Arizona republican., 1916-11-13
MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER IS, 1916
The Causes of the CatacIysm

Our reactionary contemporary the Los Angeles Times has become unduly excited the result of the election and in its heat it charges Governor John son with treason against the republican party. It calls it the crime of the centuries" We will have to look beyond Governor Johnson for the of the defeat of Mir Hughes The governor if called upon to could easily establish alib Ohio, Kansas, Minnesota, Washington, New Hampshire and other lost doubtful states, well to the greatly re- duced republican majortes in many of the states ried by MT. Hughes.
 There several causes that contributed to the defeat the republican candidate and Governor John not among them. Taking them in their chronological order, the first was nomination of MT. Hughes instead of Mir Roosevelt. Though there could be the slightest doubt his fitness and capacity MT. Hughes was the second choice of but both elements in the republican national con- vention. A compromise candidate may be winning candidate. Mir Hughes not compromise candi- date. He accepted as such only by the progress sive element in the convention but for the reaction aries he was candidate with whom Roosevelt but not necessarily Wilson, to be defeated
 Next. there group of which may be placed under the general head of mismanagement by which Mir. Hughes early in his campaign pre- vented rising situation that confronted the republican party. and appealing the great progress sive sentiment of the country do only the members of the progressive party. but progressive republicans and progressive democrats MT. Hughes therefore, brought into the middle and the which expecting something differ ent the old time campaign doctrines and methods Mir. Wilson adroty took advantage of this and made an appeal to progressive sentiment which answered it.
 It doubt proper to attack the adminstra- MT. Wilson which abounded in weaknesses and but the everywhere appeared to regard it as a matter of bad for MT Hughes to lead in the attack. They seemed insist upon line by him a constructive policy for policy of the administration. MT. Hughes plan of campaign changed but the change too late.
 Early last summer. before the conventions were held, The Republican printed editorial in which it was shown that for the last fifty years the candidate for the presidency the nomination for the presi- dency who presented himself consplcuously be- fore the people had invariably defeated Begin ming with Andrew Johnsons famous swing around the circle" down through the Blaine Cleveland. the Mckinley Bryan and the subsequent Bryan pagns this rule held inexorably Though Mir. Wilson made a few short tours and though both Colonel Roosevelt and MT Taft had also made speeches in the of short journeys in their campaigns against Mir Bryan, they did not travel so far and accept many chances of political casualty Mir. Bryan had done and as Mir. Hughes has done
 There is doubt that if Mir Blaine had kept him self out of New York in 1884 he would have carried and the nation It is equally doubtless that if Mir. Hughes had not visited the northwest and the Pacific coast California Washington would have been found in this column Tuesday night. In nearly every there is factona bitterness within party and the presidential candidate vis ing that state is much likely to antagonze or another of the factions to pacfy them
 We do regard the victory of Mir. Wilson popular approval of his administration vote of confidence in him. but rather a vote of a want of confidence in the opposition The lesson taught the republican party which is still the dominant party is that it must recognize the spirit of progressivsm which is abroad in the nation to stay When the lead give the people this recognition the will fall in behind them again. The people only waiting for the leaders to forth. In waiting they have marked time by re-eectng MT. Wilson.