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PORTLAND, THURSDAY, NOV. 8, 1906.
A TRIUMPH OF LEADERSHIP.
The elections demonstrate the pro
digious strength of the Republican
party throughout the country the er
rors, shortcomings and deeper offenses
of-many of the men who have the lead
ership of the party, notwithstanding.
That it should have held its ground
a gal net such difiiculties and assaults
a? it has encountered is signal proof
of its tremendous vitality. It has
lost no state the little State of Ne
vada excepted which was carried by
Roosevelt in the prodigious landslide
of 1904. And, what 1b without paral
lel, it has jutt won the House
of Representatives for the seventh
time in succession. It could have done
this only by having met, on vital ques
tions, the reasonable expectations of
the country.
But it is Theodore Roosevelt who has
brought It these later victories; he
alone. He has forced to the front is
sues that the old party leaders were
loth to take up, or absolutely opposed.
He saw that the juet and reasonable
expectations of the country, which re
quired abatement of the evils produced
by the courses of predatory wealth
must be met. He threw all the power
of hie nature and of his great office
into this effort. Leaders of the old
regime have been forced into retire
ment; legislation has been enacted un
der which the authors or agents of
many of the greatest and worst abuses
have been brought to book; the Presi
dent is pledged to continue this work,
and the country believes him. Thus he
1 redeeming his country from the
abuses of plutocracy, and he has eaved
his party.
Let this work go on two years more
and It will go on then, -with a candi
date -whose character, record and abili
ties give .assurance that it will be con
tinued, and the Republican party will
win la 1908 by as powerful a vote as
that which carried it to success In 1904.
Support of an administration in the
middle of its term by such, a vote as
that oast last Tuesday Is without a
precedent in politics.; and If the Repub
lican party shall do its duty during
the next two years, it. will win the
Presidency without the necessity of an
effort. And it will do its duty, for
Theodore "keeps school."
A TRIUMPH OF REPUTABLE JOUR
NAXISM. Yesterday we spoke of the fact that
one of the main instruments effective
in bringing about the defeat of Mr.
Hearst was the united opposition of
the press of New York. Not a newspa
per of the metropolis except his own
supported him, and very few in the
smaller cities. All the Democratic pa
pers in Rochester and several other im
portant towns repudiated him. But it
was the opposition of metropolitan
Journalism that was effective. It cut
his majority in and about the great
city far below the -majorities thrown
for the State Democratic ticket in gen
eral, most of which indeed seems to
have been elected.
This opposition of the journalism of
New York was not inspired by bus!
ness reasons, or by any petty jealous
usy ;
Mr.
for the journals that opposed
Hearst differ among themselves in poli
, fir's and in every possible way, and are
more intense competitors with each
other than they are with the Hearst
papers or the Hearst papers with
them; Their opposition to Hearst was
the protest of reputable journalism
against methods that debase and de
grade all journalism methods which
are at once a disgrace to the craft and
jwi offense to the serious, quiet, decent,
cultivated plain people of the country.
Of the evil consequences produced by
swollen fortunes and their ('misuse,
many illustrations have been presented
during recent years; but it may be
questioned whether any other vast for
tune in America has produced evils so
grave as those which the Hearst for
tune has produced, for this fortune has
been employed in a way that has made
a travesty of journalism, degrading its
character in the eyes of sensible peo
ple, and has contributed beyond calcu
lation to vitiation of the public taste
and to an aimless and profitless dis
content, which can end only in vast
disappointments or In the blackest pes
simism. The journalism of the United
States was against Hearst, for the
honor and dignity of the calling, and
for its own preservation from degrada
tion. Its work was a protest against
the species of journalism which Hearst
has introduced, and against ite imita
tions everywhere. The rebuke is one
of tti4 most satisfactory results of the
defeat of Hearst, and upon it the repu
table journalism of the country extends
its congratulations to the whole people.
MR. M'CLEARY.
The defeat of James Thompson Mc
Cleary, Republican nominee for Con
gress in the Second District of Minne
sota, illustrates what may happen in
politic to a man of high character and
fair ability who declines to read the
signs of the times. Mr. McCleary Js a
standpatter. He has uniformly held
that the time for tariff revision is
somewhere in the far future, never in
the present.
When the United States Treasury
showed a deficit some time ago Mr.
McCleary proposed to increase the
revenue by imposing a new duty of
five cents a pound on coffee. Limited
by an astonishing prejudice, he could
not perceive that such a duty, by
diminishing the consumption of coffee,
was almost certain to lessen the reve
nue. When the question of a decent
reciprocity treaty with Germany came
up Mr. McCleary opposed all conces
sions. He took the ground that in our
trade with Germany we had the ad
vantage. The threatened tariff, war
would harm us lees than the empire, he
reasoned, therefore we should concede
nothing, but hold out for the last and
uttermost advantage which we could
extort by fair means or by foul.
To their eternal credit, the Germans
made concessions which averted, until
next June at least, the international
disaster of a tariff war; but for the
peaceful and prosperous trade which
exists today between Germany and the
United States no iota of credit belongs
to Mr. McCleary, or those who thought
and acted as he did.
Now retribution overtakes him; the
retribution which awaits every politi
cian who refuses to live up to the needs
of hia time, who plants his feet on. dead
principles and fights his battles over
dead- issues. As the author of one or
two rather creditable works on civics,
Mr. McCleary will not be forgotten at
once. As the promoter of a bill sus
taining the credit of the Nation, he
will rank among the somewhat notable
politicians of a decade now past. As a
teacher of eminence, he will doubtlees
find honorable and useful employment
among the people who esteem him per
sonally while they condemn his reac
tionary politics. The world moves, and
Mr. McCleary declines to move with it.
Hence his downfall.
THE DIVORCE EVIL.
Certain truths which bear weightily
upon the subject-matter of their zeal
are often forgotten by those who strive
to mitigate what they call "the di
vorce evil." Such, for example, Is the
truth that neither religion nor law nor
both together have ever successfully
combated the primary instincts of hu
man nature. They have tried often
enough, but have invariably failed.
When religion undertakes the task, one
of two things happens; either the sys
tem of faith which ventures to defy
human nature is itself obliterated and
forgotten or it is compelled to compro
mise with- its foe. It is forced to re
main satisfied with the form of obedi
ence at btst, and sometimes with less.
All church disciplines swarm with pre
cepts of conduct which are disobeyed
by their devotees. 1 Sometimes they
take the trouble to explain away the
doctrines; most often they pay them
not even that compliment, -but ignore
them utterly. Similar to this has been
the fate of most of the exceptional
rules of conduct which John Wesley
laid down. No Methodist of today
would pretend that they are obeyed in
the church.
Where religion falls law cannot hope
to succeed. Th4 progress of the Aryan
nations toward genuine monogamy has
been slow and discouraging. Legal en
actments may have somewhat fur
thered the process, but this Is open to
doubt. Law is not so much an operant
factor in social progress as a register
of progress already attained. When its
precepts go beyond the general level of
feeling and custom they 'become a dead
letter, or else they secure a purely
formal obedience while they are dead in
the spirit. Marriage must be studied
both in Its social and its personal as
pect. With regard to the individual
contractors the foundation of marriage
is mutual liking. When that liking
disappears there is, so far as they are
concerned, no rational ground for pro
longing the relation.
But marriage also concerns society.
The problem of the nurture of the off
spring compels the interference of the
state when dissolution of the marriage
Lcontract is contemplated. Were there
no such problem it would be no busi
ness of the state and the law should
have nothing to say about the begin
ning or the end of marriage. But even
with this potent reason for interference
there are very clear limits to what the
law can effectually undertake in the
matter of preventing divorces. Two
persons in a free community who do
not wish to live together will separate.
When their dislike for. each other
reaches a certain intensity they will
part forever. If they can obtain the
sanction of the law to the dissolution
of their marriage contract, they will do
so; if they cannot, they will dissolve It
without such sanction. That is, they
will dissolve it in spirit and effect,
though of course not formally.
If the law prescribes certain offenses
as grounds for divorce and denies it
upon all other grounds, one of the pre
scribed offenses will always- be forth
coming when a divorce is desired. If
the statute declares that no divorce
shall be granted except for the so
called scriptural reason, this reason
will be alleged and proved In every
case. Whatever ground the law de
mands the parties will supply, and the
scriptural ground is not only peculiar
ly easy to . supply, but it has allure
ments for minds of a certain class.
Therefore, to lay down the law that
only certain ofTenses shall condition a
divorce is simply to set a premium
upon the commission of those offenses.
In general it is easy to see that every
difficulty placed in the way of divorce
when the parties are determined to
separate Is a blow at the institution of
marriage and an incitement to vice.
Considerations of this nature compel
one to look askance at many of the
proposals embodied in the bill which
the National conference upon divorce
will present to Congress next Winter.
For example, they prescribe among
the grounds for divorce a conviction
for crime followed toy not less than two
years' continuous imprisonment. What
justice Is there In compelling a woman
to live in matrimony with a felon, even
though he has been imprisoned less
than two years? The essence of the
matter Is the man's depraved charac
ter. In all reason this is good ground
for divorce though he has never been
imprisoned a single day. Assuredly the
mere duration of his punishrnent is a
trivial matter in the premises, and the
emphasis which the divorce congress
places upon it is one among many evi
dences that they approach the question
from the side of superstitious prejudice
rather than that of sound reason. An
other recommendation equally unde
sirable is to the effect that if the inno
cent party condones, or forgives, the
other's offense, no divorce can be al
lowed for it afterward. This is, of
course, borrowed from the older law.
Its result would be to magnify disa
greements and virtually forbid at
tempts to reconcile family quarrels.
There is something grotesquely humor
ous in an attempt to penalize a forgiv
ing spirit. The mandate would be in
effect "to make the most of every dif
ference and be careful to overlook no
ground of offense." How this would
increase the happiness or stability of
marriage is a matter for curious in
quiry. The proposals of the congress with
respect to residence of the parties and
open trials are, on the other hand,
wholesome and necessary to discourage
fraud. National legislation upon the
divorce question is probably desirable,
as the congress states, but the end to
be sought is uniform regulation rather
than restriction.
THE MOVING FINGER. WRITES.
A person who wishes really to un
derstand the significance fit M!r.
Hughes' victory in New York will find
it helpful to compare his fortunes with
those of Mr. Wadsworth, chairman of
the House committee on agriculture.
Mr. Wadsworth was defeated by an in
dependent Republican, and the reason
for his defeat was his conspicuous sub
serviency last Winter to the interests
of the beef trust. His fate may very
well guide us In interpreting the elec
tions of Tuesday.
Neither irf New York nor elsewhere
do the results Indicate that the people
have given a renewed license to the
trust and corporate pirates to plunder
the country. Wherever the issue was
clearly drawn between an undoubted
friend of the square deal and a crea
ture of the predatory interests, the
honest man was taken and the facile
tool of plutocracy was left. Mr. Bab
cock's case in Wisconsin illustrates this
point very well. Formerly this Repre
sentative took an advanced stand for
revision of the tariff. His position
made him immensely popular in his dis
trict and won him a National reputa
tion. Without conspicuous ability of any
kind, Mr. Babcock was nevertheless
supposed to have some courage and in
dependence, and the people liked him
for it. Presently, however, he was ap
proached by the Interests which fatten
on the spoils of the tariff. His views
underwent an astonishing transforma
tion. He became a standpatter of the
standpatters. Instantly his popularity
decayed. Last Summer he narrowly
escaped defeat at the primaries, and
this Fall he goes the way of the cow
ard and the wejtkling.
Mr. Hughes was elected because of
his known and tried devotion to justice
between man and man, and between
Individuals and corporations. Had the
Republicans nominated in New York a
man of the Higgins tyfie he v would
have been defeated in spite of all Mr.
Hearst's notorious faults; and such a
man would have been nominated in the
face of warnings plain as day had not
the powerful influence of the President
interposed to prevent it. Everywhere
and In all times plutocracy retains the
same unvarying characteristics, and
the chief of them la its shortsighted
stupidity. Like another doomed dy
nasty, it forgets nothing and learns
nothing. )
Mr. Cannon's success cannot be taken
to indicate popular favor for the stand
pat idea. He was virtually unopposed,
for' one thing. This fact reduces his
victory to a purely personal triumph
As such, it was of course deserved
but it would be a grievous error to In
terpret It as an Indorsement of much
which Mr. Cannon advocates in his
public addresses. To find what the peo
ple really think of standpatism, Mr.
Shaw's fortunes in Iowa may be more
profitably studied. Mr. Cummins, his
political rival, who stands for repre
sentative government against the plu
tocracy, and for revision of the extor
tionate tariff rates, was re-elected Gov
ernor despite the almost frantic opposi
tion of Mr. Shaw and his cohorts.
In general, at this election the peo
ple voted for the men whom they
trusted, regardless of strict party affil
iations. Was it a mere accident that
most of these men were Republicans?
We cannot believe so. The significance
of this election to the Republican party
may be briefly summed up in the words
of the poet: . "With all thy faults I
love thee still." The people still con
fide in the party, but their confidence
is not by any means unconditional, and
may easily be forfeited. It is based on
the belief and hope that upon the
whole the policies of Mr. Roosevelt,
and the men who are working in the
same direction as he, will be more
faithfully and successfully pursued by
the Republicans than by the Demo
crats. It is these policies that the peo
ple care for. Treachery to them can
have but one result.
It is also undoubtedly true that the
American electorate prefers a conserv
ative approach to the reforms which
it determinedly desires. It believes
that conservatism is more likely to
guide the Republicans than the Demo
crats; therefore, for the present, it
favors the party of Roosevelt. But the
rule of justice is more desired by the
electorate than conservatism, and
should the Republicans allow the Im
petus which the President has given
them to languish, again we may safely
predict that their fate- is sealed. The
path of the successful party of the fu
ture lies between the quagmire of de
structive radicalism on the one side
and the deep ditch of plutocratic dom
ination on the otherv. Mr. Roosevelt
treads It with marvelous skill. Mr.
Hughes, seems to follow his steps
faithfully and well. ' Who can be blind
to the lesson of their victories?
Up in Marion County the annual
teachers' institute is to be held this
week, and as a consequence the public
schools will be dismissed for three
days. The Capital Journal complains
that the -children are thus deprived of
three days' instruction, whereas, they
would not have sustained this xloss if
the Institute had been held during the
Summer vacation. From one point of
view, the objection is well founded.
Closing schoolsfor three days practi
cally destroys efficient work for a
week, and this, when it extends to
every school In the county, is of ma
terial importance. But if the insti
tutes were held In the Summer, the
teachers would be scattered far and
wide on their vacations.sand it would
be Inconvenient for them to attend.
Then, too, if institutes were held when
school is not in session, the teachers
would be compelled to attend upon
their own time, whereas, if held in the
Winter, the teachers take three days
from their school work without loss of
salaries. The state requires attend
ance at institutes, and the teacher
must pay her traveling and living ex
penses while attending. It is no more
than right that the teacher should
draw her salary while devoting her
time to the work of the institute.
When crime has been ferreted out in
high places and the criminals put be
hind the prison bars, the common peo
ple will have more respect for organ
ized government. Whatever of anarchy
exists in the political opinions- of the
people arises from a knowledge that
men of wealth and power disregard the
laws whenever it is to, their interest to
do so. When hoodling public officials
and bribing franchise-grabbers go free,
the petty thief who serves time for
stealing an overcoat to keep him warm
is pretty likely to tend toward anarchy
in his beliefs. Conviction and punish
ment of the big thief, whether he oper
ates in Philadelphia or San Francisco,
New Orleans or Minneapolis, will do
more than anything else to convince
the common people that this govern
ment is of the people, for the people
and by the people.
It is perfectly clear how the re
mainder of the Democratic state ticket
in New York was enabled to run so
far ahead of Hearst. The Republicans
of the labor unions, and others, who
went to the Hearst-Democratic ticket
voted it straight; while large numbers
of Democrats, especially in the metrop
olis, who wouldn't vote for Hearst
voted the remainder of thes, ticket.
These persons are in mercantile, bank
ing, manufacturing and other business
lines; and some 30,000 of them in New
York City alone must have voted for
Hughes, sine Hearst in the metropo
lis had but 71,000 majority, while the
remaindeif the ticket received 135,000.
Bourke Cockran, in Tammany's Sun
day meeting in New York, before the
election, said the political movement
headed by Hearst was "Inspired by
God, and therefore irresistible." Be
fore the Buffalo convention Mr. Cock
ran, speaking against the nomination
of Hearst, said -the movement headed
by him was "riot' It may be sup
posed that God may sometimes be on
the side of revolutions, tout it Is never
sure that riot is one of the methods
of working out the divine decrees. In
this case it wasn't, certainly.
First reports from Idaho asserted de
feat of Gooding for Governor, and
claimed sucoess for Dubois for Sena
tor. But it was really absurd to sup
pose or to imagine that the people of
Idaho do not want the murderers of
Governor Steunenberg punished, or
would send a shifty and tricky politi
cian like Dubois, who has been every
thing by turns, or nothing long, back
to the Senate.
It has become quite the fashion for
Republican States to elect Democratic
Governors, and the reverse. If Gov
ernor Hoeh, of Kansas, finds himself
one of the sufferers by this new cus
tom he should not complain. He has
plenty of c6mpany. Let him spend
two years stiffening his backbone, and
he may have better luck next time he
runs.
Mr. Cummins gains the Gubernatorial
chair, of Iowa by the skin of his teeth.
Two years ago he had a majority of
nearly 80,000. Then he wits fighting the
Democrats. This Fall he had to fight
both the Democrats and the reaction
aries In his own party. His victory is
hard won, but perhaps it is all the more
valuable for that reason.
A Presbyterian minister has been
paid one' dollar each for 103 burial
services performed by him at the
graves of as many patients who died
and were interred at the State Insane
Asylum. And no protest has so far
been made that the work was allotted
to one denomination.
At the meeting of Rogue River apple-growers
next Monday In Grant's
Pass, more will be heard of "Just as
good as Hood River." But Hood River
growers do not need to dispute; let
'em show up their new crop and get
ready for their next. "There's glory
enough for all."
An Independence farmer Is advertis
ing for men to clear one hundred acres
of land. When a farmer ts willing to
undertake grubbing stumps with wages
as high as they are now, there can be
no doubt of his faith in the future of
agriculture in the Willamette Valley.
The result in Utah proves once more,
if proof were needed, that the Amer
ican voter will not tolerate the polit
ical proscription of any form of reli
gion. Reason and a purer faith, not
political persecution, are the weapons
to use against Mormonism.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish was beaten in
her electioneering effort to control the
Illinois Central Railroad. Harriman's
representative captured the prize. But
Mrs. Fish still has the leadership of
the Four Hundred, with their monkey
dinners and poodle dogs.
Sparks is elected Governor of Ne
vada, and Hon. L. M. Sullivan, of the
L. M. Sullivan Trust Company, didn't
lose that $50,000. We are glad. The
numerous investors in the Hon. Larry's
mining ventures will also be glad.
Mr. Murphy thinks that the "Democ
racy at Buffalo did nothing more than
obey the commands of the people." It's
a way Tammany has to obey the com
mands of the people who run "Tam
many. Secretary Hitchcock has tendered his
resignation. There are those who
would have been glad had he resigned
heretofore divers persons in many
states, and in Oregon not a few.
McCleary, the most conspicuous
standpatter in Minnesota, was the only
Republican Congressman who lost his
seat. The significance of this lies in
its application. -
Nevada, the last asylum of the prize
fight, went solidly Democratic. It also
declared for free silver. Seldom Is the
inherent fitness of things so consistent
ly maintained.
Both Hughes and Hearst ran behind
their tickets, which shows that it Is
about as easy to be too good for some
voters as to be too bad for others.
Smulski. Republican, defeats Pro
trovskl, Democrat, for State Treasurer
of Illinois. We'd like to know where
the Polish vote went.
EX-BOSS CHOKER AND MR. HEARST
Full Text of tUn Pamhus To lit by
Tammnny's Old Chieftain.
(The full text of ths recent interview with
Rlehard Croker, in the Freeman's Journal at
Dublin, already printed in part in The Ore
gon Ian, has been received here, and is as
follows:)
"It was an unprincipled performance
for Tammany to turn its allegiance to
ward Mr. Hearst, who accused the mem
bers of. Tammany Hall of being thieves
and pictured them in state prison," said
Croker.
"William Sulzer is a true Jeffersonian
Democrat, and Charles F. Murphy al
lowed the organization to depart from
its principles in abandoning him for Mr.
Hearst. How can Hearst take Murphy
mto his confidence now, after saying he
was head of a conspiracy last year? He
might as well take Rockefeller and the
rest of the magnates if they would sup
port him. It is better for Tammany to
be defeated on principle than to win with
dishonor."
Mr. Croker said further:
"Judge Daly was not re-elected be
cause he had not fulfilled his promise as
a true Democrat, and Tammany nom
inated a better lawyer amd a better
Democrat I challenge any one to point
out any fault In any Judge elected by
New York in ' the last 30 years. The
Judges are all upright and zealous, and
that is the best test of New York and
Tammany. . .
"I hope the worklngmen's organiza
tions will work together and not be fooled
by wild talk of trusts. The worklngmen's
organizations are themselves combines
and trusts. Tammany is not in favor of
trusts. I oppose trusts which would
injure the public, but I am in fav of
workingmen standing by their employers
and encouraging capital to develop and
extend labor. If Mr. Hearst wins and
carries out his ideas, he will paralyze
labor by forcing capitalists to invest in
bonds and stocks instead of labor. La
bor must have capital to succeed. If
a trust employs labor and gives the pub
lie cheap prices, it is good; if not It
should be fought. Mr. Hearst would
frighten capital and ruin mechanics and
workingmen.
"Bourke Cockran's attack on corpo
rations and trusts is enough to make
a donkey laugh. Tammany always stood
for labor and voted the laws under which
labor bodies are organized now, but it
has now vleparted from pure Democratic
principles in trying to separate labor
from capital.
"American workingmen under the
trusts are better oft than any others in
the world, and much better off than the
workingmen in Scotland, where the Gov
ernment owns everything and controls
labor and capital. I condemn combines
In breadstuffs and living material, but
other trusts must be considered on their
merits. They have often their uses,
especially for the Interests of labor. Mr.
Hearst's programme would ruin labor.
Capitalists want 4 pfcr cent on their
money and will abandon labor for Gov
ernment stocks if Mr. Hearst executes
his purpose."
WHEX THE WEST WAS UNKNOWN
Daniel Webster Failed to Estimate Ita
Future Greatness.
From the New York Sun.
To the Editor of the Sun In the
Sun of October 31 there was an ex
tract from an article In Putnam's Mag
azine entitled "Captain Zebulon M.
Pike, Expansionist," in which extract
Senator McDuffie, of South Carolina,
was quoted as saying, in J 843, that the
country west of the Rocky Mountains
was worthless for agricultural pur
poses. I am reminded of a speech made In
the Senate in 183S by Daniel Webster.
A resolution to build a post road be
tween St. Louis and Washington Ter
ritory was before the Senate. Mr.
Webster opposed the resolution, and
made the following remarks:
"Fellow Senators, neither my voice
nor vote will be given in favor of the
resolve before this body.
"What do we want of that enormous
tract of barren land stretching to the
westward for hundreds of miles; of
those gray clad mountains, capped
with eternal snows? What do we
want of that seacoast of 1500 miles in
extent, with scarcely a harbor on it?
No, gentlemen of the Senate, my voice
and vote are opposed to this resolve;
and, more, I will not vote to bring
San Francisco one inch nearer Boston
than it is at present."
It will be seen from the above that
Mr. Webster, although the possessor
of one of the largest brains known,
was sadly deficient in foresight to dis
cern the future needs of the country.
But he lived to see his great mistake;
for in 184.3 gold was discovered In
California. Those "gray clad hills"
opened their storehouses. That tract
of barren land was made to blossom
as the rose" under the thrift of the
New England pioneers, and produced
millions of bushels of wheat, corn and
barley. That extended seacoast was
thronged with millions of tons of ship
ping, and today that coast furnishes
the entire country with the choicest
fruits of 'God's bounty.
The writer was often a visitor to
Mr. Webster's home, and was present
at his funeral.
Boston, October SI. VERITAS.
Bryan Dlnea a Jnp Friend.
Lincoln, Neb., Dispatch in New York
Sun.
S. Haseba, a member of the Japa
nese Parliament and once a member of
the Imperial Council, was the guest
of honor at a dinner party given at
Fair View by Mr. and Mrs. William
J. Bryan.
Mr. Bryan hurried home from South
Dakota, where he has been campaign
ing, to preside as host, the dinner hav
ing been arranged a year ago when
Mr. Bryan was touring the Mikado's
Empire.
Mr. Haseba is making a tour of the
United States for a study of Ameri
can industries. Accompanying him as
his secretary Is Yamachita Y. Bryan,
who came from Japan eight years ago
to take a degree in the University of
Nebraska, and who, has made his home
while In Lincoln with the Bryan fam
ily, taking Bryan as his name.
A Souk of Contentment.
S. E. KIser in Chicago Record-Herald.
Charge dear Willie's coat and hat
Up to dad;
Let us keep on standing pat
And be glad.
Little Mary needs new shoes.
Clubs are dunning; me for dues.
But be pone, oh, hateful blues!
Why bo sad?
Up and up the prices go
Right along;
Musn't ever grumble, though.
That .is wrong.
If you see no chance to win
Ion't complann, for that's a sin;
Give your thoughts expression in
Merry song.
Don't you scold and don't you fuss;
Plug away;
Everj'body's prosperous,
So they say.
You may find It hard to be
Blessed with much prosperity
On the same old salary.
But be gay.
Down with those who would revise
Tariff rates.
They are dastards or unwise;
. Keep the gates
Tightly closed on foreign wares;
Let's ignore the fool who dares
To demand a change who cares
for chean skates r
SCRATCHING IX COLORADO.
Republicans Carry Everything, but
Gabbert Has Close Race.
DENVER, Colo.. Nov. 7. So extensive
was the scratching that no county in
Colorado had made a complete return of
Its vote at 24 hours after the polls closed,
and one-third of the counties had made no
returns whatever. Sufficient returns have
been received, however, to make certain
the election of the entire Republican state
ticket and of 60 to 70 of the ino mem
bers of the Legislature, insuring the elec
tion of a Republican to succeed United
States Senator Patterson.
On revised returns, pluralities in Denver
appear to be about 10,000, and in the
state 15,000 to 20,000.
Simon Guggenheim is the only avowed
Republican candidate for the Senatorshlp,
and he has hadthe support of the party
leaders.
The vote In Denver for Governor was:
Buchtel, Rep., 23.6S8: Adams, Dem., 11,
173; Lindsey, Ind., 4750; Haywood, Social
ist, 43S9.
Chief Justice William H. Gabbert was
largely scratched in every county, but
some of the Republicans who cut him
voted for William P. Seeds, while others
voted for George Hartenstein, and thus
the opposition was divided. Had it been
possible to concentrate all the anti-Gab-bert
scratches on one Democratic candi
date, the Chief Justice would have been
overwhelmingly defeated
In the San Juan country. Southwestern
Colorado, the Socialists made inroads Into
the Democratic ranks. In Northern Colo
rado the Democrats made important
gains, but Las Animas and Huerfano
counties, in which are located the large
southern coal mining camps, gave the cus
tomary Republican majorities of 1000 and
1800, respectively.
The Cripple Creek district, Republican
two years ago; was carried by the Demo
crats this year.
The granting of a franchise to the Au
tomatic Telephone Company carried by
more than 1000 majority.
FLOYD SCRATCHES THROUGH
Has Bare Majority Required to Elect
Him Governor.
CONCORD. N. H.. Nov. 7. Returns
received late tonight from some, of
the missing small towns of the state
indicate the election of Charles M.
Floyd, the Republican candidate for
Governor, by a small majority. With
all but eight of the 292 towns and
wards of the state heard from the fig
ures show a majority for Floyd of
49 votes over all. I
The missing towns, which are all
small, and located n a remote section
of the state to the north, returned a
Republican majority of 42 four years
ago.
It seemed at one time that the con
test would have to be decided by the
Legislature, as the constitution re
quires that the successful candidate
have a majority over all.
The returns from 275 of the 292
wards and towns of the state give
Floyd (Rep.) 39.94S for Governor;
Jameson (Dem.) 37.138; Tetler (Prohi
bition) 2129; scattering, 874. This is
a Republic: loss from four years ago
of 5164.
The Legislature, It Is believed, will
be Republican. Congressmen Currier
and Sulioway, Republicans, were easily
returned.
GOVERNOR IS OXLV DEMOCRAT
Rhode Island Elects Republican
Congressmen and Legislature.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.. Nov. 7. James
H. Higgins, Democratic candidate for
Governor, has a plurality of 1238 over
Governor George H. Utter, Republican.
The Republicans elected the other mem
bers of their ticket. The defeat of Gov
ernor Utter is attributed in part to hia
attacks on General Brayton, the Repub
lican leader.
Congressmen D. EL L. Granger, Demo
crat, and Adin B. Capron. Republican,
were elected by 727 and 2000 pluralities
respectively. The Legislature is Repub
lican and will choose a successor to Sen
ator G. P. Wetmore.
DEFEAT DUE TO PROHIBITION"
Republicans Cut Small Figure In
Oklahoma Convention.
GUTHRIE, Okla., Nov. 7. According to
the latest official count tonight in the
election of constitutional delegates, the
Democrats will have at least 98 repre
sentatives In the convention out of the
possible 112, 49 from each territory. There
Is room even for Increase In this lead over
the opposition.
Republican leaders attribute the land
slide to prohibition, which, as an inte
gral part of the constitution, many Re
publican candidates were pledged to sup
port. The convention will begin Novem
ber 10. '
Democrats Gain in North Carolina.
RALEIGH, N. C, Nov. 7. The latest
returns indicate that the Democrats have
made large gains in North Carolina, esti
mated at 7000 over Parker's vote two
years ago. North Carolina will send a
solid Democratic delegation to Congress.
Few Democrats in South Dakota.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Nov. 7. Returns
from 39 of the 62 counties in the state
give Crawford, Republican, for Governor,
and the state ticket a majority of 25.750.
Republicans have elected 112 members of
the legislature and the Democrats 17.
PARTY OVER TEE FENCE "SAYl YOU STAY
'WAY FROM HERE!"
Sf STiHrep that -UZv;f TfkT. w I'iy- V '
"TWT . Si I f !
FLOPS BACK JO OLD PARTY.
Missouri Elects Bourbon State Tick
et, Congressmen and Legislators.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 7. From nearly com
plete returns from all counties, the Demo
crats have carried the state by a plurality
of 7640, electing all candidates on the
state ticket and 12 out of the 16 Con
gressmen. The Republicans elected Con
gressmen in Kansas City and St. Ioiiis,
but lost all but one of the districts in the
state which had been swept into the Re
publican ranks two years ago.
The Legislature seems Democratic in
both branches beyond doubt. Tho Demo
crats will probably have 24 members of
the Senate and 80 members of the lloury
and the Republicans 11 members of the
Senate and 60 members of the Houpe.
Complete returns from the 405 precincts
of St. Louis show that the Republicans
have carried their entire ticket by plural
ities ranging from 3500 to 6600, and that
the Republican state candidates received
pluralities of between 7000 and 8000 each
in the city.
At Kansas City practically complete re
turns sustain l;ist night's llgures of a
Republican landslide, in that (Jackson)
County, the Republican ticket with two
possible exceptions having pluralities of
from 3C00 to 4000. Tho plurality for the
Republican state ticket In that county is
placed at 2600. Congressman B. C. Kills,
Republican, in the Fifth District, was re
elected by 3000 over Wallace, Democrat.
This is a Republican gain of 1000 over two
years ago.
In the Eleventh Congressional District,
Henry S. Caulfield, Republican, was elect
ed by 86 plurality.
MAY YET KNOCK OUT DRYDEN
Two New Jersey Republican Legisla
tors Against Him.
TRENTON. N. J., Nov. 7. Revised re
turns show that the Democrats will have
the House of Assembly, 31 to 29, and
that the Legislature will have a Republi
can majority on joint ballot of seven.
The Democrats elected four t'onress
men in New Jersey, a gain of three.
While the Legislature is Republican on
joint ballot. Senator Colby and Assemblyman-elect
Fake, Republicans, have
both announced that they will not vote
for the re-election of United States Sen
ator Dryden. At this time it i.s not
absolutely certain that Mr. Dryden will
succeed himself.
CCMMINS WIN'S BY 20,000.
Tvyp Democratic Congressmen and
Republican Legislature.
DES MOINES. la.. Nov. 7. Returns in
Iowa are still incomplete, but there is
every reason to believe that Cummins
will receive at least 20.0U0 plurality over
Porter. Dem., a heavy loss compared with
his vote in 1903.
Two of Iowa's Congressmen will be
Democratic, Tracy, Dem.. winning in the
first district, and Hamilton, Dem., In the
sixth. The Republicans will have a ma
jority of the Legislature, insuring the re
election of Jonathan P. Doliiver to the
United States Senate.
ELECTS DKMOCRATIC MAYOR
Detroit Turns Down Codd and Re
jects Car Franchise.
DETROIT. Nov. 7. With the 2 o'clock
count complete and 100 precincts complete
ut of 143 on the 8:30 count. William B.
Thompson (Democrat) for Mayor, had
29.104 votes and George P. Codd (Repub
lican) 27.321. The Detroit Journal, which
has been supporting Codd, concedes the
present Mayor's defeat by 2000.
The proposetl new street railway fran
chise was rejected by the people de
cisively. Congratulates His Son-In-Law.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 7. Congressman
Nicholas Longworth, who was re-elected
to Congress, late last night received the
following telegram from President Roose
velt : .
"Hon. Nicholas Longworth, Cincinnati:
Hearty congratulations. Love to Alice.
We seem to have done pretty well all
along the line."
The message from the President was in
respon.se to a message from Mr. Long
worth earlier in the evening announcing
his election.
Republicans Win in Chicago.
CHICAGO. Nov. 7. Complete returns
from the-city and County of Cook show
that the Republicans have elected every
candidate on their tfeket with the ex
ception of three Congressmen. For a
time it was believed that Depriest and
Barnett, negroes, for County Commis
sioner and Municipal Judge respectively,
had been defeated, but the latest returns
show that both were elected by small
pluralities.
Davidson Has Big Majority.
MILWAUKEE. Nov. 7. Incomplete re
turns Indicate the election of Governor
Davidson (Republican) by at least 60,000
plurality. The Democrats gain one Con
gressman by the defeat of Joseph W.
Babcock. The Legislature Is overwhel
mingly Republican. The election of Mr
Govern (Independent Republican) for Attorney-General
is conceded.
Roosevelt Tells Hughes He's Glad.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. President
Roosevelt today sent a message of hearty
congratulation to Gove.-nor-elect Hughes,
of New York. The. text of the telegram
was not Sfrcn our.
From the Atlanta Constitution.