Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-11-11
The Two Questions Settled November
End.

The election on November I'd settled
two questions irrevocably.
One was the reputation of Mr.. Nc
Kinley's administration by the friends
that in 1896 elected it. The mere fact
that the country turns from national
administration in State elections in an
off year by no means indicates GER
tainly that that administration Is
repudiated, but reputation follows
when that administration has thrown
it's weight into those State elections
and wrought ruin instead of victory.
In New York, which gave Mckinley
quarter of million majority last
wear, he threw all of his weight. His
Secretary of the Interior went there
and made speech for Senator Platt's
candidate Tracy, and the result was
that the Democratic State ticket got
sc. 900 majority, and the Democratic
candidate for mayor of Greater New
York got $4,000 majority.
| In Maryland last year Mr.. Mckinley
got majority of 10000. This year his
Postmaster General Gary threw all OF
his influence into that State and near
" brought a two thirds reduction of
| it.
In Ohio last year Mr.. Mckinley got
| 81. 900 majority. This year the Presi-
dent himself went to Ohio and made a
speech for the Republican cause, which
| in that State goes under the name OF
Hanna. The disastrous result to that
majority of SO, 900 has been given in
these columns. The fifty thousand has
almost melted away-and that in the
Presidents own State.
The other question settled is that
the free coinage of both silver and
gold will be the Democratic issue in
the next Presidential fight. In Great
er New York the Democratic candidate
for mayor was badly handicapped and
almost his only strong point was that
last year he voted for VIM. J. Bryan
like a true Democrat. That strong
point elected him mayor of the new
city of nearly three million inhabitants
by eighty thousand plurality. The
politicians of Tammany Hall halted
and vacillated on free silver, evading
it finally by silence, but this man Van
Wyck ran on his record of 1896.
Kentucky which went Republican
| l. ~oor khio oldo<c froo ssiluor
man on the plain free silver issue by
90, 900 majority.
It was but a few weeks ago that a
New York gold paper made the pre-
diction that the refusal of Great
Britain to adopt bimetallism would
have the effect in this country OF
arousing the free silver ''lunatics" to
renewed and more strenuous efforts
for independent action by the United
States" and was to be therefore taken
by the gold advocates as question:
BILE victory. This apprehension was
emphasized by the tremendous out
pourings of the people of Ohio that
greeted that wonderful man. VIM. J.
Bryan of Nebraska, in his canvass in
their State for brief four days pre-
ceeding the election last week. A
couplet of campaign song in Maine
recently was to the effect that
| .sMaine is hi bent
On Governor Kent
and it may be said that the plain peo-
pie of the United States are in the
same profane state of mind with regard
to giving independent action by the
United States trial. As long as the
taxes, wages, clothing for the family,
and other expenses of the farmer are
the same, he must have money to pay
them, and he is going to keep up this
fight until there is money enough in
the country not only to "move the
crops" but to give him good price for
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