Show raE CHE VOTERS VOTER'S WORK WELL DONE That there has hal already been a marked Improvement in the business and industrial feeling of the country since the recent election Is ia to toj plainly evident tobe to be doubted Ind Indeed ed It would be very slid find and very Tory strange if It this were not the case calle for tor after the tension of so 10 hot a contest a alenie sense of relief reller and anda a return of normal activity are the most mOlt mo natural things thing la in the world and could only be prevented through the countr country tailing faIlIng into such a state of exhaustion tb that It 11 could not rally But that the political result of 01 the el as Sl M showing the popularity pep clarity of one particular party party-is party li to 0 be credited with the improvement spoken of can can- cannot cannot not can not be honestly maintained Aa As we view the situation the people have bave come to the conclusion that w whist what hilt the I country needs need just juat now in the matter of legislation Je Is ia a good rest rait and they have taken the best belt possible means ot of securing it If there were were a Republican Republican can President I in D the White House we do not believe for tor a mo- mo moment mo moment ment the Republican victory in the nation would have bave been so 10 oV overwhelm overwhelm- overwhelming ing w as to give that party control of ot both houses of ot Congress Such a result would have bave been as aa inimical to the proposition o of rest reat as ai would have been the triumphant return of or the Demo Demo- Democratic Democratic cratic majorities now existing in inH H use e and Senate In their di ap- ap ointment with the tariff law Jaw they were re finally able to enact radical DEm Democrats f have bave time and again de- de declared de that the battle for tariff reform had only beu begun be un n and would be prose prose- prosecuted with vigor In their glee at the disputes in the opposing ranks rank and in incurious incurious curious forgetfulness of a stinging re- re rebuke rebuke re rebuke buke recently administered radical Republicans have promised and threatened a swift return to the policy of high bleb protection In silent might and with perhaps a keen enjoyment of politiCians l the great Ireat American voter made it his hie business business- to see ie that neither of ot these programs could be carried out an and metaphorically metaphorically metaphorically cally speaking be today stands be- be be tween be-tween tween the parties his arms akimbo and quizzically wants wanti to know what they are going gling to do about it U improvement in business there there- therefore therefore fore core Is ia not because the Democrats as aa such were defeated and the Republican Republicans cani can cans as aa such were victorious but buS be- be because because cause the election is ii over and because all aH tariff tinkering for at least two years is also alao over Uncertainty li is I thus dispelled and aDd people can go to work feeling assured alured that during the term of any ordinary contract no meddlesome legislation need be feared Protection amounting practically to exclusion the dream ol ot some lome Republicans Republicans-is la as asCar asfar far Car distant as ai Absolute free tree trade the trade goal of some Democrats Democrat The President President dent and the Congress will wUl be at outs oute on the matter of the tariff and to the extent that they fail faU to lee see eye to eye ye each oh will stand on the defensive against the other This Thil means meane very little legislation of a nature to affect In- In Industry industry and trade and that means meana re renewed re- re renewed renewed energy activity and prosperity In all aU directions For this we can all allbe allbe allbe be thankful and happy whether Democrats Democrat or Republican Republicans The country ia is bigger and better than any aDY party or than all ali of ot them combined |