The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-11-12
HAVE
A MAJORITY OF s.
Ihey Gain Complete Co toI Of rouse
OF Representative.
TARIFF BLAMED FOR TIE R5Sult
Not Until December 1911 VIII the
New Congress Meet in Regular
Session-Cannonism to
the Discard.

NuC LleSdlAs
Chicago, Nov. t0.-Nhen the sixty.
second congress is convoked on the
First Monday of December 1911 if not
called sooner in extraordinary session
the Democrts will have POI members;
the Republicans l69 members.
The Socialists win have one mem.
Der, provided the official count in the
Fifth Wisconsin district does not seat
Henry Gochems. Republican, in the
place Of Victor Berger, Socialist.
The Democratic majority will be 80,
at least a sound working majority and
by some members believed to be SO
large 1t win be unwieldy. The Repub.
licsn had a majority Of 46 most of the
time in the present congress and by
some of the standpat leaders at least
the weight Of that majority is blamed
for insurgency. The disruption of the
party and Tuesdays defeat at the
polls.
The creation of the above condi-
tons was of the results of Tuesdays
election. The figures may be changed
somewhat in districts where the count
Is close, as in the Third nlinois-but
such slight changes as are made will
not materially alter the conditions
And there were other victories.
Were Other Victories.
Among them; The Democrats elect
ed 10 of the 26 Of the governors
chosen and three of those governors
were elected on the Southern states.
The Republicans elected 10 governors
giving them Iowa, where there is still
q lingering doubt.
An another result was Cannonism
and all it means was kicked out OF
American politics and passed into his
'ory. Its significance is gone: it has
)een cast into the discard to keep
company win other things that aonr.
lshed in times past until the m%align.ty
Of them was discovered. It was an is
sue in Tuesdays election but it was
the kind Of an issue that once dis
posed of was settled for good and all
Speaker Cannon himself politically
survives that peculiar kind of official
tyranny to which he gave his name
but only as a rather harmless old gen
tleman whose power has departed.
The Machine Demolished.
The most important result of all
however, politically speaking was that
the Republican machine, that splendid
organization the late Senator Hanna
built up for the election of William
Mckinley in 1896, was demolished
It worked beautifully for IA years and
then for the lack of proper repairs
when repairs were needed wen all to
pieces in n day.
With the National machine went
state and county machines. in New
York, Indiana, New Jersey. Illinois.
Nebraska, Iowa, almost everywhere.
And even the smooth running Penrose
brand of machine in Pennsylvania had
several Of its bearing Jared loose.
Summed up the general result was
simply a complete overthrow of Re-
%publicanism whether, r~eactionary. in.
surgent, progressive, Taft, Roosevelt.
Cannon, Cummlns or Aldrich.
The tariff act was the big cause. .by
agreement There was no cvest'or
raised but that the tariff issue turner
the election against the Republicar-
In every state and congressional a.,
trict There were local causes and is
sues to help in every state and n
many districts, but in all there wac
the tariff question.
Voters Had Another cuess.
In other words the voters at large
held that the promise OF the Renrbl
can party for a revision of the taris,
meant a revision downward A weel
after the election OF 1908. speake,
Cannon said that the promised 70.
vision meant either downward ~
upward or both And the tariff law
was made that way. The voters show.
ed they had another definition for that
promise.
Coming to the effects of the cleo
ions 1t means, first Of all. a complet
reorganization OF the Nation house q
representatives with Cannonism LEI.
out The new congress will not NEE,
In regular session until the first Nor
DAY in December next year, as the
present congress viii hold the short
sesslon beginning the first Manila T.