Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-11-14
GOV. STONE OF MISSOURI

Declares that Mckinley Won by a scratch,
and that Few Thousand Votes, Prop
erly Distributed, Would Have Changed
the Result-DemOcracy, Iie Says, VIII
Win Yet.
JEFFERSON CITY, NO., Nov. 9.-Gov.
Stone, being asked for more full
statement of his views of the election
than has yet appeared, gave the follow
ing MS his analysis:
Republican papers are boastlng over Nc
Kinley's victory, but they boast with lit rea-
son. These papers take special pleasure In
parading McKinley's popular majority Bas-
Ing this majority on their own estimates many
OF which are certainly exaggerated, they claim
that Mckinley's popular majority Is phenom-
enal. A brief analysis will show how little
real comfort there is In this phenomenal ma
1Ority' for the gold monometalists.
I'm the states east OF the Allegheny noun
tians and north Of the Potomac, McKinly re-
ceived more than two-thirds OF his popular
majority. According to the estimates in the
Globe e-Democrat Mckinley received over o
million majority In the northeastern states re-
ferred to. In those states the money power is
most strongly entrenched and is almost omnip.
otent. never doubted that We would be bad
ly beaten there Maryland and Delaware are
the only northeastern states ever supposed
We had nny chance OF carrying. have
always maintained that our chance OF victory
was In the western and southern states, lying
west of the Allegheny mountains and south CT
the Potomac an Ohio rivers. l felt very hope
full and confident OF carrying enough OF the
states to win. Our fight was begun and mainly
organized on that theory.
"In these western and southern states. all
west Of the Allegheny and south Of the rivers
named Bryan received q substantial and grati-
flying majority OF the popular vote. | have not
sufficient data to state the majority but 1t Will
be large. Concede that West Virginia. Ken
lucky, Indiana. the Two Dakotas, Oregon, Wy
oming and California have gone for Mex inley
land MS to some OF them it is still matter OF
dispute. as the difference is so small that the
official count will be necessary to determine
the result what then? A change Of 25000
votes In these eight states would have given
them to Bryan. and thereby made his election
certain. Therefore. in the states upon which
we depended for success Bryan had substan-
tial popular majority. Some Of these states
necessary to his election he lost, but lost by
such narrow margins that change OF ZOO
votes--which is about one-half Of the vote OF
an average congressional distrlct--could have
| changed the entire result and made Bryan
president
"There Is no reason here for discouragement
When we consider tho circumstances of the
campaign feel we should congratulate our
selves even In defeat. A year ago the demo-
cratic party was nearer destruction and dis
solution than ever before In It's history. 1t was
almost wreck. Then the people revolted
against the administration which was trying
to betray the party into an abandonment of its
| principles The Chicago convention repudiated
| the administration and declared for the Old
faith Of the party This, Of course. pre-
cipitated fierce conflict In the party and re.
suited In having the whole power OF the ma
tional administration thrown against It,
THUS tho fight was opened. The majority
Of the popullsts. who also fivored blmetallism,
and many silver republicans rallied to our
support. But 1t was on almost impos-
sible task In the time ani with
the limited means OF our disposal to ef-
lectively organize these hitherto antagonistic
| forces. On the other hand we had arrayed
| against us the banks, syndlcates. corporations
| and oil those great combinations representing
| the money power OF thl, country and Europe:
nine-tenths Of tho great city papers and the
national administration which had been elect
| ed by the democratic party. The republican
| committee controlled money without limit, and
the grcat corporations and other establish-
ments used oil their power to influence the
voters OF hundreds Of thousands Of employees
against u.s. We relied almost wholly upon the
plain people. widely scattered over tho coun
try. and almost wholly unorganized at the be.
ginning Of tho fight In July. In the face Of sll
these disadvantages the goldbugs won only by
the skin Of their teeth.
AT least one glorious result has been
achieved The democratic party is now DEM
ocratic In principle as we'll as In name. 1t Is
once more the party Of the common people.
Freed from the presence and influence Of those
who would destroy 1t, IL they can not use II for
selfish ends, 1t will grow In strength until II
will become all-powerful. Tho people mean ia
do right, and they will get right in time. Our
allies will cooperate more cordially with us
| in future when they are assured Of our SINGER
| ity and constancy. Indeed. l hope for such a
realignment as will result In practical union
OF oil forces opposed to plutocrntic rule
mckinley Is pledged to maintain the gold
standard do not believe permanent and gem
cral prosperity to be possible under that policy,
II he can do better than Cleveland and Harri-
SON and prove us mistaken, we'll and good.
will be glad II the country can bs made pros
| porous, even under the gold standard. will
(, gladly Welcome the pl0Lised prosperity II /,
| comes. In the meantime urge our friends Ia
10 on at once with the work Of organization.
Let US be thoroughly organised and prepared
for the next battle and we will win, Plutoc-
racy shall not reign in this land. We will have
. country ruled b men. not BY money"
Chairman Robsrts OF Kentucky
| wired Nal McKinlsy Saturday thai
the sta&e'sess securely repahliysu b