Salt Lake Herald | 1904-11-11 | Page 4 | Many Surprises

MANY SURPRISES THERE THERE WERE MANY surprises In Inthe 1 the election of Tuesday but none was as greater than that of offEred red by MIS MISsouri MIssouri seemed as safe for the Democratic naU national al ticket as sippi It gave a majority for the Roose Roosevilt vilt pIt The defection or Mis noun makes Judge Parker a very much beaten man than Bryan was In l IOl The overwhelming nature of Judge Parkers defeat is understood from a glance at the percentages Bryan In 1000 got per pel cit cent of the total electoral vote ote to per per cent for McKinley This year rear Roosevelt gets ts per cent of the total while Judge P Parker gets just 2792 2192 per cent Parker Is as badly beaten as was Greeley for Greeley got le lees a than han 20 per cent of the votes It Is tafe to sa say however that no Ie i candidate for the presidency for tor years to conic come will be so tremendously slaughtered as JUdge Parker line hM b bean oo Another surprise W ws the election of Douglas the Democratic candidate for governor ot of Massachusetts Although Roosevelt Roosvelt w WS s given a plurality ot of nearly votes Douglas won out with a plurality of upwards of The returns show that the people there know how hov to scratch thEir ballots The same thing is true of the who ho by bya a pluralIty of more than The of Folk is the best thing for that has happened for a long longtime time thue It is unfortunate that he Is not nott t have hac n a Democratic legIslature to work with but he will be able to ac tremendous amount f good for his people The election of La Fo lette In Wiscon 51 shi nand and Doneen Deneen in Illinois by rousing majorities will cause little sorrow among the DemocratS ts aX at least Demo Democrats rats who do not live In states Both La Follette and Doneen are first lass class men They have made splendid iIi in fhe om s they have hae filled and there is no reason for believing th will not continue to serve their people well