Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-11-14

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voted, resulting in large increase in popular vote
The Democratic party simply trial 1t has had the good for
another opportunity show what do when
trusted with the absolute control of the government Its record will
be speedily made up Two quickly will be judged
by what accompshes legislation and executive reforms 1913
and 1914 The handwriting the wall will in the congress
sona elections of 1914 If the party has impressed the public
consciousness the sincerity of its professions if Its have
measured up reasonably pledges that handwriting will be We'll
DONE thou good and faithful servant If the the If
the years have been quandeed dssenons the tariff and
ether economic reforms and unseemy squabbe the distribution
of patronage that handwriting will read clearly and unmstakaby
Weighed in the balances and found wanting.
The election when studied the light OF complete
figures than obanabe the first flush of victory tend calm
down Democratic exuberance cool down the ardor
claims and bring the sober second thought that essential just
They show beyond question that good fortune with
the race that gained strength speak Of that hardly
held and that marvellous group of oone states out of
the Democratic column not due development
of confidence the party turning OF the populace tor
lief but simply and solely the division created by the birth of the
Progressive party the ranks of the united enemies of the
Democracy.
The approximate figures given above which practically correct
Tor 1912 their comparison with four years ago. show that
lnany whose electors Wilson the Democratic party
umphed though poed far less than Bryan did four
twelve sixteen Instead OF to
the voting strength of the party Wilson last week poed less than
Bryan did 1908 twenty-five states Iwenythree of these
twenty-five carried by Wilson plurality. although his
popular them $4,000 below Byans 1908 Add
ing Pennsylvania and Utah Qost by Wilson, find that the
twenty-five referred Wilson's total 100000 below
Bryans aggregate in them four years ago.
In seventeen of the other carried by him. Wilson poed
increased Bryan of but 100000 In California
voted for the first almost doubling the vote SO that no
parsons be made.
In New England Wilson showed greater strength each of its
SIX states than Bryan his aggregate that section being 5000
greater than Byans four years ago In the socaed Middle At
lanIc and Middle Western states, New York. New Jer
sey Pennsylvania Maryland, Ohio Indiana Illinois, Wilson
ran behind Bryan's in 1908 by approximately 300
600 In his own state, New Jersey Governor Viii
fell practically 5000 behind organs votes In Penn
syvana where Congressman Palmer and others had made great pre-
tensions of carrying the for the Democratic candidate the
po!ed for Wilson and Marshall nearly o5 900 short of Byan
vote 1908 In the three great prairie of the Middle West
The Democratic ticket fell short of reaching Bran last vote by 90
900 in Chic, $4,000 in Indiana and $4,000 in Illinois
The only outside of New England and the South where the
party showed any numerical gains the Northwest and the
tar West In the where have been the ballot
showed gain, naturally. Bryan In Iowa. Michigan
Minnesota where conditions electorate remained unchanged
the Democratic showed decided gains But those three states and
the New England practically the only of which this
be said
While all have feel exceedingly grateful for the
suits of the election giving the party dominance national al
fairs has enjoyed many years. would be folly conceal
from ourselves the fact that the party has made nroad upon the
old opposing elements With the great the population
Of the country 1885, the ticket this year have poed
than Bryan did hen nothing speak Of than did in 1900
and only approximately the 9O6. When
bered that the electorate has grown by million and half
millions Bryan made his first these facts sufficiently
striking impress themselves upon every receptive mind and empha
than anything else could possibly do that the salvation of