White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-10
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CONCERNING THE ELECTION

Well, it is over, and DR.. Woodrow
Wilson, Democrat, ex-college presi-
dent and governor of a sovereign
state, is elected to be the next presi-
dent of the United States. The same
tidal wave of votes that also gave
him the high honor, also makes the
incoming senate and house of rep
resentatives strongly Democratic.
The victory is widespread and COM
plete. and for the next four years
the Democratic policy will prevail in
shaping the course of government,
Wilson's election has long beer a
foregone conclusion, as the dissent
ing element that broke loose from the
Republican party following the re-
nomination of President Taft, has
not been in n sense large enough
to throw the election to Roosevelt.
and the eturns show that many Re
publicans, dissatisfied with the Taft
administration, were not disposed to
affiliate with the progressive move
nent, and cast their votes for VIII
son. The Democrats to a vote stood
pat.
While DIR. Wilson will receive the
largest vote ever accorded a presi-
Dental candidate in the electoral
college, his popular vote falls short,
and shows that he is the choice of
the minority rather than the major
ity, and this leads to the prediction
that despite the radical views of the
Democratic body poltic, President
Wilson will move cautiously in shap-
ing the course of his administration
and that consequently the business
and prosperity of the country will
not suffer from the change.
President Taft and his administra-
ton are defeated and discredited,
and a review of the political history
of the past four years, easily re-
veals some of the glazing instances
where party pledges were violated
m the president acted in opposition
to the wishes of the majority of the
people. The disruption following
President Taft's nomination is proof
of this Installation, and if any
stronger proof is needed, the sweep
ing Democratic victory of last Tues
day is sufficient.
And now it is up to the Demo
Gratis to make good. Everything is
in their hands, and there is no ex-
cuse for in%action, hedging or play
ing to personal privilege. The in
coming administration must prove
its worthiness in an attempt to cor
rect the evils claimed to exist, OF
else Democratic sincerity will be
condemned as a fallacy fcur years
hence. 1t has been claimed and
with some grounds for foundation
that the Democrats, given the oppor-
tunnty were not capable of formulat-
ing or conducting successfully any
specified policy by reason of internal
strife and general i~ncapability.
Perhaps the next four years will
prove the exception.
The country and its boundless re-
sources are here and any change OF
administration can not take them
from us. If the Democrats are hon
est in their claims and promises
and can prove that prosperity will
continue to flourish under Demo
cratic policies wisely conducted, the
administration will have the same
widespread support that reflected
the sense of the electorate in the
states that cast their votes Tuesday
for Wilson and Marshall.
The wise thing to do now is to
forget the turmoil and animositiG
of a long protraeted national a