Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-05
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lions have already settled the senator
ship.
The new house of representatives to
be elected will be composed of 435
members. the largest ever known or
these two in Vermont and four in
Maine have already heen elected.
Many Governors to Be Electeds
Were IT not for the ov~ershadowing
interest in the presidential contest the
country would be considering the state
elections where many governors are
being chosen. The states electing gov
today are Colorado. Connecticut.
Della ware. Florida. Idaho. Illinois. In
diana. Iowa. Kansas. Massachusetts.
Michigan. Minnesota. Missouri. Mon.
tann. Nebraska. New Hampshire. New
York. North Carolina. North Dakota.
Tennessee. Texas. Utah. Washington.
West Virginia and Wisconsin.
In many of these states the contests
have been spirited and interesting be-
cause Of local conditions. This Is es
pecially true in New York. where there
are three tickets in the field and each
claiming success.
All Eyes on the Presidency.
But no matter what other contests
there may be 1t is the presidential cleo
ton which attracts attention and
brings out the largest vote. The peo-
PIE may be apathetic In other years
even when they should be Interested,
but the choice of a chief magistrate
never fails to arouse the voters. Near
ly everybody is interested In the great
quadrennial event.
Every presidential election has its
particular feature of interest which
makes 1t different from all others that
have gone before, although we are
bound to acknowledge that for years
tition so far as results are concerned.
But this year we have something diff
ferent. something that has not occur
red before. and consequently all eyes
will be turned on the returns which re-
late to the presidency.
Taft Roosevelt TussIe.
The fact that two men who have
been elected as Republicans TO the
presidency are contending for the elec
ton today. Were ~contending for the
Republican nomination in June and
may defeat each other for the big
prize. is enough In Itself TO make the
day which ends the contest remark
able. Roosevelt was president. He
chose Taft as his successor. nominated
I'D elected tlim. Taft was ~Roosevelt's
cabinet officer. He had the choice OF
n position OF the supreme bench or the
presidency at the hands Of Roosevelt
and chose the latter. He was elected
Two firm party friends four years ago.
two fierce political enemies now
Nothing is quite so strange as politics
Beginning last winter when the sup
porters of Roosevelt brought him ont
there has been nothing quite so spec
tacular In politics as the fight in the
Republican party The effort OF Ronse
welt to capture the Republican national
convention. Taft's success py Il very
narrow margin and the bolt OF Roose-
welt from the Republican party and his
organization Of a new party have made
the contest of these old political chums
and cronies the leading feature Of the
campaign.
Wilson's Surprise Party.
Woodrow Wilson had a surprise par
ty for the Democrats at Baltimore. and
l am thinking that he was one of the
surprised also The Democrats fur
nished entertainment for the political
onlookers, first In the fight between
Bryan and Parker for the temporary
craftsmanship. The only W. men llv
ing who had run for president OF the
Democratic ticket met In a sharp con
test for this fleeing honor. The sew
eral speeches of Bryan in which he
dashed leading Democrats and denounc-
ed New York Democracy furnished in
ense interest to the proceedings. The
almost successful III Of Champ Clark
for the nomination was the pathetic
feature Of the whole campaign. A man
who had received more votes In the
primaries. who had a majority OF the
delegates on many ballots. was defeat
ed by the two-thirds rule. which only
once before operated to defeat for the
nomination a man who had secured q
majority Of the convention, and that
was sixty odd years ago.
The split In the Republican party and
the fact that both Taft and Roosevelt
were candidates naturally engendered
personalities. Criticisms Of public acts
charges of all kinds. were made against
the two men who had been elected to
the highest office In the land.
The Flash of a Gun,
Most dramatic and shocking, how
ever. was the attempt upon Colonel
Roosevelt's life in the midst Of the
hottest part Of the campaign. The
assassin's bullet stopped the PERSONAL
ties Of the campaign. and for the first
time the people had a square Look at
the candidates and became aware of
the issues. AS Colonel Roosevelt was
responsible for the personal character
which the contest had assumed. both
because Of what he said and what he
caused his bitter enemies to say about
him. the peril In which he was placed
hushed every critical voice. A truce
was proclaimed In obedience to the
good sense Of the American
people. who would not have II man
who was near the gates of
death and more particularly because