Show DEFEAT EFE OF THE PE I 1 HE DOMINANT PARTY A new york leads in passing from a republican to democratic rule the elections of tuesday last re 1101 bulted ted in a defeat for the dominant party porty in the nation the full extent of f which wig is reflected in the earlier returns new york led the column of states passing i from republican to democratic control with a plurality of over groflo for john A dix di this vote practically reveies the result of two yi yara irs I 1 ago when gm ernar secured a plurality of over not only have the democrats carried the governorship er for the first time in many cars they ha hae e secured control of both houses of the legislature and will elat elect a united states aena senator senater in place of chauncey M depew new jersey where here the democrats pre presented d a candidate of exceptional ability and attractive attractiveness neba in woodrow ro wilbon was as carried by them by a plurality of about securing also control of the legislature on joint ballot and therefore another member of the united states sen ate connecticut folio followed ed the lead of its neighbors new york and new jersey by electing judge baldwin to the governor governorship hip b a plurality of about massachusetts balloting was as watched with great in terest throughout the country returned the candidate of the domo demo batic part by a plurality of over votes in ohio Goer governor nor harmon on the same ticket was reelected by a greatly increased plurality as compared with ith 1908 and the democrats have secured the legislature on joint ba ballot allot and thereby a rree representative in the united states senate in indiana the democrat democrats of the legislature nav icae e secured control in both houses an I 1 will elect a successor to Sen alLot Keven dge in Penn pennsylvania shania ordinarily deavil re publican the plurality on that bide side haa has been greatly reduced in other othor states changes ha e occurred in political control which will III further in c the democratic uon tion in the united states wate to less atter attention tion was as focused upon the contests in the congressional districts than upon the gi gt bernat bern atonal orial struggles in the debatable states but after the smoke of conflict has rolled away it is seen that the democrats will control the national house of representatives by a majority of about sixty the best informed observers were ere of the opinion before the ballots were cast that the republicans would lose their in the house but their estimate of the democratic plurality fell considerably short hort of that disclosed by the latest returns some adf of the results have hae been worthy of notice in new york state the democrate demo cratt have hae captured twentythree twenty three out of thirty cven seven seats seal q while new york city has returned only one republican congressman ard that by a narrow margin new jersey has returned only two republican congressmen out of ten indiana only one out of thirteen and ohio only six out of twenty one while the democrats will control the house the senate however notwithstanding the changes resulting from the elections of tuesday will continue republican Am aang ng the features of the election elections must be noted the growth gro th of the socialist vote ote in new york the socialist candidate for forgon gov ern arnor or polled a vote dote of about W 00 which put him in third with about about vot votes more than the dence league candidate A num ber of the larger cities in the state tat I 1 show substantial socialist game as I 1 compared with ith two beara earv ago A wei socialist alist congressman congre eeman has apen elected in Wie Wis coirin in california the socialist vote shows a note noteworthy orthy the cities of f ine increase rease particularly in san francisco a and nd loe los angeles the socialite have aleo also shown cormier conw corm der able strength in a candidate made a aur our run for the mayoralty of nether nother of interest was the of the womans suffrage amendment to the state constitution in the state of washington it is estimated that under this amendment about will be added to the washington electorate an inc increate of about 70 per cent over the total presidential vote cast in it is ii worth orth noting also in this that four wu wo men ix were ere elected to the lower house of the colliado do legislature it is 13 not a very er casy to trace back such results aa as those disclosed by tuesdays election elections to the varying specific causes which each in its ay contributed to bring them about Doub doubtless tle s discontent with the revision of the tarifa an operation which has hai not been taken of late years ears without serious consequences to the party carrying it out had its share in producing the outcome the party in power waa was without doubt made to bear some of the odium attaching to the high cost of living and the disclosures made by investigating committees regarding gr official in some instates states played their part coupled with these hocco houe hoc vcr cr and b by no means the least of the operating causes as the weariness of a large class of conservative people with j what they came to regard as a propaganda of agitation of which the most av apparent parent outcome was the spread of political unrest and I 1 disturbance tur bance in the world of business |