The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-11-25
WHERE IS THE
PRESIDENT AT?
The Late Elections Show
That He Has Been
Turned Down.
LOOKS BAD FOR W. 4. 7.
Gov Foss Carried Massach.
usetts on a Downward Re
vision Platform.
Worst Slam Taft Received
Was in Cincinnati Where
He Endorsed Cox.

fort to analyse the elections of Nov
ember 9TH. A thorough canvass of the
situation our correspondent discloses
that the Washington correspond
onts. who may safely IN regarded as
experts, and many of whom have just
returned from the country. are all
most unanimous I'm declaring that
taken by and large the elections may
be summed up as rebuke to Presi-
dent Taft and his administration; as
district and unmlstakable sign OF
the trend Of public thought to-
ward the Progressive Republicans,
and a Noteworthy smashing OF ma
chine politics.
That the elections have an important
bcaring ON national politics and there
fore, mark the turning point in the
campaign being waged by the Progress
sIyes, is clearly indicated in the re-
suits in Massachusetts. President Taft
himself made the Massachusetts cam
palgn one of national issues. In this
respect, he was ably assisted by Sena-
tor w Murray Crane, who not only
wrote the stand-pat platform on which
Louis a. Frothingham. the Republic
an candidate. stood, but personally
managed every feature of the contest
The tariff reform ideas of Governor
Toss are known throughout the coun-
try. He is for downward revision of
the tariff, and he took up the gaunt-
let thrown down by the president and
senator Crane ,,t
TO assert that the Massachusetts
election was a local affair Is disproved
by documentary evidence.
At Hamilton, Massachusetts, on Au-
gust 26. President TAFT made his first
public defense of his vetoes Of the
tariff bills sent to him during the ex-
ira session of congress- and in max
ing that, defense, he called upon the
voters of Massachusetts to make the
tariff their campaign issue, instead of
contining their campaign to local is
sues. The president said:
You have state elections imme-
diately before you into which II seems
tame national issues ought to enter.
We have Just finished an extra ses-
sion Of congress and the matters con-
sldered were of such Importance to
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
that | do not see how the people OF
the state can withhold an expression
cf opinion on them
The president then rehearsed the
legislation of the extra session critics.
ing the Democratic House and Sens-
tor Lalrollette. of Wisconsin. for the
passage of the cotton, wooden and
farmers free list bills.
In concluding his speech the presi-
don't, as in the beginning, pleaded for
the support of the Republicans of
Massachusetts, IL seems To me that
the slogan OF your party should in
volve national cry and not be con-
fined to mere state issues"
The presidents suggestion was act
cd upon, and the campaign was made
on the tariff issue, candidate Froth-
ingham making stand-pat campaign.
Al seven o'clock on election night
when the Republicans thought Froth-
irgham had been elected, Senator
Lodge, issued II statement frankly adj
mltting that the campaign was ma
tional in its scope and must be inter-
Ireted as an approval of the presl-
dents policy Two hours later, when
Zoos election was conceded. the
Lodge statement became source OF
embarrassment To the president
Massachusetts was not the only state
where the president percipitated him
self into the contest only to be re-
tl'ked at the polls. In his native state
ohio. three OF the biggest cities went
Democratic These We're Cincinnati,
Columbus and Cleveland The presi-
dents interest in the machine ticket
of BOSS" Cox, in Cincinnati was so
great that he wrote n letter before
election day. and made it public,
announcing that he would support the
ticket which. in effect, meant that he
and all Republicans should oppose
District Attorney Hunt. who has been
lighting the Cox machine for years.
From strictly national point -
view, the election OF delegates to the
Ohio constitutional convention was
rGost important. Fifty-one Progressive
delegates have been elected to the
convention. This will give the Pro-
III essives majority In that body and
insures the adoption of the initiative
referendum and recall, issues which
have been vigorously opposed by the
president.
The smashing of machines and ma
chine bosses was not confined to Gin
oinnati In Pennsylvania United
states Senator Boise Penrose went
down TO a most humiliating defeat
when George IL, Earle the Penrose
n,a chine candidate was defeated by
Iudolph Blankenburg, who ran as an
Independent.
In New York, Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt was vindicated by the elec-
tion OF Republican assembly, His
advice was ignored last year and
Boss" Murphy gained control of the
assembly but the manipulation OF
that body BY the customary Tammany
Han methods so disgusted the voters
of the state that the Republicans have
been returned to power.
Maryland furnishes still another IL
Cf machine and boss rule are on the
Mane. Arthur r. German, the Demo
cratic candidate for governor and his