Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-08
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Tim IfhflNi IN tOhtBISIIf.
In his manifesto to the "bimetallhsts"
Of the United states announcing his de-
feat fOT the presidency. William Jen-
nings Bryan proves himself to be the
champion dclusiOnist Of the age. After
rccitng the causes which in his judy
mcnt brought about the election Of VIII.
liam Mckinley, Mr.. Bryan says:
In spite Of the efforts Of the administration
and It's supporters: in spite OF the threats Of
money loancrs at home and abroad in spite
Of the coercion practiced by corporate em-
I ployers; In spite Of trusts and syndicates; In
! spite Of an enormous republican campaign
/ fund and In spite Of the influence Of a hos.
tile daily press, bmetallism has almost
! trlumrhCd in the first great fight The loss
| " q few states and that. too. by very small
plur3iti,s. has defeated bimetallsm for the
/ present, but bimetallism energies from the
! contest stronger than II vas four months
| aEo
! 1t is amazing that any man presumed
to be fairly informed concerning the
conditions under which the campaign
was fought and familiar with American
geography should drludr himself and
] Try W N'iuN' Ntli'lN ny sum lhlNN''''-
! mCntS.
MIR Bryan knows that the opposition
ur the administration was more of Il
! help to his cause than 1t was to that of
! Mckinley. 1t relieved him At least in
! part of responsibility for the crash of
1S0& and the subsequent unpopular
| bond issues about which he and his cam
paign stumpcrs harpcd 50 much. The
opposition of the administration enabled
/ the Bryans Tillmuns and Altgclds 10
turn to their own advantage the acts of
! Cleveland that had given oifeuse to
wageworkcrs and producers.
1t Is amazing that man backed by
! the silver mine milionaircs and mining
stock gamblers. whose chief capital lay
| in his attacks on the money power. the
plutocrats. the syndcates and the trusts,
should now charge NJ his defeat to the
influences that were the weakest spot
in his opponents armor and gave him
| his only strength.
| 1t is amazing, too. that a man who
had been specially favored by the great
newspapers of the country, who consti-
tutc and support with their money and
their ncwsgathcring machinery the ma
! tional press associations. with the wild
est publicity of everything he had To say
i'm the campaign without price. should
persist in chalg ing his defeat to this
agency.
The most amazing thing of all is the
sublime conccit that prompts Mr.. Bryan
to- assert that "bimctalliSm has almost
| triumphcd" in his unsuccessful contest
and that his failure is due TO the loss
Of only few states by very small plu-
raliticS." The facts are just the re-
| verse. There has not been more
crushing rcbuke administered at the bal
lot box by the people of the United
States since 1872. when Horace Greeley
was nominated by two parties, with
neither of whom he had anything in
common.
Creditng Mr.. Bryan with all the states
he has carried and adding to them the
states of Kentucky. South Dakota and
| Wyoming. whose electoral votes may in
part or in whole be east for Mckinley.
we have states representing IN aggrc-
j gate census population of 24.4lS,411.
Computing the present population of the
United States at 70,00O,O0O and giving
these states their proportion of the
growth since 1890, their present popu-
lation cannot exceed 27.OOO.OOO. while
the states carried for Mckinley have
population of 43.O0O.OOO. The pluralitieS
for Mckinley are 100000. while the
pluralitics for Bryan are computed at
$4,000. The states of New York and
! Pennsylvania alone have given almost
as great II plurality for Mckinley as all
the states together that have cast their
votes for Bryan. and these include nj
least 10000 votes of women in Colo
RADIO, Utah and Wyoming
Instead of being on the verge of a
triumph the combined silver forces have
met signal and irretricvable disaster.
In spite of the efforts of their standard
bearer to rouse the passions and preju-
dices of the poor against the rich. the
debtor against the creditor. the bread
winner against the employer; in spite of
prevailing low prices of farm products
and the general discomfort growing out
of long continued financial depression:
in spite of the temptation TO dcbt-ScaIing
and reputation, nearly two-thirds of
the plain people deliberately rejected
the Bryan panacea and voted for Nc
Kinlcy and sound money. This verdict
is conclusive and will be SO accepted by
Intelligent men of all parties.
| A NATIONAL HIGHWiY COMBUSTION.
There is n bill in congress, which has
the hncking of the Lnngnn of Amnricnn