New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-06
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Some srdent admirers Of President Wilson are
trying 10 keep themselves in countenance by call
Ing attention TO the chance victories won here and
there by the Democracy in normally Republican
states. The Wilson administration, they contend
couldn't have been so completely repudiated a.
the elections for Congress last Tuesday suggested
that it was. Why. they ask, if that IS the case
we're Democratic Governors elected in Massachu-
sets. Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska and wy
oming?
That is queer shifting Of the issue. The
Democratic party tried to make its campaign
this year on the record Of the Wilson administra-
ton. THANK God for wilson," was the message
70 the voters which the Democratic Congressional
Committee put on the front cover Of the Demo
cratic campaign book. The voters reduced the
Democratic majority in the House Of Representa-
tives from il9 to less than Is, and now the
enthusiasts who staked everything on the Presi-
dents leadership are trying TO find consola-
ton in scattering successes won through the
personal popularity Of local Democratic candi-
dates.
Minnesota is one Of the strongest Republi-
can states in the Union yet it thinks nothing Of
electing Democratic Governors. i kept on elect
ing Lind and johnson when it was rolling up
enormous Republican majorites on natonaI
issues. Michigan is another heavily Republican
state. Wilson ran third there in 1912. But 1t
elected a Democratic Governor two years ago
and has now reelected him, although cutting
down TO one lone survivor its Democratic mem
bersbip in the national House Of Representatives.
Massachusetts, reelected Governo Walsh, Dem
ocrat. but it elected u Republicans and Demo
Gratis to the House to replace Republicans and
\ democrats. Nebraska has habit Of electine
Democratic Governors in Republican years and
RenubIicaD Governors in Democratic yeais. Wy
omine reelected fusion Cove. or on Tuesday
because. as in 1910, the Progressive Republicans
combined with the Democrats.
Nothing in these results can be tortured INTO
an alleged Endorsement Of the Wilson adminlstra-
lion. They are local IN character and do not
affect the verdict of the states in which they
occurred on the main "Thank-God-for-W Wilson
proposition
II must be remembered that the setbacks IN
he states west of the Mississippi, which alone
prevented the return Of Republican House OF
Representatives were due to the persistence there
Of the division between the Republicans and the
Proyressives In Kansas q failure TO fuse as
corn,etelv as the two elements fused cast Of
the Mississippi gave the Democrats six seats IN
the House out of eight, although Arthur Cappet,
defeated on the Republican ticket two years ago,
WAS elected Governors he richly deserved to be.
In Utah and Wyoming the Progressives actually
combined with the Democrats, and fractional
soreness led to the loss in South Dakota Of a
Republican Senator and of one Representative
The Missouri Valley section has not felt az
keenlv as other sections have the destructive
effects Of the Wilson policies, and out there
the reamagamation of the Republican and Pro
Qressive elements which the Hard Times states
manshp Of the President is bringing about,
has not yet reached the final stage. But it is
certain to reach that stage IN the next two
years The elections of Tuesday have shown that
the West and Middle West are ready for IT, and
when the pinch Of frightened credit CONSTRUCTED
trade and slackenng employment makes Itself
felt beyond the Missouri River the Far West viii
also be ready for it.
The demonstration Of restored unity given last
Tuesday will have a wonderful effect in reviying
a militant Republicanism the country over, which
will not rest until it recalls prosperity by cX-
tirpates wisconsin.
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