Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-11-24
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New YORK, N. r., November "a =
London dispatch says, In part: Hav
ing digested the views of both partie.
on the recent presidential election, th,
moderate and radical newspapers
which r, feet the views OF two thirds ol
the people of the United Kingdom, are
commenting in detail on the outcome
of the contest. "Lloyd's" admits that
Mr.. Bryan has fought the battle of bis
party with admirable pluck and deter.
mination; and 80 far as Major McKin-
ley Is concerned, hopes that his i'm
mense maj ajority will make him feel free
from the necessity Of yielding to the
extreme protectionists. 1t asserts that
the silver movement was not the in-
strument with which trusts and rings
could be ovsrthrown, but recognizes q
dangerous spirit of discomfort with the
esta blished order Of things.
: The radical Times and Echo takes
another view. 1t says that with Mr.
Bryan's defeat, the real fight in Ameri-
ca begins. Like many another profit,
he may not understand the full extent
of his mission. But he has crystallzed
around the one living force of the age,
all the a.niratIons of his American
disciples, and blended into one fierce
and irresistible demand the cry of the
oppressed masses. For the first time
in the history of the United States,
socialism, disguised as it may be, has
brought itself within the sphere ofprac-
tical politics. 1t has not been and will
not soon be extirininated. But whether
the struggle is to be fought constitu-
tionally Is hard question to answer.
In case OF civil war, the south would
not be slow to seize its opportunity,
and the end Of the century might see
three United States OF America instead
Of one. and the first real socialist re-.
public might rise IN the west.
Still another radical paper says:
"Babylon has not fallen after all. But
the writing on the wall is visible
enough for all that. 1t IS certain that
the next four years will see either the
disruption OF the United States or the
advance of socialism as definite poll.
ticai platform. The capitalists may be
trusted to pursue their advantage with
relentless vigor. The evil, the exploited
millions rose against, is real. Is Mr..
Bryan awake 10 the one cureP If not
he will disappear. But the evil re-
mains, and the revolt against it will
be one of dire desperation or hopeful
endurance, as it is organized.
"Reynold's'' contrasts the wonderful
skill In collection of election returns
with the slow methods in vogue 10 Eng
land and on the continent. It adds:
"What have the American people
doneP In the first place, they have
killed the democratic party. The gold
section of the democrats has Demon
strated its utter impotence, while the
silver section has shown that, even
with the support Of the populists, it has
no chance. To combination of the
latter elements, il only it is managed
honestly and wisely. the good wishes OF
European democrats should be accord
ed. America. like Europe, is abso-
lutely in the graspsof rich men, and for
the present the people wishit so. The
more needful it is for the discontented
and disinherited to arrange progam
which will smash the great capitalist
conspiracy against republican institu-
tons. The campaign of 1900 will be-
gin almost at once, but it should be an
intelligent campaign. There should
not be one proposal put forward that
cannot be nationally defended"