The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-10

SOME LESSONS FROM TUESDAY.
All sorts "f conclusions will be
drawn from Tuesdays election. Tho
political student OF whatever faith.
gan NY dicardinc all tho facts ~
c-l't those which suit his purpose.
prov" that his party is in tn" ascend
AN, for the presidential race next
year. Eut IL he regards all the facts.
about the only conclusion he IL
reach without question is thai the So
clalistic party showed some surpris-
ing gains. especially in Mississippi
where" II came within thre" thousand
votes Of electine the lieutenant gov
ernor.
The Democrats will point to the
election Of Foss i'm Massachusetts as
conclusive evidence of III" abiding
faith of the people in their party.
On the other hand tho Republicans
will point to Maryland whose rock
ribbed Democracy has only suffered
one defeat since the war until this
wear. But in both instances local
conditions played an important part
IL tho. conflicts. In Massachusetts. it
Is true, there was moro tariff talk
than In Maryland. But Governor
Foss Ia a shrewd politician and he.
like some Democratic governors
nearer home. has used tn" c%xecutiv"
power to build w a working marhin"
for the f%urtherance of his personal
ambitions. II is doubtful If he could
have. beet, elected had it not been for
this machine. What part til" tariff
played In the result is merely con-
iectural. With Il population aprr"xi-
lnaleiy thre. million. there are about
u half million people employed in
Industrial enterprises. In other words
ene-sixth of the population is cnn-
pluyed In industries, nearly everyone
pf which nre Invertebrates OF the pro-
~l-riivr tariff. In these industries are
Included many which profit by tho
exceeding high rate on cottons and
manufactured woolens. II does. not
sec,n rrns"iahlc that these people
would Kill the goose that layed the
golden egg. Governor Foss' majority
is less shan it was two years ago
which is M indication that II the tar-
III we"t IN element. the Democratic
view i. less pronounced row than in
his ;irsi election.
The conditions IN MARYLAND seem
I" gc farther to show that the tariff
has strengthened rather than weak
"nt.li the Republican party. than even
the most enthusiastic Democrat can
dsduce from the results in Massachu-
setta. Ten years 6 tho normal
Democratic majority in that state
was around fifteen Thousand. The
state had many industries which were
b%enehctaries Of the tariff. notably
among which Was coal. So pronounce
ed was the idea Of protection to this
article that Senator German who
held the same relation Z" the Demo
cratic tariff law If 1894 that Senator
Aldrich did to the present ms had
to put a Republican duty on coal,
and hy so doing ,naGn tho Wilson
German tariff hill So obnoxious to
President Cleveland that he refused
to sign il. permitting tho bill to lie
come a law by the failure "r the en-
Maryland Is Just as much Interested
Maryland j sinst as much interested
In coal today as s," was then. Be-
sideS in the last ton years 4 large
umbe of manufacturing enterprises
have lnratcd in the state. including
wooden manufactures. These things
have gradually whitfield down the old
time Democratic majority until this
ynar it seem that the Republicans
have kicked goal, To borrow an OK
preston from the Eridiron. TO one
familiar with conditions i'm that state,
the result "f Tuesdays election points
faNorahly tn Republican gains.
The result in New Jersey must have
produced cold shivcrs along Cover
nor Wilson's spine. Tho turning
around of party conditions in tho
state which took Wilson from the
university and made hin Demo
cratic candidate for tn" presidency.
indicates that tn" people who have
had the hes, chance to study his pol
icy of government have los, faith In
his philosophy. rho result can be
construed in no other light than -
turning back from his policies. It
would he doing Governor Wilson an
iniusticc 10 say he Was loss worthy
of public confidence as an Individual
than il" WAS TIVE" years ago. While
hc was not Il candidate. he certainly
was an Issue in the election. To SUD-
port him VA" to vote Democratic. vet
the Democrats lost heavily in their
legislative candidates who were he
real political storm center. If this re-
versal of two years ago were not a
personal reputation Of Wilson. il
must have been q coming back to the
Republican party of many who left
1T two years 6 to vote for Wilson
and his adherents,
These are not the only states in
which elections were held, but thew
serve as a fair criterion by which
4" judge the trend of changing poll
teal opinion. What these things in
'dicatc in the ext national contest
81 not be told. That contest is n
year hence. n in the intervening
time Il session of congress will make
and unlnak many things.
The elections in off years are more
representative of the conservative in
telligence of the people than those of
presidential years, because there is
less enthusiasm. less whOopinE up Of
party and fewer flOatcrs. If the clcc-
tions Tuesday are a criterion they
show that tn" trend of this conscrva-
tive Intelligence is toward the re