The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-11-16

tiles sufficiently to stand back of the
leaders who are trying to deliver them
from the bondage of corporate control
that they may exercise their sovereign
rights.
President Wilson has stated several
times in the last few weeks in his cam
paign speeches that he was willing al
ways to cooperate with Wall street,
but that what these interests demand
ed was control and dictation of ma
tional policies, and that for that he
would never stand, while he was in
power. This was the great issue
plutocracy as represented in Wall
street and democracy as vested in the
will of the people. The people have
won. The western states have shown
their power and the political future
of this country will never again be
centered in the east, controlled by the
money powers, subject to close dicta-
ton.
Another vital interesting fact re-
garding this election, is that the Dor
der states, Texas, New Mexico, Okla
homa, went overwhelmingly for Will
son, giving unequivocal sanction to
the presidents Mexican policies and
utterly disproving the Republican
forecast in regard to these states. This
will have its own weight and influence
with the South American republics
and the destiny of Mexico. Our whole
foreign policy will be strengthened by
the result of the election. Foreign ma
lions will be quick to recognize the
value of the endorsement of the presi-
Iapftr 1fn1nr,,a al 10 r,n1frfac onh FIN
ture of the prestige of this nation and
its opportunity for good work in the
final adjustment after the war.
Still another interesting fact is that
all of the suffrage states with the ex-
ception of Illinois, went for Wilson.
1t proves that in the states where the
women have voted long enough to base
their choice on policies instead of pre-
judice, to discount campaign lies, and
ignore the vicious methods of petty
politics, they use their reason and
Judgment and vote for the leaders who
represent their best interests.
1t is a splendid personal victory for
the president who has had more to
bear in shouldering the burdens of
government than any president since
Lincoln, who has been maligned and
abused by desperate opponents, who
has been threatened by the capitalistic
| interests because he would not be con-
trolled by them, against whom all of
the alien religious and nationalistic
rancour has been hurled, and who, in
spite of all the elements arrayed to
defeat him has been victorious.
He won, because he represents the
best and most vital in the thought of
America today He won because he is
the president of the whole people, not
the emissary of the privileged inter
ests He is for the people, and the
people are for him.
All the old traditions have been
! overthrow, for money has not been
sufficient to browbeat the voters, who
have arisen in their might and return
ed an unqualified approval of their
leaders deeds There is now some
chance of putting over progressive leg
islation for all the people, in the in
terests of all. for though the house is
Republican, the senate is Democratic
and with such an endorsement of the
peoples popular vote, President vii
son will have the instruments at hanC
for carrying out his policies
Best of all, il was a victory won b!
wholly honorable tactics. There wa
! only fair and sane methods employed
by the adherents of Wilson, methods il
, keeping with his own high standard
, of what the chief executive of the ma
r tion owes to his country. This is mos
, gratifying, and may be influential il
: lifting up the plane of voting tactic
in future elections; for if people fin
Z out the electorate will not be bluffe
r. nor stampeded by eleventh hour scan
dals and sensational dope, it will b
! dropped and we shall have in both Re
: publican and Democratic ranks, as W
have had in the Democratic, only dig
( nified and decent tactics, suitable {
the discussion and endorsement of ma
tional problems.
{ Now that the campaign is over tn
nation can settle down in a spirit o
cooperation among all its various ele
( nents, for there is a great work to b
done, and only a united and harmon
Gus nation can compass it. This pape
. has done what it could to further tn
good cause, and now that it is in n
more danger for the present, will turf
it's attention to matters other than par
tisan and poplitical.-Exchange.
In the Tuesday Times--See the Bur
mess Directory.