Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-08
THE NATIONAL RESULT.

There are plenty of 81 told-you-so's'
in the country today. We find then
on every hand-men who were abso-
lutely certain that Wilson would be
elected in last Tuesdays battle, and
they are not all confined to the vic
torious party. The wonderful thing
about it, is that these post-mortem
political prophets are probably telling
the truth. Though the most of the
Republicans declared, upon any and
every occasion, that President Taft
would be reelected, and the Bull
Moosers affirmed, with equal empha-
sis, that their candidate would be
successful it is undoubtedly true that,
deep down in their souls, they knew
better and, like the boy in the church
yard, were Just whistling to keep up
their courage"
Woodrow Wilson must have been
born under a lucky star. The pres
idential nomination from the Demo-
cratic party came to him at a time
when the stage was set for a Demo-
cratic victory, and Democratic Wis
tories in the nation haven't been so
frequent as to require careful calcu-
latiOn to remember them. But the
opponents of Democracy carefully
paved the way for an easy and plain
pathway from New Jersey to the
White House and a discriminating
national convention gave him run
ming start thereon. This was the
year that almost any old Democrat
could have been elected and Wilson
happened to be the one upon whom
oh faI nd srh :,
now, it is eminently fitting to state
our belief that our friends could
have gone a great deal further and
done much worse. There is no ques-
ton of Governor Wilson's ability 10
fulfill the duties of the presidency
and that he will discharge them with 4
credit to himself and to his party is
admitted. Governor Wilson is NOT |.
politician; his appearance i'm the DO
litical arena and his rise 10 power
and position in his party is OF cOm-
paratively recent years. He comes
into the Presidency with no political
taint and free from eutangITng al \
liances that often influences the ac- A
tions and the policies Of men whD \
have long been prominent in party 4
politics.
So much for the man. What may
result in this country. following the
assumption of the reins Of govern
ment by the party he represents be-
matter. The Observer cer-
tainly hopes that naught of a serious
nature may threaten our prosperity
or cast a shadow across the pathway
of the people. 1t is to be hoped that
ed; both he and the party he fought
the dark days Of 1885. and that
it will guide the ship Of state care
fully away from the rocks Of finan-
cial depression that lurk beneath the
troubled waves Of our business sea.
We can i'll afford a repetition Of that
period. At the present time the
country is enjoying a flood tide Of
Bountiful harvests have
filed the granaries and attractive
prices await the offerings Of field and
farm. Let Us hope that all Of these
things may cOntiue. While the coun-
try has voted for a change" let us
have faith that It won't come.
Tariff tInkerinE Is a dangerous I
DIaEthing 20 be used az political am S
and II the incoming politi- !
,aI organization shall attempt II, let
" pray that the advice Of its success.
'ul candidate for the presidency be Y
followed, and that the revision be '
dow and so carefully conducted that v
no menace to our prosperity may re- 1
lult. We may differ in our political I
beliefs, but we are united in a desire
or the welfare Of all the people, and
low that the struggle is over we may a
openly voice our views free from the il
'harge Of partisan prejudice. b
But Democracy must not grow ego S
istical over its victory, great and a
weeping as il is. In the full flush
Il its success. the party should re-
member that a hopeless division in L
he ranks of its opponents, rather (
han uniform and overwhelming r
leslre to espouse the Bourbon cause, o