The Globe-republican., 1897-12-02
REPUBLICAN, OPINION.


OF the United States. Maryland il now
to have two Republican senators: West
Virginia has one and is likely to have
another: Kentucky has one Republican
and one other who refuses to cooper
ate with the Democrats on the cur
rency question; Louisiana has one
Democrat refusing to join with his :
party on the tariff; South Carolina has
one and Georgia two who kicked over
the traces on the tariff; North Carolina
has no Democratic representative, one
OF her Senators being Republican and
the other Populist; one Texan Dem
ocratic senator refuses to support free
silver. In fact, the number Of Southern
senators who follow time-honored
Democratic doctrines is becoming ex-
tremely small.
Now that Mr. Bryan has finished his
attempt to bury Mark Hanna" he
can go to Mexico and congratulate the
people Of that country on the fact that
their dollar has fallen 20 per cent in
value in the past year.
The balance in favor of the United
States in its trade with England was
greater last year than at any time pre-
vious during the last fifteen years, II
not than any previous year.
Mr.. Bryan declared that he didn't
see any evidence of prosperity while
in Ohio. Probably the smoke Of re-
opened factories injured his eyesight
while in the state.
With two Republican senators and q
Republican delegation in the house,
the old state of Maryland will not be
able to recognize herself in the politi-
cal mirror.
Railroad earnings are at a high fig
ure, and the bank clearances of the
country were 90 per cent higher last
week than in the corresponding week
Of last year.
The farmers Of Ohio. Iowa, Maryland.
Kansas and South Dakota showed by
their votes in the recent election
that free silver has no more charms
for them
People who really want to pay their
debts in deprecated dollars should re-
move to Mexico. The silver dollars
of that country have fallen 20 per cent
in value in the past year, and the man
who owed $1,000 year ago can pay it
with $500 worth of silver now. This
is condition that would delight the
people who last year were insisting
upon an opportunity to pay debts IN
deprecated dollars.
Boies during his recent trip through
Iowa.
The twelve counties of Ohio in which
Mr.. Bryan made speeches in the cam
paign just ended gave 997 more Re-A
publican majority than they did in
1896. Considering that Mr.. Bryan os>
tentatiously announced that he 'came
to bury Hanna. not to praise him."
this result is rather amusing-to every
body except MIR. Bryan.
In spite of less active trade during
October in nest sections of the coun-
try, and the virtual stoppage of BUSH
ness at the South as a result Of the
scares and guarantees,
the aggregate total for that month ex-
ceeded even September's immense to-
tai, and marks the heaviest months to-
tai since January, 1883. This result.
was accomplished, too, with the same
number of business days in the month
as in Septemb r."-Bradstreet's.
With Arthur Pue German beaten,
Mark Hanna as good as reelected, Re-
publican gains in Kansas, free silver
again repudiated in Ohio. Iowa, Penn
sylvania, Massachusetts and New
York, the Democrat who can extract
comfort from the result of this years
elections must be a veritable political
Mark Tapley.
What has become of that trio OF
find evidence that the gold powers"
had forced the Yankees of the Orient
into action recently taken in favor Of
the gold standard? They have been
gone nearly four months and not q
sound has been heard from them.
The talk of cooperation Of feH
Ohio Republicans with the Mclean
Democrats of that state in the ap-
senatorial election is pro-
nounced by Ohio men of both parties
the merest "moonshine" 1t would be
political suicide for any man who
would undertake it or attempt to prof
t by it.
With Ex-Governor Altgeld organizing
/ paper-money party, ex-Governof
Bots denouncing the 6-to-1 PROPOSE
ion, Senator Stewart telling the peo-