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Lord Lansdowne's speech was a carefully prepared statement , made before what i 6 con sidered the most representative gathering of leading men of Great Britain. As such it was generally interpreted as a bolder bid for in tervention than has yet emanated from any neutral power. America was writ large in this speech, for which Great Britain has been wait ing for miny days. The Foreign Minister prefaced his remarks *>y 6aying: "That great statesman. John Hay. recently remarked that war was the most futile and fallacious of human follies." Then came an impassioned review of the North Sea affair. Althoiigh Lord Lansdowne was unable to an tbe signing of the convention, he em jr.atically confirmed statements made in these dispatches— namely, that Great Britain had • no difficulty in arriving at a solution In principle of the dispute," and only supplemented • .s already known by the statement that La had guaranteed the punishment of any other oftirers who might be proved to have been implicated in addition to those already detached from Admiral Rojestvensky's squadron. By most of bis hearers, who to-night had their first opportunity of hearing the For#i«*i Office's views, and who hitherto had based their ideas no Mr. BaJfour's mu:h-criticised Southampton fpeech and on belligerent editorial articles in the newspapers. Lord Lansdowne's utterances were regarded almost as a plea for Russia. A dead *::er.ce greeted him as, after pointing out that The two governments in good faith believed in •rcntradictory Statements of facts, he asked: Could we have dor.c better than get full apol r>zy and compensation and leave the question of fscts to an international tribunal with a guaran tee of punishment "f any who may be found guilty? Lord Lansdow«e, in connection with the ques tion or contraband, seriously reminded the audience that Great Britain, as the greatest raval power, might somt day be the gr<--au-.<t sufferer by a restriction of belligerent rights ou the high seas. After referring to the widely prevalent de sire' that arbitration might be resorted to in the case of the present war In the Far East. Lord Lansdowne addjd: Mr. Choate walked into rr.y room yesterday end asked if w* would sign an arbitration Treaty with the United States. Simultaneously I received from President Roosevelt, whom we ell must congratulate (cheers;, a message in viting us to participjfte ir: a second interna tional peace conference at The Hague. It is i endless to say that the Invitation has not been refused; only, we have reserved to ourselves the right to consider what subjects should be dis russed. We hesitated not a moment in inform ir.g .^:ica that we were ready to ' Lrticipate arA In niching President Roosevelt godspeed in this undertaking. "Arbitratior.," conduced Lord Lansdowne, aftsr a sympathetic reference to France's as e in ihe North Sea <3is;>ute. has become ■ httei the usual loyal toasts, which were re tttved with great enthusiasm, the War Secre tary. H. O. Arnold-Forsler. replying for the Imperial force*, said the navy lately had at tracted the utiention of the country by show ing its efficiency and mobility for the service of the nation. The army, especially the admin istration thereof, had always been criticised, but It was the- determination of the Army Council not to rest until the Eriiish army was ready to niter the f:e!cj at any time with absolute confi dence ::■ enccess. Lord Lansdowne, (ponding to the toast of "H Majesty's Ministers." referred to the un fortunate absence of Mr. Balfour, who. in spite < : i ■ ' illness, bad not eased actively to take part in the affairs of the country The Foreign £•• retary «aid that, while London was princi pally Interested that peace should prevail every where, he did not think they should think of "Peace t;t any price." adding: At this moment, . contemplating the progress of the t«rrible struggle becWeen two brave and £*Ilaßt nations in the Far East, tan one of us contemplate without regret the legion alter le- Cton of brave men betas led forth to meet their Jste. and the rained homes .irn.l broken hearts? can conceive no more terrible punishment than the remorse of any minister or body of minifctera who. from ]<• «: of temper or desire of popularity, Itttfflight upon the country the ' ■ .■:,••• and oilatnJtjr of seedless war. 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If • ■ •• - r'oaJ'J raiJici not <c#.i; rr:plkt<! the '■' ■■■='* a ti«i>la ' . . uc ' countable b!un- Vr - -■■":'■ I '. to '■: ihii !« c .,i evidence ha? ■-,!. ; | . r •■ [>ririsb ';--v :v,...-i.i thit the i'-'iy i .'■ ni. — :ir, < ••• ■-].•■••; ii.;.: •; •• f;icts v«T€ M-'i"'.. .-,' frbvu ■ .!..i '.%■.- j'upposjmJ; and Lhat ' ■•II .*• To-day. rain. Tv-tn«?rr««-. rain «r *!!••<«• ; fresh to hrl!>k "lnd«. Robert M. La Fol!«tte. •Wisconsin. i Frani-.Uanij-. Irrliana HOW PARKER AM) BRYAN VIEW RESULT OF ELECTION. Parker Says He Was a Willing Sac rifice to a Hopeless Cause. Esopus, N. V-, Nov. 9. — Alton B. Parker to night gave to the press an open letter, ad dressed "To the Democracy of the Nation," in which he thanked those in charge of his cam paign work, and said that the people will soon realize that "the tariff fed trusts are absorbing the wealth of the nation." He said that when that time comes the people will turn to the Democratic party for relief. In this letter Mr. Parker says he shall never seek a nomination for public office. He dis cusses the difficulties encountered by the Dem ocrats in making their campaign this year, and makes suggestions regarding harmony in the party. In conclusion he says that in the pres ence of defeat he does not hesitate to say that in his opinion the great moral question that confronts the Democrats is, "Shall ihc trusts and corporations be prevented from coi.cributing money to control or to aid in controlling elec tions?" The letter foliows: To the Democracy of the Nation: Our thanks are due to the members of the na tional committee and to the executive commit tee in charge of the campaign for most unseit ish, capable and brilliant party service. All that it was possible for men to do they did, but our difficulty was beyond the reach of party n.anagers. I am most grateful to them, and wish in this general way to extend my thanks to the worK» ers, as well as the rank and file all over the country. I know how hard they struggled against overwhelming odds, and I only wish 1 could take each one by the hand and than* him. Deeply as I regretted leaving the bench at the time of it, in the presence of overwhelming defeat I do not lament it. I thought it was my duty. In the light of my present information I am now even more confident that I did right. I shall never seek a nomination for p'-J l> l lr office. but I shall to the best of my ability servo the party that has honored me, and through the party serve my country. The party has in the near future a great mis sion. Before long the people will realize that, the tariff fed trusts and illegal combinfions aie absorbing the wealth of the nation. Then they will wish to throw off these leeches, but the Re publican party will not aid them to do it, for its leaders appreciate too well the uses to which the moneys of the trusts can be put in political campaigns. When that time comes, and come it will, .he people will turn to the Democratic party for re lief, and the party should be ready— ready with an organization of patriotic citizen? covering every election district, who are willing to work for the love of the cause—an organization sup ported by as many town, city, county and State officers as we are able to elect in the mean time. We entered this canvass with every Northern, Western and Eastern State, save one, in Re publican control. This gave to that party a large army of office holders reaching Into every hamlet, many of whom gladly followed the ex amples set for them by the members of the President's Cabinet in devoting their time and services to the party. Tc accomplish much in this direction, how ever, we must forget the difficulties of the past. If any one suspects his neighbor of treachery, let him not hint of his suspicion. If he knows he hj.s deserted us, let him not tell i*. Our forces have been weakened by division?. We have quarrelled at times over non-essentials. If we would help the people, if we would furnish an organization through which they may be re lieved of a party that has grown so corrupt that it will gladly enter into partnership with trusts to secure moneys for election purposes, we must forget the differences of the past and begin this day to build up wherever it may be needed a bread ar.d effective organization. And we must by constant teaching, '.hrough the press and from the platform, apprise the people of the way the vicious tariff circle works. We must bring home to them at other than election time* the fact thru money contributed to the Republican party by the trusts is not only dishonest money, but it is given that the trusts may without hindrances take a much larger suni from the people. In the presence of a defeat that would take away all personal ambition, were it true that otherwise it possessed me, I do not hesitate to pay that in my opinion the greatest moral ques tion which now confronts us is: Shall the trusts and corporations be prevented from c-ntributing money to control or to aid In cor trolling elections? Such set vice as I can render in that or any other direction will be gladly rendered. And I beg the co-operation as a fellow worker of every Democrat in the country. ALTON P PARKER. LOST, AN ESTATE. Moore Died Still Looking for His Property. Glens Fills. N. V.. Nov. 9.— Another effort was made to-day by the executor of the estate of William .Moore, the Adirondack lumberman and mine owner, to gain information as to the mysterious Van Rensselaer estate, disposed of by Moore In his will. Alt that is known of the er.tate is said by the executor to be in the pos- SKSlon of Eugene L. Ashley, who to-ciay testi fied that he had searched records in Boston and In Albany in hip efforts to discover the Van !..-• selaer family, and part'ruinny William Van Etensselaer. the alleged, father of Moore, but had fuund nothing except a picture of Stephen Van RensseL i r, In a museum at Boston, which Moore ■did was that of his grandfather, a biographical sketch of the Vnn Renaselaer family, which be U un-3 In the Etate library at Albany, and also a photographic copy of a portrait of William ,Van Rensselaer. Mr. Ashley declined to answer questions as to the Identity of the life tenant of the estate, as to when and where the will was probated an<i regarding the Situation of the estate, on th* pnnmd ihat whatever knowledge he possessed In these particulars was th» result of a direct confidential communication to him from Moore. i; t (van sustained by the surrogate. Tl-- testimony showed that Moore himself di<! not know the exact situation of the estate, nwd th.il he had mged ■• few months before hiu death '• have Mr. Ashley go with him to California to continue the search (.here. DEVVcV o (HOI VINTAGE) GRAPE JUiCE. Dew*; ;: . ■ 138 Full on Si.. N. V.— NEW-YORK. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1004. -FOURTEEN PAGES.-^S^C SOME OF THE GOVERNORS OF STATES ELECTED OX TUESDAY. Joseph W. Folk. Missouri. (Photograph t>y Strauss.) Edward C Stokes, New-Jersey. Bryan Sai/s Democracy Must Cut Loose from "Plutocrats." Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 9.— William J. Bryan to night gave out an extended statement concern ing yesterday's election, which Is intended to serve as his comment on the result, and as an answer to reports connecting him with a move ment looking to the formation of a new party. Mr. Bryan said he would not attempt to deny all the reports circulated ns to his future po litical action, but would let his statement serve to explain his position. He says: The Democratic party has met with an over whelming defeat in the national election. As yet the returns are not sufficiently complete to permit analysis, as it is Impossible to say whether the result is due to an actual increase in the number of Republican voters or to a fall ing off in the Democratic vote. This phase of the subject will be dealt with when the returns are all in. The questions for consideration at this time are. What lesson does the election teach? and. What of the future? The defeat of Judge Parker should not be considered a personal one. He did as well as he could under the circumstances; he was the victim of un favorable conditions and of a mistaken parly policy. He grew in popularity as the campaign pro gressed and expressed himself more and more strongly on the trust question, but could not overcome the heavy odds against him. The so called conservative Democrats charged the de feats of 1896 and ISloo to the party's position on the money question. ;>nd insisted that a victory rould be won by dropping th< coinage question entirely. The convention accepted this theory and the platform made no reference to th< money question, but Judge Parker felt that it was his duty to announce his personal adherence to the gold standard. His gold telegram, as it was called, while em barrassing to the Democrats of the West ant' South, was applauded by the Eastern press. He had the cordial indorsement of Mr. Cleve land, who certified that the party had returned to 'safety ar.d sanity"; he had the support of the Democratic papers which bolted in lfcfM'.. and he also had the aid of nearly all of tho** which were prominent in the campaigns of ]SOt» and 1900, and yet his defeat is apparently greater than the party suffered in either of those yeais. PARKER'S DEFEAT NOT LOCAL. It is unquestionable also that Judge Parker's defeat was not local, but general, the returns from the Eastern States being as disappointing as the returns from the West. The reorganize™ are in complete control of the party; they planned the campaign and carried it on accord ing to their own views, and the verdict against their plan is a unanimous one. Surely silver cannot be blamed for this defeat, for the cam paign was run on a gold basis. Neither can th-^ defeat be charged to emphatic condemnation of the trusts, for the trusts were not assailed as vigorously this year as they were four year? ago. It is evident that the campaign did not turn upon the question of imperialism, and it is not fair to consider the result as a personal victory for the President, although his admin istration was the subject of criticism. The result was due to the fact that the Demo cratic party attempted to re conservative in the presence of conditions ■which demand radi cal remedies. It sounded a partial retreat when it should have ordered a charge all along the line. In 18$6 the line was 3rawn for the first time during the present generation between plutocracy and democracy, and the party's stand on the side of the democracy alienated a large number of plutocratic Democrats, who. in the natuie of things, cannot be expected to re turn, and it drew to itself a large number of earnest advocates of reform whose attachment to these reforms is much stronger than attach ment to any party name. The Republican party occupies the conservative position. That is. it defends those who, having secured unfair ad vantage through class legislation, insist that they shall not be disturbed, no matter how op pressive their actions may become. The Democratic party cannot hope to com pete successfully with the Republican party for this support. To win the support of the pluto cratic element of the country the party would have to become more plutocratic than the Re publican party, and it could not do this without losing several times as many votes ;»s that course would win The Democratic party ha-* nothing to gain by catering to organized and predatory wealth. It must not only do without such support, but it can strengthen" itself by in viting the open and emphatic opposition of these elements. The campaign just closed shows that it is as inexpedient from the standpoint of poltev as it is- wrong from the standpoint of principle to attempt any conciliation of the industrial and financial despots, who are gradually getting con trol or all the avenues of wealth. The Demo cratic party, if it hopes to win success, must take the side of the plain, common people. EXPERIMENT A COSTLY ONE Mr. Bryan says for two years he has pointed out the futility of any attempt to compromise with wrong or to patch up a peace with the great corporations which are now exploiting the public, but the Southern Democrats were so alarmed by the race Issue that they listened, rather reluctantly, be it said to their credit, to the promises of success held out by those who had contributed to the, defeat of the party in the two preceding campaigns. He continues: The experiment has been a costly one, and it is not likely to be repeated during the present generation. The Eastern Democrats were also deceived. They were led to believe that the magnates and monopolists who coerced the voters in 18W and supplied an enormous cam 1 aign tund. both in ISIKi and 1900 would help the Democratic party, if our party would only re less radical. The corporation press aided in this deception, and even the Republican papers professed an unselfish desire to help build up the Democratic party. The election has opened the eyes of- the hundreds of thousands of honest and v.ell meaning Democrats who a few months ago favored the reorganization of the party. These men now see that they must either go into the Republican party or join with the Demo crats of the West and South in making the Democratic party a positive, aggressive and progressive reform organization. There is no middle ground. . . TIME WLLL BRING OUT A LEADER. Mr. Bryan says he did what he could to pre vent the reorganization of the Democratic party; when he failed in this, he did what he could to aid Parker and Davis In order to secure such reforrr.s— and there were some vital ones—prom ised by their election. Now that the campaign Is over he will, he say*, assist thoee who desir« to put the Democratic army once more upon a . .-nii'!' ••.; on fourth page. TO CINCINNATI BY THE LIMITED.. i.. ,• m .,. I*iKf om lafcnMsd of the New-York Central haul* n throuith sleeper for Cincinnati Jrvery J*y*n Uie ••.••■. **> ««M fares. See New- Torlt Central TJckjM Aii-iiits-- A<l\U Frank W. Hir*lns. New-York. (Copyright by Pach Brothers ) ART MUSED! IN DANGER WAX COVERING NEEDED. Stone Walls Disintegrating — Grant's Tomb Coated. The stone in the Metropolitan Museum of Art according to Professor R. Ogden Doremu*. is disintegrating, and the building needs repairing to prevent the exhibits from suffering injury. He is endeavoring to secure an appropriation from the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for the purpose of doing this work. The Ter race Bridge, in Central Park, also nee.ls repairs, he says. Water, ho- declares, !s percolating through the walls of the museum, and they should be coate-l with paraffine wax, as the obelisk was coated by him nineteen years ;t«?o, in order to make them impervious. General Grant's tomb, which showed sign* of disintegration, de spite the fact that it is of granite. ba3 Just tieen coated with -his material. Pieces of stone as large as one's band, be says, bad brok n from the monument. Prof< ■■■ Dor mua said yesterday: "On Oc tober 7 I appeared before the Board of Estimate and Apportionment and appealed for funds for two purposes; first, to restore and pres rye from furth.-r destruction the large edifice holding the !nrc;e and valuable collection of pictures, sculpt ures and antiquities of the Metropolitan Mu seum of Art. General dl Cesnola, the director of the museum, says thnt it cannot appropriate any of its funcH for other purpost ■ than buying works of art. He showed In the constitution and charter that it is incumbent on the Park Board to keep, from time to time, the building in repair. H<:> united with me in an appeal to Commissioner Pallas to have the building re paired and protected from rain with melted paraftine wax, as the obelisk was treated nine teen years ago with success. General Grant's tomb was trc;;ted last week with a coating of melted paraffine wax (nfter warming its surface). to prevent water passing through this compact stone. The rain has already percolated through the stone and flaked off pieces as large as one's hand. \ also bppculed for an appropriation to restore and protect from further destruction the elaborate carvings made by skilled sculptors— not ordinary stonecutters— forty years ago. on what Is called Terrace Bridge. Controller Grout has informed me that the board appropriate! an additional $2.j,<>oi> for 'labor, maintenance, supplies preservation of the stonework and -a-e of trees.' As only part of this amount can b« devoted to repairing and preserving the stone carvings on the Terracft Bridge, it will only serve to start the work. The protection of the large edifice of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is obligatory, and should be done at once, be fore destructive winter weather begins. Any one who approaches the museum from Madison ave. can see the efflorescence on the stone, in dicating the action of water. The action of the water can also he seen on the inside. The stone is disintegrating." ""he Board of Estimate and Apportionment meets to-day, and Professor Doremus hopes to have additional funds provided for the repair of the museum building. WESTCHESTER'S BIG VOTE. Republicans Carry Every Town and City Save One. The .-omplet?d reports received by William L Ward, chairman of the Westchester Repub lican Committee, show that the county broke all records since I*M» by going for Roosevelt and Fairbanks by 7,053 plurality. For the first time in the history of the county the Republi cans carried every town and city in the county with the exception of Somera. The Democrats are. getting some consolation out of the fact that Judge Parker manaeed to tie President Roosevelt in this famous old town, which has been Democratic since the days of Andrew Jackson. The Republicans also carried the town of Mount Pleasant for the first time. This town, which is known as the Gibraltar of Democracy, is the home of Jchn D. Rockefel ler, and hundreds of men employed on his bis estates vote there. The town is Democratic usually by about 300, but President Roosevelt surprised everybody by sweeping It from its moorings and carrying it by l>4. Mount Vernon was swept by a genuine Re publican hurricane. Roosevelt and Fairbanks carried the city by 1.162, and not a single Dem ocrat is left in the Board of Aldermen. Higgins ran 2,000 behind Roosevelt and carried the county by about 5,000. The following are the estimated pluralities of the other Republican candidates John E. Andrus for Congress, 4.800; Francis M. Carpenter, re-elected Senator in the XXIId District, 3.800 plurality; George N. Rlgby. As sembly. Ist District, 1.300; J. Mayhew Wain wrlght. Assembly, IM District. 1.100; James K. Apgar. Assembly, iHd District. 1.500. The plu ralities for the Republican County ticket range from 5,000 to 6,500. Th» successful candidates are Leslie Sutherland, Clerk; William G. Bar rett. Register; J. Addison young. District At torney. E. B. Long, Superintendent of the Poor; John L. Silleck. Coroner. Mr. Young car ried every town and city in the county. In Yonkers, where it was predicted that his \'ote would be cut for prosecuting the poolrooms, he ran far ahead. X EARLY HALF A MILLION. Pennsylvania's Plurality for Roose velt Breaks All Records. Philadelphia, Nov. Q.— Complete returns from fifty-five of the sixty-seven counties in Pennsyl vania ard estimates of the total in the remain ing twelve counties show that Roosevelt had 524.907 votes. Parker 339,49.>. a plurality for Roosevelt of 480..">12. The ortV !al count will un doubtedly increase Roosevelt's plurality to 4U0, 000, and possibly more. Roosevelt's plurality in Philadelphia was 179, 687 In a total of 27r>,Cu(K New-York University- Point Football GNun« at Went Point Npvenbar iCth. Bpe« lal train from Franklin Str.'ft 12:43. West -Cd §tr«el ' '*> *' M Low rate. Arltnl«."ilon to grounds tree. »•• Went Ehor* ticket agent.— Advt. William L. Douglms. Massachusetts. Henry Roberts. Connecticut THE VICTORY GROWS. Roosevelt and Fairbanks Will Have Revised returns from Tuesday's election make the Republican victory even greater than it appeared yesterday morning. Missouri went Republican by about 12,000 plurality, making, with Maryland and Nevada, the electoral vote of Roosevelt and Fair banks 543. The result in Missouri is, perhaps, the most surprising feature of the election. Folk, the candidate for Governor, is reported to be the only Democrat on the State ticket elected, and there may be a Republican majority on joint ballot in the legislature, insuring a Republican successor to Senator Cockreli. The national House of Representatives will stand, according to present indi cations 255 Republicans, 130 Democrats and 1 Fusionist. The plurality [or Roosevelt and Fairbanks on the popular vote is estimated at 1,700,000, about double that received by McKinley over Bryan. Many oi the Republican pluralities are record breaking. Pennsylvania leads with the enormous total of nearly 500,000. but other States are not far^ behind. New- York gives Roosevelt upward of 170.000, Higgms carrying the State by about 77,00 a Ohio gives 200.000. lowa 130,000, Illinois 225,000, Michigan 150,000, and California about 100.000. One oi the most remarkable incidents is the election of \V. L. Douglas, Dem ocrat, as Governor of Massachusetts, by 35.000 plurality, while the State gives Roosevelt 86,000. A Democratic Governor is also elected in Minnesota, while Roosevelt received u;.ooo plurality. Colorado gives Roosevelt 15.000 plurality, while the Governorship seems in doubt, the Republicans claiming and the Democrats denying the election of Pea body. ' HOSES FOR PRESIDENT. Storm of Congratulations Descends Upon Mr. Roosevelt. fFROM THE mama Bt-RKAU.I Washington. Nov. 9.-All records for the num ber of congratulatory telegrams received in a given length of time by any one man on any oc casJon have probably been broken by President Roosevelt within the last twenty-four hours. Upon Secretary Loeb's desk the messages were piled in two stacks, each nearly a foot in height. at 4 o'clock this afternoon, and the telegraphers in the room adjoining were still rattling their typewriting machines in an endeavor to keep up with the busy keys that continued to flash good wishes to the President from all parts of the world. The letters, bearing the same sentiments at greater length, began coming in with the early mails, and will continue to pour in for several weeks, or until the President's admirers In the most remote quarters of the globe have been heard from. All the messages and let ters will be answered in due time. Secretary Loeb says, but the force of stenographers and typewriters at the White House may not be able to catch up with the work for several weeks. Among the thousands of dispatches received by the President last night and to-day WSW th« following: Governor-elect Frank W. Hiesrins. r>f New- York: Your character, ability and achievements hay« won for the Republican party, its greatest vic tory. John Mitchell, president of the United Mm? Workers of America: Accept my congratulations upon your great victory. Timothy L. Woodruff, former Lieutenant Gov ernor of New- York: What ad I write to yea tw« weeks agol Al most exactly according to results. W e are rroui of Kings County. Lot me congratulate you with all my heart, but even more do I con gratulate the people of the United State* Pa triotism prevails in the tend. Seth Low, former Mayor Of New- York: Heartfelt congratulations on your superb and well deserved victory. Whitelaw Reid, former Minister to France: Warmest congratulations on an unparalleled popular indorsement. Professor J G. S?hurman. president of Cor nell: Cordial congratulations on tne people's esti mate of Roosevelt ism. Benjamin B. Odell. Jr.. Governor of New- York, who managed the campaign in that State: The overwhelming majority which has been given you in New-York State must he a great gratification to you. Words cannot express my own personal pleasure at the result, and I know that you. with me. thare in the delight f?n<l pleasure at having nlso a Republican Governor of th» State for the next two years. (J.vernor Higgins's majority Is over 50.000. Please ac cept my sincerest congratulations. United States Senator Thomas C. Platt. of New -York: Heartiest congratulations. I knew it could not be otherwise. Jacob H. Pchiff. of New- York: They mide you the tsuue, I believe, and haven't thty revived a fitting reply? 1 rejoi-e and congratulate you. Former Governor Frank 6. Black, of Ne.v- York 1 was not half as crazy as my friend* thought I was This county gives you over .%.•»• the largt*«t ever given; fltggtns abom the name. John J'cLar.». N*w-Hamp •hlre. 545 Electoral Votes. MISSOURI GOES REPUBLICAN. FLOOD OF MESSAGES, l<>ullno»U uu iUn-4 i>+i*- PRICE THREE CENTS. G*onr» H. Utter. RhoJ» Island. James L. Peabeiy. Colorado lRiniPH OF THE NATh'V INDEPENDENTS ELA TED. President's Faith in People Justified — Clean Politics Victorious. fFKOM THE TBIBL'NT BUREAU- ) Washington. Nov. i>.— Expressions of joy over the sweeping Republican victory, which were heard on all sides last night, have to-day beer, supplemented by many analyses of the results, and thrse add to the gratification, not only of the Republicans, but of the independent voters whose ballots contributed so largely to the suc cess of Theodore Roosevelt. Among the latter the practically unprecedented victory is regard ed as a signal triumph for the clean politics of which the President is the leading exponent. It U declared by the independents with exulta tion that Mr. Roosevelt was not the choice si the professional politicians, even of those within his own party, whose muttered grumbling was one of the noticeable features of the Republican National Convention. Had they dared, the •"old line' politicians in the Republican party would have nominated any other candidate rather than Theodore Roosevelt, it is asserted. He hal turned a deaf ear to their pleas that th* xrard •heeler" and the local boss be appointed to of fice as a reward for political dirty work well performed. He had. In season and out. insist ed that the men he appointed be clean and hor. est, a -id capable of rendering conscientious ser vice in return for the federal salary to whicn they aspired. He was not "one of the gang ' and from him th- gang" had received sho.t shrift. This same class of vststsi °- *»fcletl ONN SfS many t.ypieal representative? In V\ a?sert that the selection «| George B. Cortelvou ai chairman of the Republican National Com mittee was equally as obnoxious to the oM liners rs was the nomination of Roosevelt, obnox ious chiefly because h» «as known to I h' nest to sanction the peculiar political meth i- is at which they were adepts. The rebellion Sftnsi the President's selection*of Cortelyou as chairman is a matter of history, and was r? lar-.i in The Tribune's special dispatches from Chicago just preceding and luring th- nat convention. PREDICTIONS OF DEFEAT. Even after the convention and the meeting of the national committee, at which the Presi dent's wish was ratified and Mr. Cortelyou was elected chairman, the old line politicians pri vately predicted that Cortelyou would never be able to carry a national election with his 'kid, glove " methods, and the sentiment in Washing ton, especially m what is popularly termed "the third house." composed of the secretaries, clerks and other attaches of the members of Congress, was that Cortelyou's management of the cam paign will prove a rUsoo and that Roosevelt was destined to defeat. "A practical politician, one who Is not afraid to soil his hands in a good cause." declared the political understudies of the practical politicians. "is what every Presidential candidate needs for national chairman. Mr. Roosevelt has never run for the Presidency before, but be will learn a bitter lesson. He will find, to his cost, that strict Integrity and Civil Service methods and cam paign managers don't go In politics. See?" PRESIDENT'S CONFIDENCE IN THE PEO PLE The predictions of the politicians at Chicago, and their understuilie* in Washington and else where were carried to the President. "I don't believe it." he declared. "I have im plicit confidence in the American people. They tvill approve. Irrespective of party, of every step in the direction of UM purlfl* ation of AsttsS ean politics. The time I* past when methods OEtust be employed In politics which men blush,