The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-11-13
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Corresponds t Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
(Communicated.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 1896.

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Democrats are not attempting to ex-
plain Bryan's defeat. ''Sufficlent unto
the day is the evil thereof" McKin-
ley was elected because he got the
most votes. and no good can come of
labored explanations as to why and
how. Ifany Democrat knows of votes
obtained by methods that can be prov
ed to be illegal, it is his duty, as a pa
triotic citizen. to make an exposure in
order that the guilty may be punish
ed, but it is idle to waste time in show
ing up other methods which are as old
as the Republican party. This is a
good time for Democrats to follow the
example of Uncle Remus and carefully
lay low and watch the other fellows.
Although Mckinley has won, his sup
porters are far from being united upon
a single one of the Questions that must
he legislated upon. and whether he can
secure such legislation as he desires
from the next Congress is a question
yet TO be answered. The control of
the Senate is still in doubt, and not
withstanding the Republican majority
in the House, Speaker Reeds personal
ambition may be counted upon to pre-
vent that body being entirely at. the
beck and call of Mckinley.
There is nothing in the situation
which calls for any new expression of
opinion on the part of the Democratic
party. The party is thoroughly alive
as it has been from the day of its birth,
and will continue to be as long as free
and untrammelled opinion is allowed
to exist in this country, but inasmuch
as it has just failed to elect either the
President or majority of the House,
it is not called upon to outline policy.
That is for Mckinley and the Republic
cans to do. When they have done so
it will be time enough for the Demo-
cratic party to decide what it will do.
Meanwhile Democrats should join
with their Republican friends in get
ting as much benefit as possible out of
the boom which the capitalists are
pushing, and which it is hoped will be
as permanent as it has been sudden.
All of us are in a position to welcome
prosperity, no matter from what
source it may come, and he who refuses
of Endorsement at the polls stands in
the position of the man who bit his
nose off in order to spite his face.
Senator Butler, Chairman of the
Populist National Committee, has not
improved his popularity with Demo
Gratis by the language he makes use of
in an address to the people on the
campaign. He starts out by asserting
that the Peoples party is the only
party that supported solidly and unit.
eddy the great and vital issues repre-
scented in the candidacy of
Mr.. Bryan. While technically true,
this is calculated to mislead. He
closes by making prophecy, that
''the peoples party will be the
nucleus around which the patriotic
hosts must and will gather to redeem
betrayed republic and to restore pros
peritv to an oppressed and outraged
people," Without posing as rival of
Senator Butler in the prophetic field, L
will venture to say that his prophecy
will read very queer in the summer of
1900 when the Democratic party NOM
mates its next Presidential candidate.
Senator Butler means well-for him
self-out in his zeal to make personal
capital out of Democratic defeat he has
Overdone the thing and done himself
more harm than good.
1t was not friend of Secretary Car
Isle who suggested that be might rep
resent the gold Democrats in McKiu-
ley's Cabinet. 1t may be that the gold
Democrats deserve representative in
McKinley's Cabinet-many believe
that his election would have been inn
possible without the votes of the gold
Democrats-but should he desire to
pay that debt, which is extremely
doubtful, he would probably find it
difficult to find gold Democrat of any
standing who would be willing to be-
come member of his cabinet, and it
would be a safe 100 to l bet that Car
Isle would not. 1t is understood here
that some very big Republicans are IN
the deal by which an attempt Is to be
made to have Mr.. Carlisle sent to the
Senate by a combination of Republic
cans and gold Democratic votes i'll the
Kentucky Legislature.
Bryan's defeat is nothing for him to
be ashamed Of A change of $4,000
votes divided among nine States, and
varying from l0l votes in the lowest to
IL 900 in the highest, would have given
the electoral votes of additional
States. q total of 60, TO Bryan, and
would have elected him with votes
to spare. When some overjubilant
McKinleyite gets too gay about the
overw helming nature of the Mckinley
landslide, just call his attention to
these facts.
Secretary Gardner bas secured
rooms for the permanent head
quarters for the National Asso-
citation of Democratic Clubs, the
organization of which it is proposed
to keep up right along. Mr.. Gardner
is also secretary of the Democratic Con-
gresslonal Committee, and its head
quarters will be located at the same
place, although it will have no work
to do until the opening of the Congress
sional campaign.