The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-11-04
the other way. When thing is fairly
settled the people accept and make the
best of it. Sulks and lamentations are
not in their line.
A GLORIOUS VICTORY.

1t is glorious news that the PRESS is
able to lay before its readers this morn
ing. The country has gone for MoKin-
ley and Hobart, not by narrow
margin, but by majority that will be
overwhelming both in the electoral COL
lege and in the popular vote. The ex-
tent OF the victory surprises the most
sanguine. New England. the middle
states. the Central West, and Northwest
and the border Southern states have all
rolled up immense majorities for sound
money, for public order, and for the in
tegrity Of the supreme court. All the
states that are certain for Mr.. Bryan
are those in which fair ballot and
fair count are practically unknown, and
those in which silver mining is the prin-
Opal interest. The farmers of the west
ern prairies have spurned Bryan's easy
way of paying debts by rspudiating one
half Of them. the business men of the
cities have without distinction of party
rallied to the support of public and pri-
vate honesty and sound finance, and
there are few signs that the laboring
men to whom Bryan made his chief
appeals We're fooled by his specious argu-
ments and his frantic appeals to
prejudice. The masses and the classes
seem to have united to crush out once
and forever the spirit of anarchy and
class hatred which dominated Z tn 9
Chicago convention and sought to
dominate the country. The strength of
popular go vernment has once more boon
vindioated. The people Of the United
States have taught the anarchists and
regulators that this country ia not
their spot 1t will be a great many years
before band of adventures attempt
again to lift themselves into power in
this country by prostituting the public
or appealing to the lowest passions Of
the ignorant and dapraved.
The results OF the victory will be far
reaching. and nowhere will its good
effects be felt more quickly and more
strongly than in the business of the
country. Merchants and manufacturers
have been paralyzed for months past by
the fear that auotuating and uncertain
standard of value might.be inflicted upon
this country. THAT fear is now happily
passed. and all our people, whatever
their vooations, may set to work in
full confidence that no legislativ 9
trickery, no debasing of the standard Of
value will cheat them out Of the legiti-
mate fruits of their industry and en-
terprise. Confidence ought speedily to
revive and new era OF prosperity dawn
on the American people.
1t has been hard fought contest.
The Republican party bore the brunt
Of the struggle but it was assisted by
thousands and tens of thousands of
Democrats. whose loyalty to national
honor and honesty rose superior to the
loyalty to their party after 1t was
debauohd byAltgeld and Tillman and the
other Anarchists aud regulators who
got possession Of 1t at Chicago. All
honor to those Democrats. All honor
to the Republican leaders who insisted
that the Republican party should take
Its stand squarely for national honor
and national good faith. All honor to
the Republican farmers of the West and
the East who spurned the tempting
bride that the free silver advocates held
out to them. All honor to the business
men who labored night and day and
contributed literally of their time and
money. All honor to the workingmen
who turned deaf ear to the constant
appeals to prejudice and class hatred.