The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-11-15
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1898
A Great Victory.

1t was a glorious victory McKinley's
administration and the cause of sound
money have been given the heartiest en-
dorsement. The result is far-reaching,
and is positive evidence of the confidence
imposed in the Republican party by the
people
Congress is Republican in both branches.
II the House the majority is 10; in the
Senate IA. Without figuring on the
support of gold Democrats, the Re
publican majority in both houses will end
the free silver controversy in Congress for
at least two years and probably for all
time. The Senate can be depended upon
to be Republican for the next eight years.
Possibly the most significant feature of
the election was the set-b back given to
free-silverism in the far western states
There has been great revulsion in feel
ing in that section against Organism,
Populism and the free-silver conspiracy.
Outside the silver producing states of
Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Colorado and Mon
tana, the states west of the Mississippi
practically went to the Republican side
and the issue was mainly fought on the
sound money question. 1t looks very
much as if the free coinage fallacy has
met its death blow. The west having
abandoned it, the south, which never had
any interest in silver is not likely to cling
to cause that does not seem to have any
allies
In the east the attempt to steal victory
by silence has utterly failed. The voters
were afraid to trust the non-committal
policy of the Democrats, preferring to
stand by the party that has boldly de-
clared for the gold standard. Then, too,
the people in general are almost in entire
accord with McKinley's war policy, and
desired that he should not be hampered
by an unfriendly Congress in settling the
peace terms with Spain.
In New Jersey the Republicans achieved
another great victory. Voorhees, was
elected Governor by 5000 plurality, six Of
the eight Congressman are Republican
and the Legislature is Republican or
joint ballot by 81, insuring the election Of
Republican United States Senator tc
succeed James Smith, Jr.
Although the Democrats of New Jersey
adopted a straddling platform on the
money question and attempted to keeI
that issue in the background, yet Senator
Smith and candidate Crane attribute theil
defeat to free silver. This is what Sena
tor Smith says: Democratic defeat in
New Jersey, in my opinion, was due tc
an apprehension on the part Df the large
manufacturers and business men that
should we be successful Congress would
favor the free coinage of silver. A large
number of voters followed their example,
so large a number, in fact, as to insure
our defeat
There is no doubt that the fear of free
silver had considerable to do with Demo
cratic defeat in New Jersey, but there
were other causes as well. Another fac
tor of much Importance was that the Dem
ocratic leaders were the same men who in
former years had been responsible for its
downfall and disgrace The people did
not relish the prospect of the state again
falling into the hands of the Davises, the
Pidcocks, the ROSES, ct al, in other
words, the same old gang" to whom
candidate Crane and many of the other
nominees are servile.
The people of New Jersey have done
well. They have boldly and proudly de-
clared for national honor, honest money
and clean and economic government.
What higher, better cause could they have
espoused as their own?
The same influences that governed New
Jersey were also active in New York In
that state that peerless advocate of all
That is good in affairs of government,
Theodore Roosevelt, was elected Governor
by $4,000 plurality. The Legislature is
also Republican, and will elect a United
States Senator to succeed Mr.. Murphy, a
Democrat. The citizens of New York are
relieved of the fear of Tammany misrule
and absolute domination by Boss Croker,
and know that the affairs of the state will
be conducted in clean, wise and econom-
ical manner.
Booming markets are the natural and
welcome consequence of the Republican
victory of Tuesday. The Democratic
party strained every nerve to send us
back to uncertainty, dependency, and de-
preston, but the patriotism and the COM
mon sense of the American people defeated
the effort.
1t was victory needed to supplement
the victory of 1896, and its beneficent eff
fects have only begun to appear Even
of their Hateful enterprise.