REPUBLICAN VICTORIES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 317, 7 December 1906, Page 3

REPUBLICAN VICTORIES

THE HEARST DEFEAT,

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.

The November elections in many of the States of the Union have generally resulted in a victory for the Republicans. Congress will have a Republican majority again. James N. Gillett, Republican, was elected Governor of California, and Charles E. Hughes, Republican, Governor of the State of New York, defeating Hearst, the Democratic candidate of the Independence League. Hearst is proprietor of 13 great newspapers in as many cities of the Union, and longs to be President of the United States. He is said to have used to the utmost his great power as a journalist, as well as his enormous fortune, I to gratify his political ambitions. The Democrats refused to consider him as a candidate for President at the last great convention. He then became a candidate for the Mayorship of New York, but was defeated. He believed he could become Governor of New York, and that is considered a step towards the Presidential chair, but President Roosevelt himself took up the cudgels against Hearst, sending Secretary Elihu Root to New York to deliver speeches which practically accused Hearst of bringing about the killing of President McKtnley and of being the enemy of all that is good or safe in American politics. It Is felt that President Roosevelt's action had a great effect. It begins to appear that President Roosevelt means to accept office for a third term if it is offered to him. This, too, may be expected, as the President promises great reforms in curbing trusts if given the opportunity.