New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-09
.WKINLEY AND BRYAN AGAIN
SENATOR DEPEW SAYS THE RESULTS nv
TUESDAY MAKE THEIR NONT-
NATIONS CERTAIN.

Senator Chauncey VI. Dcpew Yesterday viewed ~.
result Of the elections with much satlsfac,,o,
When seem in his office in the Grand Central g.,
ton he had little 70 say about the local election.
but referring 10 tho results in the various STATE.
and their bearing upon National affairs ne Al.
cared that they had clarified the atmosphere 1re,,
" and determined several things
In the first place" he added earnestly -,
means the denomination of Mckinley next year nv
reclamation. In the second place. It means tho "a.
nomination Of William J. Bryan by acclamation
Neither man will have any ser.ous opposition. 10
any. II means new lssuos-thst IS for a National
campaign. but issues that tho people have jus, in
dorseJ.
The election In Ohio on Tuesday wss test q,
the popular estimation OF imperialism. The r.sul,
shows that expansion has caught the popular fancy
and that the people are not afraid Of trusts Il
means that the people are determined that m.
party and Administration which conceived and
which carry 10 successful issue this policy
OF colonial empire shall stay in power. II means
that the people demand ard will support the Al
ministraton in It's policy OF absorption u H..
Philippines Cuba. Porto Rca. Hawaii. Guam and
the other Islands. n l. proved that the cry OF
trusts is no longer Dugaboo. and that the people
do fear them. Taken as whole +, means the
unqualified. hearty and sweeping Enforcement o,
the Adminstration-anl for this reason Mr. Ne.
Kin.eys denomination is assured
"As for Mr. Bryan. his denomination by accana.
lion is certain because in tho first place h IS the
idol Of the Democratic party. The poetry and he
mysticism Of the fallen leader cling around him
He carried his own State. That the lest
Had ne been unable to do that he might have been
brushed aside with the remark that he had been
defeated in his own home. As a shrewd politician
he realized this, and he made that the fight a. the
year He won. and the idol Of the Democracy and
the victor in his own State will be nominate.
again
so we shall have In 1880 had IN ssi Ne.
Kney and Bryan arrayed against each o'her
Bryan was beaten in 1896 upon issue Of = 70
That issue to-day Is irretr.evably dead. II Is
ghost. Next year Bryan Will run upon general
anti Platform. with enough Of the free silver In
It 10 hold the old timers. Bryan cannot bring his
party 10 the ponr where Cleveland brought 4 In
1884 and 1892 Then Cleveland brought his pary
boldly 10 the front and gave II issues ~ rs
To-day Bryan must make his campaign upon
platform that declares against things that the peo
pie have just ndorsed. In other words Bryan vii
throw tho Democratic party next year back into
the pace II occupied from 1850 10 lssi, ana With
muffied drums and furled colors the party Will
growth that the people have shown themselves to
favor. Bryan and MS party are ightlng the ten
denotes Of the nineteenth century and me certain
ties or the twentieth. This is great country and
faster. The who stands in the way Of com
mercial and territorial growth will be destroyed
Bryan is to-day placing himself In the same po
sition old King Canute, who told the waves 70
as answering that which rules the tides, and
In ordering back the foodtiie Of commerce and ey-
pansion he must expect 70 have IL overthrow him.
enguf him and sweep him of 10 oblivion