. Review of reviews and world's work . eadership. The Cox machine in thatcity, denounced by William H. Taft in 1905as a corrupt organization, whose destructionwas devoutly to be wished, had so offendedthe friends of decent government in the citythat independent Republicans combined withDemocrats and elected the young districtattorney, Henry T. Hunt, to the mayorship;yet such were the exigencies of nationalpolitics that the President of the UnitedStates was impelled to appear in his homecity as the champion of the discredited causeof the local boss, whom he had bravely defiedsix years before. U
. Review of reviews and world's work . eadership. The Cox machine in thatcity, denounced by William H. Taft in 1905as a corrupt organization, whose destructionwas devoutly to be wished, had so offendedthe friends of decent government in the citythat independent Republicans combined withDemocrats and elected the young districtattorney, Henry T. Hunt, to the mayorship;yet such were the exigencies of nationalpolitics that the President of the UnitedStates was impelled to appear in his homecity as the champion of the discredited causeof the local boss, whom he had bravely defiedsix years before. Under our system of partypolitics any President who seeks renomina-tion during his term of office may be placedin quite as humiliating a position; but it isat least a cause of congratulation that thepeople of Cincinnati have broken the con-nection between an odious local machine anda great national party. That particular ma-chine may not be of much use to any Presi-dential candidate for some time to come. TUP. PROGRESS OP TUP WORLD 653. IMiuto^raph by Paul Thompson, Ntrw York PRESIDENT TAFT VOTING AT CINCINNATI ON ELECTION DAY OtherOhioCities The municipal elections lastmonth showed only that the peo-ple were determined no longer toput up with bad local government for the sakeof some supposed advantage to their were not afraid to vote forDemocrats, and neither Democrats nor Re-publicans were afraid to vote for Socialists onlocal issues. Cleveland elected Newton mayor by an old-time Tom Johnsonmajority, because Cleveland liked Tom John-sons policies and believed that Baker, whohad been Johnsons confidant, was the manto put those policies into effect. Toledo re-elected Brand Whitlock for similar defeat of Mayor Marshall, of Columbus,who was a candidate for re-election, has beenascribed to his attitude in the street-railwaystrike two years ago. Ten of the Ohio citiesand towns elected Socialist mayors and manysocialists were elected members of c
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