; but in case the
Democratic House should insist upon
"St''hE i'r"pudpIt ItNlSlDHS VI iuS
bunko tariff law, it is likely that the
Democrats could depend on support of
enough of these so-callcd insurgcnt
Senators TO pass u fair modifying bill.
In Utah the result shows that the
Democratic party held to It's lines very
much better in other counties than in
this, But still. the nconsequent How.
ell is returned TO Congress, and Sutbcr-
land will doubtless he reelected, TO the
injury and rcproacb of the State.
The State elections have shown spec
tacular Democratic triumpbs. The head
of these is in the election Of Dix in
New York by a heavy majority, and
the election of Democratic Governor
in Indiana, these being changes OF
great moment The reelection of Gov
crnor Harmon in Ohio makes him
strong Democratic possibility for the
party nomination for the Presidency.
In Idaho the result is so very close
that it may take the official count TO
determine the result. The chances seem
to favor Mr., Hawley, Democrat, though
his election seemed to be impossible in
Wow of the very great Republican ma
Iorlty Of two years ago in that State,
The crooked course Of Governor Brady
OH prohibition and other matters, and
The scandalous 1obbcry and graft in the
State Laud Board, were. large contrib
uting causes to Brady's defeat, provid
ing he is defeated, as be certainly
ought TO be.
On the whole, while tho election in
Salt Lake County was keen disap-
the drubbing that the stand
pat trick stcrs received throughout the
is some compensation. The
wave of revolt against the bunko tar
lff law did not reach Utah this wear;
but the very causes that led to the
church Republican triumph must be the
defeat Of that sort Of politics In this
State III the near future. For political
rascally tricks, lies, and
reckless fa!scbood capnot permanently
prevail.