Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-06

.icy are now buried, such meth.
ods as those TO which Mr.. Bryan resor.
co. are not likely to emerge for a par
GRAFTON. Until yesterdays lesson sha,,
nave been forgotten,no presidential a.
piraht is likely to imagine that he can
serve ms ambition by such efforts 10 ex.
cite hatred between Imaginary clae.a.
III this country, as forced their ahbnr
rent presence into the campaign inc,
closed. Demagogues Of whatever partv
may date from yesterdays result a
higher estimate Of the virtue and intel
ligence OF the American people in which
IN every emergency Is safety for the ro-
public to be sought and found.
Mckinley and Victory.
Lewiston JournaID
The great presidential campaign of 1sgc
IS over. and most overwhelming victory
has been achieved for the Repubiican
cause; for protection and sound mOnev
William Mckinley OF Ohio. has been
elected President and Garrett A. Hobart
Ing ma5ority-the actual recording of the
verdict Of the people by the electors re-
maining only as a formality.
| The country breathes freer The busi-
ness and industries of the country feel
| that a crushing burden has been removed
Ine dark cloud which has hung over the
/
| through which the golden sunlight il
| streaming. The distrust which has so
long paralyzed business and Industries
already promises to gradually give place
| to rising confidence. The gravest peril
| with which the country has been threat
ened since the close of the Civil war has
been overcome.
The peril involved in Organism IL II
had been successful. was not alone the
depreciation and decentralization of the
currency;-that would have been an ire
4 ar.lh la bax w. hoo h.,
triumph of elements antagonistic to law
and order of socialistic tendencies at war
with the conditions of progress: of class
prejudices and hatreds: and of reckless
inexperience and dangerous emotional ex-
periments. in government. That the peo-
pie Of this country. have repudiated the
through depreciation of the currency.
shows their capacity for self-government.
This great victory for sound principles
has not been won by Republican votes
alone. In every pivotal state the votes of
tens of thousands OF sound money Demo-
Gratis have been added to the Republican
states to the sound money cause. and in
creased the majority Of the victory every
where. The unexampled victory lin New
York, the tremendous sweep in Chicago
and Illinois, the triumph in Kentucky and
the grand result in many other states are
due in a conspicuous manner to the aid of
business Democrats, who have put cOun-
try above party.
The Republicans and sound money men
have not only won the presidency and the
national House. butt there is reason to
hope that they have captured the Legis-
latures of enough states which are toelect
United States senators to give them the
control of the Senate after the 4th of
March next. If the Senate is secured.
then our victory is complete, and the way
opened for such legislation as is required
which it enjoyed from 1879 to 1883
The contest has been severe one, and
in many respects phenomenal. The cap
ture of the Democratic party at Chicago
by the free silver men, the fusion of the
captured Democracy and Populists, and
even prohibitory party men in some
states. the skilful Selling on the democrat
ization of business and paralysis of in
decline of prices brought about by the
free trade prescription of 1928 the OPP
portunity to offef the free silver panacea.
and the effort to bring workingmen into
to class prejudice-all have made the
campaign one of the most formidable and
dangerous ever inaugurated in American
politics. 1t is certainly a splendid tribute
to the American people that they have
had the good sense to reject the alluring
appeals and to stand by principles and
policies which have stood the test of ex-
perience.
We congratulate the Republicans Of the
who have been the head and
front of the patriotic cause in this great
on this new triumph. 1t was the
Republican party which led the hosts OF
freedom in 1860. 1t was the Republican
party which guided the nation in safety
the storm of war. 1t was the
Republican party which preserved the
credit of the nation when 1t was threat
ened after the war. 1t was the Republic
can party which, aided by patriotic DEM
ocrats as in 1850. has met and repulsed
the new and more dangerous assault on
the national life and honor.