Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-13
POLITICAL OUTLOOK.
POLITICAL APOSTACY CAUSE
OF DEFEAT.
Congress VIII Probably He I'm AC-
cord with the Administration
Thc Issue Will stand or Fall on
the Result Bureaucratic ReOrgan-
iZatiOn Needed.
rom Our Regular CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 9Th, 1896

From Our Regular Correspondent.
! WASHINGTON, Nov. 9Th, 1856.
The Democrats are up against the
hard wall of defeat again. True, The
defeat isn't as overwhelming as the
McKinleyites tried to make the coun
! try believe it was, but still it is defeat
Democrats do not like defeat any better
now than in the past nor any better
than the Republicans did four year.
ago, but there are numerous reason,
| which serve to make the defeat O
Bryan especially aggravating. not the
least OF which is the knowledge thai
his election would have been so easy
had the gold Democrats given him a,
loyal support as the silver Democrats
gave to Cleveland in his three cam.
paigns. Still, there is very little bitter.
ness expressed by Democrats. They
made their fight against the creates,
odds any party ever fought against and
came so near winning that they
frightened some of the other fellows
almost to death, and, being good
citizens and thorough believers In the
rule of the majority, they are generally
disposed to accept the result philosoph.
ically and to wait to even up things,
as it generally does, in politics and in
everything else.
Although it is too early, owing to
the absence OF full and authentic re-
turns, to pass full judgment on the
extent OF the defeat, it is known that a
majority of Mckinley electors have been
elected and probable that a majority
OF the popular vote has been registered
against the free coinage OF silver; il is
certain that majority of the next
House will be anti-silver Republicans.
ard feared that enough legislatures
have gone Republican to elect enough
Senators to wipe out the silver ma.
jority in the Senate and give that BODY
over to the control of the anti.silyer
Republicans. Granting that these
probabilities will all turn out to be
facts, they are not so terrible, from a
Democratic point of view, as they at
first glance appear to be. In fact, il
the Democrats could not have the
Presidency and both branches of Con.
gress it is much better for the future
of the party-let it not be forgotten
that the Democratic party is the one
deathless political party that this
country has known-that the Republi-
cans should have them all. With the
executive and legislative branches of
the government in their hands there
can be no Sinking OF responsibilities
on the part of the Republicans. They
have promised the country a renewal
OF prosperity, if they were restored to
power. Now that is exactly what the
country stands most in need of and
what the Democratic party hopes to
accomplish. A majority OF the voters
OF the country have decided that the
Republicans should have another trial.
All right, let them 60 ahead and give
us prosperity as soon as possible. If
they do it, the voters will be sure to
give them full credit for it, and they
may be sure that the Democrats will
be too anxious after their long period
OF hard times" under previous Re.
publican legislation and policy to get
little prosperity for themselves to
raise any obstacles to prevent its COM
ing or to drive it away after it arrives.
II they fail. as they have done before,
the voters will see their mistake and
will give the Democratic party a
chance to see what it can do towards
making the country permanently
prosperous, instead of spasmodically
prosperous with long intervals OF
" hard times" between.
Many things might be said about
the methods pursued to secure Nc.
kinley's election, but as the case is
analogous to that of some of our un-
scrupulous rich men who have no
hesitation about violating the criminal
laws, it is probably best to let them 20
without comment.
Since the election there has been
considerable talk about a reorpaniza-
ton OF the Democratic party upon
some basis which will bring together
IN one organization all those who be-
lleve in the fundamental principles of
the party. Such movement properlv
conducted is worthy OF all commenda-
ton, but if it is intended merely as
means OF restoring to leadership the
men who failed the party in its hour
OF need it will be certain to receive the
condemnation it deserves, from the
rank and file OF the party-the men
who bore the brunt of the battle ius<r
lost. There may be two opinions as to
the need OF reorganiza ton of the
Democratic party, but il is certain. IN
my mind, and l think to that of the
most of those who are familiar with
the workings of the campaign lust
ended. that the Democratic party
needs organization very badly in MANY
States. That is one of the few things
that the party might find that it would
De advantageous to copy after its
opponents. Had the Democratic party
been organized as it should have been
Senator Jones and Faulkner would
have had more trustworthy in!orma-
ton from several States than they
were furnished with, and had they
known the real situation in several
States that were lost they might have
taken steps that would have saved
them and possibly have changed the
result of the election. 1t is the custom
to sheer at party machines in some
quarters, but for all that they are
necessary adjuncts of most successful
Dem.
A DEALER in hardware in this city,
who stood in his doorway while the