The National tribune., 1910-11-03

70 Ep-ar' persons in office. That kind
or :eling pervades the public al
stated periods, and generally when II
is abroad the party in power suffers
Even Democratic officials have suffered
from it, for the records of primaries
and elections during the Iast Few y,
months show that many old-timers In
the Democratic ranks have fallen under
the bombardment of ballots.
Perhaps that sort of an attitude may
help the Republicans in Ohio this year,
for their big fight is, TO prevent GOV.
Judson Harmon from getting another
term. They would undoubtedly rather
defeat him than to achieve any other
victory this year, unless it be possibly
the election of a Republican Legisla-
ture. On the other hand, the unrest,
If it has affected great body of voters
in Buckeyedom, may cause such
groundSwell for Democratic candidates
for Congress and Democratic candi-
dates for other Offices as to carry Gov.
Harmon along to a reelection.
When the State and Congressional
elections are over there will be period
of earnest study TO ascertain the sig
nificance of the verdict whether it is
to be distinctly Republican. distinct
ly Democratic. or badly divided between
the two parties. The course of poll
tics during the last II months has
been very exceptional. It has been a
period of fierce contests and apparent
ly the end is not yet. The struggle for
political mastery must seemingly con-
tinue whatever the outcome at the polls
next week.
OF course, if the Democrats win the
House, there will be a great to do i'm
nediately about their legislative plans,
and alike about their efforts to win
the Presidential election in 1912. The
advent of a Democratic House could
for first
regular session would be in December.
1911 for il is almost certain President
Taft would never call an extra session
of Congress to enable the Democrats
TO put their schemes of legislation to
the fore. And again, the nominating
conventions of the two parties will not
meet for IS months, and ordinarily the
talk about candidates and the control
of delegates would not begin in earn
est till along next Summer.
If the Republicans win there will be
large insurgent following in the Sen
ate and House, ready to take up the
gage of battle in the hope of getting
control and making the party distinct
ly an insurgent or progressive organiZa-
ton. Encouraged by their successes
last Winter and their successes in the
West during the primary and election
period, the insurgents. in such an event
as a Republican victory, would come
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paint on and they would make things
hum from start to finish
In the broader field of National poll
tics there is bound to be much manuv-
ering from this time on with reference
to eX-President Roosevelt. He has
made himself such a conspicuous figure
and has identified himself so closely
with the campaigns in many States that
no defeat at the polls for his candi-
dates is likely to eliminate him entire
ly from calculations for the present
If his ticket goes down to defeat in
New York State, he undoubtedly will
begin a fight forthwith for holding his
forces in a position where they can be
on top in succeeding elections. The
fight for the recovery of the Empire
State would be vigorous. and, from all
the ex-President has said of late, he
clearly intends that this campaign shall
be only the opening scrimmage He
said one day not long ago, while tour
ing up the State. that if Stimson did
not win this year he would be all ready
to start anew in behalf of the cause Of
decent government.