The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-11-11
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tNkNN'. t'HN WV -. N' .
aud went to bed satisfied that the
Republicans had won aud nat the
country was On the road to pordition
with q clear track ahead And on the
iaye of the first reports It looked Ike
III was the case
But during the night somebody got
hold of the apparently |lfcic-s Demo.
corpse, applied restorative
measures and morning found 1t strut
ting around as though nothing had
Happened. a perfect specimen Of hu-
manity. displaying ne signs of the
grilliug campaign thruugn which 1t
had JUS. passed nor auy evidences uI
the Knockout blow delivered ON Tues
day night.
Perhaps the Democrats who gaze
~ so early are not to Pc blamed
several of the leading Sew YORK.
newspapers. Democratic, Republican
|and independent conceded the cleo
|tion OF iiughs They evidently lis.
urcd that as the east wa rolling up
biz majoritics for the Republican
uumiuc" II was . igcsouc conclusion
that IN. vest would do likewise. tom
s.aucntly IN the fac" Of such di-hehrt-
cuiug news II was no; strange hat
many ~ tho Democrats threw up the
I|spongc aud went to bcI IN disgust.
Hut the west sprung surprise ON
tho rest of the colutry Ancient ira
| ditions were shattered. calculations Of
the political prognusticators were
knocked into a cooked Ia; and thing.
went bs contrarios The west. IN fact.
rofusod to stand hitchcd and .ild a
little voting on Us own hook. II de-
cided all At once that 10 had reached
maturit> and need NJ LONGER pattern
its politics after the east. Ana hay
ing rotn he'd this decision n Immediate
y went forth and svattcd the ca, IT
. vulnerable spot
That the political turnover In the
west Is @ bitter blow t. tire l,opuhli.
cans IL a %for"E"nc conclusion Th''
never had anticipated anything b,
apparently prepostcrou- What uus.
ness had the west To go trailing CO.,
latter other than Republican prophet.
ITruo. e few states have cone 70 m IN.
jplst. hut for every state west Of IA,
Mississippi cN,"p three. ou the bn~i
Of present reports. to kick over IN
lua,cs was an entirely unexpected 81.
I%cUrrcucc az cours" II always is cN
r-cted that the South Will vote pcmo
I%cratic. but for tho west g. wander g.
in this unexpected manner was suur
thing they never had considered f.
a minut"
The election demonstrate one thiui
in our opinion co course there prob
ably VIII "c Other lessons t. dra,
from q as most complete return
romc 100 But the tact has been tl,ul'
demonstrated hat the people Of tr
west at least, decline to %, sharflr.
%, ancient customs. that thry read
liccid" how thov are going Co., vote Iu'
l,Lcu eo To- the polls aur cast their ual
|ots. even wiplns out party lines d
! mnuy caste. IS for cSampl" kansas
here Wilson carried tho state bat IL.
Republican, elected their entire stat
IuDkct colorado which uu the uasl
ot present return. mas elected u.s..
, Republican state officers. Califurur
where iiIram Johnson va .I".trd O.
Itho United states cua'c b., % major
it, of -umthinp like 100000. au
Woodrow wilson carried a., ta', d.
small but safe maiuri'. and last
ut not least uu, To- get nearer hou,
down loo our owu Valencia count
I'h'f' wei" ns hish as -four uYudro'
: Democrat. ballots cast. . thing uu
heard OF before that urwhc, %
Dcmo,Inu, votes never having lyer
D %dllowcd Goo slip through
Woodrow Wilson ro-c'o.,iHu ais.
p 60 tout" uf the American poop!
, L. a man who h,. rendered sal,sfa.
iror' service Tho Republicans D,l
claim uu 'nubo boo this ease IS
Ilay" rh' assertions uf their own lead
cr. that ih, party was rc.n,t,d. tina
th' old SORES had been healed au'
ltha' tho piudIE1I sous who wandcro.
|uft after iu' huiI Moose our yoHr
! igo had returned 90 tho parents
home The Democrat went out am
bought lr.tod Republican part. am
won Therefore N. Democrat. NOV
z s. ih" dominant parts u tins country
Il HpE'.rI s. 1911" started 'u say d.
Ithe uca.uuIug don't De- ~ , hurry q
Ipiyc up the ship II his Ioou dou.nu
'ri''d that election results are uu
llrowu al, first uight 800 h,r,af'c
Iuer bear his go MUD aud Vat amt.
uc foturos ale ,l 90 before abandon
ne hope.