Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-24
CAUSES FOR THANKS
Things Some of EN- Ought to
& Be Glad Of.
REASONS J Of DEMOCRATS
Col. Roosevelt, That It Could Not
Have Been Worse.
HAPPY THEY WON IN MAINE
Republican Source of Joy-Aldrich
Rejoices That He Will
Be Missed.
HAPPY THEY WON IN MAINE

Some OF the things that some of EN-
oishl to he thankful for might be stated
! this way:
! The democratic partl--That for once
the republicans did the wrong thing at
| the right time. when they failed to
make good on tariff revision demanded
by the people, thus shifting to the ele-
| p!lant the plaster which Grant slapped on
| the donkey and which has blistered these
many years.
! The republican party-That although il
lost Maine. Massachusetts. Connecticut,
New York. New Jersey, Ohio and Ind
ana, it yet saved Delaware.
| President Taft--That all things come
to him who waits-even a belated turkey
and that the exercise of patience. good
judgment and good temper are surely
| bringing him into his own.
The colonel--That anyhow. it couldn't
! have been much worse.
! Vice President Sherman-That they
| can't keep him from being Sunny Jim
| for two years more. an they do their
! worst.
Your Uncle Josenh-That Fowler of
! New Jersey won't he there. but the Dan
! vile gamecock will come to the Sixty
second Congress.
Fairbanks, Hemenway and Jim Watson
That 'twere a pity TO lose Beveridgc,
| 10 bend 10 His will.
Nick Longworth-- That the colonel didn't
play any Lorimer stunt on Boss Cox of
Hamilton county.
Senator Burton-That praises be it's
Charley Dick and not himself who will be
up for reelection before this legisla
ture.
That Predictions Are Realized.
Champ Clark-That his ante-election
sional campaigns have at last come true.
! Boss Murphy of Tammany Hall-"That
| l got NINE
| tions craftsmanship looks mighty promis
| ing.
Charley Edwards-That having toiled
| for the democratic congressional commit
| tee ten years free, gratis and for moth
! in something ought to come his way.
| Senator Aldrich and Senator Haze
! That they will have the qualification of
knowing they will he missed by theic
Col. Dick Bright Of Indiana-That he
| has lived to see his party show signs OF
| almost human intelligence
DR.. Harbn-Ihat there are still a
| few small-mouth black bass in the
Shenandoah. and there is yet something
| to live for.
Sam BIythe-That the deep furrow turn
| ed by the democratic plough throws UP
I SOHle new material Luz w III Wbo'
That He Is Still on Deck.
| Representative Crumpacker Of Indiana
| That he still stands on the burning
deck. whence all but him had fed
The United States Senate-That they
will have the witty and caustic John
Sharp Williams of Mississippi with them
a! next year.
| The United States House of Representa-
| tyes-That some Of those who went down
| to defeat can we'll be spared tpick your
! own. 49,
| Jim Tawney-That anyhow, he never
| lost the district when he was nominated.
Robert j. Wynne-That after all is said
and done, the good old United States are
| the best ever.
! Representative-eiect Smith of the Buff
| falo Congress district. who beat Col Alex
| ander by one vote-That "a miss Is as
! good as a mile and that the contest will
| come before democratic House.
| Maj. Mcdowell. clerk of the House--That
although it may be hard winter next
year. the prevailing price of steel insures
him some potatoes in the bin. ham In the
smokehouse and hard cider in the cellar.
Miss Democracy-That she won't be
compelled to keep company with one
! lone sutton any longer. but that several
likely young chaps are making eyes at
| her. They can stay later than 1890, too.
| The old guard and the progressive re-
publicans-That each can say to the other
It's your fault