The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-11-13

0sys TAqir Results Presage Republican
Do1oat IN Coming oontoaHa

/ The elections Of 1897 indicate
issatp(action With Republican poll
iciss and prssase the overthrow Of
the Republican party. They also
indicate that the boiling Democrats
cannot long maintain = separate or
ganixation and must either 60 over
to tho Republicans or return to the
regular Democratic party and accept
the platform adopted in Chicago
in 1885.
In Ohio, ths home Of the Presi-
dent, - we'll % the home Of Mr..
Hanna. the chairman Of the Repub-
lican National Committee, the Re-
publican majority was reduced a.
most one-half, and the Legislature
10 close. Certainly, in Ohio, if any
whore, Republicans might have
been expected to hold their own,
but instead Of doing 90 they have
shown = distinct loss, in spite of
the fact that they had anabundance
of money for campaign purposes
and an organization ~ complete as
last year. together with the interest.
ed aid of those who have received
Offices at the hands Of the admins
tration, or expect Offices.
In Kentucky the Democrats car
ried the State By about ~, 600, and
secured . good working majority
in the Legislature, Notwithstanding
the efforts put forward by the Re-
publicans and gold Democrats.
In Iowa the Republican majority
was cut down almost one-half and
large Democratic gains were made
in the Legislature.
In Pennsylvanis and Massachu.
sets the Republican majorities were
largely reduced:
In Virginia the Democrats made
decided gains on tho State ticket
and in the Legislature.
In Nebraska the fusion plurality
will exceed my plurality of last
year, Notwithstanding . considera-
BILE decrease in the total vote. The
percentage Of votes cast by the sill
yer forces in Nebraska 10 greater
than ever before.
The Republicans fought their
campaign this year under the most
favorable circumstances. Congress
was called together in extraordinary
session and the Dingley bill was
passed. Factories, which were closed
during the period of uncertainty.
as to the schedules, opened up when
tho law passed finally, and the rates
fixed positively; merchants, who
had postponed purchases for the
same reason, replenished their
stocks, and the metropolitan news
papers united in heralding return
Of prosperity. Since everybody was
anxious for prosperity to return,
no matter what party brought it,
many were inclined to give the Re-,
publican party further time to dem.
onstrate the success or failure of its
policies.
In spite of these advantages, the
Republican party has failed to hold
its own, and the sentiment in favor
of the Chicago platform continues
to grow.
The tariff bill has been in opera
ton something like four months,
and AZ yet has not been vindicated
by experience. Notwithstanding the
fact that Republican leaders and
Republican papers are continually
celebrating the return of prosperity,
the voters do not seem to have re-
ceived their share, 40 is evidenced
by the returns of last Tuesday.
The elections will encourage the
friends of independent bimetallism
to continue their campaign. By
sending q commission to Europe,
Mr.. Mckinley admitted the gold
standard to be unsatisfactory. By
appropriating 800, 900 to pay the
expenses Of the commission, the
Republican Congress confessed it.
self DESTROYS of getting rid of the
gold standard.
The Republican party, having
failed in its efforts to get rid of the
gold standard, must now insist upon
the American people enduring q
gold standard. Can the Republican
party carry over to the gold stand
ard all those who believed in inter-
national bimetallism last year,
Surely not.
The opposition to the trusts is
growing stronger every day, and
the Republican party is impotent
to exterminate them because it re-
ceives financial support from them.
Therefore, it must expect to lose
votes among those who believe the
modern trust to be Q menace to the
industries % we'll 40 to the policies
OF the United States.
The last Democratic platform OPP
posed government BY injunction.
Events have brought this subject
into still greater prominence since
the election, and few Republicans
will openly defend government by