The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-09

kNofS and the redemption OF the pehFtatS ia
III dozen strongly Republican States, The
Gntking down of the Republican majority in the
mate. and The utter overthrow OF Roosevelt
- in New York clearly indicates two im
joFtant things
& The Payne-Aldrieh tariff. having been ar
paIxned at the bar OF public opinion, has been
|ound guilty of the high cost Of living
And the country al large. notwithstanding
M ten year tradition of hero worship is not
m ready to cut the ancient moorings binding
4 10 the practical preservation of the old prin-
61p1e npon which the Government estab
6sAed
whether al the hands OF the newly elected
Eongress with the aid OF d President awed into
nnplacency al the Performance OF party
Itedges: or whether after two years and more,
|5kA the aid OF Democratic House, Senate, and
Ssidenf. the peoples will for 81 substantial
1nction In tariff schedules viii late
enacted into law. The result of Tuesday
ns1ns the courts of the land in popular re-
~ and confidence and leaves them unweake
~ ~ demagosia assaults. The effort made
Ill the resource of one of the most an
ously egotistic men in history toward
IN OF personal political control of de-
r&ey has signally and disgraeefuly failed
country was never in real peril not be-
ee there not welideined movement to
6pardixe and betray its future. but because
nj nd in
onent of class. it held all along the true vein
c0mmon sense which must prove its
lsation.
DIT II fine thing that IN election like that
&tch has Just passed, there should have been
- moral courage III the people 10 rebuke
ow@rfuI administration aud an .oser-weenins
okSCnality. that it possible for victory Ia
1870 been won By The application Of abstract
r4nciple to concrete reforms against personal
rsal couched in terms Of situperaton: that
- people as a whole should have had the
1ntAl and moral stamina to vote for their pc.
[lfical integrity and their economic welfare
hatever the future may hold. the election OF
41p will stand a warrington the one hand
Ainst too complacent yielding the demands
special interests: ON The other hand as show
l0k the futility of appeal in the name of the
(1hlic for a purely personal lease OF power.
7Df less Importance but OF exceeding human in
xeest Is the future of Colonel Roosevelt The
4dred days ended, and the man from
lha has upon his Waterloo, Unlike Ma.
leon, he came back distrusted and feared OF
Fl own people, Instead of finding an "old
1aFd' loyal in his support he had to create
1ew one on the body of the old. He found
~ enemy waiting him in confidence instead OF
~ He found the allies massed against him.
x0Mn Generals palsed with apprehension. 80
naad to the Colonies credit that he created
counterfeit Of fight. He boasted in "A
kce Of brass. He let loose the Walls of his
<Enpefation. He counted to the last on his
1Mer to throttle the truth, to win over facts
r hands. Even at the last, when even into
u soul of rare eonoet must have come The
dow OF the end, he had the efrontery to 90
the prize ring for illustration and him.
8 Gr0ggy and all but out, declare that he
EN- on the ropes and beaten to a frazzle''
II Tor continuance of Roosevelt 81 ma
- spectacle.
as significant that where Roosevelt was an
~, the verdict most emphaticaly
10 against him. In the West his tradition
appears to hold. In the East he dis
llted. and in the South he was never any
~ except the fuse to superficial enthusiasm.
Vest, it is true. in a measure held to
s6f b. the promise of insurgency and its de
IN Of the administration If the election
1T anything, il shows the elimination OF
n With Taft in possession OF his letter OF
oaal from the country, ii were idle to say
eo0seveit does not continue ar Il possibi
10 matter what his ambition, the East
tdly accept him. and the South was never
r. man Of force and genius. as one always
&o seize upon and help toward the threst
~ new thought and new ideals Colonel
S1& may well continue in quasi-public
hips a valuable national asset Thus
u his personality will2 be all gain and
the country will have the benefit of his
- while being saved their dangers TO
a9anqua company Of William Jennings
TX Albert Heveridge, OF Others more de-
1AF than sound the world will give 70
M Regaeyeit packed houses and 'oatin-
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