Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-09-18
NOT THE ONLY HOPE.

Under the caption Governor Will sons Only Hope,i' Leslie's Weekly quotes the New Orleans Picayune as follows:
 The success in the presidential campaign of Governor Wilson and the E'amseratic party depends wholly OH | to what event the Republ. can party tlas been divided by the Roosevelt | secession. If the Republican party | saould be found standing together as t did in the election of 1908, there would be no poss blity of beating it. Tn 1908 Judge Taft received of the popular vote plurality of 1,269,S0 as well as majority of 159 cleo toral votes, over those cast for MT. Bryan, and should the Republican parry be able to maintain itself un to .he standard Of four years ago, there would be no hope of Demo- cratic victory"
 Lesl es goes on to say:
 These are th,e words of a shreWd and able Democratic journal They express the view of every sane Demo- cratic newspaper and polite an ill the country. The Roosevelt defection gives the D'amocrats their only hope of triumph. The Republicans could lose 100000 votes and st Il elect Taft. The fear hat the. Roosevelt de- lection will deprive the party of a greater number of votes depressea Republicans and encourages Dmo- clats. If there were any approach io un..y in the Republican rarks in 1912, tkey would w.n a bigger ctory even than they gained in 1908, for the States which are usually Republl- can made a grea. CT increase Tn rep resentat'on in Congress and n the electoral college in the new appor- tiofment than did these which are 7 generally Democrat ic.'
 Democrat newspapers have been consistently reasonable and sane !n' the claims hey have laid to sue CESS ill the November election. The.r predictions are amply just ed by c-nditiors
 The schism existing in the Repub- lean party IS nsl the only factor of tse situation that is favorable to d Wilson vic, ory, nor is it the chiefest. EysI, though the spit III the G. O.. P. ranks d d not exist, the Democrats would stand to win straight-out vlc- tcry cn the tariff issue. The gen eral dissatisfact on of Ihe people wlth tLe abuses of ;,ha Republ can party and Ks I.timate re'ation1hlp with specia, privilege is apparett to al but tie willfully bind. That tfa gall ing yoke of .aflff oppression has fi- nally gsaded the ci izenry to revolt is fully at,e:ted by the eleeti2n Of d D. Dsmccrat majority 10 the House or Ropresentatives ir 1910. The people want relief and they look to she Deni- 6crattc party for r
 It is true that tte new aPpSrtloh- ment givSs a sl ghi ly greater increase in rerresentatiot in Congress aud Ill the elsc.oral college to t3e sta e' which m ght formerly have been class cd as Republ can than to tftase WEIGH
 ave besn generally Damicrat.c. bu' in 1910 the political compiexlot' o' ha Hruse was changed. L kewlse the alignment of ceHta : ates IS hot u ,ys counted what it was in the oider Jays. The Democrats TOW nave lnaiori.y in the lower branch oi o0 < grozs. o
 Measures cirrying reduc' on U sprrsss.ye tariff schedules were III trsduced and passed by tfe penlsei Dem sss Y only . be vetoed by the Re2nohea' M pgs sider.tl in iae White House. 's.ew ;na the situat en calmly, ana taA'ns .a : consideration indubitaDie ac'S