The evening times., 1898-11-08
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER S, 1898.
Today's Elections

Outside of New York il cannot b. said
that the Democrats have made as Wig
orous a campaign as the Republicans.
Certainly they have not expended any
such great sums Of money To- carry the
Congressional elections The successes
they may achieve will be due chiefly to
the Republican record and not to any
positive issues declared by the Democ-
racy With a single great and burning
issue of an aggressive type. the Demo-
Gratis would be sure of considerable
majority in the House Of Representa-
tives and in many of the States that
are now regarded as Republican on
doubtful il has been the Democratic
policy to make their fight on the mega
tive issues Of Republican failures. and
in some cases of Republican frauds. in
order TO give the people an opportunity
to register their condemnation of Al
gerism, chiefly. without leaving il open
TO misconsUuction.
At this time ii looks as though they
will make important gains. a few
weeks ago there was a degree of apathy
among the masses Of Republicans that
indicated a tidal wave in favor Of the
Democracy. Herculean efforts, not
often paralleled save in a Presidential
contest, have been made to overcome
this. Appeals Of every conceivable kind
have been made to the masses of thu
Presidents party to postpone any pun
ishment they may want to infiict on the
Administration till a time when il can
do the nation less harm. They have
been told that our relations with Spain
are most critical and the deseTtion of
the party by its supporters must preju-
dice the American case before the ma
tions Of Europe and perhaps involve US
in unprecedented troubles. The Prssi-
dent himself has called on the country
to stand by him at least until peace IS
secured: he has made the extraordinary
statement that patriotism requires the
people to still lay aside all partisan
considerations, TO hold up the Presi-
dents hands and present a solid front
to the enemy, Spain. Not even the ex-
travagant money expenditures Of
Hanna and his agents give better
proof of the panic of the Republican
leaders than these unusual solicitations
lnCA SllON Alldl <AlSClASlii AllCdAtllS Il
practical censure of the Administration.
How far the thinIy disguised election
eering of the President, the hysterical
appeals Of the Republican leaders and
the liberal use Of money eXtorted from
the protected manufacturers and the
employees of the Government have sue
ceeded in inducing the masses of the
party to postpone their rebuke, only
tonights returns can tell with any GER
tainty The indications, however, are
most favorable to the Democracy.
A particular interest centers in New
York because of the exceptional liveli-
ness Of the campaign on both sides;
because of the amazing pretentions of
the egotist set up by Senator Platt TO
be disposed Of once for all: because
Of the importance of the State, and also
the attempt to revive the old intimida-
tion methods of Johnny" Davenport
by the supervisor Of elections. Both
sides profess to be confident but per
sons who claim to be as far in the con-
fdence of Senator Platt as he ever al
lows anybody to be assert that he has
no expectation of RooseYelt's election:
that if he had ever believed il possible
he would not have accepted him as a
candidate The returns are very i'm
portant to the Administration. The
least loss is a censure-the failure to
carry everything after a successful and
glorious war can mean only a condem-
nation Of the defense of Algerism. No
body doubts that before the War De-
partment scandals the President had
the nation entirely in his hands and
that If he had dismissed his War Secre-
tary there would be no fear OF Republi-
can losses. The failure of a single
Congressional district represented by
Republican to return a member of that