The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
SIGN OF THE TIMES
REPUBLICAN PARTY TOO LONG
IN POWER.
Democrats Practically Certain Now
to Control the House and O Faint
Hope Of Senate.

to Control the House and q Faint
Hope of Senate.
1t begins to look as If the people
have made up their minds to have
an accounting at the hands Of the
Republican party, which has been in
power entirely too long for the coun-
try's good. In fact, it has been in
power much longer than any party
should be allowed to remain in pow
er, if we want a clean, honest ad-
ministration of affairs. Here is a
summing up of the political events
of the year:
C. C. Atkinson, Democrat, was ell
ected to Congress from Missouri on
February 1, 1910, by a plurality of
3,117, the Democratic plurality in
1908 being only 1895.
Eugene N. Foss, Democrat, wa
elected to congress from Massachu-
sets on March %, 1910, by a plural
ity of $40, in a district that had
gone Republican two years before
by over 10000 majority.
James S. Ravens, Democrat, was
elected to congress from New York
over Boss Aldrich in April, 1910, by
a plurality Of 5,S31, in a district
that gave a large Republican vote in
the election of 1908.
In the recent election in Maine
that State went Democratic for the
first time in over fifty years, electing
the governor, two congressman and
the legislature, which will elect a
Democratic United States Senator
and Democratic State officers. Be-
sides two members of the State Su-
preme Court will be appointed by the
Democratic Governor. The Demo
Gratis carried about four-ffths of the
counties in the State.
United States Senator Julius G.
Burrows, 'stand-pat" Republican,
was defeated in the Michigan prim-
aries by Representative Charles E.
Townsend, progressive Republican.
"Stand-pat" Republican senators
who have announced their retire
ment are:
Eugene Hale, of Maine.
Nelson w. Aldrich, of Rhode Is
land.
Frank Flint, of California.
Samuel II. Piles, of Washington.
Regular machine Republican re-
representatives. in congress who have
been defeated for denomination are:
Duncan Mckinley, James Nc
Lachlin, of California.
John A. T. Hull, Of Iowa.
Charles S. Scott, James M. Miller,
William A. Calderhead and William
A. Reeder, of Kansas.
Ralph D. Cole, Of Ohio.
William H. Stafford, of Wiscon-
sin.
Jas. A. Tawney, of Minnesota.
Joseph Sibley, machine Republi-
can, forced to retire from ticket in
Pennsylvania after buying his nomi-
nation for Congress.
Cannon Democrats defeated for re-
nomination are:
Leonidas Livingston, William NJ.
Howard, of Georgia.
The Republicans carried Vermont
by the smallest majority since 1872.
La Toilette, progressive, was re-
nominated for Senator from Wiscon-
sin by a majority of 10000 over his
'stand-pat" opponent.
Bass, progressive Republican can
didate for governor carried the New
Hampshire primaries by a vote near
ly double that of the regular machine
candidate.
Thomas Leary was elected to the
Vermont legislature, the first Demo-
crat from Crittenden county in fifty
two years.
In the wake of such significant
signs as the above we are looking
for a regular Democratic deluge in
November. The people do not pro-
pose to be plundered any longer and
they are looking to the Democrats
for relief. If the party can regulate
it's members who voted for any part
or parcel of the Republican protec-
tive tariff, and give the people the
relief they need, it has a chance of
remaining in power for many years.