The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-13
LYMAN ABBOTT ON RESULTS.

We hope that all readers of The
Tribune have read the dispatch IN yes
torday mornings issue giving Dr. Ly-
man Abbott S views on the results ol
the recent elections. DR.. Abbott is the
editor of the Outlook, to which MT.
Roosevelt is contributing editor, ana
therefore when he says that Roosevelt
cut but little figure in the election. but
that what he did DO WAS 10 'hearten
the progressive element IN his own
party and carry forward in hIs own
State the work of party publication so
well begun by Mr. Hughes, his effort
evidently is to combat the idea that
Roosevelt suffered defeat. DR.. Abbott
also thinks that Roosevelt had a mighty
influence in waking up the Democratic
party to genuine idea of progress aud
reform
The most significant portion of DIR,
Abbott s review of the election, how
ever, is where he shows the influence
of the progressive or insurgent clement
upon the Republican party itself. He
holds that the progressive element IN
the Republican party is now the dom
inant element therein, that 1T brings to
the party the only hope which it has OF
future triumphs and service TO the coun-
try This is precisely what The Trib-
une pointed out heretofore, We held.
after the primary elections throughout
the country, and the Maine election,
~. lipa
doomed; that the only vital element left
IN the party was that represented by
the insurgent or progressive element
Dr.. Abbott proves this completely by
showing that Gin every State except
Indiana where there was definite pop
ular iusurgeut movement within the Re
publican party, that party won in the
election. That in every State except
Pennsy lvania where there was no such
movement within the party, or where
it failed, the Republican, party failed in
tho election. That with the single ex-
ception OF Indiana. no Senator who was
retired by failure to secure n renomina-
| tion and reelection represented the
progressive element in the party, That
of the Governors elected decided ma
iiority represent the progressive rather
than the rcactionary element in their re
spective parties, including such repre-
sentatves of progressive thought us
| Woodrow Wilson on the Atlantic Coast
and Hiram w johnson on the Pacific;
that the insurgents are insurgents DC
longer but are recognized as leaders
in the Republican party All this, Dr.
Abbott holds, indicates that the elcc
ton, which is Il significant triumph fol
the Dcmocratic party. Is not defeat
Of progressive principles and does not
Indicate decadeDce Of the progressive
spirit. On the contrary, we may add
it shows that the voters of this country
supported the progressive Republican
ism wherever they could find it, but
where they could not find it 10 sup
port. they voted the Democratic ticket
n the hope of infusiug progress intt
that party OF at least of warning The
Republican party that it must no Longer
stand in the way of progress, but mus
Join in the onward march
The talk of DR., Abbott on the election
is ono Of the best that we have seen
1t meets precisely our own views, a
we have expressed them heretofore, ant
the views that we still hold. There i
no question about it, progressive Re
publicanism is the Repubicanism of tn,
United States. Standpat Republican
ism is the Repubicanism only of tb
bidcbound church Republican party o
Utah,