The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1910-09-16
The Maine Upheaval
(Salt Lake Tribune. )

capture Of Maine by the Democrats indicates that those
who expected Democratic landslide this year mistaken
The capture Maine by the Democratic party great achievement
When Maine gave but 140OO Republican majority
September election the Republican campaign supposed
and Grant and Cong were called upon to save the day and to
open the campaign Ohio which they did in mastery Style roll
ing back the clouds of defeat and putting the party the highway
10 victory
But now with an adverse plurality of over sooO with loss of
of the four Representatives Congress and with apparent
y loss of the legislature nsung the election of Democrat
succeed Senator Hale Maine usual oresadows the general
suit and abundanty evident that the outlook for Republican
this year in other States exceedingly dark The Demo-
apparently the and will sweep
the country, eng the majority of Congress without any help
from the srgent progressive wing of the Republican party
Undoubtedly local issues had their effect in the Maine election
At the time there doubt that Maine in other States
great turning point of the hangs
betrayal of the peoples passage of the
bunko tariff bill which puts the combines, trusts and monopoes
control of all the markets OF the country and the people at their
service and command.
During the pendency of this arc revision in Congress
there were repeated warnings from all over the country that
people expected Republican pledges be kept good faith
the downward of the tariff The nsoent and false reply
that pledge of tariff revision downward had been made seemed to
political bosses enlroned Washington great deal of
comfort They refused listen to the muengs of discomfort
among the people They refused consider that there could be such
thing Resentment their betrayal of the public interests Their
reputation of the Republican pledge of revision downward ter
preted by President Taft his campaign speeches
defiant AS they there mpegnabe majority in Congress
they seemed to think that there was no way to reach he that they
always be the majority and the arrogant posi-
defy the popular demand and disregard the plain will Of
the people and the pledges Of their own party The elections this
the first opportunity the people have had to those
contemplate knavh BOSSES and they getting at them great
style This turnover in Maine is in effect political revolution
would surprise in the least to Massachusetts elect
Democratic Governor this and consider that Connecticut
to do that Ohio already lost to the kepubas SO tar
aexpert make and the House of Representatives
is fast lining up the same way
The gives loss Senator the Republicans
gain Senator the Democrats The loss of Ohio which
consider will show like change that State The result
already determined all that remains is to the vote
Republican ookes hopeless New York with the
loss of another Senator by the Republicans from that State
1t pleasure The Tribune to thus forecast disaster to the
youthup his first having been for Lincoln and uniformly
for Republicans and Republican principles to this day. But when
Republican defy the will of their party take into their
hands the task of wrecng the party and defy the party
principles time call halt and if that halt cannot be en-
forced than by the defeat OF the Republican party
then but be welcomed by all patriotic
minds as a right and mcllneeded discipline.