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Show Tho extent of tho rovolt against par-ty par-ty bosses and machines was but imperfectly indicated when tho last number of this journul went to press. H, In Boston the successful candidate for district attorney performed precisely tho same task that was originally undertaken un-dertaken by Mr. Jerome, tho task, namely, of beating both the Republican Republi-can and Democratic machines. In fact, the Boston man did better, be-causo be-causo his opponent was the nominco of both machin03 and supported by almost all tho newspapers. In San Francisco tho representative of union labor captured tho mayoralty over the nomineo of Republican and Democratic fusionlsts. In Ohio not only was the Cox machine demolished In Cincinnati, Cincin-nati, but throughout tho state the formidable for-midable machine constructed by the lato Senator Ilnnna was shattered. That Mr. John M. Pattlson would have a plurality of some 41,000 over Governor Gover-nor Herrick would havo seemed Incredible In-credible a month ago to those who recall re-call that Mr. Roosevelt carrle.1 Ohio last year by more thnn 255,000. Still mere astounding Is tho overthrow in Pennsylvania, where in 1904 Mr, Roosevelt had a plurality of 505,000. Now Mr. nerry, the Democratic nominee nomi-nee for state treasurer, who In Philadelphia Phila-delphia received the support of the triumphant City party, has 85,000 plurality. In Maryland tho Poe amendment, amend-ment, which was Intended to disfranchise disfran-chise negroes, but which would also have deprived white illiterates of the suffrage, was decisively beaten, aim there seems to be no doubt that the Republicans will have a majority of the legislature on joint ballot, if not of each house separately. If, then, Senator Gorman carries out the declaration dec-laration made by him before the election, elec-tion, ho will follow the example of Mr. Cox, tho Cincinnati boss, and retire to private life. In Massachusetts, where last year Mr. Roosevelt had a plurality of 92,000, Mr. Guild, tho Republican Re-publican nomineo for the governorship, governor-ship, now outstrips his Democratic opponent by 23,000, but Mr. Wltftney, tho Democratic candidate for tho lieutenant-governorship, was less than 2,000 voles behind Mr. Draper, who personified Senator Lodge's antlrovl- slon viows. Under tho circumstances, the senator's hold upon tho leadership leader-ship of tho Republican party in his state seems likely to bo seriously shaken. As wo pointed out last week, the victories of Mnyor Fng.ui In Jersey Jer-sey State and of Stato Senator Colby in Essex county, New Jersoy, were also al-so duo to populnr uprisings against bosses and mnchlnes. Hnrpor's Weekly. |