French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-11-14

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request of the President for the re-
turn of a Democratic congress met
with a hearty response from demo-
Gratis and numbers of independent
voters. That, more than any other
one thing, lined up the democrats for
Congressman Weaver. This was es-
pecially noticeable after the Taft
Roosevelt statement was made public.
From that very moment the election
of Mr.. Weaver was assured, for it
meant close party alignment on cleo
ton day and the democrats always
win in the Tenth district when the
lines are closely drawn. Four years
ago they were not united and lost.
Two years later they were partially
united and Mr.. Weaver pulled thru
with less than a dozen votes to spare.
This year the democracy of the Tenth
has won by the old time majority and
will hold the district until dissensions
again creep into the ranks.
The country has gone republican
and this paper is not very greatly sur
prised. The republicans win in the
nation, as the democrats do in this
congressional district, when they
stand together. The main reason
they have won this time is because
they were united, and there are more
republicans than democrats in the
United States at this time. In 1912,
thanks to Col. Roosevelt and his pro-
gressive party, many senators and
congressman won on pluralities. The
President himself failed to poll a
majority of the votes cast, but re-
ceived a greater number than either
Taft or Roosevelt and became the
winner on a plurality. The Roose-
welt DETECTION gave not only the pre-
sidency, but a large majority in both
the House and Senate to the demo-
Gratis n 1913. A similar condition
prevailed two years later and another
democratic congress was returned.
In 1916, the Roosevelt influence wac
noticeably on the wane and few pro-
gressive candidates for congress were
in the field. The republicans lacked
only one vote of capturing the House
at that time and democrats realized
there was danger ahead. This year,
with a reunited party, the Republi-
cans have succeeded in capturing
both the House and Senate by close
majorities and a battle royal for the
presidency two years hence is in
prospect. The result of last weeks
elections is considered a reputation
of the President in some quarters.
There is cause for encouragement
in the addition of New York and
Ohio to the democratic column this
year and the electoral votes of these
two states in 1920, with those of the
solid south, would practically assure
the presidency to the democrats.
Furthermore, the state of Massachu-
sets has given Senator Lodge a de-
mocratic colleague, the first demo-
crat to be thus honored since that
commonwealth was organized more
than a century ago. Considering the
opposition of Senators Lodge and
Weeks to President Wilson the re-
suit IN the Bay State is highly graft
tying to the Democracy and especi-
ally to u great commahder-in-chief.
The defeat of Governor Whitman and
the gain of a number of democratic
congressman in New York State is
also h~eartening, as we'll as significant,
and Colonel Roosevelt is privileged to
rejoice ove the losses in his own
state ,along with the small republi-
can gains in other sections of the
country, if he finds consolation in the
fact. 1t is not so bad after all and
II the Democracy continues to grow
in popular favor during the next two
years, at the same ratio it has i~ncreas-
ed numerically since Mr.. Wilson be-
came president, the republican lease
of power 10Y in prospect will be
short-lived.
"While there's life, there's hope"
and Democracy is yet very much alive
IN this country of ours.
TO BILL. HOHFNzOT EpN