New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-06
THE RESULT.

Governor Wilson wins the fTeSl-
iency through the division of his nat
ural opponents. He did not inspire
enthusiasm or show himself stronger
candidate than Mr.. Bryan. He owes
his victory not to superior public con-
fdence In himself or the Democracy,
but to Mr.. Roosevelts desire to wreck
the Republican party the instant ne
could not rule 1t. Inspired by over
weening ambition and personal AMI
mostly Mr.. Roosevelt turned against
the party which had given him the
highest honors and through which he
had obtained his marvellous hold on
the popular Imagination. Its leaders
and policies were the leaders and poll
cies which he had long commended, and
he stood ready to take nomination
from II II he could. But when 1t de-
clined to depart from its historic ira
ditions Of loyalty to representative
government under fixed constitutional
guarantees and an independent Ju-
dietary and take up radical and revo-
lutionary doctrines which he had op-
posed along with 1t until he saw IN
them suitable instrument of personal
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, he devoted his ener-
gies to tearing down the structure
built by Lincoln, Seward, Grant, Gar
field and Mckinley which has ever
been the home of liberty and construc-
tive craftsmanship. He has brought
the party to defeat. Perhaps he takes
pride in his achievement conscious
that
The aspiring youth that fred the Ephe-
sian dome
Outlives in fame the pious fool that
rais'd II.
But in the eyes Of the world such
fame, with its trail Of abandoned pr1n-
ciples is a melancholy exchange for the
universal admiration for q man who,
after exercising the highest power in
The Republic, achieving great things
and performing great services, retired
10 private life commencing to the
people the wisdom of the tradition
which forbade that he should again be
President.
Mr.. Taft in his defeat may justly
feel satisfaction in having achieved
something greater than a reelection.
He has stood faithful to principle. He
has held the Republican party true to
its noble traditions. He has prevented
the judicial power Of the country from
being made subservient to the chang
ing whims Of temporary majorities.
He has preserved to the powerless the
guarantees of personal liberty against
the tyranny of passion. He has moved
serene amid misrepresentation and
abuse, discharging his duty as he saw
It and refusing to do anything for
spectacular political effect at time
when demagogy was in demand. He
will turn over to his successor the adj
ministration of a country whose laws
were never before so well enforced,
whose expenditures have been cut
down, whose governmental methods
have been systematized and made I'M
ssecedentedly efficient whose general
prosperity and happiness are at high
pitch. His trust is faithfully dis
charged.
As for Mr.. Wilson, he has large II
indefinite promises to redeem. He Is
to reduce the cost Of living without
reducing the stream Of individual In
comes. He is radically to cut down
the tariff without injuring business.
He is to abolish trusts and restore
general competition. He is to carry
out as a sacred pledge the radical plat
form which Mr.. Bryan made for him
at Baltimore. Behind him will he a
Congress as undisciplined and hard
to lead in sane paths as that which
confronted Mr.. Cleveland. His task is
difficult. That he may perform it with
credit to himself and honor to the
country is our most sincere wish.
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