The Irish standard., 1896-11-14
in the following urlan-

la . Ia.
If half Of the $4,000 votes, $4,000. had
been cast for Bryan the result would nave
been tie. If a thousand or two thou.
sand more than half, 1900 or zo,OOO, had
been cast for Bryan, Mckinley would
have lost the nine states and the 6o eiec-
certainly would have raised his total to
227, three more than enough.
eve commend this fact says the Post,
''to the gentlemen who are throwing up
their hats AM yelling themselves black
in the face on account Of McKinley's sue
cess" 4
In the words of another Republican, ut
was hair-breadth escape"
And thus it is admitted here in Wash
ington at least that Han1ia's landslide was
after all sQuseze-in.
1t is regarded by some facetious Demo-
Gratis that if the Republican campai gn
had not been conducted most honorably
the public would suspect. that Mr.. Hanna
ha i purchased 5McKinley's election.
The reports that the Republicans COM
mitted frauds in the mountain Businesses
of Kentucky, among the f1oaters Of In
| diana and the voters OF Maryland, are
! utterly discredfted here, for Mr.. Hanna
has sent word that he was not working
for office or gain, but for the good OF the
country.
Let us pull down the statue Of Liberty
at New York and erect a Mark Hanna
colossus to strad11e over the entrance to
the harbor and hold up the torch OF liberty
frightening the world.
Along with the unselfish statement OF
Mr. Hanna comes the report to this city
that the bimetallists will be able to
block legislation in the senate for two
years at least. vs. f
| Sting No. 2.
Congressman Pickler's withdrawal from
the senatorial contest in North Dakota
In irrornodiafa Of ReD1lDllCan
alarm and the following gold bug esEi-
mate:
Gold Republicans 81; gold Democrats
8; total, IS.
silver Republican, 10; silver Democrats,
rs: Populists, 8; total, As.
4 leading Republican resident Of Wash
ington admitted today that this announce
ment would probably prove true.
ssI regret ii very MUCK, he said: for 1T
will keep up the agitation of the money
question. / hoped that Mr.. Bryan, If elect
ed, would have house and senate READY
Then we should have had fair test:
had the same hopes In regard to Nc
Kinley."
The Republican looked disconso'ate, and
yet he knew that Mark Hanna had attend
ed dinner Of millionaires at Whitelaw
imous support for the plan of maintaining
the Republican national committee for
four years, as it Is.
Secretary Lawrence Gardner of the Ma
tional Association of Democratic Clubs
told me Wednesday that the association
would be active during the next four
years. The headquarters which have been
here for five years, will remain here. Mr..
Gardner has leased the necessary rooms.
Chairman Jones remark that the Bry-
antics would accept defeat with better
grace than the Hannacrats reminds me Of
a remark which a well-to-do Republican
made before election, as he passed out Of
the news and cigar store where I get the
local daiHes. The Hannacrat had gotten
into a lively discussion with silver:te in
the little store and both had talked very
much in earnest. =
AS the Republican passed out he said,
plainly ard decisively:
eff Bryan is elected he will never reach
the White House alive!"
For the benefit Of this and other gentle
men Of the same way Of thinking can
say that there was a large group Of men,
rich and poor old and young, at Demo-
crtaic headquarters Wednesday, and they
all said enthusiastically that they would
continue to support Bryan until he was
elected. COl>BUtsN.