The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-06
SIGNIFICANT REPUBLICAN VIC
TORIES.

Full returns of the elections of Tuesday,
so far as they affect States and have a
bearing upon the future of politics, are sat-
isfactory to Republicans In fact, not since
General Grants first term have Republic
ans been so successful in elections the year
after the election of a Republican Presi-
dent In 1889 they lost both Ohio and Iowa
because of local questions and the reaction
which comes to a successful party after the
excitement and tension of a presidential
election The result in Ohio is most signifi-
cant evidence that it's voters stand firmly
to the Republican faith of sound money
and protection. Governor Bushnell carries
the State by nearly 1900, against $1,000 for
Mckinley in 1896. But for the factional
feuds in three cities the Republican plural
ity would have reached nearly $1,000. The
Legislature is close. After losing Hamilton
county by party dssension, the wonder is
that the Legislature is not decidedly Demo-
cratic when it is remembered that for six
months John r. Mclean has had his secret
agents at work with money to carry close
legislative districts. But for the often Of
fensive personality of Senator Hanna-an
offensiveness which many Indiana Repub-
licans remember-the Legislature of Ohio
would have been decidedly Republican in
spite of Mclean.
The Republicans have carried Iowa by an
unprecedented plurality for an off year. The
Fuslonists were able to bring to the sup
port of their ticket all of the opposition
to sound money, making the campaign OH
the 16-to-1 issue They have been defeated
all along the line. Iowa and Ohio both are
as safe in 1900 on the money question az
is Massachusetts. The Republican victory
in Maryland is distinct gain Mr. German
denied the 16-to-1 heresy in his platform by
indirectly repudiating the Chicago platform,
nevertheless the sound money men of
Maryland who have been Democrats sup
ported the Republican ticket, giving the
State to the Republicans by a significant
plurality and defeating Senator German,
who made the fight of his life with a skill
which few others possess. One need not be
a prophet to assert that in 1900 Maryland
will give it's electoral vote for the party
which stands for sound money
Directly after the voting, with the sud-
denness of jack-in-the- box, Mr.. Bryan an
nounced that the fusion plurality of 1897
in Nebraska was greater than that of 1896
Since that proclamation the returns have
been received Mr.. Bryan's plurality of 49,
400 in 1896 has been reduced nearly one-half.
That bumptious person will never admit
his foolish prediction, but the fact remains
that he went wild with the rest during the
first hours after the election The reports
from the local elections in Kansas indicate
that the fusionists have lost ground since
1885,
Kentucky is Democratic because more of
those who voted with the Republicans in
1895 did not vote this year than did those
who voted for Mr.. Bryan. In Louisville,
the A. P. A. element, which seemingly con-
trolled the Republican administration in
city affairs, became obnoxious However, it
is a Democratic victory in kentucky. DEM
ocrats are quite willing to claim all in
sight, but it may be doubted if the Bryanite
Democracy of the West will shout with
vehement joy over the victory of Tammany.
Even the spontaneous Bryan has not sent
Boss Croker congratulatory telegram over
his victory
All things considered, the results of Tues
days elections are an emphatic reaffirma-
ton of the verdict of November, 1885,