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Show DEFEAT OF BOSSES. The elections In the east should point the moral that bosslsm and rinesterism Is nut a sat Isfactory element ele-ment In American politics Republicans Republi-cans and Dctnociats who hao not re-( viewed the lcsulls in the far east sec j only the defeat of republican or democratic demo-cratic candidates but to those who go deeper, this phase of the aspect Is lost, and crushed bosscs.and ovcrtlnow n cor-inpt cor-inpt machines arc all that Is seen The democratic party in Maryland has purged itself of Oorman, the people peo-ple of New York rebuked Tammany and Murphy: the republicans of Ohio put thlr feet upon the neck of the Cox machine In Cincinnati; the repub-j licans of Philadelphia lepudlatcd tliej Peiiiosc-Durliam gang of coiruption- Ists; Pagan was elected in .Jersey City and Colby In New Yoik on instinctively instinct-ively anti-machine platforms and so on down the list. ' The result in Philadelphia is the most notable of all in the opinion of the Wall Stieet Journal This Is a state which for many years has bem in thegiipof a coriupt machine. It has been jcais since there has been an honest election In Philadelphia, and yet a fusion ticket repiesenting the cause of Mayor Weaver and conducting conduct-ing its campaign on a simple platform "Thou shalt not steal," lias triumphed by a majority of about IJ.OOO. The state of Pennsylvania, which last year gave Roosevelt a pluiallty of over ftX),-000, ftX),-000, has now been cairlcd by the democratic dem-ocratic candidate for treasurer. The Pcnroe-Durhani gang has met with a complete overthrow. Tho outcome In Ohio Is equally remarkable. re-markable. George W. Cox, for many yean the absolute boss of Cincinnati has not only been defeated, but has actually been driven from politics. He Ins announced his dlllnitc retirement. Theslgnal defeat of bosslsm should bo a cause for rejoicing and renewed contldence thioughout the country. Thcie is nothing which speaks with more promise for the welfaie of the United States than these icsults of tho election. Tho plague spot InAmeii-can InAmeii-can politics lias been the government of the cities. Nothing was mote dangerous to the moial health or the countiy than the widespiead municipal munici-pal corruption. As the cleansing of Havana was necessary for the prosperity prosper-ity of Cuba, and as the cleansing or Panama must be tliellrst step In the building of the Isthmian Canal, so the cleansing of A mcric.ui cities from bosslsm boss-lsm and giaft is absolutely necessary for the peinianeneeof American liberty lib-erty and prosperity. |