The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-11-09
MOURNFUL
Was The Cabinet Meeting
The Rebuke In Ohio Stingcr.

Today's Cabinet meeting was 4
somewhat gloomy gathering ant
Mr.. Mckinley was chief mourner
Secretary Sherman looked as
mournful as the rest of them, bui
if he felt so it was probably be
cause he feared that the officia
count in Ohio would not meet dem
ocratic expectations by making
Boss Hanna's return to the Senate
impossible, and not because of the
general rebuke administered to the
administration by the increase In
the democratic vote and the de-
crease in the republican vote in
every State in which an election
was held. When speaking for pub
lication, the republicans try tc
make light of the results and to
claim that such is always the case
at the first off year elections held
under new administration, but
they do not talk that sort Of rot
among themselves. They know
the extraordinary efforts made by
their National Committee to hold
together the vote given to McKin-
ley last year and the enormous
amount o. money spent in those
efforts, and they see the results for
just what they area popular re-
buke to Mr.. Mckinley and his ad-
ministration. They see, too, that
it is a forerunner of the election of
a democratic majority Of the House
of Representatives, next tyear,wh
will in turn pave the way for the
election of democratic President
in 1900.
With the exception of New York,
where disgust with the alleged ere
formers" of the republican muni-
cipal administration brought about
the cyclone which restored Tamm-
any to power by an Unexpectedly
large plurality, Maryland, where
the silver question was lodged and
the a anti-Gorman democrats, head
ed by the Baltimore Sun, acted
with the republicans, the democrats
made their largest gains in those
States where they pushed the free
coinage of silver to the front as the
leading issue of the campaign.
This fact shows very plainly that
th ose who pronounced the "silver
craze" dead last year were not
1t also shows that
not few of tho republicans who
voted to put the Mckinley admin
straiton in power resent the con.
of the Cleveland-Carlisle
financial policy by the present ad-
ninistration.
Democrats in Washington are
disposed to give Mr.. Bryan a large
hare OF the credit for the splendid
howiDg made by the party in Ohio,
md the remark has been made
pany times, that if the entire.cam-
'aign in that State had been made
dong the same aggressive line as
he speeches made in the closing Il
lays by Mr.. Bryan, the democrats :
you'd have elected their entire /
tate ticket as well as have assured 2
he defeat of Boss Hanna. Ofcourse
hose who make these remarks
now that it is much easier to say
fter a campaign is over what
rould have been the winning pol
" thanOit is to make the choice in
le midst of campaign, but the
may be useful all the
ame, as it may be used to prevent v
.milar mistakes in the future. I
The only depressing feature about L
lie elections, from a democratic
pint of view, was the election of II
publican majority of the Mary L
nd legislature. which means that II
4nator Gorman's successor will be tt
o.
Delegations of gentlemen repre- a
nting communities which would RI
1e to have that proposed govern "
ent armor plate factory, continue A
present themselves and their f
lie arguments before the Board of pl
avail Officers having charge OF the A
vestigation to ascertain the best G
ration for such plant, which in er
Gates either a lack of knowledge bi
the attitude of the administra- nj
IN towards the project or a belief E
at Congress will act in the matter j..
gardless of the opposition OF the ia
I'll
Hon. Hann's Taylor, who was U. gu
to Spain under the last 70
and until the arriv- ev
of Gen. Woodford. the prese mt bl'
mister, at Madrid, several months vii
D, and who is at present staying ch
Washington, fails to perceive for