The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-12
ROOSEVELT DID IT? Oh, NO!
DIR. tRROTT ~ THE "Of TLOOk"
~ CERTAIN or THAT.
On insurgrnt Republican states Didint the
Republicans Win Generaliy Reese.
volt "Hrartrnea the Prsxressi, -. -
hat ''t'ouilin't Turn the 'rsfe.

Nrtt "HeartenrG the PregressNe<,
hat "Couidnt Turn the TIDE
Part Of an editorial article nv he Rev
Dr Lyman Abbott 10 9s published IN
next weeks issu. of tn. Outlook. explain
ing the reasons for the Republican de
feats was made public Yesterday DR.
Abbott says that he does not think that
the Jack ~ lantern hugaboo NJ Mr
Roossveli's imagined monarchical amhi'
tons cut any considerable figure IN IN"
election
The explanation follows:
Popular decentralization ~.'H present con.
dIiions especially with Ihe high prices,
md gnatiou al the manifest 'OntTo! OF the
special Interests oi the tarIf revision ana
stu more at the deienCes and eUogIes OF
the tarlr b.. wrath AZ thc corruption and
tn. hypoCr,t'a pre'enCr~ disclosed IN Ger
tain Influential Republican CIRCLES. coupled
with the forgeliuneS- OF the fact that the
exposure and the prosecution were fGr'
nished hv Republicans. e growing oonN!c'
uon that there ~a> an alliance between the
special interests ard the Republican OFT
garChv Ni'kthe belief that the easiest way TO
h't a. ~ was ny voting with the opposition,
Indifference 10 an election which to many
voters Appeared 10 he contest rather be
tween persons than between principles
p,gnlng tended to IuCrea.. y genera In
chnaiion In America "a maNe change IN
political control from time Ia time. an n
ciInatou which the poiltICal conditions
that pTeNa. IN SOLID states does much Z"
Justify. some fears IN certain quarters. not
less politically effective because wholly un.
defined ie-, III. spectre Of rsdlCa, ism should
work havoc To business interests the fscf
that tho Republican party was divided be
n la
the Democratic parry fr"-si from 'ha tradl'
tIon- ~ cleveland anu the personality 81
Bryan was Tor the FIRST tam. In years united
al those causes combined Z" BRING about
po''rcaI revolution
Nv do not believe the election tedi-
Gates a reaction and revolution. The facts
that IN every stat. except Indiana. where
there was q definite ponU.sr tn-rIrgen' move
u-n' within the Republican party when
succeeded thai party succeeded In the eieC-
'Iou that IN every stat" except Pennsy..
wanna. where there ~a- no such movement
within the party ar where Il failed the Re
publican party failed IN the election. that
with the single exception OF the senator
from Indiana no senator who was retired
by failure 80 secure either a denomination
or reelection represents the progressive
element ~ me party that ~ N. Governors
elected \ decided slori'y represent the
progressive rather tnAn the react onaty
-iemrn, IN their respective parties. In.!ud !
ing such Representatives 81 progressive
thought ~ Woodrow Nilsson nr the Atlantic 7
coast and Hiram Johnson on ~. paClHr Q
that the 'n-UTcrut- are tns gents no long-' .
hut are recognized - ,eadsr. N he Pep4b-
hcan partv-ai Indicate thai the election !
"a hich - a sigma triumph or the bemoCrAtC .
partv - not defeat ~ progreS-i'. rriT
&, PIES ana does not indicate dsCndCuce OF
The progrs->IN" -p.'tt
Nor do 'h0nN that tho a,a o an'srn
hugaboo Of Nj Eoo~ays.'~ imagined mon
aryh'ca smbi'.on> 'i' suv .or-tderabIe
'gur- m the election I ~ f."r that Ihe
creates falling ~ m IN" Republican vote
was in m" stat" % rann-ylysn,a where
li~ Nutr- va not once heard lu IA" Cau-
pa zn = -iZui"oau' II not conclusive upon
hat point IN. simple fact - that a Demo 7
ratio triumph Ns- punII'lv pred,Ct-d by
both Democrats and Republicans eighr
months ago anu Wa Iors-hadoNed hy the
enforced retirement nj NldrtCn aud Hale
rom the senate and ~ TIA. Maine election
IN september Mr. HooseN~it Wa called IN
- save th- situation. He r..pon'i.d 10 the
az hui could not 'Urn No vide he dri b
,"m"'htng more impor'sut h~ h-art-ned the
pTogrr~str@- IN his own pafry 'sTri-d for
- ard IA his own state the work nf p.rtv
par ,rcatIon 81 N.ll n-gIp hy VI hughes
and dld -om-' hing 10 iu~p,r. v4rh m. spirit
u genuine aud ua'fousl Democratic prog /.
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