Life — November 16, 1905 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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“White there is Live there's Hope.” VOL. XLVL. NOV. 15, 1900 West Tinxry-Fiest Stine HE Earth turns over a great many times while well-printed picture paper is on the press. At th election day in New York is still ‘next Tuesc " and everybody whose opinion is not fettered is writing says that Je- rome is a sure When you yboe why he is so sure of Jerome's success, the answer is that the feeling for bim guarantees it. ‘Isn't it sp! de® rybody. Itis. It is magnifi- ing now, before election, it is possible at least to testify to the joy there is in voting, for once, for an un- subjugated nited omised, unl man, standing s own two legs, and offering himself without anybody's mission to the service of the people. ‘Three weeks before election fo med that they were greatly « a of independent racted y the id omina- ns, regretted that Jerome ha diced the prosperity of the i npting an weeks later the betting was two to on npossible t Jerome would win. hhe depth of current with the bosses and the boss- ing. All ov Ye Odell is loathed and despised b: ful members of his party. prising that so able so recently of decent politi could have 1 about three y It is sur- da al repute, wed in the course of ars, to earn for himself such a heaping measure of disgust. Charles Murphy is not a particularly bad boss as Everybody knows about what sort of a business he bosses go. -LIFE:- and McCarren are conducting, but it h. been considered that the city of New York could not get along without such governors as they are. Jerome chal- lenged that idea. Seeing him do what he is doing as we write, has stirred voters by the thousand to ask themselves: “ Why must we be ridden by things like Odell and Murphy and McCarren? /s it necessary? | /s it expedient ? to be limited in our selection of public serv- Must we conti ts to a choice nizers as the approved by such scru Some one was saying the other day how like are our bosses in New Yo to those dictator-presidents of South Americs ablics who harvest dollars while their seasons last and then cut stick and flee to Europe. Croker has gone. Castro will be going soon. IFE congratulates Mr, Jerome on his election, if these lines sball find him elected; but however they find him, we congratulate him on his au- "1 That was splendid, and of a lustre not to be much affected by any- thing done at the polls. If Mr. Jerome er, he is a triumphant winner, and if a loser, at Either wa umphant loser. y he bettered himself by his s the great reward of doing t thi the risky right time, and doing it hard. As for Colonel Me! nes find him Ma ate him. ssion of 1 bo! lellan, if these yor-clect, we don't To be Mayor by aid is, for aan, to be in a difficult, and tressing place. An honest and ‘Tammany Mayor is rather ed than congra\ lated on holding his job. We can, however, congratulate New York on having more of Mayor McClell administration in prospect if the vote: ve gone that wi As for Mr. Hearst, we thank him for all the good, if any, that his candidacy did to Mr. Jerome. i he got elected himself, we hope he will apportion remune: congra’ and honest intell to be cor Brisbane and Mr. Opper. They worked hard, We congratulate Mr. Ivins on the fun he had, and on his candor, his grit, and his desire to abolish Mr. Mur- phy’s Profession. THe Czar has given up autocracy and determined to share his power with the Russians on the Ger- man plan. It is great news. The Russians are doing about as well as could be expected. At present writing they are raising much hob. Whether or not they will conclude to release the Czar altogether, has not transpired yet. Pobiedonostzeft resigned inland has declared her independence. Vast disturbances have been in progress. The pot is boiling hard and all the world is watching it. We shall see what we shall see—some bloody no doubt; much tumult; possi desperate rally by the reactionaries. But the old order in Russia seems to be at an end, and with Witte as Premier there is good hope for restoration of order, and rapid progress towards a better Russia has ever known. universal verdict that Presi- dent Roosevelt's tour of the South- ern States was a prodigious and un- leled success, and has resulted in king him just a shade more popular in that section of the country than he is in the others. His next tour will in- clude Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippines, the Canal Strip, and Porto Rico, ‘That done we shall be a perfectly amalga- ated country, with 4 pluribus Theo- dorus for our perfected motto, The President beats all the other Dutch, including The Hague. Heisthe Great He gave freely of himself to the South and offered up Bullocks in Georgia on the altar of hereditary friendship. Already our ne plus ultra, he threatens awfully to be our sine gua non. God save the President ! comicbooks.com