Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-18

Washington Post: The achievement is un-
precedented in the political annals of the
state, and the encouraging effect it will have
upon the republicans of the country at large
is to be taken for granted.
Chicago Tribune The city of Bath, the
home of Arthur Sewall, one of the append
ages to the Bryan ticket, cast a total vote
of LILO. Of these votes 1910 were repub-
lican, a gain of 600. Mr.. Sewall was beaten
in his own ward by 1872 out of 242 votes.
Mr.. Sewall was beaten in his own family
by a vote of 2 to l..
Chicago Post: So clear and unmistakable
is the message from Maine in it's reputation
of the doctrines of reputation that it's bare
statement overshadows any comment. When
the dispatches announce that Maine has
gone republican by something approaching
$4,000 it is like attempting to gild refined
gold to tell how 1t was done and what
chiefly contributed to the glorious result.
Philadelphia Press: There have been no
state issues in the canvass. The sound
money question and the tariff and the issues
made by the Chicago convention have been
the only subjects discussed. The result is
a remarkable declaration to the world that
the farmers and wOrkmen of Maine, as well
as the business men, will not have any part
or lot in population, or in reviving secession
doctrine, or any of the other monstrous
changes advocated by Bryan and his south
ern followers.
Indianapolis Journal: Much of the sig
nificance Of the victory in Maine is due to
the overwhelming majority, and that is the
kind of a republican majority that should
be given in every northern state. 1t is not
enough that Organism and reputation
shall be defeated in November. They should
be buried under popular majorltics such as
to render it impossible for them ever to rise
again. To this end the republicans in every
northern state should now direct their ut
most efforts to emulate the unprecedented
majority in Maine.
Philadelphia Ledger: The result in Yer
mont was a bitter disappointment to the
managers of the Bryan and Sewall cam
paign, but the news from Maine cannot but
have a demoralizing effect on their forces
in every state which, to the present time, is
conceded by all concerned to be close or
doubtful. On the other hand, the decided,
and even overwhelming victory for the re-
publican ticket will certainly imDart fresh
vigor to the friends of sound currency and
the maintenance of the national honor and
credit, and spur them to renewed efforts to
make the defeat of those who follow the
principles of Bryan, Altgeld and Tillman
50 crushing that little will be heard of them
again.
st. Louis Globe-Democra But let nobody
imagine that the honest money men, demo-
Gratis or republicans, are going to relax their
efforts to make their victory throughout the
country sweeping and final. The same in
telligence, courage and energy which carried
Vermont and Maine by unexampled ma
jorities arc being and will continue to be
employed in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and the
other great states of the central west, and
the result will be the same. Popocracy has
had sentence of death passed upon it. but
its execution cannot take place until No
vember. All over the country the honest
money food rises. If Ohio and Indiana were
still October states" they would repeat the
verdict of Vermont and Maine.