Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-10
THE OUTLOOK FOR 1900.

The result of Tuesdays elections dis
pels all doubt respecting the national
contest of 1900. 1t makes absolutely
certain the denomination of the presi
dental candidates of 1896. The Bryan
ite party will reafIirm the Chicago plat
form in its entirety and the republican
national convention will declare un-
equivocaly for the gold standard.
The candidacy OF Bryan stands for
free silver before everything else His
views in regard to other questions are
of secondary Importance to his ad-
herents. 1t is as the chief ex
ponent and champion of the free
silver cause that he is able to
hold his following. Otherwise his lead
ership might be successfully contested;
as the advocate of silver he has no
rival Every republican convention OF
the year has pronounced unequivocally
for the gold standard. Congress is ex-
pected to enact legislation fixing that
standard. At all events the repub-
lican national convention will recognize
as an imperative duty to follow in this
the example and mandate of the state
conventions, which was approved in
most of the states at the late elections
The new issue of Imperialism is not
likely to play a conspicuous part in
next years campaign. Before the ma
tional conventions meet the Philippine
question is very likely to be practically
settled. The campaign against the in
surgents which has been entered upon
promises to have decisive results. 1t Is
the opinion of Admiral Dewey and 9th.
ers competent to judge that the in.
surrection will be ended before next
summer and that American rule in
Luzon will be fully established. If this
shall be realized and civil government
instituted as rapidly as practicable, So
called imperialism cannot be made an
issue in the campaign of 1900. In re.
gard to the trusts, the people have at
least as much faith in the promise OF
the republican party as they have in
that of the democracy to legislate for
their control or suppression. The re-
publican party, as long ago as 1883, de-
clared its opposition to trusts and COM
binations in restraint of trade and to
control production and prices and it at
tested the sincerity of this declaration
by enacting an antitrust law that is
now in force. The democratic party,
when in power, not only made no effort
to enforce this law, but everything
to discredit it, and did nothing against
tIa.f re 10 Hhpntlv to ha
pected that the Fifty-sixth congress
will consider the trust question intelli-
gently and judiciously and adopt such
legislation for dealing with the trusts
as shall be deemed necessary in the
public interest.
The result of the late elections is al
together encouraging to the republican
party. 1t lost no ground, but on the
contrary demonstrated that it is as
strong now as three years ago. There
Is every reason to believe that it will
gain in strength during the next year,
because the prosperous conditions are
certain to continue and many voters
who have been induced to oppose the
party by false representations respect
ing the policy and purpose of the ma
tional administration will learn that
they have been misled and give the
party their support. Meanwhile the
party should be thoroughly organized
everywhere and put into shape for har-
moniously and aggressively entering
upon the campaign of 1900. Although
the next national contest will not he
harm can come from making early
preparations for it. There is most
favorable promise that the republican
party, If properly organized, will next
year achieve one of the greatest tri-
umphs in its history.