The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-11-10
Lessnns of The Elecrion.

Lessons OF the Election.
The Atlanta Evening Journal, pa
per which believes in the gold stand.
ard but supported the Democratic
nominee in the last Presidential cleo
tion: under the csption above, says
there is one thing on which every body
; who is thoughtful and candid will
agree. Il is that the late election in.
dicates very clearly that the Nc.
Kinley administration has not made
q favorable impression on the country.
The Journal IS certainly correct in the
above deductions, and thousands OF
Republicans and Assistant Republi-
cans will agree with it. The Journal
then goes On to say that there IS an.
otheres very significant and useful les
son to be drawn from the result of the
election, and that is that a united De-
; mccracy can easily gain control Of
congress next year and two year later
capture the presidency. We believe
that this deduction is also correct, but
| we fear there is very little chance of
the gold. bug wing OF Democratic party
ever agreeing to stand by the party
platform unless one is made to suit
the Republican party on the currency
question. We may as well have a
Republican administration as one
claiming to be Democratic elected on
such platform. The Journal must
| remember that it was the gold men in
the Democratic party who oolted, and
the only way to reunite the party is
for them to come back, admit their
| error and promise in future to abide
by whatever maj ority OF the party
| does in convention and support the
nominees. If the gold men really
want reunited Dem ocracy they can
very EASILY bring such a happy con-
dition about. The Journal then goes
on to claim that the happy results OF
the late election was brought about by
a united Democracy, and says it won
by big plurality in Kentucky, which
last year for the first lime in its history
voted for Republican candidate for
president. The Journal seems to losse
sight Of the fact that the gold-bug
Democrats in Kentucky had ticket
| Of their own in the field in opposition
to the regular Democratic ticket, and
that the victory in that State was won
agains! the forces OF the regular Re
puolicans and the Assistant Repuoli-
cans masquerading as Dam ocrats. In
fact it seems that these two congeniaE
elements combined IS defeat the De
mccracy, as the dispatches say that
toe gold bug Democratic ticket did
not make much OF a show in the re.
turns because many OF the gold Bug
Democrats voted for the Republican
ticket. The some is true o. the States
of Ohio, Virginia, Nebraska, Maryland
and others. In all OF them the gold
bug Democrats Or Assistant Repuoi-
cans either had tickets Of their own in
the field or voled :or the Republican
candidates. Il is eui:e plain 10 US that
instead of the Democracy having the
support of the gold wing o. the party
in the late election j! mad tnem and
the Republicans TO 6ghc. This makes
the result OF the late elections slgnii.
can't, and shows clearly that the issu,s
set forth in the Cnicsgo platform is
the ones upon which tne true Demo.
cracy will fight and win the congres'
sional elections next year and the
presidential election two years later.
This to us seems to be tee true lesson
of last weeks elections. Ii the golc-
bug Democrats desire TO share IN the
future victories OF the party they will
be welcome if they will atone for the
past desertion Of the party by promis-
ing to be more faithful IN future,
but they must not expect to shape the
policy when they are in such hope
less minority.