Bogalusa enterprise. [volume] (Bogalusa, La.) 1914-1918, 1916-12-07
impossible HAPPENED
MnESDENTII RAGE
Winning Without Illinois
New York and Indiana
Unprecedented Thing

AA1La1ti&[4S@ RAASAS~'N \
York That is the big sensation u
the Wilson victory. 1t is a smash
ind Of an history. an Obftsraflo1 OF
mecedeot. Ii is the big surprise
lthst fooled Manhattan Ii Is what
cant the New York editors Oh into
Their great blunder OF claiming
Haehes elected by q sweeping NC
lrrv when the West had not been
heard frOm. 1t inaagurates . new
lera in politics. 1t is the sweetest
victory to the Democrats they have
ever had, mich swester than n
would have bsen had they carried
New York and secured an over
Iwhelmine majority in the. electoral
ac0Ileee.
4 To win without New York and
without Illinois and Indiana Is a
thing believed by all politicians to
be impossible and contrary to
nature. Ii never had happened In
, the lexicon of politics it could NOT
! happen.
!, The solid West and the sotd
South Rave overcome the Great
1New York trsdition. and the great
/, myth Of Indiana. The pIvotal
; State
! More than this there is Of slgnlh.
\ canoe IN the victory Wilson bal
- won without the three bic Demo
, cratic basses and their corrupt 20
, 5hcal machines, Chafie MURPHY
and TammaDY IN New York: Roee
" Sullivan and the Cook County, III
n inois machine and the Smith Mo
~ GENT machine in New Jersey. Nun
rlphyts organization dellbsratef
rsiknifea the Democratic lcket y
iniNew York. Sullivan evidently d
! not get out the chicago vote, an
/. the New Jersey machine failed 1
= carry the Presidents home Stai
* for him.
q In the case Of Murphy ii is know
Mt that the President refused TO mai
g8fernas with Tammany, sayH
M frankly that be wOah rather TAI
ia the consequences than to ne bur
M self lid In the matter Of PATRONS
other fav0rs winch TammaI
demanded. Roger Sullivan b
nOminslly ALWAYS supported M
SON, but in Illinois be is q part
1.-THE bipartisan SllliEan.LMIm
machine arssaliiLanon and TINS I
ganlzation worked harTnonaOa;
together in Chicago and Go
County for HUGHES and Lownt
The Sullivan votes did little hal
1 to LOWdeR.
10 President Wilson has received
mandate from the most progress
ate states IN the country. The pOeer
saV siiyism Of the West could not be |
ghO Eiyered to the PsrkiRs-Hughes O
ere fit The West gave the Presldsn
aus vote Of confidence The West !
mDVed his internal policies and
zen manaeemsnt Of foreign affalrs.
lgnl the heavy vote Tor Wilson of
'ern four States bordering ON Mex
cen would indicate approval OF
oag handing of the Mexican pr0blt
ave Wilson is distinctly the fay0
Guns of the common man. Biz cent
like New York and Chicago. sub.
'has to the influence of big basiT
ron went fr Hughes. but the plain
nosf iren supplied the deficit caused
men the withdrawal of votes by blg
sec mess, In the East and in the MN
West. 1t is distinctly the p
citizens victory. a TaT DIST
honor and one that is greatly
precaatsd by President Wilson
1t is what Bryan dreamed OF
-, 1896, but missed because the n
- wave Of radiraism 1t that time
- NOT rise sufficiently high
time If was a Wilson tide. II q
-. Wilson landslide, and it rose ~
= !. hieh in the West II wiped 0a1i
normal Republican nasSoFitlc'