University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-20
ECHOES OF THE ELECTION

niticant in many respects. 1t proves
that more and more are the American
people inclined to support men and
measures rather than party nomina-
lions; it shows that the will of the
people is not something to be regu-
lated by political machines; and it dis
turbed the popular belief that there
is a Solid South" and some rock.
ribbed" states.
Nebraska, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and
Tennessee furnished fields for some
of these significant events. Nebraska
defeated James C. Dahlman, the regu.
lar Democratic nominee for governor;
a Milwaukee district did the hereto
fore unheard of thing by electing
Socialist to sit in Congress. and Ten
nessee elected its first Republican
governor in thirty years.
In Nebraska, Dahlman, the Cowboy
Mayor of Omaha" failed to gain the
support of w. J. Bryan, who openly
said that he could not favor the cleo
ton of the nominee. Dahlman lent
his efforts towards defeating Bryan's
county option measure, which came
before the convention last summer.
The measure was defeated and Dahl
man was nominated by the delegates
opposing the measure. Believing that
Dahlmans character did not warrant
his election, and that he was sup
ported by the liquor element, Bryan
protested his nomination and, later,
declared that he would not lend his
influence to the election of the nomi-
nee. Charged with being murderer,
antagonized by the Bryan following
and the anti-saloon element, Dahlman
was defeated by Chester H. Aldrich
Republican, for the governorship.
Victor L. Berger is the first So
cialist ever to be elected in the United
States to an office as high as that of
member of the House of Representa-
tives. Berger has been a leader in
his party for decade, but it was not
until his successful conduct OF the
Milwaukee campaign little more
than year ago that he has come t.
be national figure. He was the
power that put Emil Seidel, a Social
list, at the head of Milwaukee's munich
pal affairs. Berger has never held
public Office before, but he has been
welding powerful influence as an
editor. teaching the people the ways
of Socialism. Mayor Seidel has been
eminently successful in his manage
ment Of Milwaukee, and it was upon
this basis as much as anything else
that Berger waged his campaign. He
is an earnest and energetic man, and
| it is with purpose that he goes to
sit with this great legislative body.
That final blow might be delt to
Malcolm R. Patterson and his Pat
ltersonism," Tennessee elected Ben w.
Hooper, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES candi-
date for governor. Tennessee has
been in political turmoil ever since
Patterson announced himself for re
election as governor for second term.
Patterson stood for local option, while
the majority of the people were clam
oring for statewide prohibition. Ed
ward w. Carmack, then editor of the
/ Nashville Tennesseean, was the lead
err of the prohibition forces.
In primary declared bogus by the
Carmack people, Patterson was nomi-
mated. Carmack conceded his nomina-
ton, but set about to elect legisla-
ture that would wipe out the saloon.
Patterson was elected, but Carmack's
Legislative ticket won.
Strictly anti-Patterson, this legisla-
ture put through Carmack's entire
program. passing many bills into laws
over the governors veto. Although he
vetoed the prohibition bill and called
prohibition vicious and empty
dream, the legislature passed it over
his head and it became law without
his approval. This was just before
Carmack was shot to death on the
streets of Nashville by Duncan Coop,
er, Pattersons chief political adviser.
Angered by humorous paragraph, in
which his name appeared, Cooper car
ried out his threat to kill the editor
Cooper was tried and convicted
only to be pardoned by Patterson i'm
mediately after the supreme court had
affirmed his sentence of twenty years
Members of the court declared that
Patterson sought to coerce it into q
decision favorable to Cooper. This
angered Patterson, and when the SUI
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