President Roosevelt has achieved a victory as striking as any
recorded in American annals. As his opponent, Judge Parker, in his courteous telegram of congratulation acknow- ledges, the American people as a whole have " emphatically approved his administration," and expressed their admiration of his personality. Of the 476 votes in the Electoral College, he has obtained 343, one doubtful State, Missouri, having unexpectedly gone for him, and the popular majority, which cannot for another day or two be exactly stated, is obviously enormous. Even New York, which to the last was held to be doubtful, gives him a majority of 175,000; Connecticut, which was supposed to be lost, one of 30,000 ; Pennsylvania, usually non-enthusiastic, one of 400,000; and Illinois one of 225,000. Broadly speaking, Americans calculate that Mr. Roosevelt is elected by a two-thirds majority, and may fairly be considered the elect of the whole nation, except that section in which the test issue of politics is the question of colour. The vote, of course, also endorses Mr. Roosevelt's policy; his resolve that America shall be actually as well as potentially great in the politics of the world; and his determination that the Panama Canal shall be cut, and shall be American. His power of action is further increased by the fact that for the next three years both the representative body and the Senate will be Republican.
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